RE: Hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains
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That final - and first - shot is absolutely stunning. One for the poolroom, if you understand that Aussie reference.
I'm very glad she went hiking so you could share these gorgeous photos.
To be fair, why wouldn't you wear jewellery hiking? It's important to look your best :P
You are an amazing grandmother - fancy sending hiking boots! You're a keeper! My Nana bought me a backpack and a small camera when I went to Europe in '01. I never forgot it. She died whilst I was over there - I'd sent her a postcard from Berlin the day she died :( She was from Munich, so in some ways her passing whilst I was in the ancestral homeland was rather poetic. I digress - but the point is, one doesn't forget the kind love of grandmothers when they are gone.
As for snakes, we always pack a snake kit when we go bush - as they also say here in Australia :P
They are amazing shots. My husband and I were floored when we saw her up there. Fortunately, she didn't send the pictures until she was down from the mountain.
A backpack and a camera. I gave boots. These tokens are kind of lucky charms, benedictions if you will. We grandparents give these tokens I think as a kind of mana that may help to keep our grandchildren safe.
It's sad she died while you were away, while you were carrying her backpack and camera. Precious. She was still with you.
Snake kit for sure, next time.
Oh yes she was, and is. I didn't mean to put a downer on your post. It's just where my mind went. I do think your tokens are lovely. We do care about our own, don't we, and sometimes physical things are a nice way of showing it. I sent my nephew home with a big tupperward container of leftovers on the weekend - he's just moved out of home to Melbourne and I know how much I would have loved a container of home cooked food when I was that age. Small tokens of big love.
Your comment was not a downer. Legacy is so much on my mind these days. I worry that when the time comes, my passing and my husband's passing will bring pain to my granddaughter and my children. I want fond memories and not pain to be the experience. It sounds to me that you are in that place. Your grandmother did a good job apparently in offering you the gift of legacy. It must have been a great love she had for you. These thoughts are not downers...they anchor us, and give us roots.