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This entry is part [part not set]<\/font> of 3 in the series Family Genealogy<\/a><\/div>

2017 Reflections<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

2017 Reflections: how could something that seemed at times to drag on end so quickly? Maybe it was like the brevity of the reflection of the Sandias in the Rio Grande near sunset, on a beautiful day spent with friends Tim and Laurie:<\/p>\n

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Sunset Reflections on the Rio Grande<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Year’s Eve also brings my mother’s birthday. Today she turned 98 years old. In December I got a little into genealogy after buying a DNA test kit at a low price on Black Friday. Playing a bit with family trees, I found my mother has a third Great-grandmother who was born in 1782 and lived into 1887. My mother is very competitive, and is determined to outdo this relative in terms of longevity!<\/p>\n

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My Mom on Her 98th Birthday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DNA is interesting. I’ll spend time in 2018 figuring out how I’m “49% Irish-Scotch-Welsh-British” when I thought for sure I was 75% German. At the moment I have 465 “matches”of fourth cousins or closer (I don’t know who all these people are!). Additionally, two of those are third cousins I feel like I should have known but even my mother had not heard of. DNA does not lie!<\/p>\n

Reflections on Roses: In 2017 The ARS Board of Directors, approved Rules and Guidelines for Judging Rose Photography. I have posted a series of PowerPoint Presentations for this at Southwest Desert Gardening<\/a>. The series is also posted at rose.org<\/a> That was a nine-year commitment, much of it spent swimming upstream! Was it worth it? I’m still reflecting on that.<\/p>\n

Photography in 2017: I exhibited locally this year, at ANMPAS in April, the Corrales Fine Arts Show in October 2017, and Shades of Gray in December 2017.<\/p>\n

I did a couple of series as well. “Insects amongst the Flowers: A Microcosm of Life, Work, and Death”<\/a> was a lot of fun! (Click on the link to see the series.)<\/p>\n

As always, Light was a favorite subject. Crepuscular rays continue to fascinate me. Here is a slideshow of crepuscular rays in 2017:<\/p>\n