Friday, 28 January 2011

Late Again!

January the twenty eighth is/was* my sister-in-law's birthday. By some quirk of my stupid mind, even as I started to type this I wrote 'February', and part of me can't get out of this habit of picking the wrong month. I am full of remorse, and in a little while, I will telephone her in far off New Zealand to grovel, grovel. But I have been thinking about her all day today, and have been looking through my brother's photos that he took of her, way back when the world was young.

I think I have found the most beautiful.  So as a tribute to her for her birthday, and to my brother for his life long skill behind a camera, here she is.

With love and best wishes for another year SIL, from forgetful me...

* Explanation for Friko - 28th  it IS her birthday today in England, but WAS her birthday yesterday in New Zealand!!
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16 comments:

  1. Anonymous28 January 2011 at 19:04

    A lovely photo of a beautiful sister-in-law! Surely you'll be forgiven for your minor lapse?

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  2. Anvilcloud28 January 2011 at 20:17

    Have you ever been there to visit her?

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  3. cheshire wife28 January 2011 at 20:52

    Send her an e-card.

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  4. Ann28 January 2011 at 20:58

    A beautiful photo of a beautiful woman. Birthday Wishes to her.

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  5. The Weaver of Grass28 January 2011 at 21:24

    What a beautiful girl - she has fine bone structure so I am sure she is a still a beauty now. Glad someone else gets the wrong month - put it down to having such a full mind that there is no room for trivia.

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  6. mutti28 January 2011 at 21:44

    No need to apologise, Pen. You make my birthday last longer. Thank you for the lovely post and the loving, good wishes you send me. x

    P.S. I seem to remember that you put my hair up for me that day and put the flowers in.
    Do you know, I'd rather be the old woman I am now, looking back on my life, than the anxious young woman I was then.

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  7. SmitoniusAndSonata28 January 2011 at 22:08

    A lovely photo . Your affection for her shines through and she'll forgive you for being a day too late for New Zealand .

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  8. Friko28 January 2011 at 22:53

    What do you mean is/was; a howler, Jinksy, she IS alive.
    Don't let her read this post.

    Lovely girl, but then, weren't we all, in those far distant days. Ah, shame.
    Innit. I can hardly recognise the old hag looking at me out of the mirror these days.

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  9. Jinksy28 January 2011 at 23:22

    Friko - she's already read this post, and commented... AND I've spoken to her on the phone, just as I said I would...So no howler, only a time difference on the other side of the world.

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  10. Friko28 January 2011 at 23:35

    Thanks, Jinksy, us oldies need to have things explained; our grey cells are not as nimble as they once were.

    So Mutti is your SIL; she very kindly explained the origins of the name for me too.

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  11. flaubert28 January 2011 at 23:57

    She is gorgeous!
    Pamela

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  12. Christine H.29 January 2011 at 00:33

    What an amazing beauty. I'm sure she still is. Beauty like that doesn't just disappear.

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  13. Hilary29 January 2011 at 01:02

    Oh so pretty. Happy Birthday to your sis-in-law.

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  14. jabblog29 January 2011 at 13:07

    I get birthdays wrong too - or posting dates - or ages . . . ;-/

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  15. rhymeswithplague29 January 2011 at 13:29

    Audrey Hepburn-esque!

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  16. Heidi-"Heidi in Real Life"29 January 2011 at 14:31

    Awww. That's wonderful and very Audry Hepburn-like. How nice!

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