Mementos of a Midwestern Matriarch

Happy Birthday and Mother’s Day to my super momma.  Sorry you’ll never have a cake this cool again... May 1954

My Uncle Jay being fed an ice cream cone by his father, Jimmy

My mom, Linda, hanging out with her brother, Bruce

Employee or customer in the flower shop - 1973

Florida Cypress Gardens Water Ski Show (purchased slide)

Girls outside of a school house

Girl showing off her catch in Canada - 1953

Line of hunters walking through the woods

My mom, Linda, her brother Bruce, and her dad Jimmy.  Giving her brother a little smooch on Christmas of 1953.

Birthday cake for my Grandpa Jimmy

Hilly landscape - 1961

My mom's cousin Cora's wedding - 1958

My mom, Linda, smiling in the living room - 1954

Motel parking lot

My mom's Aunt Ardis, cousin Elaine, cousin Dennis, and Uncle Walt at Christmas - 1953

My mom's Grandma Ruby, Aunt Rhea, Uncle Walt, and Uncle Bud at my parents' wedding - 1972

My Great Grandma Ruby somewhere tropical