~Happy Mothers Day, Meet My Mom~

Since today is Mothers Day I thought I would post this one of

my mother, the lady that raised me. I was, as you know adopted

by her and my Dad when I was 14 months old. She is the only

one I know as Mother. Her name is Violet. Lovely name isn't it?

Violet Beatrice. She was born in England, one of 8. She came

over to the USA with my Grandparents when she was 8 years

old. She had 4 inoculation spots on her upper left arm from the

vaccinations she had to have when they came here. Her father

was a miner in England, he & his 2 brothers, came over first,

got jobs in the mines..then sent for their family's. They all

settled in Upper Michigan. She quit school at 8th grade to work

it was the depression..She met and married my Dad in 1929

they separated when my dad died in 1989..My mother died

in 1990, You can see the tenderness in her eyes, yet look close,

you see, the determination, the smile of confidence in herself..
She made the dress she has on...this picture was taken in 1933.
she was born in 1910....lovely lady.

This photo is of course moi..on the left, all smiley and cute-..in

the middle is Gayle, she is 8 years older than me, I was about

11 or 12 in this photo..And of course..Mom is on the right.. If

you look closely you will see one of her many flower beds she

had, tulips were blooming and it was a good day and this WAS

taken on Mother's Day, We were on our way to church, Dad

had us line up so he could take this picture of us..Don't we just

look smart ? :-) Look closely at our faces, we were a happy

family..you would NEVER guess that Gayle and I got along like

cats and dogs would you? We did...

now.. look at the clothes we are wearing, my wonderful border

print skirt...the blouse of course matched..up on the collar you

can see the design that is in the hem of the skirt, the design

there is nice and bright..in colors of gold and orange and a light

brown..notice my saddle shoes ?..I loved those things and kept

them HIGHLY polished..notice EVERY hair is in place as well..

My sister has on pale blue matching skirt and blouse..had a very

faint flower design on it that the camera couldnt pick up.. My mom

had on a pale peach colored dress and you cant see the hat on

her head..but you can see the gloves and matching purse..I am

describing what we are wearing as my mother made those

outfits we have on..She was SO talented..thats where I picked it

up..She was a sewer, could make anything..and crochet? I have

some of the doileys she made..just wonderful.. She was a

good woman..and the best cook in Iron County. :-)

This is a picture one of the last I think of just her and I..you

can see she was a small woman..Only 4 foot 10..I was 5 foot

4 ..you can see how her head came to just my chin...We were

at a lovely place called Bond Falls..The falls were and still are

one of the most scenic places in Upper Michigan..If you look

closely at that hill behind in the background, behind there is full

of water..to the left..look closely and you will see the flood gates..

Certain times of day..the gate horn will sound..and DONT be in

the flood zone..you WILL get wet when that water comes out..to go

over the falls down below.. The falls are to my right..MY right not

the water side.lol.. This is a wonderful place. Many tourists go to

see this and this is the area of the famous Paulding Light..that

NO ONE can explain..and everyone has seen.. There are so

many superstitions about where the light is coming from yet no

one knows, not even to this day..That little stream next to me..There

was the first place that I caught a fish, when my dad first showed

me the joys of FISHING :-) some great fish in that little stream it

came off that lake up top behind that dam that is behind that hill..

fish up there! the fishing is WONDERFUL..

This is the last tier of the falls..down at the very bottom..its a lovely

place..there is a trail..a well groomed sidewalk type that goes

down the side of the falls..a bridge at the very bottom and on the

other side is a very rough climbing trail back up to the top..My

mother every year until she died..made the trek down the side

where the sign is..and back up the other..She said she would make

this climb every year until she died..and Bless Her Heart..she did..

She loved it here..There are some wonderful memories at this

place.. The trails that go down the one side of the falls and up the

other are the old carriage trails the Indians used to transport their

canoes up and down the falls-wasnt a good idea to try to go down

them..that IS quite a drop even tho it doesnt look it.. Every time I

would go home..we made a visit there and as you can see it is

well worth a visit for such a lovely place, no matter what time of

year that you go there....Its ALL good...:-)

I hope you liked my little photo show..and getting to meet my

mom on this Mothers Day.. I sure enjoyed going thru all these

old photos.As I did, I remembered all the wonderful stories

connected with them that I could tell for hours.. When I get my

book put together with all my memories..I think it will be a good

thing..I hope you feel like you have seen another glimpse into the

life of this GORGEOUS FEEBLE WEEBLE :-) I worked VERY

hard today to connect my 3 in 1 to be able to scan these for

today..and I did NOT eat lunch or dinner so guess what???

I AM STARVED...bet you KNEW I was gonna say that hey? :-D

Oh..update on the burnt hand..I have a huge blister on the very

baseof my thumb at the bottom of my palm..its where my hand

rests when I push my chair or transfer. Needless to say doing

this rollin and scootin has gotten to be a bit of a hard thing to

do.. There is one major blister and 2 smaller on top of that.. I

did run the cold water on it as I was right next to the sink..Some

splashed on the back of my hand as well..i can only describe the

pain ..as instantly taking my breathe away thats how bad it hurt..

I will have to watch this close .since it is in a really bad spot...

and this thumb and hand were already bad..*sigh*..oh well..I can

still roll..and if I go slow enough (ARRGHH) i can use the other

side of my palm to push this chair and transfer..(I HATE SLOW)..

Speaking of slow..I am on dial up today..the cable went out last

nite..get this..the lady said "they had to wait for the SNOW to go

before they could do any kind of work in your area" SNOW???

THIS is COMCAST..lol.snow.?. we havent had snow in Months!!!

I just have a hard time when these big companys tell you some

of the most LAME excuses for their bad service..this is uncalled

for to been out all this time..its 8:39 and cable went out before

midnite last nite..I had to get a backup and sadly got AOL..but oh

well I aint stayin off line..I could have gotten the free 10 hours from

net zero but I couldnt get ONLINE To do it.. ahhhh the joys of daily

life...wait till tomorrow my phone line will be burning up.. :-)

well time to hit publish..and raid my kitchen..hope y'all had a great

time with your Mums..and Moms and Mother's..nitey nite..:-)

Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? luv ya ..& thanks :-)

Always, Lois ****

May God Bless you today,

I'm so honored to call you friend,

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...