To Mother With Love

I'm celebrating with flowers and photography and tea and my favourite female today!

May Bulletin 2019

Strong ladies, treasures, and ornamentalism

Sweetest Name

Here's to all the superwomen out there! Endless love and thanks!

Multi-talented Moms

Happy Mother's Day to all you heartwarming, multi-talented ladies!

Mother Daughter

Happy Mother's Day to all you multitasking ladies out there!

Yes, Mother Dear

Good things are always where they are meant to be, and leap out at me at the right time.  A couple of weeks ago I was at a church garage sale flipping through the frames when I found this print from 1923. Breathless and beaming with joy, I gave the saleswoman the $0.25 for it, thanked her while telling her my scheme, and covered the frame in a bag before my mom saw. 

My mom was totally oblivious, which is pretty astounding because she always has premonitions about gifts. Maybe that's a mom thing. Anyway, this vintage, found, faded, faithful, floral, framed, poetic, typographic gift is beautiful in so many ways--just like the wonderful lady who proudly propped it up on her mantel today. 

Mommy

I found this poem titled "Mother" in a Rachel Ashwell book, although the author was unspecified. Nevertheless, it is a beautiful and true piece of writing. Motherhood should be appreciated beyond measure. 

 

 Mother is a little girl who trod my path before me;
Just a bigger, wiser little girl who ran ahead--
Bigger, wiser, stronger girl who always watches o’er me,
One who knows the pitfalls in the rugged road I tread.

 

Mother is a playmate who will always treat me kindly--
Playmate who will yield me what true happiness demands.
She will never let my feet stray into brambles blindly--
Mother’s just a bigger little girl who understands.

 

Mother is an older little playmate who’ll befriend me--
Yesteryear she traveled in the path that’s mine today.
Never need I fear a foe from which she might defend me--
Faithful little pal who ran ahead and learned the way.

Here are some '80s photos of my mom. She is creative, funny, talkative, and we get along great! I have ran out of ways to describe how amazing she is. I love her so, so, so much!

Continuing down the path, here is my wonderful grandma. She was a painter and always looked effortlessly perfect.

 (My grandfather's caption clearly proves that he agreed!)

...And here she is with her mom, my great grandma, who was a talented photographer and a lover of literature.

 "Yesteryear she traveled in the path that’s mine today..."

"...Faithful little pal who ran ahead and learned the way."

Happy Mother's Day, all!