birdwatching
my sis visited our paternal gramps in the nursing home today and snapped this. he’s looking at the home’s birdcage (made of glass instead of wire), though i’m not sure how much he’s actually “looking” per se. this photo is startlingly powerful and simple. i feel like it would be in one of those overpriced artsy magazines you’d find in boutique/gallery hybrid stores.
ps – do you see the candles? they look like they’d be called “fall spice” or something…
November 14th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
jenn!!! i didn’t know your paternal grandparents are in a home!?!? when did this happen? i am such a terrible friend! are they together?
November 15th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I feel like I’ve swallowed every person’s worst sadness…such a sense of alone…of isolation…of impending revulsion. I want to know he can see the birds.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
oh sis. thanks for posting the pic. btw, i posted more cute pics on facebook of grandma and grandpa. well, one is a pic of grandpa reading about Obama because grandma was like “LOOK! OBAMA.” I also took this really cute video of grandma talking to this really sweet nurse while grandpa just looks up occasionally from his paper. Gma was actually speaking English in the video. Too cute.