JANE'S ADIRONDACK KEEPSAKES.......

               

 

 

                    My sister Jane really treasured all of the mementos and keepsakes that she was able to hold on to, from our Mother's family in the Adirondacks.  She displayed them all over her home with love and pride.  I tried to keep as many as I possibly could, because I know that Jane would want it that way. I basically cleaned up and closed Jane's home alone after she passed away on January 25th of this year.  It was during all of the snowstorms and blizzards that we experienced, which only made commuting so much more difficult. Several of my close friends and co-workers offered to help, but I just did not want anyone else going through my sisters personal things. You can imagine that her home was in severe disarray after her illness left her incapable of doing even simple things for many months before we lost her. .....  Jane, I am so sorry for what you went through, it still hurts so bad to think about it.  I did what I could, that's all I can remember to comfort me over your loss.......
                   I kept all of the Adirondack quilts that our great-grandmother and her sisters used to make.  Her sisters names were Belle-Marie, Florence, Maude, and Maigret.  Their cousin and dear friend Merle, used to help make the quilts too. All of the quilts must be over 70 years old.  I have also included some of the Adirondack glass-ware that Jane loved so much.  The rose quartz cocktail glasses are at least 100 years old, they were a wedding gift of our great-grandmother Lilaeus.  The blue vase was a gift from our Mother Lois to her grandmother Lilaeus when she was only 15 years old.  We always used it exclusively for Lilacs, during the short season that they are in bloom.  The small blue sugar and creamer are also from our great-grandmother, and so are at least 60 years old. The plate that is hanging behind the glass-ware in the pictures, was our great-grandmothers favorite pie plate, and her pies and cakes were legendary.  I have also included Jane's favorite picture of our summer cottage in the Adirondacks.  Jane had it enlarged and framed. They were hard-working, humble and wonderful people.  They were all farmers and woodsman.  Everything was home-made with love and care.  I am keeping all of their personal things in honour of their memory and for my beautiful sister Jane.

 


                            Above are the two different patterns of quilts that they seemed to use the most.  I remember them as a very young boy "up the lake".  I am very proud of my Mother's family, the "Adirondackers", and I am very grateful that my sister Jane took such good and loving care of all of these mementos.

              
                     I had never really looked to closely at the quilt patterns before, I was too busy fishing, hiking and bird-watching.  The pattern below really caught my eye, it is of dandelion flower and seed heads!  If you look up close,  you can many unusual and interesting patterns in the quilts.

             
                    

                   Jane framed this picture below of the cottage in the Adirondacks too.  I still remember the day that I took this picture, I must have been only about 17 years old at the time.  It is still one of my favorites. 

             
                                 Thank you for reading our post today.  Love and Light to you.