M is for ...

...Matching! (Again, photos I did not take.)

Seems mighty fancy clothes to be messing with livestock!

Matching clothing that is. For many years of our lives, Dearest Sister and I were dressed aliked by our mother. She made most of our clothes, and some I am sure without patterns. She was really a very gifted seamstress. It was probably easier to buy enough to make two, and double up on what she was cutting.

Here we are with Wisest Sister. Again with the livestock...

Often we were asked if we were twins, to which we always responded, "No, we are 2 years and 6 weeks apart." Very precise for little munchkins, don't you think? And it was indeed very precise, and it was also very wrong. Wisest Sister and Dear Departed Sister were born 2 years and 6 weeks apart. Dearest Sister and I have birthdays almost exactly one month apart. We were born 2 years and 4 weeks apart.

And here we are with my Oldest BFF, all mix and match. (Boy, we were skinny back then, weren't we!)

We spent years thinking months were six weeks long, apparently. A cautionary tale, I think, about paying more attention to what we hear in our families (then repeat).