#grandaughter

Maud of Wales - Queen of Norway, was the youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, and the grandaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Maud had great taste in gowns, and she was always impeccably attired, for every occasion.

As the wife of King Haakon VII of Norway, Maud must have had a considerable dress allowance.

A remarkable number of her gowns have been preserved.

That's what Grandpa, a War Vet with a Purple Heart Award, advised me when I was dealing with my own PTSD.

My Grandfather was a Green Beret during the Vietnam war. He was awarded with a Purple Heart Award after he stepped on a landmine. His back was seriously damaged and shrapnel was embedded in it that could not be removed with the technology of the time. He survived in spite of the shrapnel that remained in his back and returned home. I suspect this was a quote from someone he knew that died in the war.

22 September 2024

My wife and I drove up to Shreveport, Louisiana Friday and stayed the night in a hotel on the bank of the Red River. One of our granddaughters drove down from the university where she is attending. It is almost exactly the halfway point. We had a grand time visiting, eating out, and shopping.

Ben and Charlie are boarded with the veterinarian. A minor problem with boarding them there is the vet closes at noon on Saturday and doesn't open up again until Monday morning, so they are stuck in lockup until tomorrow.

"I believe in traditions; I believe in the idea of things being passed between generations and the slow transmission of cultural values through tradition."

- Graham Moore