Nan - Mrs Maureen Collier

My Nan turned 85 last Sunday. My Mother thought of a wonderful idea - to buy her a digital photo frame and to put a large selection of photos on it for Nan to enjoy. You see, she has 98% full blown dementia and has all but forgotten her life. She goes in and out with us, but the time is nearing for when we walk in to her nursing home and she looks at us all vacantly, unable to place us in her mind. I am dreading that day. I couldn't help but put some of the photos on this blog as I adore my Nan - and I love thinking of her as a young, happy woman with the rest of her life before her....she now lives mostly back in her younger days, when she was growing up at the family home 'Cyprus' in Rockley Road, South Yarra, Melbourne. She has all but forgotten her husband and their own family home, so I have chosen to put her earlier shots on as that is where her mind in now...

Her name is Maureen. I hope you like meeting her.


Nan and Pop


Nan and Pop


Nan and Pop


Nan and Pop on the moon at Luna Park, Melbourne. Justin and I sat on this very same moon last year at the Melbourne Museum.


Nan and her Grandmother at Rockley Road, South Yarra


One of my favourite photos of Nan - on the steps at Rockley Road, South Yarra


This was taken in 1985 when she was 60


A toddler Maureen with her beloved Aunt 'Georgie' Georgina. A favourite photo to all of our family.