It is really beautiful,yes the warm browns make you feel so welcome.Jeannie you are a gift to us,I value friendship very highly.Is Brian feeling better?
Brian's a little better,seeing his doctor tomorrow morning. Said goodbye to the boys after karate tonight.They leave Friday morning.They are also going to Myrtle Beach and then to Washington.They want to visit the Smithsonian Institute.
We've been having a brutal winter.A little break would be nice.We'd go south but I dare not leave my mom right now.She's pretty fragile.
When we can take a holiday,we'll go down to Texas or Mexico or maybe Hawaii.When Brian retires we will go see family in England and Channel Isles and my cousins in Australia want me to go there.
She travelled enough for two lifetimes.Now she's become very reclusive.She figures at eighty five she can do what she wants and she doesn't feel like entertaining anymore.
We both loved each other dearly. She was born in 1923. Worked hard all her life . My great-grandmother had 8 children. She died in 2005 - a sudden death. I miss her. I never knew my grandfather. Some say he was the man she worked for. Others say he went to Canada after WW2 (my mother was born in 1943). Well, i guess I'll never find out..
My grandfather owned merchant ships and was a sea captain.He went away for two years at a time.A couple of my grandmother's pregnancies didn't fit the timeline,unless she gestated for two years like an elephant. I'll never know because the old geezers in the family aren't talking.
OMG. Looks like people are all the same. If in Canada, Europe and Asia. Ever wondered how many greatuncles and greataunts you have around the globe? Your grandfather being a sea captain. Those two years - he must have settled down somewhere...LOL
So you can be sure that your mother/father was actually fathered by gramps. Whereas two members of your uncles/auntsmight be the product of another man...hilarious.
My mom was legitimate because he didn't leave his new bride for the first four or five years,but,after that she had six more children.I don't know which of my aunts and uncles might be the questionable.
That might explain a lot. My late mother-in-law- was a child out of wedlock. However, she despised her son-in-law for four years because he didn't marry her second-oldest daughter before she gave birth.
Your convent-educated grandmother might have despised the nons and all they stood for. So she vowed to live her life to the fullest - with sea caption, a handful of kids and one or the other lover.
Back in the old days folks were less inclined to break up a relationship just because of an infidelity. They stuck together no matter what.
You're right.Grandfather stuck with her to the end and accepted all the kids.He was a fool,but a kind man and he worshipped my grandmother even though she was a bitch to him.
You are also right.Grandmother rebelled against her rigid British upbringing. She tried to run away from home at sixteen and elope with a professional clown.Her father was an influential man and had her brought back and locked in her room.
Now that Mom is getting so old she tells me all these stories.It's like she's living in the past again.She's also reliving her early marriage with my dad and even further back to the war ,living in London.
A professional clown? Amazing. In the end she chose a sea captain. Your grandmother sure had taste for the unusual.
Yes, when they get old they like to tell stories from their youth. My late grandmother did the same. To her the world was much better back then, including the time between 1938-1942. Her home-village wasn't bothered too much by the war. She was always very distrustful of people of a different race and culture. Not because she was mean but because that was the way she was brought up.
Because your grandfather loved her. Simple. Love forgives everything. And like I said before, he may not have been faithful to her all the time either. Both lived their lives but always came back home to the one that really matters.
THe marriage to my grandfather was arranged was arranged by her father.There were still a lot of arranged marriages among the so-called upper ten thousand then.
But my grandfather fell desparately in love with her.There was a lot of sleeping around among the royals and aristocracy.Winston Churchill's mom was an alley cat.
Interesting. The bad thing is that the women couldn't leave their husbands (when they fooled around) but the husbands very well could throw the women out of the house. Even if their marriage was arranged I think they were a match made in heaven.
Winston Churchill's mom was an alley cat.
So were Queen Victoria and Katharina the Great. After getting rid of her weak hubby female Csar Catherine slept her way through Russian aristocracy. Even Charles and Dianas marriage was arranged - and we all know how that ended. I hear that Charles and Camilla aren't too happy either..
They say she is an alcoholic. Which is ironic since she should be happy - after all she married the man she always wanted. She waited 30 years for him .
Simply Beautiful. I like the warm brown colors. Those artsy pictures give the blog a very special touch.
ReplyDeleteIt is really beautiful,yes the warm browns make you feel so welcome.Jeannie you are a gift to us,I value friendship very highly.Is Brian feeling better?
ReplyDeleteIf you look carefully at the lady playing the harp in the painting in the sidebar,you'll see a ghost with his head on her shoulder.
ReplyDeleteFounc it. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteBrian's a little better,seeing his doctor tomorrow morning.
ReplyDeleteSaid goodbye to the boys after karate tonight.They leave Friday morning.They are also going to Myrtle Beach and then to Washington.They want to visit the Smithsonian Institute.
Yes, I remember. They are heading to Florida. Lucky guys.
