My wife's family is just the nicest bunch of people you could meet. Warm, hard-working, clever, honest, funny, and none of the adults object to a little nip (except maybe my 93 year old mother-in-law, who has other priorities at this point in life). And they produce beautiful children. This is niece Sammie, a high school senior, holding great-niece (is there a specific term for that?) Sydney, who I think is five months. She is the only member of the family named for a major city in Australia. Maybe if she has a brother, her parents, Steve and Trisha, will name him Melbourne.
encore un beau portrait mere/enfant. le b&w donne vraiment beaucoup de douceur
ReplyDeleteMelbourne...excuse me what about Perth then haha!I say Bob, did you realise that it's Thursday...where's the Arch! Only joking, Sammie and Sydney are both gorgeous.
ReplyDeletep.s I did think about making my shot this morning B&W, but didn't want to lose that flash of red in the sail.
To be named after a city, you could not do much better than Sydney. It is a spectacular city.
ReplyDeleteI trust no one named Alice was named after Alice Springs, a town in the middle of the Outback.
Oh rats. Ive been so busy that I literally forgot what day of the week it is. I'll make it up somewhere. Dave, I've been to Alice Springs. Using that town would automatically give someone a middle name.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, Olivier, the young woman is not the baby's mother. She is 16 or 17.
Terrific picture, Bob!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, great-niece is the proper term.
The parents could also name future kids Canberra, Adelaide, Darwin, Brisbane, or, if they're feeling really silly, Wodonga.
Or our favorite: Woolloomooloo!
ReplyDeleteI've always aspired to become am member of the philosophy department at the University of Wooloomooloo.
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet shot. Family is so important. If we don't have them, what do we have?
ReplyDeleteI thought Sydney was a boy's name but I understand Americans take a far more liberal approach to their choice of names than we do in France.
ReplyDeleteCute pair, these two!
PS - I'll second Halcyon.
While Alice Springs was named after a woman named Alice, the origin of the name Woolloomooloo remains unclear. Anthropologist J.D. McCarthy wrote in 'NSW Aboriginal Places Names' in 1946 that Woolloomooloo could be derived from either Wallamullah, meaning place of plenty or Wallabahmullah, meaning a young black kangaroo
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