A little piece of history...

I don't visit my Grandmother as much as I would like too...she has always been called Mumma "Grandma makes me sound too old she used to say", her age is always "99" too...

I wanted to borrow her slides to scan and turn into photos. Funny because she was one step ahead of me. Since 1982 she has been my only living Grandparent.

A trip to the US via Hawaii in the 60s...love her hat!

Her marriage to my Granddad, Mac was apparently a beautiful one. I have had older members of the family tell me they were so in love but unfortunately that was cut all too short due to him developing septicaemia and in those days it was all too late.

This is the last known photograph of him, only about 3 weeks before he passed. I can see where Dad got his frame from, raw and fit!

That was a tough time for my Mumma and the boys.

Fortunately however Uncle Adam (Mac's brother) committed to caring for Mac's family. Shown here with his beloved Brafords, Uncle Adam founded the breed by crossing a Hereford with Brahman. He felt having the british content increased fertility whilst retaining adaptability.

The bullock scales would have been cutting edge at the time. The scales were rendered useless when I was young but I always tried to imagine what they would have looked like originally.

Now we are all making our own history, I feel so very fortunate to have found these old photos and that my children get to know their Great Grandmother.