Mothers' Day by maggiemae

Mothers' Day

The apostrophe is in the right place!

I organised my day - what I wanted to do and eat. I did actually clean some of the outside windows but that was the only exercise. Roast Chicken with stuffing, roast potatoes and kumeras, plus salad and green peas. The best was yet to come!

This ice-cream is new in NZ - salted caramel with cashews! I tasted a sample in our supermarket and bought it within 10 seconds. Then bought the Danish waffle ice-cream cones. We don’t eat ice creams usually so this was a real treat and needed a photo!

Three good things:
1. Skype from Seattle and son for a Mother’s day wish.
2. Found a photo taken 60 years ago when my family went down to Dunedin to go to the “Borovanski Ballet” and stayed at this hotel and where we are staying this week for a car event. Our car, a 1937 Chevrolet was parked outside in this old photo and I thought we could put our Sadie in exactly the same place for a years later photo!
3. Put seed out for “wild’ birds and the sparrows went mad. Not my intended subject!
john's seem to be looking at you lovingly and you look like you want more ice cream! :-) very nice pic. i hope you enjoyed your mothers' day celebration.
May 10th, 2015  
You certainly are getting a loving gaze............loving the sound of that ice cream flavour :)
May 10th, 2015  
Two lovely icecream eaters......that flavour sounds delicious although I am not an ice cream eater only when it's hot! John is looking very romantic....you should buy ice cream more often maggiemae!
May 10th, 2015  
@happypat We had a visitor at the door in the middle of our ice-cream eating and I had to 'look after' his ice-cream! It started to melt so I had to stop it somehow- so I had 1 & 1/2 ice creams!
May 10th, 2015  
Sounds like you had a wonderful day! This looks like a version of Grant Wood's "American Gothic" painting! https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/american-gothic/5QEPm0jCc183Aw?utm_source=google&utm_medium=kp&hl=en&projectId=art-project only much more romantic!

Great idea to shoot Sadie in a "years later" pose!
May 10th, 2015  
Well that apostrophe is controversial I believe! There is a school of thought that it is a day about mothers not belonging to them as in Christmas Day or Easter Day and therefore shouldn't have an apostrophe. It stresses me out because I like to know right from wrong! Fancy that ice cream - but I'm getting fat so I've had to avert my gaze...
May 10th, 2015  
I love this portrait of you both and especially the way John is looking at you! So loving! The ice cream sounds delicious! It's a great idea to take a photo of Sadie where your old car stood. Put both shots up so we can see.
May 10th, 2015  
I hope you had a wonderful day and enjoyed your mothers day celebrations Sounds a wonderful flavour of ice cream -I very rarely eat Ice cream but there is one flavour I can not resist is the ginger ice cream -- it has lumps if stem ginger in syrup in it !--I have only found it in N Wales ( surprisingly !!) and made by a company up there !!
John has a lovely twinkle in his eye Maggiemae -- I should treat him to more of that ice cream if I was you !!!!!
May 10th, 2015  
@judithg You could be right, Judith! Maybe I should have said "mothers' days"!- if that was what I meant. But I didn't - now I'm confused!
May 10th, 2015  
@grammyn Crikey Katy - I know that Grant Wood picture! What a severe life these guys had - no ice creams for sure!
May 10th, 2015  
Wonderful portrait shot...the ice cream sounds delicious
May 10th, 2015  
Sounds so yummy. This is such a loving portrait capture.
May 10th, 2015  
@maggiemae It does seem like a drab life with no ice cream! Your choice sounded delicious!
May 10th, 2015  
Oh what a beautiful expression of love! A lovely portrait & I will keep an eye out for that ice cream!
May 10th, 2015  
And that is what you need to do! Lovely capture!
May 10th, 2015  
wonderful
May 10th, 2015  
happy mothers day, eat more ice cream!
May 10th, 2015  
I am with you on the apostrophe. Lovely couples shot.
May 10th, 2015  
Nice portrait of the two of you... Happy mothers' day!
May 11th, 2015  
Awesome shot
May 11th, 2015  
A "sweet" portrait of you both. Happy Mothers' Day. :)
May 11th, 2015  
This is a wonderful mothers' day portrait -- ice cream is perfection and I like how your husband is looking at you.
May 11th, 2015  
wonderful portrait and I like how you used the soft vingettte
Yes do please put up both photos of the hotel
May 11th, 2015  
Well the flavor is out of this world for sure. A real treat. And I hope you had a wonderful Mothers' Day
May 11th, 2015  
Lovely portrait! The love is still there! Looking forward to the then and now photos.
May 11th, 2015  
@taffy Thanks Taffy - didn't really know that he was looking like this! At least I'm not looking at the camera!
May 11th, 2015  
Beautiful photo.
May 11th, 2015  
Love this Maggiemae. I fell in love with kumera when we were in NZ and have never seen it here in the UK. The ice cream looks and sounds delicious.
May 11th, 2015  
@ceilidh In some countries they call it sweet potato, Margaret but our kumera has the richest flavour. Thanks for all your super comments!
May 11th, 2015  
My wife and I go crazy on ice-cream. We have it everyday at least 6 consecutive months of the year.
May 11th, 2015  
Great food for that sweet tooth. Nice shot.
May 11th, 2015  
what a beautiful photo
made me smile
May 11th, 2015  
lovely picture for a lovely day with lovely ice cream to boot.
May 11th, 2015  
That ice cream sounds amazing. I don't usually eat ice cream but not sure I could resist that. Great picture of you both
May 11th, 2015  
Oh what a lovely shot.
May 11th, 2015  
I LOVE this...what an adoring look you are receiving! The ice cream sounds delicious.
May 11th, 2015  
Bep
A sweet portrait of you both. Hope you had a nice day!
May 11th, 2015  
Love how he's looking at you...with adoration. Cute!
May 11th, 2015  
Sounds like a great day. I had ice cream when I got home from shooting a wedding . Can't say we don't have it often but I'm not usually eating anything normally at 10:30 pm
May 12th, 2015  
Hope you enjoyed the day, wherever the apostrophe should be, or even if there shouldn't be one at all. I also love the expression on John's face.
May 12th, 2015  
Looks like you had a wonderful Mother's Day all the way to the dessert in your photo. Really nice photo of the two of you, Maggiemae. FAV
May 12th, 2015  
We have a great Sea Salt Caramel, Ice cream we can't get enough off! Great shot of you guys with the bounty!!
May 12th, 2015  
A great shot. He is looking at you very lovingly. Lovely capture.
May 12th, 2015  
Great Mother's Day celebration! Isn't Skype wonderful?! The ice cream sounds wonderful too- yum!! Good shot of you and John!
May 13th, 2015  
Such a special occasion - this is a wonderfully candid capture of the moment. Love it.
May 13th, 2015  
Love this photo - such a natural loving feel to it. That ice cream sounds wonderful! Fav
May 14th, 2015  
@mccarth1 NZ icecream is the best, Kerry! And Deep South is even more than the best but this one is a special made by Tip Top.
May 14th, 2015  
Nice portrait of the two of you. The ice cream sounds delish.
May 14th, 2015  
Happy Mother's Day! I have an ice cream machine : I do ice cream with everything and love it : with tea, with Nutella, with cookies...
May 14th, 2015  
@cocobella I wouldn't dare to buy an ice-cream machine! It would end up being compulsory ice-cream every day!
May 14th, 2015  
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