Fyeah Nannas!

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Anežka (Agnes) Kašpárková

(via 90-Year-Old Czech Grandma Turns Small Village Into Her Art Gallery By Hand-Painting Flowers On Its Houses | Bored Panda)

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THE GREATEST DAY - model: AY - photography / styling / design / creative direction: MG

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I told my grandma I was bisexual a few weeks ago and today she gave me this. My grandma made me a rainbow sweater 😭

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This might be the best costume I’ve seen this year.

oc: She wanted to be her Grandma for Halloween🎃🎃👻

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Awwwwwwwwwwwww 💓😍😍

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Omgggggggggggggg I am finished by the cute

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This guy just had an amazingly heartwarming Q&A with his grandmother about what it was like for her when he came out as trans

Coming out is never easy — and when you’re coming out to someone who’s more than 60 years your senior, there’s more to overcome than in the usual “here, Grandma, let me explain the internet” conversation. But when 11-year-old Gavin Cueto told his grandma that he’s transgender, it was surprisingly smooth sailing. In fact, Nana Elaine puts any tired stereotype about close-minded older folks to shame.

Gifs: Gavin Cueto

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My grandma's wisdom

Grandma: “I got up and couldn’t tell if it was daytime or nighttime so I decided to just play it safe and crawled back under the blankets”

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"I began photographing her, more seriously, about four years ago. Our get-togethers would start with a cup of tea and a piece of chocolate, and end in a photo session. She is a ham and can act like a diva at times. I realized she was the perfect subject once she was in front of the camera."

(via There Are Infinite Reasons To Love This Photographer And Her 97-Year-Old Muse)

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Ingeborg Rapoport was 25 when she wrote her doctoral thesis, but she had to wait until Wednesday to defend it before an academic committee—77 years later. 

(via Ingeborg Rapoport to Become Oldest Recipient of Doctorate After Nazi Injustice is Righted - WSJ)

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(via ▶ BBC Radio 5 live - In Short, 92-year-old World War Two veteran flies Spitfire again)

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On her 90th birthday grandma Heather Brooks got her first tattoo. She chose a Cancer Research pink ribbon to signify her victory after a five year battle with cancer.

via Things & Ink

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This gives me all the feels.

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But what are you gonna think in 30 years when you’re 120?

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that comment made my day

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Daphne Sheldrick’s involvement with wildlife has spanned a lifetime, and she is now a recognised International authority on the rearing of wild creatures and is the first person to have perfected the milk formula and necessary husbandry for infant milk-dependent Elephants and Rhinos.

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Kenyan grandmother at school with her great-great-grandchildren

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AVOID MEN AND EAT PLENTY OF PORRIDGE 2K15

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Unless they're the kind of men on The Grandfather Appreciation Society - then you can be adorable old porridge connoisseurs together. 

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At 90, She's Designing Tech For Aging Boomers

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Squirrel being fed by a marionette of an old lady being controlled by an old lady. My life is complete   

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Life goals

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#scroll out#reveal the giant squirrel pulling her strings

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The East Coast Hurlburt Siblings Six of the Eight Hurlburt siblings live in New England. Peggy (79), Helen (88), Millie (93), Peter (80), Agnes (96) and Muriel (89) are models of long-lived, healthful vigor which makes them perfect candidates for the Long Life Family Study. As Agnes points out, “none of us have canes.”