Ten tomorrow

[vaneramos]

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[rsc.livejournal.com]

You'd think she'd look happer about it. She's way too young to be fretting about getting older. :-)

[quirkstreet.livejournal.com]

Wish her the best of birthdays in whatever way won't seem like it's coming from a creepy stranger she doesn't know. :) It's a big day for her ... and maybe even for her Dad, huh?

[leafshimmer.livejournal.com]

I'm so fogged today that it's only now, looking at this photo for the 4th time this afternoon (it's a *classic* Friday afternoon here), did it hit me how much like you she is here in this picture.

It's probably just the expression on her face, and the way her eyes look, and the fact that she's posing between what looks like two limbs of a mighty oak... suddenly the portrait started to demand I hail it, "Daughter of Sylvanus"!

I hope you all have lots of fun tomorrow. I had a look at the website for that Royal Winter Ball (they must have a cartload of queens in attendance to give it that royal flavor, huh? all in tartan plaid suits, no doubt) and it looks like a little girl's idea of heaven, esp. the horse shows.

[grandiva1968.livejournal.com]

I second that!

What?

All of it!

[lotuspoet.livejournal.com]

awwwww

she's a cutey!

[djjo.livejournal.com]

And looking just a little cold. Given the winds around here lately, I don't blame her!

I hope you all are having lots of fun today. Enjoy all the animals tomorrow! And remember, pay most attention to your daughters and not the other fathers wandering around! (just kidding, I know they'll have you fullest attention!)

Hugs Van! smooch smooch smooch!
Danny

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Huh? She's probably just as anxious as any kid to grow up. I, on the other hand...

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

You are so creepy! ;-)

Yes, tomorrow is a big day.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I just meant that, to my unpractised eye, she doesn't look altogether thrilled in that picture. Not a very good joke, I'm afraid.

And, as Danny suggests, she was probably just cold.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Marian looks even more like me, and has more of my mannerisms and demeanour. On the other hand Brenna's temperament is starting to remind me more of how I was at that age. And there's something in the eyes.

Queens? You forget this is Canada, where we still hold onto the last vestiges of our connection to the monarchy, so that adjective 'Royal' slips into the best of everything, left and right, with little significance.

Royal Ontario Museum
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Royal Botanical Gardens

Are there fewer queens in America? No. ;-)

And it's a Fair, not a Ball. You really were in a Cinderella fog today, weren't you, darling?

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Yes, she's a sweetheart.

Re: she's a cutey!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, it was a chilly walk by the water today.

It's going to be hard enough to keep my eyes and hands off you tomorrow.

Big hugs.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Ah! That's interesting, because to my eye she looks happy enough. Actually, it was quite a natural and candid shot. I was delighted to get a more thoughtful expression than the silly grin that appears in most photographs of my children.

[danthered.livejournal.com]

She looks so wise...

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Aha! That's what I see, of course time will tell.

Re: she's a cutey!

[djjo.livejournal.com]

oh you'll do just fine. I'll make sure not to do anything unbecoming as well.

Hugs and see you in t minus a few hours! Danny

[twillhead.livejournal.com]

I second danthered's comment . . . she looks like a wise old soul. Like her Daddy. Yoda without the wrinkles.