tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post3595943616989175980..comments2024-03-22T17:57:32.694+00:00Comments on mountainear: Mother 0 - 20mountainearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-31524908696514130812008-06-19T21:14:00.000+00:002008-06-19T21:14:00.000+00:00Gorgeous post, moving and heartfelt. Your grandmot...Gorgeous post, moving and heartfelt. Your grandmother looked so very young , very beautiful too.Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378174162151683519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-866477983103834052008-06-19T20:13:00.000+00:002008-06-19T20:13:00.000+00:00I'll always listen to batter differently now!I'll always listen to batter differently now!Mopsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912659592484055741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-45523990107201914692008-06-19T11:50:00.000+00:002008-06-19T11:50:00.000+00:00How very lovely that was. I am fascinated by May ...How very lovely that was. I am fascinated by May - she looks no more than a child in that photograph - do you know how old she was when she had your mother? Weren't families strange in those days - A's father was brought up by someone completely different, for no apparent reason.Exmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-36586932909410882382008-06-18T18:30:00.000+00:002008-06-18T18:30:00.000+00:00What a lovely post. May looks so very young doesn'...What a lovely post. May looks so very young doesn't she.<BR/>Times were hard for our parents but my mother (72 now) is convinced they were the best of times. Challenging, but character building if you know what I mean.<BR/>It's a shame you can't ask your mum all the questions you have - what about your Auntie Isabel?Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05443153003836499323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-49591735688895895322008-06-17T22:57:00.000+00:002008-06-17T22:57:00.000+00:00How very evocative that picture is. And yes, sbs ...How very evocative that picture is. And yes, sbs is right, your grandmother does have a look of you. (Do you know the Hardy poem about the family face?) So hard, their lives.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-75112504963956718402008-06-17T19:44:00.000+00:002008-06-17T19:44:00.000+00:00It is an awful feeling when you want to ask questi...It is an awful feeling when you want to ask questions but the people you need to talk to are no longer around. Bit like walking into a brick wall.<BR/><BR/>My Mum taught me how to make yorkshire puddings and I have taught my children. . . a good pudding with lunch is very important. No Yorkshire blood though - must be somewhere . . .Westerwitch/Headmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08956764463959607416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-40090068982300294072008-06-17T18:11:00.000+00:002008-06-17T18:11:00.000+00:00I can spy a family resmblance...somewhere round th...I can spy a family resmblance...somewhere round the eyes and cheekbones....snailbeachshepherdesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397158758052413758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-50332443070896368342008-06-17T18:09:00.000+00:002008-06-17T18:09:00.000+00:00How lovely to read that. I know that so many times...How lovely to read that. I know that so many times I wish I had asked the questions of my mother thaT need answering in my mind.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-70209594185318249152008-06-17T17:12:00.000+00:002008-06-17T17:12:00.000+00:00What a very moving post, beautiful to read. Your ...What a very moving post, beautiful to read. Your grandmother looks very young and lovely.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-52276594187828009712008-06-17T16:58:00.000+00:002008-06-17T16:58:00.000+00:00I so enjoyed that thank you, and the sound of the ...I so enjoyed that thank you, and the sound of the Yorkshire Pudding will forever be in my mind now! My mothers says you sould beat the sugar and the butter of a sponge until it smells of onions( which I take to mean you cannot beat it too much!!)<BR/>BlossomBlossomcottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06341216100768538015noreply@blogger.com