Hi Family,
Each time I drive past Grandma's house (almost every day lately) I think of how beautiful she and her yard where. In the fall, when I was in elementary school, I walked and would stop and pick a beautiful blue Morning Glory that grew up the power pole. I would smell it and look at it all the way to school.
We can all probably remember seeing Grandma on her knees either planting flowers, in the vegtable garden, or weeding. I remember when she would be irrigating and I would run to the wading pool to see if it was filled with water (not apricots)!
Can you remember the Ferris wheel filled with geraniums, the steel wheelbarrow brimming with flowers? I sure do, I broke my new front tooth off playing tag with some of you (in the dark of course). The rock garden was always blooming with splendid plants. Everyone admired the gorgeous begonias under her bedroom window. I know that she loved her yard and the beauty of flowers.
What traditions can you recall? Remember our Thanksgivings at Grandma's home? We were all gathered wall-to-wall. It was fun sitting on the wooden plank held by two chairs - that was the next step after the kids' table. Our family still lights the lemon extract-soaked, sugar cubes and places them on our miniture plum pudding. This is a tradition that I hope my children and grandchildren will continue.
At this special time of the year, I want to tell you all how grateful I am for each of you. We are so blessed to have this wonderful family. I am also grateful for those that have gone before us. Our heritage is so rich. Thank you all for the precious memories!
Please let me know if you have any ideas to save Grandma's house. I would love to hear from you. I have received one comment and so appreciated her words of encouragement and support.
We hadn't heard from the Realtor about our last offer...we are hoping that it hasn't been sold. Let's all get creative and think of a way to keep it in the family!
I hope that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving surrounded by those you love.
With Love,
Shelley
P.S.
Please send me any of your families' emails so that they can be part of this effort. And thanks for sharing this blog with your family.
great job Shelley. Too much important history to let this property "go to waste"...hang in there!
ReplyDeleteI was petty young when Grandma passed on, but I still have some great memories of her and the home. It was always great to run down the block from Grandpa and Grandma Hunsaker's to go play on the swing set. The yard was so nicely maintained and felt worlds away in its own little corner of nature. Inside, Grandma would pull down the model carousel for me to play with and would give me a handful of hard candy. I know that there were other kids there, but my memories of time in that home always seem like it was one-on-one time with her.
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