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Originally Posted by racehorse
i love this photo. there's definately something about it... your grandfather's expression... it's eerily melancholic... especially for a wedding... you also look pretty young in the photo, which just makes the pic. more interesting... great picture.... makes me think of that famous grant wood painting, for some reason.
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he's not sad ...he's just really old. he was in his 90s when i got married, he turned 101 this summer. he's usually pretty upbeat, he just looks that way. also he's forgotten any english, and since i barely speak any spanish and he's doesn't really have any hearing or vision left anyway, the only way for me to talk to him anymore is to get someone to translate very loudly directly in his ear... but aside from his vision and hearing, he's still going strong... both physically and mentally. since he can't see or barely hear who he's talking to, he'll grab both your forearms and pull you close to him... as he talks he moves his hands on your arms and wrists, a firm grip for emphasis or a searching caress when he's finished speaking and he's trying to judge your reaction...
here's a photo of him in the 60s....
from left to right: my grandmother, my aunt, i'm fairly certain the guy shielding his eyes in the back is my uncle who died before i was born, my older cousins (his kids) in the front, my grandfather on the far right...
my other aunt (mother of the children) is probably taking the picture.