99.9% Gone

 Thanks for some warmer temps and quite a lot of rain during the last week or so, most of the snow has gone.  Only the piles that were ploughed from parking lots etc, and the drifts along the side of the roads remain.   Hope it is not all cleared away to make room for more snow in the coming days, we still have to remember it is March when we can expect almost everything and anything weather wise.

Last Monday March 2nd, I went to see my niece, as she had some things my sister had left for me.  The items that she gave me included some books,  my Mothers WWII Red Cross nurse pin, and some post cards and greeting cards.  The cards were the most lovely things I have every seen.  My Mother must have given them to her some time ago.  

Two were cards my grandfather wrote to his wife, one for a birthday and the other for Christmas.  I never met my grandmother as she died in childbirth, I believe in the mid or late 1920's, so these cards have to be at least 100 years old.  They were made from celluloid and paper with a fine string of thread. Written inside were words from a loving husband to his wife.    

The post cards have no writing on them to indicate who they were from or to whom they were to be given to.  They are made of a very fine fabric with embroidery on it and framed with cardboard.  

I wish I had seen these things before my mother passed as now there is so much information lost.

I would like to display all of these items instead of having them hidden in box, so I am thinking they would look lovely if they were framed.  

It was a nice sunny day, when I went to see my niece and I knew I would not be home for lunch, so I packed a picnic.   Leaving her house I headed to the lake shore, it was still covered in snow and the water was no where to be seen as it was all frozen as far as the eye could see.  It was still very cold, but nice and warm with the sun coming through the windows, so enjoyed my picnic in the car.

Busy with my quilting guild, going out with friends, pot luck dinners, and happy hours, life is good.

Have a great day

Cheers.