[Leica] IMG: My Mother the Veteran

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

"Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote
> My mother was one of the veterans honored at her retirement home today. 
> She was a pre-flight instructor as a WAVE in the U.S. Navy during World 
> War II, and is still remarkable. This former special education teacher 
> turned 94 in July and she is still learning, viewing Great Courses DVDs on 
> Winston Churchill, History of Jazz, and other topics, and goes through 
> crossword puzzle books like crazy.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/20140821_MR_Mine_DSF0900.jpg.html>
>
> BTW, when I showed her this shot on the LCD, she didn't like it. (!)

She'll like when she's 100. Many older women dismiss photos of themselves at 
the time only to appreciate them some years later. My mother is 90 and has 
the same problem.

Douglas