Lauren Elizabeth Stewart

 It is most appropriate that this blog on elegance coincides with my mother's birthday which is today 11 October. (I am putting back the blog to fill a hole). She was elegance supreme.

In a recent 2022 blog that I wrote, I noticed that my photograph illustrating it was of Jill Daum showing an incredible elegance. That her hands are perfect has a little to do with my being taught to photograph hands by Rosemary and my taking shots of ballerinas.

Sylvia Plath - Jill Daum

After I noticed it I remember that just a few days ago I wrote about the theme of elegance in relation to my mother.

My mother's elegance

Now while looking at framed photograph of my youngest daughter Lauren who is 20 I was hit by the fact that she personifies elegance to an extreme. Part of it may be that steady, unwavering stair into my camera that seems like she might have something in common with Superman’s X-Ray eyes.

I will have to get her to pose for me now that she is 21 and an adult.

And today a day of melancholy with my cats at the Feline Hilton (I am writing this today 11 October but will put it back to fill some holes) she has brought a smile into my face.