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The birthday girl, my Mom, Hazel Louise Morris |
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On September 23 past, my Mom, Hazel Morris, celebrated her 90ieth birthday in fine fashion at Tate’s Restaurant in Nesconset, NY not far from her home in Holbrook, Long Island. Four generations were in attendance. I brought along the 24-105 zoom, the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, the EOS-5D Mark III, and the Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT. For the most part I worked in Program mode at ISO 800 adding and subtracting light as best I could. The flash was kept at -2/3 stop. Most of the images are straight out of camera.
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My Mom and her aide, Addie.
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My Mom’s four grandchildren: my daughter’s Alissa on our left, Jennifer on our right. My older sister Ilene’s two kids: Brian on our left and Scott on our right.
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Scott being Scott. Scott is always first on line to help my Mom with fixing stuff!
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My Mom loves doing jigsaw puzzles. Denise came up with the idea of having puzzles made from our photos. Here is my Mom with her Snow Monkey puzzle.
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A rare photo of my guest Denise Ippolito. Looking quite beautiful.
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I am eternally grateful to Kenny Giles. He made my former wife Dana happy and is a great grandpa as well. Dana is the mother of Jennifer and Alissa. Dana and Kenny live near my Mom and Alissa and Ilene.
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Alissa’s older son Ilyas with his wonderful Dad Ajiniyaz in the background.
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Alissa’s younger son Idris; he started reading at 3 1/2 and is something of a geography savant.
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My younger sister Arna Lee. Actually I would have had an older sister but my Mom lost baby Carla right after my Dad went overseas during WWII.
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Jennifer’s daughter Maya posing. (Future rock star.)
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Brian’s oldest Max, a skilled Little League pitcher.
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Carter, the little brother of Max is a sure fire Hall of Fame pitcher. He can knock you over with his fastball.
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Scott’s youngest Emmie and her baby blues.
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Max and Carter’s little sister Leiah.
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That looks like a really fun party. Your photos are great and it is always good to have a close knit family to share moments like this.
Thanks Annie. It was!
Such a beautiful family!
Hey Artie: Did I miss Sam? I would have enjoyed seeing him again! I hope your Mom is safe and sound from that storm. What a mess things must be!
Jim
Hey Jim, Sam stayed in Florida because he did not want to miss any classes. He is both brilliant and dedicated. How are the new parts working????
Excellent shots, thank you for sharing your wonderful happy family with us! You are blessed to have your Mom around still. I wish her all the best, and a long and healthy happy life ahead 🙂
Hi Artie,
Thank you for brightening my day by sharing these lovely photos from your Mom’s birthday, I hope everyone had a great time! 🙂
Dear Art
Great to meet your family
Know your mother was delighted
the photography A+++++
Ullin Leavell
Artie – How did your mom make out with the storm? I hope the family is ok.
Seeing your lovely family,
makes me smile…
Love the photos! You rock!! Thank you for making your family famous and sharing the photos with all of us, (as well as the ones as you and Denise). “Mazel tov, Hazel! I wish you many many more!!” 🙂
Great photos Artie! All the beautiful images we take of animals and scenery can never compare with the beauty of our family, within each face the true and pure beauty of our creator shines.
Thank you so much for sharing what many folk keep to themselves.
Chris
Having been on a couple of trips w you, I wondered where you got to be an Energizer Bunny. Now I know – good genes!
Very nice photos of a very nice family!
Congratulations Arthur on a wonderful family event. It’s rewarding to see pictures of all the people we’ve heard about for years.
Jim
Hi Arthur!
I enjoy each and every image of your family and friends! nice to have you mom and all the gang in one place! take care.
Happy birthday to your mom. Great family. The pictures are lovely. The new Canon flash seems to work very well. I think I need to get one soon.
What a great looking family! Thanks for sharing.
Happy 90th Birthday Hazel, Neat Hat. Great images all!!
Thanks for sharing, Artie. Great photos. It’s nice to be able to set the gear on program and let it do it’s thing.
What a wonderful flock Artie!
Hey Artie your mom and my dad are the exact same age! We celebrated my dad’s 90th on the same day!
Lewis
Thank you for sharing these. Brought a smile to my face!
Artie, What a beautiful family and how lucky to be able to gather 4 generations together.
Wishing your Mum, you and your entire mishpacha a hearty Mazel Tov and may you all celebrate your Mum’s 100th.
Artie, many happy returns to your Mom – she looks fabulous!! I so enjoyed hearing all about her during our trip to JBWR and Nickerson in 2009 (I think!)
I hope that you are all safely out of the way of the storm.
Love,
Nicki
Thanks Nicki. I am fine as is my Mom’s house on Long Island.
Artie, May you and your family continue to have great times!
ART:
YOUR MOM LOOKS GREAT! WHAT A LOVELY FAMILY SHE HAS — SHE MUST BE SO PROUD.
MAZEL TOV!
I love family pictures and yours were lovely. Great to have a mom around. Happy birthday to her.