Mom's 90th BD

Click on READ MORE for the full post. Click on the blog photo to see full size and detail. If leaving a comment, please provide a hint who you are.

A more personal photo share today.

We traveled to Amarillo across the Mother's Day weekend earlier this month. This was one of those years where Mom's birthday coincided with Mother's Day and as a bonus it was her 90th! Lauren and Josh flew in from Kodiak and were at our house for the previous few days. Lauren (Chris' wife) came over from Spring and all 5 of us drove to Amarillo for the weekend. Chris (son) was stuck in Louisville and it was Kentucky Derby weekend with airfares crazy high and flight availability non-existent. He was with us in spirit.

The five of us rented a house for the weekend so we could all visit more. Mom didn't know that anyone was traveling with Donnice and I. Our other three travelers were a total surprise. After getting to the house, I went to pick up Mom while the others unpacked a bit. As Mom was walking from the car to the house, Lauren (Chris) came out and surprised her. Lauren coming with us wasn't a big surprise (though very appreciated) as she knew Chris was stuck in Louisville and Spring is very close to us. THEN Lauren and Josh came out of the house and Mom was almost in tears. I started to wonder if we made a mistake not bringing out our surprise travelers AFTER we got her sat down in the house! Fortunately, everyone survived without incident.

It had been a long time since the big family came together for a happy time so Anita (sister) insisted that I bring my camera gear for a photo. Taking a photo of a large group inside a house (it was way too hot for an outdoor photo) in never simple. I had a large flash and umbrella setup to help me out. Testing the patience of the great grandkids, I took many photos knowing that capturing one where everyone looked OK would be difficult. Fortunately, I have one where I would not have to swap out heads or open eyes using heavy editing.

The second and third photos are the typical goofy shots!

Thanks,
Doug White

Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 22, 2022 at 8:21 AM

    Love the photo! Looks like a happy day

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousMay 22, 2022 at 5:42 PM

    How special and what fun! --Suzanne D.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Please include your name in your comment so I know the author! Thanks.

Popular posts from this blog

Palo Duro Canyon

Image
I was  pleasantly surprised by the number of comments back from my reunion e-mail yesterday. I appreciated each of them as most referenced similar feelings to what I tried to express. You just never know.... We met up with a couple Thursday night to go to the Texas play in Palo Duro Canyon. I grabbed a few quick photos of the canyon on the drive in. The panhandle has been blessed with a wet spring and the canyon was beautiful with all the green. If you have never been to this state gem, you are missing something. Growing up, I spent many an hour in this park creating great memories. The sky was clear and the temperatures hot for these photos. Thanks, Doug White https://jdwarchive.blogspot.com/
Read more

Springtime

Image
It's been a while since I messed with your mailbox so Howdy and I hope each of you are doing well. A few of you have sent notes and updates and they are always appreciated. This is too long but summarizes our life the past few months. We have been busy this spring with some major cleanup of the woods/brush around our house. The area in front of our house was cleaned up in the original construction. By cleaned up, I mean you could safely walk (mostly erect) through the area without fear of death by 1000 thorns. The other areas were left much less accessible with survival maintenance only but still no clear access. Though I have always wanted to see the garage-side area to look more like our front, we never made it happen in the 11+ years we have lived here. We had three obstacles that are more like excuses but they were very real. The first issue is our fundamental frugality. We could not bring ourselves to pay the several thousand dollars to have someone come in and do the work. Th...
Read more

Solar Eclipse - 3

Image
As I stated in a previous e-mail, my photos were not unique and I had seen many similar. I ran across a post on Facebook from the Holcomb Observatory in  Indianapolis, IN describing what they saw during the eclipse Monday. Their post gave more detail regarding the size and source of the red color that I did not know. They also photographed what appeared to be the "same" prominence in one of my photos (shape and location essentially the same anyway). I decided to zoom in on my photo and allow a software magnification to increase the size a bit (3X). I'm pretty happy with my handheld photo with a pretty normal equipment when compared to an observatory! This is my photo followed by the $$$$$ stuff! Thanks, Doug White https://jdwarchive.blogspot.com/
Read more