I decided to finally use the scanner function of my Canon printer, and I started with some old family photographs. The picture above is of the Mt. Washington Hotel baseball team, taken some time during the 1930s when my paternal grandfather (second row, first on the left - the real tall guy) was working there as summer help. His wife, children and large sprawling family are all in the future. Right then, I think, he was happy for a paycheck and the opportunity to play some ball.

This is my maternal grandfather, taken some time in 1944 or 1945*, somewhere in northwest Europe. I think. He was in his 30s when he was drafted out of the General Dynamics plant in Lynn and into the service. I suspect he missed his wife and daughters very much. I also suspect he was secretly pleased to have the chance to ride a motorbike, since once he returned home his wife would never ever countenance such a foolish frivolous thing.

*After posting this, I checked a copy of my grandfather’s discharge papers: he sailed for England in February 1945.