Sepia Saturday

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Every week Sepia Saturday inspires bloggers with a visual prompt. This week we have a lovely portrait from the National Library of Norway. 


My Great Aunt, Elizabeth Holland


My sister-in-law's mother who died July 3, 2021

So many of her 7 kids and 20 grandchildren have those very eyes.


My godmother and aunt, Ruth Bolen


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Comments

  1. WendyJuly 10, 2021 at 10:48 AM

    Lovely women!

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  2. La NightingailJuly 11, 2021 at 10:38 AM

    All three women are beautiful with those wonderful eyes, but your Aunt Ruth also has a gorgeous head of hair! I wonder if the waves were natural or encouraged?

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    1. smkelly8July 11, 2021 at 1:27 PM

      I don't know about the waves. By the time I was born her hair was short and now she's gone. When it was short it had waves.

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  3. Mike BrubakerJuly 11, 2021 at 11:02 AM

    Very pretty portraits. However I find the oval vignette style with faded background very limiting for dating a photo. Other than hair, there are too few clues.

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  4. Barbara RogersJuly 12, 2021 at 6:12 AM

    I enjoyed seeing these beautiful women's portraits, but was a bit sad to see the very recent loss of Joan Dunne. It's always a shock to have someone in the family die, and then there's all the funeral trappings. I'm of an age when a lot of my friends are passing on to wherever is next, and am so grateful for each time I meet with some of my elder friends to enjoy each day we have.

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  5. Molly's CanopyJuly 13, 2021 at 12:28 PM

    Each of these portraits captures their subject beautifully. There is a certain ethereal quality to the first and last portraits -- although Mr. Mike has a point about making them harder to date without a background.

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