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! ❤

omg ..... prom pix

okay okay i totally intended to post some more childhood pics... but when i was looking through some hat boxes overstuffed with old photos..... i found these nostalgic ones that i took of my friends....
at .......................PROM!

and no you won't see any of me... if you saw them you'd understand
but you won't
so you won't!

this is my friend bri (pronounced bree -- you know her as briar rose). her prom date ditched out on her in the middle of the dance.... but can you blame him? one look at this ridiculous 80's ensemble bomb explains it all 

this is odette... she's a ballerina.... this was a candid pic taken of her after she'd been dancing for hours... yeh i hate her too

this girl was banned from prom for indecent exposure which is so unfair... she is a flower fairy and was dressing in character as......

....this!.... she is of the anthurium family and was just trying to represent

this is one of my bffs cin.... she barely barely made it to prom cuz of having so much housework to do, cleaning up after the au pair angela that her step-mother hired to bring the household good karma

and here she is.... angela the au pair.. and as you can see, it wasn't really her fault.. not intentionally anyway

as usual, cin, exhausted from housework and scatter-brained as a result, misplaced a few things at prom... a habit she has not broken to this day 

ahhhhh yes... little Alice... the bright girl who skipped 2 grades... since she was so young her parents insisted on sending chaperones with her to prom... you can see how thrilled she was about the arrangement

this is that skinny witch twiggles getting out of the limo.... she was a favorite of the men's mime team

hahahahahhaha this is how we kept that annoying little twerp ariel from tagging along... i'd forgotten all about this... good times

here is the snob who won prom queen... i dare not speak her name.... everyone said the voting was rigged and that she only won because of hanging chads

and here are the poor chads to prove it!

jezebel.... in a back room at prom.... she was expelled the next day

this was the wicked queen when she was still just a princess... and off her meds

snow white hiding out to partake of a little pick-me-up... ever wondered why we called her 'snow'?

and here she is the morning after...

now this was truly unfortunate.... one of the vampire girls who imbibed a little too much blood and stayed out too late.... till sunrise actually

well that was a fun flit down memory lane... wow... memories....
more tomorrow friends
ciao for now
and remember, don't drink & fly!
e.