my mom, back in the day... more like century

it is no secret that my mom is kinda old.
she is middle-aged, pushing the big 500 and boy is she proud of it
many of our line have lived to be millennials and mum is right on target to make that list.

i decided it would be fun to post some pics of her when the old girl was my age... wide-eyed, eager and full of promise... nothing like me who is bitter, cranky and just needs coffee and craves cake most of the time.

so here she is .... Mlle. Dorothea Fae... for your consideration

mum's gig as a flatware model... the manufacturers loved that she was the same size as the cutlery

mum during her showgirl days, this headdress went straight up... till mum had a run-in with a klieg light

here with her sister, my aunt althea, they had a dance act together. they were called the Papagenettes

couldn't resist throwing this into the mix.... this was my mom when she tried to run away from home as a child.  her wings hadn't come in yet, so she didn't make it more than a block or two from home

my parents while out at a cafe -- no that's not my dad you see next to mum.  dad was off to the left.  the handsome devil on the right was mum's faithful hound, Horatio Hornblower

as you know, my father is of vampire extraction, and as such does not show up in photographs.  that said, this is a pic of my parents while they were courting

here they are pitching woo at a local eatery.  i hear they were notoriously shameless with the pda's

here they are on their honeymoon, in the champagne suite of the Romanoff estate. i think a bellman snapped this pic while they were otherwise engaged and oblivious

this is one of my first memories and fave pics of my mom.  this is how i think of her, getting ready to go to the ballet

mum actually took this picture.  this is the first Mother's Day tea party she hosted for her own mom, my grand-mère josephine

happy Mother's Day mum.... i heart you more every century! ❤