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Article: Modern portraiture less formal, more individualistic art.
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- Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA)
- Article date:
- January 23, 2006
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Byline: Valerie Takahama
In a new twist on the blended family, both Mary and Joe Ferguson's mothers and an aunt, all in their 80s, moved in with the Laguna Beach, Calif., couple two years ago.
Since then, they've developed a couple of daily rituals. Mary Ferguson gets up first and puts on a pot of coffee. The older women filter in around 7 and take a place at the kitchen table, where they drink coffee, read the paper and plot the day ahead, which may include a Red Hat Society outing, a bowling date, hair appointments or a class at UC Irvine.
No matter how busy it gets, the older gals gather for cocktail hour at 5 sharp. Mary's mother, Mary ...