… for this photo of my mother in Oslo just a few years ago. She always appreciated the fact that Norwegians throw a big party every year for her birthday and she got to visit the country several times over the years, as part of her many travel adventures.
Hello! I'm Alice, which is my real name (most of the other names here have been changed, though, to protect the innocent). I live in an almost-100-year-old house in downtown Chattanooga, TN with my first husband, Ralph (who is from New Canaan, CT), and a cockapoo named Nonnie (the moniker comes from a Laurens van der Post book). Our daughter, Emmie, plays a supporting role on the blog -- she's off being a student, but she pops in often enough to keep things interesting.
I originally hale from Batavia, NY, a quiet little town in rural western New York. Ralph and I met while attending college in Carlisle, PA, and then moved on to Chapel Hill, NC together before finally settling in Tennessee. Other places we've lived in long enough to have a mailing address include London and San Francisco.
This blog is about a lot of things -- the places I visit, things I cook, people I meet, photos I take, things I read, and -- of course, politics. I'm an unrepentant progressive, liberal, lefty, euro-loving, educated elitist and I'm looking forward to an administration that doesn't raise my blood pressure quite as often as the outgoing one did...
October 30th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Hugs to you, Alice. Your mother was a lovely lady. What a beautiful smile. Thank you for sharing this photo with us.
October 30th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Ah, yes, the “guard”. Special duty, that, for soldiers. It’s something that if you get selected for such an elite troup, you have bragging rights for life. (They guard the royal family and it looks like your mother is at the palace.) My boss was in “garden”, as we say.
It’s a delightful photo - wonderful contrast between stern guard and happy tourist and their respective headgear.
October 30th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Might I say that your mother is a lovely lady Alice. And always will be.