Aren't we fortunate to have such pleasant memories? I worry about the memories today's children will have at our ages... Carolyn HALE BRUCE, DAR, IBSSG, VBGS Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots Rebel King, The Har'ships and Rebel King, Bannok Burn See all the books we publish at: www.bruceandbruceinc.com (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > Carolyn, > No need for apologies.......... I just didn't want you to think that > I > thought things were easy. So by all means don't stop telling us about > how > things were then and the things that you remember. > My fathers sister is still living and I can remember going to her > house > to visit (She lived in Haymarket when I was a kid and still resides > there) > they didn't have any running water and had to carry water from the > spring. > They had a bucket sitting by the front door that had a ladle in it for > drinking > water. Yes, they still had an outhouse also. As far as I know it is > still > like that. She never wanted to change it because that is what she was > used > to. My dad offered many times to go and put running water and plumbing > in the > house but she refused. > We made yearly trips to go to the mountains ( as we called it as > kids) > in the fall to see all of the leaves changing, it was beautiful. > We would go up and go over Woodstock Mountain. > I can also remember going to my great aunt Beatrice and > Uncle Perry's house in Seven Fountains. My fathers parents and a lot of > relatives are buried at Detrick Cemetery. > > Kris > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >