Happy Birthday, GOM!

Look at this dear happy little face. He turned 71 today!

And here he was a young man. Teenaged & keen on sport.

And here, he was married himself, but this was taken at his younger sister's wedding. They are no longer friends, but he was a good brother. These days were all BM- before Meggie.

And here he is, a young Dad with his eldest daughter. She died when she was 16 as a result of an accident. Our first child was just beginning when this was taken.

And here he is 'stepping out' with Meggie. He was Highly Unsuitable Suitor.

And here we were at Xmas of 1988. We were both so happy, because our 'baby'

had just returned from New Zealand.

It is hard to realise this was taken almost 20 years ago!

And here he is with the 'baby'. Happy Dad!
It is hard to find photos of him with the kids together, or all of us in a group. You have seen our wedding photo, & various pics of him with our dogs.

I wish digital cameras had been invented when we were young. They make photography so much easier.

We have had a nice day. We went out for lunch, & we had SG for company. He was a very good boy, & was so happy to have some icecream & jelly for desert at lunch! And he gave his grandfather a fancy biscuit for his present. He had chosen it himself, so they shared it later, for afternoon tea.

We are having family & some friends over on Saturday. Our Granddaughter had to work today, or we would have taken her out for lunch with us. Daughter working, & SIL in bed after night shift.

For GOM, Dusty Springfield, Wishing & Hoping.