Miss Ginger's Kitchen: Happy Birthday, Linda and Eric!

My sister, Linda, has an August 15th birthday and her husband, Eric, was born on August 19th, 10 years later. To celebrate his 40th and her 50th, they planned a 90th Birthday party that was held at their home this past weekend. Linda is a fabulous cook who is not at all intimidated by any recipe. She prepared pulled pork, German potato salad, Texas potatoes, salad and with the assistance of her daughter, Jenelle, prepared appetizers that were out of this world.

My sister is amazing and accomplished, having completed 10 marathons, with many more left in her and so many other things to come in the future. I am very blessed to have her as my sister.

However, when I think of Linda, I always think of our earlier years.

This photo was taken one Easter morning on the front porch of our home at 985 Manresa Lane. From the left it's Linda, me and Beth.

Linda and Beth were great pals and then I came along...note the pout. From the left it's Beth, Linda and me.

This is one of my favorites of Beth (l) and Linda.

As the years went by 3 more sisters arrived. After me it was Cathy (l), then Suzy (front), Linda behind Suzy then me on the right. Maggie is the youngest.

I believe this is one of my favorites. On the banks of the Meramac River, our Uncle Ed had an old cabin complete with a well that was up the hill, before you got to the outhouse. Being the city girls we were, we referred to the cabin as "The Country." Going to The Country was a great adventure for us and, from the photo above, you can see that the city slickers were not prepared. I mean who wears knee-high socks to the Country? Well, we did.