Highlighting the "levels"

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Originally uploaded by sonjanz.

This is one of those photos that capture the essence of our family (with the exception that my dh isn't in it)It was taken at my Dad's 70th birthday party and is one of a series reflecting how my siblings and I used to line up at the beginning of the school year for the latest photos. The school (Arthur's Pass) has since been closed. David, my eldest - was the eldest of the eleven cousins and Jonathan was the youngest. Without Jonathan it would have been a photo of adults. It is one of several photos I have which seem to capture the sense of "spanning the gap" between parenting different stages. You note the sulky 16 year old, the exuberant 7 year old and the tolerant young adults!