Donald Wade Soper Sr. turns 110

Happy birthday, Pop! Love from your son Steve. . . scenes from a life well-lived and a man well-loved:

pitching in at one of the Taylor's IGA stores

bridge with the Watts's

with Sandy

Don Jr. me and dad at Don Jr's wedding 1959

in Colorado Springs

with Champ

Montreal

dad with the Frankel girls

dad is top row far left

The Circus by Valadon

The Circus, 1889. Attributed to Suzanne Valadon. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Five by Toulouse-Lautrec

At the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Jane Avril, 1893

 Ida Heath Dancing

 Au Moulin Rouge:  The Glutton and Her Sister (La Goulou et sa soeur).

The Seated Clown, Mlle Cha-u-Ka-o

Bust of Mademoiselle Lender, 1895

Lisa Colt Curtis by Sargent

Portrait of Lisa Colt Curtis, 1898. John Singer Sargent. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Valmy and Léa by Béraud

Valmy and Léa, c. 1885-1895. Jean Béraud. The Cleveland Museum of Art.