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tvordljFamily means a lot. Family is who you are and where you came from. Our family, Dad's side, used to get together for big family picnics and "reunions" fairly regularly but we don't much anymore and that's a shame. More often than not, you don't get to see them unless it's a sad occasion like a funeral because everyone is pretty much married off and had their own babies. There were 9 Johnston siblings, there are 5 left and one of them lives in BC and the other one is ill in a nursing home. Today was the party for my aunt and uncle's 50th wedding anniversary. The photo of the siblings showed three people. Other than my uncle Keith who is Dad's twin, all the other siblings are older, some in their 80's and as the family ages, the numbers start to dwindle.
Enough of that. The party was lovely! Loads and loads of people there, quite a few I didn't know as they were friends of the family. I know a number of my aunt's family as well and it's always a shock to see how much the children of my cousins and second cousins have grown since i saw them last, some of them 10 years ago! I took about 40 pictures and I can't say i'm overly impressed with the battery life taking all flash pics. It was flashing dead when i left. All the pictures were using the flash, there was a bit of using the zoom and the review, and the battery was down a little to start with . It wasn't quite that bad when i was taking photos outdoors, of course, without the flash. Just as well i've ordered a spare battery though. And maybe i wasn't letting it charge up long enough though the indicator was off which means it's finished charging. I suspect the optical image stabilizer probably uses more battery power too and i've been leaving that on all the time. I shall have to rethink that.
Yes. The party. A table full of party food plus more that was passed around. I mingled and ended up standing the whole two and a half hours that we were there. Lots of hugs, lots of memories. My cousin Barry read a speech in which he noted quite a few things that have changed since 1957. There's photos here but they won't be of much interest to non-family.
Enough of that. The party was lovely! Loads and loads of people there, quite a few I didn't know as they were friends of the family. I know a number of my aunt's family as well and it's always a shock to see how much the children of my cousins and second cousins have grown since i saw them last, some of them 10 years ago! I took about 40 pictures and I can't say i'm overly impressed with the battery life taking all flash pics. It was flashing dead when i left. All the pictures were using the flash, there was a bit of using the zoom and the review, and the battery was down a little to start with . It wasn't quite that bad when i was taking photos outdoors, of course, without the flash. Just as well i've ordered a spare battery though. And maybe i wasn't letting it charge up long enough though the indicator was off which means it's finished charging. I suspect the optical image stabilizer probably uses more battery power too and i've been leaving that on all the time. I shall have to rethink that.
Yes. The party. A table full of party food plus more that was passed around. I mingled and ended up standing the whole two and a half hours that we were there. Lots of hugs, lots of memories. My cousin Barry read a speech in which he noted quite a few things that have changed since 1957. There's photos here but they won't be of much interest to non-family.
