Of course my best Garden Memories were made with my Grandma Anita. Man, that woman was something else. Married young, moved around a lot, but they always stayed rural until they ended up in Milwaukee, WI in their Golden Years. She took care of me from birth while Mom & Dad both worked. She was a Grandma at only 50. Gardening with her was always fun; it was never work. I thank God for her every day, and I see so much of her in me now that I'm older and how much I love to do the things she always did - just to survive. I only had her for a short 26 years. I miss her every day, but when I want to see her or talk to her, I just look in the mirror. :)
My Mother, Elaine, as a little kid, and my Grandma Anita. There were three other kids after Mom, but not for 14 years. Same two parents. No one knows why there was such an age gap. I was in my 20's before I got a First Cousin. Mom was born in 1937, so this is probably from 1940 or '41. Grandma sewed all of her own clothes and all of the clothes for the four kids, too.
