Melancholy

I've been thinking about my grandma this evening.  Here she is getting her corsage pinned on by my mom's friend and bridesmaid on my mom's wedding day.  Grandma died from cancer just two months later.  She was only 53.  I wish I could have known her when I was growing up.  I have been told that she loved kids and made the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.

Becomingly

I was thinking about my bestie this evening and decided to edit another of her wedding pics.  Beautiful bride.  They both are so young.

Gracefully

Another picture from my bestie's wedding.  The Mr. and Mrs. look so young.

Sacredly

 I talked my bestie into showing me a few of her wedding pics today.  I absolutely adore this one!

Approvingly

Another picture from my bestie.  I really like this picture of them.  

Matrimonially

A year ago today, my oldest nephew got married.  Lovely memories.

I wasn't the official photographer, but I still had a great time taking pictures.  These are a few of my favorites.

Accompany

My bestie brought over some pictures from her younger years.  This was at a sister's wedding.  Her husband sure is wearing a million-dollar smile!  She told me that the bridesmaids made their own dresses.

Eventfully

 Another of my mom's folks on their wedding day.  I really like the dressy heels the ladies are wearing.  

Techie Corner

Many of these old negatives from the wedding and such are larger than the scan area of my negative scanner.  

Most of them I've been cropping, but this one was taken closer in, so there was no easy way to get their heads and their shoes in the picture at the same time.

This is a composite of two separate negative scans.  It took some editing to meld the two, but I like the result.  

The fog at the top appears to be light-leak from before the film was developed.  It would take a lot of work to fix it, so I didn't bother this time around.

Beamy

 Another picture of mom's folks on their wedding day.  My grandpa is typically Mr. Sobersides in pictures, but in this one, he is in rare form with a gigantic smile on his face.  It makes him look a lot younger.

Devotedly

 Grandma and grandpa on their wedding day.

Effusively

 I've been doing a lot of genealogy stuff lately and tonight I happened to flip through pics from my wedding.  I love this one of my brother and me.  Can you tell I was having a good day?

I am forever grateful to my friend who took our wedding pictures, Erica Bruggeman.

Pleasantry

 Continuing my week-long tribute to my dad.  Here they are, after the ceremony.  Now that the offending Easter lilies are out of the way, both the bride and groom are visible and ready to greet guests. 

Obstructively

 I was looking through pictures to continue my week-long dad tribute and came across this one, which made me laugh.  A perfect example of the need to pay attention to everything in the shot when you take a picture.

Nimbly

 

Wedding day tiara maintenance handled with nimble fingers and a smile.

Decoratively

 

Exuberancy

 

Supportingly

 

Two thumbs up for your new husband is a good way to start a marriage.

Whoopsie

 

"Don't tell my dad!!!"  Someone spilled red Powerade on their white dress shirt.  

Jointly

 

Muggy

When your wedding reception is outside and the dew point is 74, this is how the bride and one of her new sister-in-laws stay cool.

Regardless of the tropical reception, I had a lovely time with family yesterday.  I love them all to bits.  

More to come.