...so I'll congratulate John and Val now on their 25th Wedding Anniversary with a walk down Memory Lane -
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Val at the farm. Me being creative with my Canon AE-1 Single Lens Reflex camera... framing her inbetween the posts like that? Golden.
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John frolicking on the lawn.
These were the '70's and the livin was easy.
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In June 1981, Val, Denise and I went to Palm Springs by ourselves. First real holiday as young women without our parents or siblings along. I had just turned 20, Denise was 19, Val was 18. None of us were old enough to rent a car, so we took a cab to our hotel and only went places we could walk to. On our last day we did a photo shoot, changing our clothes every few minutes. We coordinated our "looks" and took alot of individual as well as group shots. We all had rainbow tops, mine was a tank, and Denise's was a t. Remember, this was a few decades ago when rainbows meant 'no more floods' not "I am gay".
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Minutes after we got back to Vancouver, John gave Val an engagement ring. I got a promise ring. Denise got nothing.
A few days after our return, I was a bridesmaid for my friend, Sherry. And again, at the end of the summer, I was a candle-lighting bridesmaid for Vern.
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Then, in November, I was a bridesmaid for Val... (You thought this photo journey was about Val, didn't you? Oh no. It's all about me. Me. Me. "I was a bridesmaid... I wore a tee shirt...")
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Happy belated Anniversary, John and Val.
Love you guys -
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