I may have to crop this photo down a little. The light that day was good for photographing people outdoors – Mom’s hair looked nice in it.

She was always particular about her hair – it was a luxuriant auburn halo when she was young. I haven’t seen any photos of her with long hair yet – and I looked at almost everything she had while I was helping my sisters clear out the house a little week before last.

This photo was taken at her 90th birthday celebration at my sister Timmy’s house last September. Her cake was inscribed “Murpheola,” Pop’s nickname for her. Lots of people knew her as “Murph.”


Via: Flickr Title: MurphBday065 By: GinnyRED57
Originally uploaded: 8 Sep ’05, 11.15pm CDT PST

That’s my mom in blue, looking at family photos. The lady in the middle is Olivette, an "over the back fence" neighbor of ours when I was a kid… they moved away 20 or 25 years ago. That’s the kind of neighborhood Mom had. The boy is one of Olivette’s grandsons.