I don’t know why, but I found these pictures of my grandpa, working on the roads, so fascinating. Back when these were taken – I’m guessing the early 1940s – these trucks and machinery were probably pretty cool. He-man stuff. Larger than life for a lot of people. It's a wonder the equipment we've used over the years.
I’m not the one who circled grandpa there in the middle.
With all of our modern-day technology, it’s hard for the younger generation to picture how their grandparents and great-grandparents survived such a life.
This is grandpa working on the well in front of their house. I don’t know what he’s doing, but whatever it was, he had to do it by hand and by himself. No specialist to call in. Seems he was also always wearing a hat.
I never met either of my grandpas. My dad's dad died shortly after they moved to America. And this one - my mom's dad - passed away three years before I was born.
This is rather a random picture, I realize, but it was in the same pile, so I thought I’d add it. Love those old cars!
Published on July 14, 2017 04:03