
I remember my
Mama making a lot of
my clothes out of
the pretty flowered
material that flour
sacks were made of.
It had to be washed
a few times to
work the stiffness
out of it, but Mama
would save all she
could of the same
kind of print and
make me little
dresses, skirts,
short sets, etc.
I also remember the
cups and saucers
that came in such
things as oatmeal,
flour and such. A
lot of the times,
the cups and saucers
looked like
depression glass
because they were
colored and it would
change colors when
you turned it
different ways.
My husband used to
have a car with
fender skirts and
pipes that sounded
soooo good. I could
hear him it seemed
like halfway back to
town after he
brought me back from
a date. I think he
was sorta showing
off a little too.
Ha.
Do you remember the
"ice box"? We had
one of those and
that's exactly
what it was, an ice
box. Daddy went to
the ice house and
brought back a
large block of ice
that they placed on
a towsack (burlap
bag) in the back
of the car to haul
it home on. They'd
pick it up with a
big set of tongs
with
sharp ends. The ice
would last several
days in the ice box.
If we needed
any small pieces for
anything, we just
chipped some off
with an ice pick.
A lot of stuff was
lowered down into
the well in a bucket
to keep cool
before we got the
ice box.
Mama also made our
lye soap in a big
black wash pot out
back. That was
another great
memory. I also
remember watching
her boil water to
wash
our clothes and
scrub them on our
wash board.
I had to churn our
milk and make butter
and buttermilk. I
thought that
was a terrible job
because it was so
boring. I loved the
homemade butter
though. There wasn't
anything any better.
We used to take a
couple of eggs to
the store to trade
for a coca cola
and a candy bar. So
eggs were very
important to us
kids. We also loved
to buy those boxes
of peanuts that had
money in them, or
the boxes of
Crackerjacks that
had great prizes in
them.
There were some
really great times
back then. One of my
favorite things
to play with was an
old wheel that I
pushed around with a
forked stick.
And of course, my
paper dolls that
were cut out of
Sears and Roebuck
catalogs. The old
catalogs were also
delegated out to the
outhouse for
toilet paper. To
make it soft, all
you had to do was
wad it up into a
ball
and straighten it
back out before
using. Ingenious,
huh?
Joye ©February ~
2010

Psalm 94:19
In the multitude of
my thoughts within
me thy comforts
delight
my soul.
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