A Photo a Week Challenge: Extended Family
From Nancy Merrill:
“We all come from somewhere. We all have people we consider family, whether blood kin or chosen kin. The holidays are a time when we connect or reconnect with family and friends who make up our support systems, and extended family becomes very important. I hope that this holiday seasons brings you and your families great joy and closeness, no matter which holidays you are celebrating.
IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO OR TWO (OR THREE…) THAT FEATURE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR EXTENDED FAMILY, BLOOD RELATION OR NOT.”
1963
1945 – Garry’s mom and dad … and Garry, too
2012
1988
2007
2010
2006 – Cyclone
2004
1958
1948
1995
2012
I didn’t take these pictures. Many were taken by family members or passing strangers.
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Categories: #gallery, #Photography, Family, Photo A Week Challenge
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 
Great photos. I have a twin sister who reads my blog so posting any family photos are out of the questions. I have started going through old photos though, taking photos of them to edit them – now that is fun.
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I feel like I know your family so well now, Marilyn. My family would hang me out to dry if I put their pictures out there without sunglasses or in some disguise. I do have one that might qualify – our little grandson with Groucho Marx sunglasses on. Then he would probably object to that now too.
Leslie
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My family never bothers to read my posts, so if they object, they don’t know. I probably should mention that more than half of them are no longer amongst the living, so if they ever objected, they are silent now.
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I wouldn’t hesitate to put the deceased out there. Come to think of it I don’t think many of my family read my posts either. However, some of them would roast me alive if they caught me.
Leslie
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Not to mention, if they did object, you’d want to know how they found out and where they are calling from? 🙂
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How wonderful! Thank you for sharing your family!
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You are welcome. Nice to have a chance to pull those old pictures out of the archives 🙂
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So many great family pictures. And I must say, Garry is Mr. Photogenic!!
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Yes, the camera loves Garry, more since he lost weight. No more chubby cheeks. I wish I could say the same. I look plump, but also haggard which is worse. Fat is merely overly rounded, but haggard makes me look like someone Buffy is searching for, sharpened stake in hand!
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I love these photos, the old and the new. All of you connected to one another
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We are a rainbow crew. Motley in the original meaning of the term 🙂 I think we successfully represent all races and ethnicity except Maori, maybe.
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Motley? A tip of the hat to old friend, the legendary Ferdinand Motley III, gone but not forgotten. He was part of our extended college radio family.
We are FAMILY!
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Yes, we are. Weird though it sometimes feels.
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I always felt like a part of that family even though I never worked at WVHC. Jeffrey adopted a few of us as family members on general terms.., and I’ll always be grateful for that association. After all, I wouldn’t have you guys as friends if it hadn’t gone down the way it did, right?
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