Mom had this picture and I asked if I could post it...isn't it a good picture of the three of them? Do you know where they are? And where do you suppose they were going? I knew Aunt Florence better than Aunt Hilda...but I know the latter was a live-wire. Do you have any stories, unique traits, or memories to share?
I absolutely LOVE this picture. Do you suppose they were headed to Chicago for the day? So cute all dressed up with their purses, coats, etc. I remember going with Mother to Aunt Hilda's house "of an evening" and Uncle Dode would sit and play solitaire on the coffee table - then pretty soon he would start talking and telling some ridiculous story and Aunt Hilda would tell him to "just be quiet". So he would for a while then start another story. Mother would get kinda irritated, because they wanted to have their own "girl talk"!!
ReplyDeleteI also remember when Aunt Florence lived in Aunt Mary's house and then moved to the house across the street. I used to go with Mother to visit her also. Sometimes the evening visits were on our front porch where we often fought the mosquitoes with the DDT spray. I thought I was pretty smart when Dad let ME do the spray!
I remember lots of Gramm picnics in the summertime - some in the Gridley Park, some at Lake Bloomington Picnic Area, and some at various houses. Always fun to remember the "old days"!!