Families of the Lounge

[Babydoll]

Annual trip to the local tulip fields today.

 

[BobHufford]

My kids wanted to reenact the Great Easter Egg Hunt of 1996. 500 eggs. Some things never change...

 

[MisterCairo]

Exactly what we have been doing! I bought the Neosporin with pain relief & scar reduction. She doesn't like it, but I can guarantee she would like a scar less.

We were a Bactine family.

"Sean, this may sting a wee bit..."

 

[Babydoll]

I don't know that I have ever seen Bactine sold here.

 

[Zombie_61]

Wow, I haven't thought of Bactine for decades. It was supposed to contain lidocaine to relieve pain, but that sure wasn't apparent in that moment when it first came into contact with an open wound.

 

[dh66]

After her first performance.

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[dh66]

These three slayed it tonight in their theater classes' performance of 'Alice in Wonderland'.

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[alanfgag]

My Mom, c.1950 and 2000.

 

[EstherWeis]

My Mom, c.1950 and 2000.

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What an absolute lady. Stunning!

 

[alanfgag]

What an absolute lady. Stunning!

Thank you Esther... she was a force to be reckoned with.


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[EstherWeis]

Thank you Esther... she was a force to be reckoned with.


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She sure looks like it. My kind of woman.
Didn't she work in fashion?

She was a beautiful woman when she was younger. But the 2000 picture blows my mind.
An example of how a woman should age.

Rare to see.

 

[2jakes]

Great photo!

I remember so well when I was a kid & that look when I did something I shouldn’t have.

 

[carouselvic]

my mom before kids....

 

[alanfgag]

She sure looks like it. My kind of woman.
Didn't she work in fashion?

She was a beautiful woman when she was younger. But the 2000 picture blows my mind.
An example of how a woman should age.

Rare to see.

She was in fashion - a buyer and later a merchandise manager for Ohrbach's in NY. She had a glamorous career of overseas travel in the 1950s and 1960s, which became more complicated and less glamorous in the 1970s as the Brenninkmeijer company took control of Ohrbach's and changed it to a discount retailer. My Dad took the first photo and made many paintings of her in the early years of their marriage. I took the second photo a year or two before she died of complications from a lifetime of smoking. She never lost her poise and elegance.

 

[2jakes]

My pretty ma when she graduated from high school.

 

[2jakes]

My wife who puts up with all my bikes and stuff I bring home.

Happy Mother’s Day...sweetie!

 

[alsendk]

Happy Mothers Day

 

[EstherWeis]

She was in fashion - a buyer and later a merchandise manager for Ohrbach's in NY. She had a glamorous career of overseas travel in the 1950s and 1960s, which became more complicated and less glamorous in the 1970s as the Brenninkmeijer company took control of Ohrbach's and changed it to a discount retailer. My Dad took the first photo and made many paintings of her in the early years of their marriage. I took the second photo a year or two before she died of complications from a lifetime of smoking. She never lost her poise and elegance.

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Sounds like a woman I would have gotten along great with. She was absolutely stunning. And again, what a glamorous picture!

You must have inherited her eye for beautiful things. Your hats set the standard and are an inspiration for me at many occasions.



Since it's Mother's Day in the rest of the world.

( we in Antwerp celebrate it on the 15th of August. )
But I never let the chance go by to thank my mother. So, thank you Mama!

She is the most amazing woman and this is my favorite picture of all times.

A happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there!

 

[EstherWeis]

And since we are on old pictures and mother figures. I was very fortunate to have my grandmother with me until 3 years ago.

Also one of my favorites. My grandmother on the right.
She got the sewing into me from an early age and I have an old work hours paper from that very location ( this was taken at the tailors she worked at) framed in my atelier.
Unfortunately she never got to see the place, but I'm sure she's smiling somewhere. And then telling me to get on with it.

 

[2jakes]

My sweet Annie-Rose.

Without a doubt, she was the sweetest, kindest and gentlest person I have ever known that
loved me dearly.
I was blessed to have her for a mother-in-law.