What spirit is so empty and blind that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed? - Michelangelo Why is the Mom in this family picture smiling? Oh, I know. The Dad is wearing shoes. Old Photo Album But my mother was also smiling in our family photo. All three of us look about the same age as this family. Mama said she explicitly told Papa that day long ago that we would sit for a family portrait so we were to don something formal. But lo and behold Papa came in flip flops! Mama wasn't very happy about it. She still placed our picture neatly in the family album though. Family is family, slippers or stilettos. What is unknown to me, besides the identity of this family, is how Father (rest in peace, Pap) ended up in the photo studio wearing slippers when he wore shoes virtually all the time. In fact we only saw him wearing slippers during his retirement. Ah well, so much for shoes. I have ...
you are so right about flowers. they have healing powers too, they make the gloomiest day very cheery.
ReplyDeleteI agree -they are real beauties! Your niece is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers! They do make me smile! Have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteLife would be very dull indeed without flowers.
ReplyDeleteI love flowers also, Hazel! I love the photos you have of these flowers!
ReplyDeleteLove it! So beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHi Hazel
ReplyDeleteGlad you are enjoying beautiful flowers this week...
Wren x
I do love flowers, I'm missing my garden, looking forward to spring already!
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely...and so are these shots!
ReplyDeleteIndeed, flowers are a joy to behold!!! Have a grand day!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteFlowers equal happiness!
ReplyDeleteI'm a flower lover, too. Love to bring home bunches of paper-wrapped blooms and arrange them. Can't plant a lot in the garden of the new house, because they'd only end up as salad for the deer.
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