tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post2481500997185561740..comments2024-02-26T00:16:00.996+00:00Comments on Ramblings from an English Garden: December 1901Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05799594980600477320noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-20095733960997660292011-01-25T15:25:28.682+00:002011-01-25T15:25:28.682+00:00What sweet words...makes me wonder if mothers stil...What sweet words...makes me wonder if mothers still get such letters from their sons. Probably not too many.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-7983912585098232432011-01-24T01:01:47.972+00:002011-01-24T01:01:47.972+00:00What a treasure Barbara! His writing is so formal...What a treasure Barbara! His writing is so formal and yet you can hear the tenderness in how he writes to his "dear mother" and "well, mother." I am just imagining the mother's heart, how she longs to see her boy, glad to know he is well but sorrowing that he is not going to be home for Christmas. There are hints of how tough life must have been for him...the engineers not being so friendly towards him and not getting to go into town as a young man would like! Wow! Lots of history here and you are blessed with tidbits of your heritage in these letters! Thanks for sharing!Gwendolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223125509850426320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-85105275593196780972011-01-21T15:38:23.084+00:002011-01-21T15:38:23.084+00:00How wonderful that you have a letter still in the ...How wonderful that you have a letter still in the family from that long ago. It gives a flavour of what he was like as a person. Sadly all I have are some tos and froms at the front of books. I would love to know more about the people behind those names. What a wonderful letter and drawing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-3120166269712656342011-01-21T05:30:55.776+00:002011-01-21T05:30:55.776+00:00This is a fun pursuit. Wonderful that you have so...This is a fun pursuit. Wonderful that you have some real letters and drawings. Keeps us filled in on what you find.a woman who ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17136374470040601602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-29978974776534561562011-01-19T23:14:24.715+00:002011-01-19T23:14:24.715+00:00Utterly fascinating....
what hints one gets
how on...Utterly fascinating....<br />what hints one gets<br />how one tries to fill out the details of their lives!<br /><br />More, please!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-29536454837608593002011-01-19T20:17:15.346+00:002011-01-19T20:17:15.346+00:00As a fellow Christian, I am so glad to have found ...As a fellow Christian, I am so glad to have found your blog. From your posts I detect we have similar interests. I enjoyed reading the beautiful letter. I too have a stack of WW1 letters that passed between my grandma and her fiance, my grandfather. What treasures! My daughter has recently traced one branch of our family in an unbroken line to England in the 1100's. We visited your beautiful country a few years ago! I will now visit your blog often. Blessings!Lori Zehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14487050268259026104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-67445915370090346052011-01-19T20:07:06.604+00:002011-01-19T20:07:06.604+00:00That was lovely Barbara. Wasn't his handwritin...That was lovely Barbara. Wasn't his handwriting beautiful!Winifredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12415302188575538163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-67692160370140190512011-01-19T19:57:09.584+00:002011-01-19T19:57:09.584+00:00This must be a family treasure!To think plum puddi...This must be a family treasure!To think plum pudding figured so much on the menu then too,my all time favourite,its about the only original thing left to us for Christmas now!No wonder you are into the old and treasured things of life!talesfromagardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853695502377101314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-34893252644485583482011-01-19T18:51:43.804+00:002011-01-19T18:51:43.804+00:00I have one letter that my great grandfather wrote ...I have one letter that my great grandfather wrote his father, He was working away from home. And one his brother wrote to his father in the Civil War.<br />It makes them come alive to us.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17862394699499538591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-14306655477799728282011-01-19T18:36:30.496+00:002011-01-19T18:36:30.496+00:00What wonderful treasures and heirlooms!! 1901 - my...What wonderful treasures and heirlooms!! 1901 - my, that's 110 years ago!!!! I'm very impressed.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11360047123820906113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-27679192794116619652011-01-19T17:01:30.750+00:002011-01-19T17:01:30.750+00:00Isn't it amazing to look at the lives of our a...Isn't it amazing to look at the lives of our ancestors? My husband is currently scanning photos and letters from his parents, grandparents and great grandparents. When he is finished, I'll begin on min-- yes, when is the question.Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912030095491960175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-66163020393199098752011-01-19T16:48:49.518+00:002011-01-19T16:48:49.518+00:00He sounds a little homesick....isn't it intere...He sounds a little homesick....isn't it interesting that you also traveled all over the world by ship when you first married...and I know you have the artistic talent too. This letter makes me want to know how all their lives turned out...Sara at Come Away With Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677354270954094291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-47053994289889494392011-01-19T16:07:37.668+00:002011-01-19T16:07:37.668+00:00Dear Barbara, This letter is like holding time in...Dear Barbara, This letter is like holding time in your hands. This echo from the past is a true treasure. AnnieAnnie Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415548089882625246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-22578679500775471802011-01-19T16:05:59.141+00:002011-01-19T16:05:59.141+00:00The artistic talent definitely shows in those draw...The artistic talent definitely shows in those drawings and I love the sweet letter. It speaks volumnes about the times in which they lived.Needled Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749314475716010490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-57253443745816578482011-01-19T14:04:15.989+00:002011-01-19T14:04:15.989+00:00Letters from other times are so evocative. E mails...Letters from other times are so evocative. E mails have nothing to compare.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-26322281695136039952011-01-19T13:24:58.116+00:002011-01-19T13:24:58.116+00:00I like Henry. Those are so wonderful to own and ho...I like Henry. Those are so wonderful to own and hold and re-read. I lost everything in a fire During Huricane Andrew in Florida.<br />I would keep them in an Iron fire proof place. <br /><br />I too am going through paper work<br />this time of the new year.<br />YvonneLa Petite Galleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553902574516930172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-75537480018754008472011-01-19T12:54:48.552+00:002011-01-19T12:54:48.552+00:00How nice to have that letter. Family trees are fun...How nice to have that letter. Family trees are fun and often very interesting too. I hope your Wednesday is a wonderful one.I'm mostly known as 'MA'https://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-81543426326289614292011-01-19T12:50:03.867+00:002011-01-19T12:50:03.867+00:00You have a treasure there. I love reading these o...You have a treasure there. I love reading these old letters. Keep it safe.Schnitzel and the Trouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074542460030763545noreply@blogger.com