tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post3869604663229845982..comments2024-03-28T18:35:44.564-04:00Comments on The Marmelade Gypsy: Best Find EVER!Jeaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-19596127621453694382011-10-12T12:37:31.653-04:002011-10-12T12:37:31.653-04:00This made me grin from ear to ear. How wonderful ...This made me grin from ear to ear. How wonderful that you found that postcard. What a treasure.<br /><br />All of your old family photos are great! Don't you just love old pictures?O-town Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462693501650732288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-16550701439011995402011-10-08T00:27:45.509-04:002011-10-08T00:27:45.509-04:00This is an amazing story. Really, I can hardly be...This is an amazing story. Really, I can hardly believe that this card was kept all these years and then sold. It was meant to be found by you. I can only imagine how you felt when you found it.<br /><br />My mother's mother also died in her sixties before I was born. I would have loved to have known her. I think it is a great loss not to have known our grandparents. <br /><br />I found a card in some things my mother had that was written by my great-grandmother just after my birth where she mentioned how thrilled she was that I was born. I treasure that little card because it just really touched me to think that she knew me as a baby and yet I never really remember seeing her except for a dim memory.Sally Wesselyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470453773515491625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-60196107396998598472011-10-05T05:10:04.763-04:002011-10-05T05:10:04.763-04:00As for the postcard written by your grandmother - ...As for the postcard written by your grandmother - what a wonderful memento! So pleased it came home with you. Priceless. xxparis parfaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-84450232815103958672011-10-05T05:09:18.484-04:002011-10-05T05:09:18.484-04:00These are just the best! Love vintage photos. What...These are just the best! Love vintage photos. What a great collection!paris parfaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-43877876875243693742011-10-04T22:50:46.849-04:002011-10-04T22:50:46.849-04:00Those sound like lovely times! Our family never h...Those sound like lovely times! Our family never had summers somewhere like that, although there are some family vacations to the beach that I remember. Maybe that is more common up that way or when you live near the lakes. One of my friends and coworkers is from Vermillion,Ohio and she talks of spending summers at a campground by the lake. She is a little younger than me. Anyway, lovely stories and photos and your postcard find brought tears to my eyes as well!jet1960https://www.blogger.com/profile/15745911621562105192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-35909105761895687752011-10-04T14:40:23.228-04:002011-10-04T14:40:23.228-04:00what a serendiptitous find -- takes my breath away...what a serendiptitous find -- takes my breath away! So glad you made it to the show ... even if you didn't find something as wonderful as this postcard, it would be a shame for you to miss a show like this.annohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05102616203481686227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-1154194660004956932011-10-03T23:31:48.445-04:002011-10-03T23:31:48.445-04:00What? signed by your Minnie - I mean, what are the...What? signed by your Minnie - I mean, what are the odds? what wonderful path, how many corners turned that would bring you to this place at this time with this postcard for sale? It gives me the good kind of goosebumps - oh, Jeanie - what a wonderful find, and that Minnie found you!!!!<br /><br /><br />and all these photos are just wonderful - so many stories within each one. Hugs.Ohhttp://westcobich.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-2652747138075982442011-10-03T17:46:07.717-04:002011-10-03T17:46:07.717-04:00Wow what a fabulous story. Have you ever thought ...Wow what a fabulous story. Have you ever thought of writing about her. It sounds like it would be a wonderful story. SO glad you found the card.Kate Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369818854597534304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-12395783086425013502011-10-03T09:58:05.445-04:002011-10-03T09:58:05.445-04:00I love the serendipity
of your story!
And what lo...I love the serendipity <br />of your story!<br />And what lovely ancestors <br />you have<br />(mine all look so <br />frighteningly severe).<br />Beautiful bright spirits, all!<br />-JenJennifer Richardsonhttp://ripplespeak.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-77044547765511635142011-10-02T19:06:20.723-04:002011-10-02T19:06:20.723-04:00What an amazing find! I loved reading this post an...What an amazing find! I loved reading this post and seeing all the old photos....and then to have it end with the story of finding the postcard....perfect!!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10084823218319628822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-57318989614056943162011-10-02T12:19:57.272-04:002011-10-02T12:19:57.272-04:00Jeanie, What a great ancestral story. All those ol...Jeanie, What a great ancestral story. All those old photos are wonderful - I especially loved the one of your Mom being held as a baby. The story of Minnie and the outhouse made me laugh out loud! Gave me chills when I read about the found postcard. Don't you just love when things like this happen!Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-22470354596197172332011-10-01T23:13:58.445-04:002011-10-01T23:13:58.445-04:00talk about serendipity.....wow !!
