Found these photos of my grandparents, Rita and Buddy, this evening and just had to scan and share them. The first is their wedding, the second leaving for their honeymoon and the third an old glamour shot of my grandmother’s (she’s going to kill me for sharing it!). Grandpa Buddy is in heaven now (truly one of the most kind and wonderful men to have ever lived…), but Rita still lives here in California and never fails to wow people with her grace and beauty. Love you grandmama!
P.S. You can’t tell from the photos, but Rita is a red head…lovely, right? My mother and little brother are too : )
Hi Katie – from one redheaded grandmother to another yours is gorgeous. Beautiful pictures.
Gorgeous! I absolutely loved reading about her remarkable life. The apple surely did not fall far from the tree.
Betty — Should have known you’re a red head! I love it : ) xoxo
Dancing Branflake — You’re so sweet! Hope you’ve had a lovely weekend! xo
These are great! I love the sophistication of that era.
love that hat!
How beautiful is the concept of the ‘going away’ outfit! I wish we still did that. I hope she kept her pretty hat & veil!
How stunning your grandmother is, wow. Hooray for redheads!!
What a stunning couple! I wish people still dressed up to travel.
Beautiful photos, Katie. I loved reading your 2009 post too. Thanks for sharing, Grandparents are a treasure!
So adorable! You look like your grandpa!
I was looking through my grandmother’s wedding album the other day–she kept snippets of chantilly lace and dried flowers, it was like traveling to the past! Loved this post!
What lovely photos! Thank you for sharing. Your grandparents look so incredibly elegant!
Soooooooo charming!! Such a lovely couple!
Love these!
So adorable and so sweet. :) I love seeing old photos like these.
now i know where you get your amazing sense of style! these photos are gorgeous…thank you for sharing them!
xo,
joAnn
What gorgeous photos-I’m swooning over that wedding portrait!
Kissing and holding champagne glasses, now that is talent and grace!
My Grandmother was also a red-head!
Love all the images…
pve
Lovely and Charming beyond words!
So we can expect a non-pub-baby-Armour with red hair. Oh, they’ll have to close this site :D.
Thank you for sharing!
I meant a no-PUG-baby-Armour… Ben Affleck on tv ;)
Beautiful! I love red heads. I keep trying to be one but it always fades.
your grandmother is beautiful and so very stylish…the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!
thanks for sharing!
nanne
btw…we still do going away outfits in the south…it’s fourth in importance after the wedding dress, the bridesmaid dresses & the mother-of-the-bride dress..:)
Your grandmother is stunning! Thank you for sharing with us. :)
What a fetching pair! Just like you and your hubby!
OMG – your mother and aunt look exactly like her!! I absolutely see both of them in her!!
Hi Katie, what a beautiful couple. It looks like the wedding was in the 1940-50’s?!! She was gorgeous, blue eyed and a red head, wow!! I think the pict. with her drape is gorgeous,probably her senior pict. that is how my Aunts picture was taken also. I posted a pict of my hubby and myself leaving on our honeymoon on my blog for Valentines day. It is fun to compare the different era’s. I am sure your Grandma Rita is very proud of her granddaughter. KS
I always marvel at high school photos from that era.
Everyone looks SO sophisticated and glamorous.
Rita, you were a stunner and I’m sure you still are.
how gorgeous is your grandma?!
Wow, just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
So, so touching! I love those photos….they were quite the pair!!!
So sweet! Love that they were hardly packing anything for the honeymoon!
How very sweet … and very chic.