ReplyDeleteWe've been having a brutal winter.A little break would be nice.We'd go south but I dare not leave my mom right now.She's pretty fragile.
ReplyDeleteWhen we can take a holiday,we'll go down to Texas or Mexico or maybe Hawaii.When Brian retires we will go see family in England and Channel Isles and my cousins in Australia want me to go there.
Australia sounds nice. Your mother can't fly? 8or doesn't she like to?) I hear the Florida weather does wonders for old peoples' health.
ReplyDeleteMom won't leave the country any more.Odd,she and dad were globetrotters like all Europeans.
ReplyDeleteI know. They all are alike. My late grandmother always said that she would only travel as far as the next village. Home was the best place for her.
ReplyDeleteShe travelled enough for two lifetimes.Now she's become very reclusive.She figures at eighty five she can do what she wants and she doesn't feel like entertaining anymore.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they don't feel safe away from home and the familiar.
ReplyDeleteI bet your old granny was sweet.
Both my grandmas died when I was very small.Always wanted one.
We both loved each other dearly. She was born in 1923. Worked hard all her life . My great-grandmother had 8 children. She died in 2005 - a sudden death. I miss her. I never knew my grandfather. Some say he was the man she worked for. Others say he went to Canada after WW2 (my mother was born in 1943). Well, i guess I'll never find out..
ReplyDeleteSome family secrets are never revealed to us.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather owned merchant ships and was a sea captain.He went away for two years at a time.A couple of my grandmother's pregnancies didn't fit the timeline,unless she gestated for two years like an elephant.
I'll never know because the old geezers in the family aren't talking.
OMG. Looks like people are all the same. If in Canada, Europe and Asia. Ever wondered how many greatuncles and greataunts you have around the globe? Your grandfather being a sea captain. Those two years - he must have settled down somewhere...LOL
ReplyDeleteHA!..I probably have an exact double in Timbuktu,only black.
ReplyDeleteApparently I look a lot like Gramps.
So you can be sure that your mother/father was actually fathered by gramps. Whereas two members of your uncles/auntsmight be the product of another man...hilarious.
ReplyDeleteMy mom was legitimate because he didn't leave his new bride for the first four or five years,but,after that she had six more children.I don't know which of my aunts and uncles might be the questionable.
ReplyDeleteGrandma,by the way was convent educated..HA!!
That might explain a lot. My late mother-in-law- was a child out of wedlock. However, she despised her son-in-law for four years because he didn't marry her second-oldest daughter before she gave birth.
ReplyDeleteYour convent-educated grandmother might have despised the nons and all they stood for. So she vowed to live her life to the fullest - with sea caption, a handful of kids and one or the other lover.
Back in the old days folks were less inclined to break up a relationship just because of an infidelity. They stuck together no matter what.
You're right.Grandfather stuck with her to the end and accepted all the kids.He was a fool,but a kind man and he worshipped my grandmother even though she was a bitch to him.
ReplyDeleteYou are also right.Grandmother rebelled against her rigid British upbringing.
ReplyDeleteShe tried to run away from home at sixteen and elope with a professional clown.Her father was an influential man and had her brought back and locked in her room.
Now that Mom is getting so old she tells me all these stories.It's like she's living in the past again.She's also reliving her early marriage with my dad and even further back to the war ,living in London.
ReplyDeleteAmazing stories worthy of a book.
A professional clown? Amazing. In the end she chose a sea captain. Your grandmother sure had taste for the unusual.
ReplyDeleteYes, when they get old they like to tell stories from their youth. My late grandmother did the same. To her the world was much better back then, including the time between 1938-1942. Her home-village wasn't bothered too much by the war.
She was always very distrustful of people of a different race and culture. Not because she was mean but because that was the way she was brought up.
Because your grandfather loved her. Simple. Love forgives everything. And like I said before, he may not have been faithful to her all the time either. Both lived their lives but always came back home to the one that really matters.
ReplyDeleteTHe marriage to my grandfather was arranged was arranged by her father.There were still a lot of arranged marriages among the so-called upper ten thousand then.
ReplyDeleteBut my grandfather fell desparately in love with her.There was a lot of sleeping around among the royals and aristocracy.Winston Churchill's mom was an alley cat.
Interesting. The bad thing is that the women couldn't leave their husbands (when they fooled around) but the husbands very well could throw the women out of the house.
ReplyDeleteEven if their marriage was arranged I think they were a match made in heaven.
Winston Churchill's mom was an alley cat.
So were Queen Victoria and Katharina the Great. After getting rid of her weak hubby female Csar Catherine slept her way through Russian aristocracy.
Even Charles and Dianas marriage was arranged - and we all know how that ended. I hear that Charles and Camilla aren't too happy either..
Have you taken a good look at Camilla She looks like an old mare.
ReplyDeleteThey say she is an alcoholic. Which is ironic since she should be happy - after all she married the man she always wanted. She waited 30 years for him .
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