Mim's' 'No Mystery' message

Hi Stricko folks!
Sylvi the ancient one is having another go at this fun (??) way to keep everyone up to date...
Hopefully, here's a copy of Mim's' e-mail re the 'mystery' reference in the April 14th notice -

Hi all,

Hope everyone’s well and looking forward to 2013, and best wishes to Sarah and Andi.

Just a note to explain Rog’s cryptic reference to the “mystery” re the family gathering in April:

Some of you may be aware that Mum/Nanny Marj had a cousin, Ella, who has lived in New York since the end of the second world war. For some years after Marj died, Ella used to phone me at Christmas time for a brief chat, which was fun.

Well Ella is now 90, and her daughter Pam has been in contact with myself and Sylvi expressing a desire to consolidate a connection with her mother’s Australian relatives. Given that neither Ella nor Marj had any siblings, and their cousins are long deceased, that pretty much amounts to us lot.

Pam would love to come here and meet us all, but has developed a fear of flying. I’ve also had a desire to see Ella before she became too elderly (health-wise she’s very good; short term memory-wise…not so good). So Sylvi and I have put our heads together and decided I’ll go see them.

What we were hoping then, is to have the opportunity to take an up-to-date family photo or two, that will enable me to “put faces to names” and give Pam (and her brother Barry) a sense of her Aussie cousins.

As I’ve booked to fly out in late April, the 14^th seemed ok as a gathering date, hoping that fitted around the various holidays in March, Easter and school holidays.

Now we’ve just heard that Jess and Andrew may be busy with a new baby then, and everyone has lots of commitments, and anything can happen between now and April, so if anyone can’t come on the day it would just be great if you could email me a current photo of yourselves to complete the picture.

Any enquiries are welcome.

Thanks, and lots of love, Mims