Nanny Thompson, Aunt Bella and Me

This is a picture of Nanny Thompson, Aunt Bella and me. Although this is a black and white photo, I remember the bottle green colored snowsuit. Aunt Bella was my father’s youngest sister. She was married to Gerard Senecal, a French Canadian, who was a commercial artist. I have posted two of his watercolor paintings at the right. Aunt Bella and Uncle Gerard occasionally brought me with them for picnics on Mount Royal where Uncle Gerard liked to paint. They had a son named John who died shortly after birth. Aunt Bella was a doting aunt and an entertaining pianist who played by ear.