Dispositive evidence of the two-minutes-past-midnight photo-capture time can be gleaned from the digital clock on the mantel (clearly visible beyond the Haag-girls-fueled shenanigans in the foreground of the photo). As anyone who's visited St. Joe has learned via EMG: that particular clock is super-accurate based on atomic or nuclear or somesuch shmancy technology.
I'll let Grandma set the scene:
Initial thoughts:A Belated Happy New Year to All, We are sending the picture of our New Years Eve Party. Don’t you wish you could have been here? I am standing there with the telephone in my hand. We were talking to Carol, and wanted to let her hear what was going on here. . . The 4 merry-makers are on the floor having a great time. It looks like a huge mess. However when it was over, everything was cleaned up, and the confetti was put back in a bag for next year. At midnight Grandpa shot his gun out the deck door. We don’t know if anyone heard it. For the occasion Alison made some glasses for me and Barb. She attached mine to my regular glasses. Alison made the year 2014 out of cutout letters, and then taped them to the top of our glasses. She also added a horse to show that 2014 is the year of the horse in China. Grandpa weighed the confetti, and said it weighed 2 pounds. The same stuff has been used at least 3 years over and over again. We went to Mass at 6:30 on New Years Eve. Later in the evening we had a fondue treat that Barb and the girls put together. We also had a non-alcoholic drink. We hope that 2014 is a good year for all.
1. How was this captured? Pure luck with a timer or remote control?
2. Did Grandpa have time to blast his gun at midnight, and then leap into this photo at 12:02a? Seems like a tight timetable - isn't he still recovering from multi-car wreckery?
3. Can I buy glasses like those somewhere online?
4. Used confetti.
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