Parrothead

Not only flour but also sugar and corn meal. I remember the sacks well. I was born in 1940 and both sets of grandparents lived on farms. We lived in a separate house but I spent a lot of time with my Grannie at the big farm house. She cooked on a wood stove and measured everything by "a pinch" or "a handful". I remember the cream on the top of the milk that she let me put on my cereal. She is the one who made all the quilts. The cowboy on a horse that someone mentioned was also in one of my quilts. When I look at the quilts Grannie made, I remember a lot of the fabric. I can remember things from when I was 2 and 3 so I have a lot of memories of living without running water, taking a bath in a galvanized tub, etc. My Daddy put a motor on the treadle machine and that is what I learned to sew on. As well as quilts, I have a lot of things that were made back then. All the women in my family did some type of handiwork, (crochet, tatting, huck embroidery, regular embroidery, cutwork, etc.) I love all of the memories but thankful we have modern conveniences.