Pansies
It never ceases to amaze me how invisible connections work in the Universe. I found another work by Grigory Yanin (grandfather). To be more precise, it was not lost, I had no connection with it. But now I have.
Just the other day my sister Masha, who lives in Moscow, sent me a photo of this work with a question whether it belongs my grandfather. Masha in turn stays in touch with our sister Zhenya, who lives in St. Petersburg. On the back of the work there is a note: “To Maria Konstantinovna for a good memory from Z.P.S. and G.M,.Ya.”. ZPS and GMY are Zoya Petrovna Seikova and Grigory Mikhailovich Yanin. Date 5.12.1972.
I know about Zhenya and her mother Virginia from the stories of my great-grandmother Vassa Ivanovna and my mum. But we have never met, and this has to be corrected one day!
This is how art fills in the missing links and brings back not only memories but also restores family ties.