Remembering birthdays

At the risk of displaying maudlin sentimentality, I'll celebrate what would have been Wendy's 87th birthday by posting a grab-bag of photos of Wendy, many of which show the lovely smile that so often lit up her face and all her surroundings.

Sunshine, spring blossoms and an engagement ring, August 18, 1956

Just married, February 14, 1957

Signing the marriage registry, St Peter's College chapel, February 14, 1957

Toddlers Rebecca and David waving to a ship on Sydney Harbour, 1960

Gondola in Venice, July 1969

Toasting each other at David's wedding, 1983












Ironing the Christmas skirt, 1983

Rail pass travel in Europe, c 1986

30th Wedding anniversary, February 14 1987, at Sydney's best seafood restaurant

Wendy with her niece Anne Wendelken,
Wellington, New Zealand, 1987

With our first grandchild, Ottawa, autumn 1988

Can Cun, Mexico, 1989

Shinkashen (Bullet Train) Tokyo to Morioka, 1991

Oban-Mull ferry, western isles, Scotland, 2003

Cutting the birthday cake, Oct 14, 2005

With David at 80th birthday party, Jack Purcell Community Centre, October 14, 2005

Christmas Day, 2009












What happy memories these (and innumerable other) photos evoke!