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Old 02-28-2008, 12:13 PM
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Barbm
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crushing tomatoes sounds like fun! My gram made homemade bread every Sat. until she was 98. Dad made her stop because she would forget it was in the oven and go work in the garden. I remember making mint jelly and helping pick raspberries and taking walks and picking blueberries and tea berries. She taught us to eat nasturiums and dandelion leaves in salad. I ate watercress sandwiches before I knew it was good for you. She taught me to sew on her treadle Singer machine- I made a pair of pants out of old curtains (how Scarlett O'Hara of me!) and my mom flipped out. I learned to crochet by sitting on the floor and reversing her stitches- I'm a lefty. I spent so much time with her! I lost her just 3 years ago, she was 106 and I miss her to this very day! She's the reason I can sew, crochet, love to read- she was/is my hero!
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