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Thank you Jammin' and Buttercup for my very special treat in the mail today.
An Old Cold Spot
My brother Mike emailed me this photo last night. He said this was a goodbye salute that he snapped today in his garage where this old freezer has been chugging away since 1988. That was the year our mama decided she was tired of bending over and digging through it. Besides, she no longer needed the capacity and hadn't for several years. Mike and my sister-in-law spent the next 25 years "digging" through this old freezer. My sis-in-law was very good at keeping it and the cupboards stocked. The two of them kept promising each other that "It is going to die soon, so we will just keep it until that day." Twenty-five years may seem like a very long life for a freezer. It is MUCH older than that. Sears only sold Coldspot through 1976. I thought that my parent's purchased this freezer in the sixties. My brother said he put the serial number 'on-line' and it matched a 1953 manufacturing date. Here is a close up of the make and model that
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P.S. I was scrolling down looking at some of your old posts and came across the most adorable picture of a newborn baby. Congratulations! What a doll! Makes me want another...
I asked J about the oak trees on our Hannibal jaunt. He believes they are Black Oak. He said he didn't look closely. J is wonderful at identifying flora and fauna, so I would say, if he believes they are Black Oak, they are Black Oak.
Pat
Its lovely to get a parcel in the mail from the Grandchildren very artistic kids.
Jammin' says: "cool"
And I think both those kids got grandma's talent!!
And I'm cracking up at what Buttercup said.
My word verification is:
owslay
hmmmm makes me wonder.
I love the sweet way in which a child expresses themselves through art...:)
Treasures!
Hugs,
Sue