all of those ph...talk about serendipity.....wow !!<br /><br />all of those photos are just brilliant....i love old photos no matter who they are, but when they're family....wow, it's so special !!bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094533582512917616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-47374129305658626922011-10-01T17:33:14.433-04:002011-10-01T17:33:14.433-04:00Wow, Jeanie, what a find!! Thank goodness you made...Wow, Jeanie, what a find!! Thank goodness you made time to go there! I loved hearing about your family's history at the lake and otherwise. It's fascinating, isn't it, how certain talents and interests are passed from one generation to another and then on to another. I can see Minnie is very important to you -- and am so glad you now have another tangible piece of her life to savor.Dr. Kathy McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903015507894951725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-62430822611610162882011-10-01T16:00:48.450-04:002011-10-01T16:00:48.450-04:00Loved this! It's like it was just waiting the...Loved this! It's like it was just waiting there for you to find it!Bonnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-12522566293211339262011-10-01T15:20:02.344-04:002011-10-01T15:20:02.344-04:00What an amazing find! With all these precious memo...What an amazing find! With all these precious memories in photos and artefacts you must write a memoir now. That postcard is priceless... I await more photos and yes, the ArtPrize results in your upcoming posts!Artihttp://rippleeffects.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-56582712092536725672011-10-01T15:03:15.587-04:002011-10-01T15:03:15.587-04:00Oh my gosh. That is amazing. What an amazing fin...Oh my gosh. That is amazing. What an amazing find. To be able to see a relatives hand writing is such a special thing. So amazing!! <br /><br />You say she sounds like your mother, but she also sounds like you! :)Lisa from Lisa's Yarnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05335500882510597919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-27085554471736570082011-10-01T13:24:22.562-04:002011-10-01T13:24:22.562-04:00You show a lot of wonderful old photos of your mot...You show a lot of wonderful old photos of your mother and grandma...And the photo of the two girls in the boat reminds me of Huckleberry Finn...I love watching old pictures and postcards...And I also love reading biographies of interesting famous people, who died a long time ago....But the best for me ist watching documentary films from around 1900 on TV.....Absolutly great!<br />And what a coincidence and big luck<br />is it for you to find this old postcard of your grandma.....<br />She led you from heaven to this little box, where the card was lying...*lol*...<br />Best wishes from Germany<br />IrisHerzBlatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721274445660345711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-84194306387656549842011-10-01T12:53:21.748-04:002011-10-01T12:53:21.748-04:00That is amazing. What a lovely life your mother an...That is amazing. What a lovely life your mother and her family had at the lake. And what a serendipitous find--fourteen dollars is cheap for such a poignant memory.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-760765682012882362011-10-01T12:38:52.864-04:002011-10-01T12:38:52.864-04:00I have watched this post card obsession up close a...I have watched this post card obsession up close and personal for years now. It was always "interesting" but hardly anything worth getting TOO excited about. Until this find! This is the absolute best discovery in maybe forever. I was almost excited as you were to hear the news. It's a lot more interesting to see a post card with a personal connection than a grave stone, which I have been privileged to visit many times now. I pity all those poor people out the texting and tweeting and whatever they do to "communicate." Their offspring will have no such discovery in 70 or 100 or more years!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-45238721646529017002011-10-01T11:45:03.936-04:002011-10-01T11:45:03.936-04:00How incredibly wonderful! This is such a cool stor...How incredibly wonderful! This is such a cool story.Joanne Huffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759522152058279949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-61385299335761392492011-10-01T10:44:09.975-04:002011-10-01T10:44:09.975-04:00I can only imagine what a treasure that postcard i...I can only imagine what a treasure that postcard is to you. It made me start wondering what I might have that one of my grandmothers had written. I will have to make a trip to those boxes in the basement one of these day.<br />It was fun to see your old family pictures.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04810126999695733332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-57156238065925961092011-10-01T10:36:33.370-04:002011-10-01T10:36:33.370-04:00Serendipity at work. What a treasure. This is like...Serendipity at work. What a treasure. This is like getting a hug across time.Annie Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415548089882625246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-47890042140117651852011-10-01T09:37:02.048-04:002011-10-01T09:37:02.048-04:00That's a wonderful story. My mother was a big ...That's a wonderful story. My mother was a big postcard collector, but I'd never expect to find one FROM her at a sale. Amazing!Mae Travelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-33626542424647946322011-10-01T09:08:41.130-04:002011-10-01T09:08:41.130-04:00That is absolutely incredible! What a find -you m...That is absolutely incredible! What a find -you must have had chills!<br /><br />Thanks for the introduction to your family - I enjoyed that walk down memory lane.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623887166087444590noreply@blogger.com