He's 85 now, a couple of years ago we thought he was going to die of cancer.
Family arrived from the four corners of the globe and started to 'tidy up' Grandad's shed was still pretty much intact. I shot these chisels amongst the dust of his lathe with the afternoon light spilling through the window. I couldn't help thinking how many times his soft old hands had held them against the wood as the lathe turned.
Turns out he'd never used them! "Those old things?" he scoffed. They were too soft".
4 responses
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Julie Stiefel gave props (4 Feb 2008):
Lovingly captured...love the "story" !
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Natalie S gave props (4 Mar 2008):
Great shot and funny story!
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Vicki Koch gave props (24 Mar 2008):
Brings back memories of my dad... nice memories to have... like Bob hopes used to sing..."thanks for the memories..." You captured it very well!!
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Jay El gave props (25 Apr 2008):
This is lovely. Hope he can still complain about things...
