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| knewslady |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 1:36:46 PM
I just wanted to share with all of you pictures of this wonderful "farmgirl" I did a story on when I worked for the newspaper. She is 89 years old in these pictures, continued to raise her feeder pigs as she had done all of her life and put out a garden every year. Note her colorful clothing. She is just so remarkable that words cannot begin to do her justice.
Kathy
Will always be a farmgirl at heart
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| country lawyer |
Posted - Feb 22 2007 : 1:02:28 PM
Kathy, She is just wonderful. Her pictures do tell a story on their own.
"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time."
James Taylor
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| BarefootGoatGirl |
Posted - Feb 20 2007 : 10:40:49 AM
Looking at the photos, I can almost hear her chuckling at all the attention we are giving her.
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Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Proverbs 27:23 |
| lamamama |
Posted - Feb 20 2007 : 10:02:35 AM
Thanks, Kathy, for sharing the photos & little story! They are just great.
Hope you'll tell us more about her.......
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| ponyexpress |
Posted - Feb 19 2007 : 10:16:45 PM
Some years back, I took a college course on Missouri Folklore. The basic premise was that it is VERY important to listen to the stories being told by our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, and to RECORD them as they are being told, in the language of the storyteller. Don't correct grammar, don't add words or finish sentences. Just record and write exactly as it is being said. These are priceless pieces of our heritage and once these folks are gone, the history is gone with no way of retrieving it.
My final paper was an interview with my grandmother who taught school in a one-room schoolhouse, grades K-8 in one class. She boarded with a family who lived close to the school, and went home on the weekends. The school was heated by a wood-burning stove, so it was not unusual to have lunch cooking while she was teaching. What a way to learn...YUM!
Hope you can find the article, Kathy, and I hope our "wonderful woman" is still doing well with her garden!
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| abbasgurl |
Posted - Feb 19 2007 : 9:59:44 PM
I'm a one girl revolution. |
| herbquilter |
Posted - Feb 19 2007 : 4:36:19 PM
Thanks for sharing. I think old people have a special look, almost like that of a small child only with more character.
Blessings,
Kristine ~ Mother of Many & Herbalist
www.herbalmomma.com
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| bramble |
Posted - Feb 19 2007 : 3:00:43 PM
That is the face of a woman with many stories to tell! I hope you can find the article, but I bet she was very modest and didn't think her life was so extrordinary, that she just did what she had to do.
And that is why she will be so interesting, because she perservered , overcame and endured. And hopefully found joy as well. What a wonderful picture!
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| horse |
Posted - Feb 19 2007 : 2:42:18 PM
What a wonderful picture. It's sad to think that here is all these people who are so wise and very knowledgeable and yet, it seems that the younger generation isn't interesting in listeneing to them. Not talking about you farm girls but like their grandkids or great grands. You know? I sure wish I had recorded everything my grandparents tried to tell me. There are times when I need their advice or help on doing things.
Laura
www.2lmzfarms.blogspot.com |
| knewslady |
Posted - Feb 19 2007 : 2:06:29 PM
I have emailed the editor and it seems the newspaper has started only keeping archives two years back. I am still searching to see if I can find a link somewhere out in the internet world. If that doesn't work, I will go to the library and fetch the hard copy. I am glad all of you have enjoyed her picture. I have so many of these, we are so rich in this community of these kind of people who have such wonderful stories.
Kathy
Will always be a farmgirl at heart
Visit my online shop at http://thebackfence.etsy.com |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Feb 19 2007 : 12:43:43 PM
what a sweetie~ where can we see the 'story' you did on her?
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Feb 19 2007 : 05:14:58 AM
SORRY, thought it didnt work
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Feb 19 2007 : 05:13:46 AM
she is absolutely beautiful! I'd love to read your story as well.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Feb 19 2007 : 05:12:42 AM
she is absolutely beautiful!! I'd love to read your story as well.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
| Beemoosie |
Posted - Feb 19 2007 : 04:59:55 AM
What wonderful pictures! That is the kind of lady I'd like to be!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
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| Nance in France |
Posted - Feb 19 2007 : 03:10:10 AM
I'm with the other gals; really hope you can transmit the story you wrote; what quiet optimism and wisdom she has in those smiling eyes. Nance |
| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 10:19:49 PM
I would love to sit and chat with this lady, I'll bet she has lots of stories and wisdom to share. Mostly I'd like to ask her how she keeps such a crisp white apron when she gardens in it!!
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| katmom |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 8:47:33 PM
Kathy,
I look forward to reading your article on her.
>^..^< |
| Aunt George |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 6:48:39 PM
Wow, she must have really great hip joints! She is quite the remarkable woman. It is that purpose in life that can keep you going! Thanks for sharing!!
G
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
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| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 6:42:32 PM
A true farmgirl if I ever saw one! God bless her. Thanks for sharing!
Farmgirl hug,
Patricia
Farmgirls do it organically! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 5:15:25 PM
I love the pictures too. It would be so fun to read the story. She looks like a perfect gal to spend the day with. I hope I am like that at her age!!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 4:38:15 PM
OH how lovely!!! She looks so sweet and happy!! Yes, I want to know the story too...where did you find her? |
| Tracey |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 4:36:18 PM
How sweet...and aside from the bonnet, you may find me with a similar fashion choice 
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 3:59:25 PM
Well now, that's a farmgirl! I love the story her face tells in the first picture. Just beautiful. We had a neighbor that lived behind us who wore her hair in braids wrapped around her head, and her clothes were very similar to this lady's. She always had on an apron- true farmgirl style!
Karin
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| simpler1773 |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 3:56:54 PM
Awwww, that is exactly how I want to be at 89, what a sweetheart!
~Ricki~
You can't pour anything out of an empty vessel, take care of yourself! |
| pinkroses |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 3:51:50 PM
Oh sweet. I loved the woman and her pictures You do good work.
That dear lady reminds me of my deceased Grandmother Cline; My dad's Mom. She wore clothes just like hers and bonnets.
She was the best gardener. Thanks for sharing those with us and the memories of my own grandmothers. pinkroses |
