Thursday, June 10, 2010

Treasure Chest Thursday

One of the treasures that I brought back from Bear Lake is this picture of my great-grandmother Hazel Madsen Piggott, the wonderful lady that saved everything. And look at those pretty blue eyes.

When I look at this picture I get a warm feeling inside because this is the way that I remember her.  She always wore a dress and a hairnet, but she never wore her teeth.  I remember this chair and the buffet table behind her, but I also remember the rocker that was there before.

She used to sit in that rocker and just rock away; that must be why I like to rock so much. On occasion I was known to sit in her lap and rock with her.  I remember sitting in her lap and asking all kinds of questions.  I think one of them was, "why don't you have any teeth?"

I was only five when she died.  I remember the phone call well.  Mom was in the kitchen doing the dishes when the phone rang.  While talking on the phone she started to cry.  I asked mommy why she was crying and she said that her grandma passed away.  So I started to cry.

I think I will have to find a frame for this picture.

4 comments:

  1. Leslie Ann, that's a beautiful picture of your great-grandmother. She reminds me a lot of my own grandmother (who had a very similar green chair and that same snow white hair!) in so many ways! Thanks for sharing this picture and your memories with us.

    Renate

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  2. This reminded me of my grandmothers rocking chair, which I still have, and of her rocking my sister in it.

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  3. Thanks for the posted info on Bake and Piggott families. I have questions-How can I reach you?
    The mail box address isn't be accepted. My mom's
    mother was Sarah Ronella Madsen.

    Bev H

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  4. Bev,

    You should be able to click on the mailbox on the right side of the blog. If that doesn't work for you, my email is lapurple at bellsouth dot net. I look forward to hearing from you.

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