The theme for today’s Flickr post is Grandparents. Since these pictures were taken two years ago, two of my grandparents, Jean and Glen, have passed away.

Jean, Jim, and Marga – Erik’s two maternal grandparents with Marga in May, 2004.
Erik, Marga, Joyce, and Glen – Erik and Marga visit with Erik’s paternal grandparents in May, 2004.
Ramón and Erik – Marga’s maternal grandfather with Erik having a few beers in Extremadura, Spain.
This last picture always makes me smile. I’m never as happy as I am when we are bar hopping in the sweltering Spanish August heat, and I love and respect Marga’s grandfather immensely.
(and not to mention that that’s a superb picture of me)





Thanks for finding and publishing these pictures, Erik. All of your grandparents love and respect you too! What a happy circumstance when we discover that we really like family members as well as the requisite “love” which we are told to feel. No wonder you have turned into such a lovely man.