Birthdays 50 & 80

You may know that I am bewitched by numbers. If you have a birthday I will want to know how old you are & then muse about that number & all that that number means to me or you.

So Joslyn is turning 50 & she celebrates her birthday on June 25, because who wants the not-having-enough-specialness-of-a-Christmas birthday?
And we are 30 years apart. I got to thinking about decades, the span of our lives, birthday parties, & cakes.

I went though some of my photos & pulled out a few of all of the above -- ones that I had easy access to.

After Joslyn's birth we have this sweetness... She's 0 & I'm 30.

A year later her birthday dress made by Annie & cake made by me.

I also found two delicious photos of Joslyn at age 5 back when she still celebrated birthdays in December. I'm 35 there.

The next photo I have is of her graduating from high school. This was maybe a June graduation, so maybe close to June 25th....

Similarly her graduation from Evergreen College, 5 years later.

And finally in 2011 a photo from a party we had for Joslyn that June in Olympia. Timmo was slightly overwhelmed.

I don't have an infant photo of me & my mother, alas!

But this one is a classic at age 2.

I love the wool bathing suit!!

The next the summer I was 3, maybe. 

My fifth birthday party: me, friends Upty & Betsy & sister Annie.

My 7th birthday...the seesaw turned/pivoted as well as seesawed. Great present: endless hours of play...

Me on July 7, 1951. I was 11... we had a summer on Buzzard's Bay.

 

The favorite photo, though is not a birthday one, maybe age 12.

At 14, in New Mexico for my birthday in my new a Stetson hat.

I have my first camera! And then at 15.

My first selfie...

For me at age 20 I found 4 photos.

 
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The lower two were take at the college, the righthand one for the yearbook. (I had no rapport with the photographer!)

At 30 I was pregnant with Joslyn, & I couldn't find much.

At 40... I gave a party for myself, hung my quilts in the garden, & invited over my women friends. This was the photo of people dressed in solid colors. [Me, ever the sorter!]

At 50 & at my next house we had a bit of a dance in the garden.

For my 60th I threw a contradance party & my two sisters, Annie & Lynne came, among others.

When George + I turned 150 we had a special cake...

In 2010 I turned 70. We went to Tofino.

Then of course my 77th birthday was very unique being on 07/07/17...  Joslyn made me a 7-laden crown...

Which brings me to 2020 & turning 80.

These are the most recent: Covid mugshots after George cut the back of my hair & I cut the front!

 

I want to circle back to some other birthday cakes of note.

Lucy, at her 5th birthday was presented with this marvelous cake...

Other wonderful 5 year olds...

Finally no birthday honoring Joslyn or anyone in her family would be complete without a treasure hunt.
Here's a photo of Lucy during Joslyn's birthday treasure hunt.

Lucy had a birthday party at the Toutle River.

And the treasure was under this huge chair...

It has been mighty fun reviewing these photos.
I'm super aware of wonderful family & great parties or places. 
FIFTY & EIGHTY years of fullness!!
That's it for now.

Covid 19 Days

OH MY!!
What a jolt to our system Covid 19 has been!

I took this selfie on March 7, 2020 from the Granville Street Bridge deck looking into one of the Vancouver House triangular buildings. This building will be University of Canada West.

THEN THIS HAPPENED...

 

In no time at all George & I

became house bound, more or less staying in place.

Social distancing became a new "thing" we had to do, then wearing masks & gloves came in.

Even our Mexican Band had to give space. I invented a space-making gizmo for myself, but never took out a patent on it.

Everyone went into high gear making masks. I thought I preferred the bandit look, but it's way too hard on my nose!

The gym & pool in our condo got closed, so we took to walking on the sea wall before 9am when everyone started going out. 

We have had lovely peaceful mornings looking into English Bay.

George's hair grew way too long & two haircuts were administered by the in-house barber, moi. He cut my hair too, much to his surprise, & did a really good job.

           

Erica & Jason have bought & brought our groceries which has been lovely & we have also been able to have social time with them 6 feet apart in our garden.

George & I have had a big love affair with tulips. Oh my!!

I have also taken to my studio to finish up some work that I had started ages ago. This seemed like a good time to get stuff off my plate, as in: "Clean your plate, Daphne."

The first one I'm calling Daphne with her Milagros.

I think I just learned that milagros means magic.

The outline of my body is dotted with small things that I had collected over the years: unlost earrings, memorable buttons, an Adlai Stevenson campaign button, a zipper tab, a tiny spool of thread, 3 snake vertebra from Botswana, & so on.

Another piece is also about memories: maybe My Life In 8 Parts.

Part 1, 2, 3... etc 

Wonderful Teachers, Making Things with my Hands, Love of Cloth, Love of Harmony & Melody, My Two Families, My Romance with my Cameras, Love of Dancing, Enjoyment of Books.

Lesley Trivett came by & photographed me & us.

That's it for now.