I am sitting here in my moms mink jacket, a string of pearls with a large tear drop of amber with a leaf in it. one of my mothers crowns and her shear leopard scarf that smells like her. Ive been wearing this stuff for hours. Walked into the gas station like this with jeans and a tank top. *giggle*. Everything smells like her.
No one wanted the mink. I think i will make pillows out of it. Teddy bears where done with my grandmothers. Kind of expensive to do. I can do pillows though. My sis got her Aquitenial crown. I have the Hopkins raspberry crown and my brothers wife got the pearl crown she was married in. Fun!
It is good to be queen.. well princes.....
Exciting news. Hennepin historical society will do an exhibit on my mom this summer. We have one of her gowns to send them.
Found her Oboe from HS. Going to save this. Maybe restore it if a grandchild decides to take up the oboe.
Sorted through her gardening books and art books. Got through her clothing. Her art supplies will go down to my aunt who paints as well. Need to go back another day and pick up the last easle.
Gods my mother had tons of pearls.. All kinds of fun costume glitter stuff as well. The granddaughters are decked out with prom bling!
It's all good. Dad has one trip to goodwill It will fill the back of his car. A box for the art school. 2 boxes for my aunt. It's done. Much had already been thinned out over the last year. He has her pottery and paintings. He has the lovely townhouse she decorated. He has photo albums. He needs nothing more. We sang him happy birthday. He turned 81 this week. We forgot to toast mothers day. The wine was flowing. The guys watched Goldfinger with Sean Connery. We dusted, tossed and told stories about things we found.
Oh and OMG she had dozens of white cotton and white leather gloves! Full length white leather gloves. My god i have never felt anything so soft and delicate before! Some tiny grandaughters got a mess of those to play dress up in!
Wow... I didn't realize she was such a figure in MN "history"! I have a hat from a lady like that who used to be deep into such things here in Saint Paul. I felt kind of funny - it was a bid I won at her estate sale - but what a house full of closets and (all be it voyeuristic) memories! From a time when such lightness and silliness really meant something! We've so lost that... not entirely - Winter Carnival and bits of the State Fair still have a wistful fringe of it...
We hope to see you at Oxbow. Glad the house thing is working out. looking forward to seeing dog and mudpuppy----not many kids that I say that about. Darnele (Mike's the pirate, I'm still just a dogdriver)
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