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Subject: [Leica] My shy 2-year-old granddaughter: 1 portrait
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:00:12 +0100
References: <4d152e38725999d8132739ad7e06d84e@reid.org>

Very cute, Brian! She's on her way to model for Balenciaga's new 
mantilla range.

Douglas

On 16/08/2021 04:58, Brian Reid wrote:
> Because of the plague, I hadn't seen my granddaughter Nora since her 
> 1st birthday party, which I attended on 16 March 2020 in London, where 
> she lives. Everyone else joined us via Zoom.
>
> Nora is now nearly 2 1/2. The plague seemed to be in remission. So my 
> family gathered in Maine last week. All of my children and their 
> families. I re-established contact with Nora and her parents. She 
> happily observed "You are not on the phone! You are real". We had used 
> FaceTime a lot during the lockdown months.
>
> There were a lot of people gathered in a rustic little cabin, and 
> every day there was some crisis that demanded the attention of adults 
> (Covid exposure and subsequent testing, clogged septic tank, hordes of 
> carpenter ants, etc). Little Nora was a bit shy and withdrawn from all 
> of the hubbub.
>
> The 3rd day I asked her if I could take her picture, as a posed shot. 
> She agreed, but said she needed to wear her hat. She put two sheer 
> blue scarves over her head and then agreed to be photographed. This is 
> what I got:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/family/IMG_1746.jpeg.html
>
> I like it. Her mother (my daughter) likes it. Nora herself has 
> expressed no opinion.
>
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