Loops-a-Daisy

I’ve been thinking of this photo for a little bit.  I got it from a family photo album a couple of weeks ago when I went to visit my parents.  I don’t really remember it from when I was younger, but I should.  I was the one who put that photo album together!  When I was in high school I decided to make a family album that included old photos that I found from my mom’s and dad’s collection.  It included photos of their grandparents and parents and old school photos of them and all of us kids.  But for some reason, this photo was forgotten by me.

It will be forgotten no more.  I suppose that photo album was a precursor to what I do now.  I wanted to bring the photos together and make them available for people to easily view.  I do remember specifically NOT putting photos of my parents’ great grandparents in that album.  They were just too old and from too long ago!  Now I can’t get enough of those old photos.

And I think this one is really sweet.  This is Daisy Keys Phenice (my mom’s mom’s mom – aka the source of my mitochondrial DNA).  She came from England in 1887 with her mom and siblings when she was just 11 years old.  I call this post “Loops-a-Daisy” because the original phrase ‘oops-a-daisy’ originated in England a few years before she was born (at least as seen in print – or so the internet search informed me).  The “Loops” part of the title is because of the reason for this photo.  Young Betty Lou Bucklin must have thought that her grandmother’s hair was too plain and straight for the times.  So she went about giving her grandmother her first hair permanent. And then she took a photo of her achievement for all of us to witness.

I see a sweet old lady that humored her grandchild by letting her give her a new hairdo.  There is a hint of a smile and she let my mom take her photo, so she must have been pleased with the outcome.  I like that you can see her socks as she sits on the porch.  She’s sitting off center of the photo and it is a bit skewed as well.  I think the cat is another point of focus.  Altogether it makes for an interesting photo to share.  I just wish there were a bit more loops to see in that hairdo.