The photos were taken when my girlfriend and I were 18 years of age. At the time my friend was an apprentice hairdresser, in a salon in Gympie...our hometown. Very often she did my hair for various occasions.. I'm in the white chiffon Grecian-style dress in the mirrored images. Those two photos were taken at the 21st birthday celebration of a friend of ours, who was also a work colleague of mine at the law firm where I was a Legal Secretary. The birthday boy was the son of my boss, the head of the firm.
My friend and I met when we were very young in our early primary school years. As teenagers we surfed at beaches on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast…. Mooloolaba, Maroochydore and Noosa Heads. We rocked the nights and early mornings away at the dances and record hops.
Her younger brother, and my brother, Graham were both lifesavers with the Noosa Heads Surf Lifesaving Club.
We've remained friends all these years (we're still 18, of course). We keep in touch, but we'd not seen each other since 2003, until last Sunday when that was rectified.
She came, by bus, from Gympie to here where I now live for a catch-up. The bus trip, by the way, takes just over five hours! Quite a distance, I can assure you. She made the trip especially for our get-together. We only had just over two hours to spend together before she had to climb aboard the bus once again, to head back to Gympie. I appreciate what she did so very much.
We met and had coffee at the local monthly market, which was filled with more people than I've seen since the David Bowie concert at Brisbane's Lang Park in the early 80s!!!!! For whatever reason, today's market was very, very busy. How absolutely wonderful it was to meet up again. All those intervening years just melted away. I will remember the time we spent together last Sunday. I will cherish it warmly in my heart.
My friend was a brilliant hairdresser. In my bare feet I stood almost 5ft 8-1/2 inches tall (1.75m) In high heels, which I wore almost every day, and, add the height of the my hair at times...I must have been almost 7ft (2.1m) tall!!!!!
Aww! Love all the photos! And so glad you finally had a reunion with your friend. Maybe you two could travel halfway and meet for lunch somewhere...friendships are so far and few in-between.
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Donna
G'day, Donna. The time we spent together was great. And even from a far distance, amongst the madding crowd, we recognised each other immediately. :)
DeleteThanks for coming....take good. I hope all is well.
That is a very long journey for a two-hour chat!
ReplyDeleteIt is/was, David. And that is one very good reason why I so very much appreciated, and continue to appreciate, what my friend did. At our age now, it is nowhere near as easy as it would have been a few years ago. She and I are no longer "spring chickens", that is for sure. :)
DeleteI still have a few good friends who mean a lot to me...friends from my childhood. I consider myself very lucky, indeed.
Thanks for coming by...take good care. :)