“The future has an ancient heart.” – Carlo Levi
Click any of the above images to view some of my completed embroidery projects. You can view more of my embroidery projects here. Also, check out these amazing vintage (1930s) crewel embroidery magazine covers stitched by Georgiana Brown Harbeson.
Me and My Mom
My beloved
mom, Lydella, died on January 21, 2014. I always thought I looked like
my red-headed dad, but when I look at this picture of my mom (on the right),
I can't believe how much I look like her. Those eyes! Those cheeks! That
chin! The picture of me (on the left) was taken around 1957. Mom's picture
was taken around 1923.
Dancing in the Hog Trough
This photo (taken by my Uncle Wilbur) shows my mom, Lydella, dancing in
the hog trough at her younger sister's wedding. German(?) tradition has
it that if a younger sibling marries before an older sibling, the older
sibling has to dance in the hog trough on the younger sibling's wedding
day.
In this case, mom and Uncle Ralph's younger sister, Mary Lou, married
before they did.
The image shows mom and Uncle Ralph dancing in the hog trough. From left
to right: Grandma Molly Lammers (mom's mother); mom's nephew Ron Hoyt;
mom; the groom, Win Neiswander - who is partially hidden by mom; and Uncle
Ralph - whose face you do not see but whose tie, belt and trousers appear
in the photo.
Mom said that her parents (who were farmers) did not keep hogs so they
had to borrow the hog trough from a neighbor. What a fun and endearing
tradition!
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