80 Years of Louise

Louise Devlin Jenkins at age four.

Tomorrow Louise will be 80. Amazing! 

It has been my privilege to share life with her for nearly 60 years. I'm not going to write much in this post; just share some photos of the beauty that has enchanted me since we first met.

 

The verdant Louise. Miami, 1969/70.

 

Louise with our children. Miami, 1969/70.

 

Louise at Deer Run Farm around 1990. Ready for anything!

 But Louise is much more than just a pretty face. She is one of the most courageous people I know; also one of the most caring and compassionate. She is a person of deep faith. Her adventurous spirit matches my own. She's always good to go, ready to tackle any challenge; so we've been blessed with an interesting and eventful life together, even though she has had spinal issues that resulted in multiple surgeries.

Louise on boat cruise, Sr. Thomas, U,S. Virgin Islands, 1994.

Louise at 67. Her staff photo for her church music directors job.

Extremely intelligent and multi-talented, Louise earned two Bachelors and a Master's degrees, had a 36-year career as a nurse and nurse practitioner, was a teacher, and a church choir director. She even served as the video cameraperson on two of my European documentary projects.

Louise at 77 (with Georgia). When we were still living in our camper.

Louise at 80 tomorrow (March 8).

These photos were made with many different cameras over the years, and I have many, many more I could have shown. The photo of "Verdant Louise" was made with my first Nikon F, and the photo of Louise with our children was made with an old, roll-film Polaroid Land camera. For the most recent portrait, I used a Fuji X-T3 and the Fujinon 16-80mm lens.

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