Tiding away things and stuff from my parents home.

Weren't you tempted to taste it, just to see if it had turned into a beautifully aged plum wine? Taking a picture was a lovely idea, you get the memories without having to fill your house with things.

I marvel at the talents of our parents' and grandparents' generations. Cooking, sewing, gardening, so many talents. I can barely sew on a button. I jumped up and down for ten minutes because for the first time in my life I have tomato plants with tomatoes on them. Two tomatoes and I was ridiculously excited. If the groundhog that lives under my shed eats those two tomatoes, I cannot be held responsible for my actions! My mother, Ukrainian farm girl that she is, could drive a tractor, pluck a chicken, make a wedding dress, make the best pickled beets EVER, and do all of that while keeping a clean house. I don't understand how they did it.

How cool is that????? What A wonderful memory to share.

It's amazing all the things they did everyday as casually as we check our email and microwave.

As you clean out, so much forgotten will come flooding back. I remember doing that a few years ago, but my Mom had downsized several times, so not much to see. I did find a framed pic of my grandfather in disrepair that I'd never seen. Still haven't restored it

Enjoy your time finding treasures

Did someone say Grete she is old as those berries

Lovely picture! Don't you wish you could go back in time and see her as just a young woman and not your own mother? When we cleaned out my mother's house, after she had a stroke 11 months ago, we were lucky enough to have her there for part of the work, telling stories about this and that. It was fun to hear about her life before kids. I found out that she had been proposed to by some rich Ukrainian farmer, but instead said yes to my poor Canadian air force private father. I found the engagement ring tucked in her sewing kit-I wonder if my father knew. Thanks for sharing this, it brings back memories for me too! And I love the proper posed photograph, with the nice dress on and her hair all done up. It is too bad that people don't tend to do that much anymore.

Yes, Kim, it would have been fun to see her as a young woman. She told me a lot from her life, however there was a lot of things she didn't tell too.
And I found an album with pictures from the years my parents where together before marriage, they never showed it to us kids. Wish I saw that one before they left.........

Nice to read the story about your mother, I like her choice! Hope your father knew how much she loved him.

My mother became ill with cancer shortly after my father "moved to heaven" and I moved to a larger home to accommodate her. She now has her own "apartment" within my home. This of course meant going through and unfortunately getting rid of many of her things. Right after losing my dad and getting rid of his things and then hers - it was hard! What was fun was finding out she had kept quite a bit of my childhood in a nice neat organized section of her attic for 30shhh something years! She kept an entire collection of Disney books! I remembered getting one every month! I had written my name in them and colored pictures in them. She kept dolls, toys, school work, pictures! I sobbed for hours! The best part was/is seeing my kids play with those toys now! Does anyone remember what a weeble wobble is? Weeble's wobble but they don't fall down. My lil mumma is the best! Needless to say I have done the same for all of my children!

Your mom was so beautiful!
I'm sure it was difficult going through all those things which brought back so many beautiful memories. Yet, at the same time I hope they also made you smile as you remembered the happy times you had in that home.

Weeble Wobbles are people I guess. They are shaped like ovals and weighted at the bottom so you could actually fling them across the room and they will land face up and smiling every time! They are decorated all he way around - no front or back. She kept the tree house to go with them and the airplane! All 3 of my kids played with them My 8 yr old is still in the process now! They are a little larger than a golf ball.
The baptism dress looks very well cared for....I have a few clothing items of my grandmother's and my mom's. The one's of my grandmother's are a sweater and a flannel shirt. She used to wear them over her shirts to keep warm. Always had a Kleenex and a roll of breath mints in the pocket. I have NEVER washed them and I can still smell her on them. I wear the sweater every now and then. I do the same with a couple of my mom's sweatshirts. Maybe if the dress doesn't quite fit you or you can't find and item that smells like you remember. There might me something small you can leave out - something more tangible than a photo you can snuggle on those rough days. I wear my dads clothes too, I'm such a mush- don't care if they fit or not!!! Just don't leave the house in his. He was 6'3, I'm 5'2 - Haha! I kept 4 or 5 of his t-shirts and 4 or 5 of his dress shirts. It's so hard to part with everything and keeping hold of a tiny piece in my closet does no harm. My mom knew my smell attachment and bought me his cologne shortly after in case I just wanted to leave it open. Take your time if you can, it looks like you are coming across so many wonderful things and you will be so glad you did. You must be exhausted and drained but it is the good kind, the kind that makes you so thankful and grateful.

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