Those of you that know me well will know that I was very close with my maternal grandmother, Ms. Pauline Cunningham Jett. Unfortunately, I don't have any images of her in digital format to share, but she was a knockout. A petite Southern Belle (maybe 5 feet tall), with pretty grey eyes, and when I knew her, beautiful white hair. As I have learned from various family members since I've become an adult, she had quite a sense of humor & would apparently get an entire room to laugh just by telling her stories. She was born in 1925 & passed away when I was 17 years old. Oh, there are so many things I wish she could have seen me do--to graduate from high school, get married, become a dentist, & have my 2 beautiful daughters! I know she would be very proud & I know she would love, love these 2 little girls so much. She was a seamstress by trade & made most of her own clothing even when I knew her. When I got married my mom gave me a beautiful butterfly quilt that my grandmother had made many years ago. I guess it's at least 50 years old, probably older, she may have made it in her 20s--I'm not completely sure; regardless, it's one of those things that you get as a young wife & think that's a great heirloom, but you display it & kind of just make it part of the furniture of your home. Well, I've wanted to take some pics of the girls sitting on it for a while now & the other night when the light was "just right" I gave it a shot. These are certainly not perfect...I should have used a different lens, but seeing as how I only had about 15 min. or cooperation out of the girls, they're pretty good. To me they are very special because my grandmother was very special to me & I'm sure the girls would be so special to her. I think that she was smiling down as I was attempting to photograph my girls sitting on a blanket she made all those years ago. I still miss her to this day & probably always will. Was she perfect? No, of course not, but she did love me very much. So even though these aren't 100% as good as I wish, in loving memory of my Gran-Gran--here are a few pics to enjoy of her great-granddaughters!
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| Ella's almost as big as Jessie |
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| This is as good as it gets...I asked Jessie to hug Ella--too bad my focus wasn't perfect on Jessie ;( But that light....ahhhh, that's pretty nice! |
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| Hugging her sissy |
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| Laughing with each other |
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| Look at all those little tootsies |
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| Pillow case dresses made by my mom---she got the sewing gene from her mom (it skipped me) |
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| Showing Ella the butterflies on the quilt |
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| Holding hands |
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| Pointing out colors to the baby |
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| I grant you Ella is eating a stick, but Jessie looks really pretty in this one |
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| Little chubbers on Great-grandma's quilt |
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| Wanting to have a flower off my tree |
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