This framed picture hangs on my Grandparents' bedroom wall. I'd seen the image before, and have a copy of it somewhere myself because it's just so neat. That's Great-Grandma and her husband and their oldest daughter... in 1905. I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around that.
Remember this picture that lives on my fireplace mantel? Great-Grandma painted it that same year. When I first brought it home, I did the math and realized that she'd been seventeen when she painted it. And I assumed that she was a teenager, still in high school... because that's what "17" conjures up.
At seventeen, Great-Grandma was married, lived in a sod house, and had a toddler.
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4 comments:
WOW!! That is so cool. Who would have thought...You're so luck to have the treasures.
How wonderful!! I love family heirlooms like those!
crazy how that works right? my dad left home at 12!! and was a game guide and then worked as a logger and then went on to become a semi professional hockey player all before he was twenty!
What an amazing story and what a talented lady your grandmother was! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
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