She celebrated her 80th birthday today. In 2007 Phill and I and the three kids did the bridge walk to celebrate the 75th.
My mother attended the opening celebrations in 1932 as a five year old. Her enduring memories are of legs.
I was born in Sydney as were both my parents, and like them, spent most of my life living there. In fact looking at this photo I can point to where I lived for a time on the shores of Sydney Harbour at McMahons Point just to the right and down from the north pylons. I used to walk across the bridge to get into the city when I felt like it.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was a part of the culture of growing up in Sydney, indeed I'm sure there are many cultural references that Sydneysiders can recall. As children if we'd claim that some other child was allowed to do something that we weren't, our mother would say (as many did I'm sure) "If that child jumped off the Harbour Bridge would you do it too?" Probably not once we saw what happened to the other kid on impact.
Emily's schoolwork finally arrived today, a shitload of it. God help us all.
6 comments:
what a beauty..
Pretty bridge! Do all moms say that in one form or another? I think we do!
Your daughter school is starting and thank god Brock's is almost done--he is so going to public school next year!
There shouldn't be many Australians who don't love that bridge. When I lived in Sydney (before kids) I felt in utter awe of it. The scale for its time is astounding. It is a really beautiful man made thing.
Good luck with the school work. Break it down into smaller piles if that helps??
With moms in New England USA, it was the Brooklyn Bridge. ;0)
(((hugs)))Pat
Trish, are you on vacation already? I don't know why but I'm missing you, crazy never even met but I want to cry on your shoulder, don't even know why.
Good to hear your Sydney harbour bridge memories - funny about your Grandmother - remembering just legs - I got lost at a show when i was three and thats all i can remember "legs" and that i had a green cardigan on
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