02-04-2023, 08:17 AM
Morning everyone
Pea Souper here too Kiwimade.. Reminds me of Waikato.
My Mothers Mum came from England on a ship. She had been a ladies Maid in England, ended up pen friending with my Grandfathers sister. So she came over to be his housekeeper. I have copies of letters she wrote to her Mother. My mother then also married her Boss, that she was housekeeper to and I did the same. lol.
My Fathers mother, I dont remember them being today. Apparently my great grandmother was a very hard, if not tiny woman. they called her Little Nana. She got into their marriage and they split. I dont recall Dads mum ever working but I know they had a dairy. She lived alone for the rest of her life, and I asked one day why she never remarried and she said Cos she could never love another man like she did my Grandfather.
She could walk for miles and Miles, used to go rock hunting a lot. Im more and more like her now. I like my independence now.
She designed some of the Pensioner Flats in Papakura, which is where I get my love of drawing plans etc. I have one of my fathers bibs that she hand stitched him so that will be 90 years old this year. And I have some of her little Tatting samples.. I wish she had been able to teach me how to do that, but her fingers were already pretty messed up with arthritis and she had stopped knitting etc by the time I was old enough to learn.
Going to attack the car today, and not a lot else. A friend has said she thinks she has a skateboard, which will save me trying to remake one.. But I did want to do it lol...
Oh and I have listings to do FPO's on too..
Have a fab day everyone
Pea Souper here too Kiwimade.. Reminds me of Waikato.
My Mothers Mum came from England on a ship. She had been a ladies Maid in England, ended up pen friending with my Grandfathers sister. So she came over to be his housekeeper. I have copies of letters she wrote to her Mother. My mother then also married her Boss, that she was housekeeper to and I did the same. lol.
My Fathers mother, I dont remember them being today. Apparently my great grandmother was a very hard, if not tiny woman. they called her Little Nana. She got into their marriage and they split. I dont recall Dads mum ever working but I know they had a dairy. She lived alone for the rest of her life, and I asked one day why she never remarried and she said Cos she could never love another man like she did my Grandfather.
She could walk for miles and Miles, used to go rock hunting a lot. Im more and more like her now. I like my independence now.
She designed some of the Pensioner Flats in Papakura, which is where I get my love of drawing plans etc. I have one of my fathers bibs that she hand stitched him so that will be 90 years old this year. And I have some of her little Tatting samples.. I wish she had been able to teach me how to do that, but her fingers were already pretty messed up with arthritis and she had stopped knitting etc by the time I was old enough to learn.
Going to attack the car today, and not a lot else. A friend has said she thinks she has a skateboard, which will save me trying to remake one.. But I did want to do it lol...
Oh and I have listings to do FPO's on too..
Have a fab day everyone
They told me I couldn't, so I did.!!