I come from a family of 5 children, three girls and 2 boys, I am the eldest. Actually, I am the Matriarch of the family on my Mother's side. There are no remaining females left alive, I am the oldest. My Mother came from a family of 13 siblings, wow!!! That be a lot of progeny, my Grandmother and Grandfather would be proud.
Saturday last, my Sister who lives on our property with her clan had a dinner for her siblings. No children were allowed. This was a Brother/Sister night and a night it was. My Sister cooked the dinner that would be fit for kings and queens, the table was set with all her best dinnerware, we had wine and had Martinelli sparkling apple juice for those that don't drink alcohol. Part of my family is still very involved with being Mormons, and don't drink those species of drinks, hee, hee. Not to say that they aren't the most fun you could ever imagine, they don't drink anything that makes them silly, hee, hee.
My youngest Brother, some of you may recall, is a photography specialist, he films still and video, and has done some marvelous things. Especially, filming that he has done at our place. I do have some pictures of a set that he filmed on our property that involved still photography only, it was a book that he is creating, the theme was about a woman who had passed on, and had turned into a ghoul and returned from the grave, some very interesting stuff went on at our house that day, and the make up artist was a work and a wonder!!! Oops, I am off topic here, I was going to tell you more about the family get-together we had.
Where was I, right....We had dinner, it was actually some lovely duck(s), with all the trimmings one could ever imagine. Even cranberry sauce that I made from scratch, (I sweetened it somewhat after the complaints during the last family dinner we had about the sour sauce, hee, hee).
My youngest Brother got the shoot set all set up. BUT....it was in the back yard of my Sister's place and it was dark. Oh so dark back there, narry a light to be seen, other than the glow from her home. I wondered what on earth my Brother was up to, it was so dark.....He brought us to the back yard, with us barely even being able to see. And then he turned on his lights!!! Holy smoking cadoodalhoppers!!! That be bright. And then turned them off, once he had us situated where he wanted us to stand.
He then took a meter a put it beside my face, that determined how he had to set the appature (how do you spell that word, anyways) on his camera to provide enough light to take a picture. Of course, when he was in the picture he used the timer, it gave him 10 seconds to get "ready" to have himself in the picture too. I think that he did a marvelous job, and this young man makes me proud!!! Enjoy the pictures, and.....have the best of a most wonderful day, Cindi
This is me and my two Sisters, the youngest on the left, the second one down in the middle and me on the right.
This is my family. From left to right, my youngest Sister, my Sister next in age down from my next down in age brother, me, my next down in age Brother, and my film dude, the youngest Brother (little confusing? Hee, hee). Us oldest ones are 1-1/2 years apart, and then my Mother took a rest for 14 years and had the next two, they were spoiled little brats!!!!! I remember that clearly....
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