This is Grandma Icel with her Grandma and Grandpa Allen and one of their beloved dogs. I love everything about this picture. The lamp with the fringe, the pattern on the drapes, the fern (fake or real?), Grandma Allen's glasses and her expression (She looks mischievous and a little bit like she is keeping a secret), Grandma Icel's stockings and the way her hands are folded on her lap, and the dog, who looks more like he owns the man than vice versa.

I don't  know anything about this picture but Grandma's smile still looks just the same. Who knew they had sidewalks back then? I mean when was concrete invented anyway?

This one is pretty on the edge. Thank goodness the photographer covered her with a sheet or something.

These 3 are the extent of younger pictures of Grandma Icel. It is so different than today where we take pictures of every changing expression our babies make and every gift they open on their birthdays and their Halloween costumes from every possible angle. There are so few of these that it makes them a rare gift.