The Party

Shall we do a few birthday photos?

Photos at Sha's are always problematic due to the light. We can get some light, but it is backlight which leaves subjects in shadows. We close the curtains, and then it becomes an issue of not enough light.

Being a clever boy, I brought a light for my camera.

Being a dumb boy, I forgot to insert the memory card in my camera.

So, it was the phone to the rescue. Actually, it worked well enough.

I took a photo through my wine glass, which I hadn't emptied much. As you can see, I am not a big drinker. Too bad about the dot over Sue's face, for the concept was a good one.

Gifts came.

After the gifts, and only after the gifts, I remembered that I had brought a card. It featured some of Sue's recent photography – first the inside and then the outside because that is how Blogger inserted them.

inside

Outside

As is the custom, JJ paraded the cake in. Shauna sang the birthday song. I forgot to sing because I was concentrating on the photos and focusing on the ever-moving JJ. Sue also took pictures. I am not sharing any of hers (or mine that I took with her phone) because we are having trouble transferring them today.

Since COVID, we don't blow out candles, or if we do, we put a solitary candle on a single piece of cake for ceremonial purposes. But Shauna has found the perfect alternative.

So that was birthday 76 for the old gal. Next comes Danica's Sweet Sixteen in less than a month.