These are my nieces Kate, Meg, and Ashley - the Olson Girls. One day during my visit to Seattle we took a walk and I told the girls that they could each take one picture with my camera and I would exhibit their work on my blog. All pictures, titles, and captions provided by the girls."The Adventures of Bob the Blue Jay"
by Meg Olson, age 10“We got up really close to a blue jay and it let me take a picture of it. It didn’t even know we were there.”
"Martian Sky"
by Kate Olson, age 7 1/2“The green is the sky- it turned green because the Martians didn’t like blue. So, they sprinkled green hair dye down from the ship. Then the sky turned green, and whenever they walk they leave white dots. That’s why there are white dots in the sky.”
"The Fence of Doom"
by Ashley Olson, age 4 1/2.“I like to call it ‘The Fence of Moom,’ but it’s actually ‘The Fence of Doom.’ Because… why?”
Our destination on that walk was the cemetery where my Grandma Lupton is buried. I had stopped by previously and found that the grave and the bench that flanks it both had quite a bit of moss growing on them, especially inside the inscriptions, making them hard to read. I told my sister Julie about it and she rounded up her girls and we went over there armed with toothbrushes and sponges to cleaned it all up. I thought it was a really great idea by Julie because it got the girls asking about their great-grandmother that they had a chance to know (Meg, the oldest, was 1 year old when she died). When we were all finished cleaning it off I heard Meg say, "I hope my great-grandkids come and clean my grave some day." I hope so too.
3 comments:
What a wonderful post! I knew there would be some great pictures and stories coming out of your trip! What a fun uncle you are! Thanks for seeing a need, Brian, working along with the Olson girls to beautify a special and sacred place, and sharing things about my mom with my granddaughters who never knew her.
I love those girls and I love that bench and I love that your presence has made them both a bit brighter.
Great pictures. My little boy has his own camera. He takes some really fun pictures. The only problem is that he manages to delete most of them before we have a chance to load them on the computer. Oh well. Glad to see your back. I was worried there would be a year long blog embargo as well.
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