(1993 February 8)
I have just come from supper, where little girls dressed in white with little white caps serve our meal oh so nicely.
Today - February 7 - is Polly's birthday -born 1904, so 108 years old today.
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
February 7, 2012
December 10, 2011
Redbeard
(1992 March 28)
How doth your pretty beard today
A-growing on your chin?
Is it the boast of Broadway
Or bothersome as sin?
When you are eating soup one day,
Is it awfully in the way?
How doth your pretty beard today
A-growing on your chin?
Is it the boast of Broadway
Or bothersome as sin?
When you are eating soup one day,
Is it awfully in the way?
November 30, 2011
Birthday dinner
(1992 January 24)
[For my birthday] Daddy used to take me to the Park Hotel for dinner on Sunday - but it was not on the day. (He had a card at my place on the day, tho.)
[For my birthday] Daddy used to take me to the Park Hotel for dinner on Sunday - but it was not on the day. (He had a card at my place on the day, tho.)
September 8, 2011
The Necklace
(1991 January 14)
I thot I'd read that old diary of Daddy's, 1930.... Nearly all his beginning court cases and before we were married.... He said he was giving me a silver and amythest necklace for my birthday, and I am so ashamed to say not only do I not have it, but I don't remember it. (Oh dear!) Perhaps I lost it.
I thot I'd read that old diary of Daddy's, 1930.... Nearly all his beginning court cases and before we were married.... He said he was giving me a silver and amythest necklace for my birthday, and I am so ashamed to say not only do I not have it, but I don't remember it. (Oh dear!) Perhaps I lost it.
June 14, 2010
Arab guest
(1966 February 18)
About time now to tell you about my birthday weekend. First of all, an Arab came Friday. He is Hassan Mirabux from Aden, South Arabia, a free port on the Red Sea. He is one of LL's stamp friends and brot him a beautiful cover. He has a good government position and was sent here by his government to take a seminar at UW in coops and has been on arranged tours all over US before coming here. Has a beautiful wife who teaches English, sister who teaches Arabic, small son, and daughter he has never seen. Leaving the 2-month-old baby with her mother, the wife was to join him about now. He was a delightful guest, had been in all countries but Russia, a great talker. Showed me how to wind an Indian turban and put on an eqal and is going to send me one. He came here from a week at LaCrosse and we put him in the double bed.
About time now to tell you about my birthday weekend. First of all, an Arab came Friday. He is Hassan Mirabux from Aden, South Arabia, a free port on the Red Sea. He is one of LL's stamp friends and brot him a beautiful cover. He has a good government position and was sent here by his government to take a seminar at UW in coops and has been on arranged tours all over US before coming here. Has a beautiful wife who teaches English, sister who teaches Arabic, small son, and daughter he has never seen. Leaving the 2-month-old baby with her mother, the wife was to join him about now. He was a delightful guest, had been in all countries but Russia, a great talker. Showed me how to wind an Indian turban and put on an eqal and is going to send me one. He came here from a week at LaCrosse and we put him in the double bed.
April 10, 2010
Birthday fun
(1964 February 14)
Many many thanks for my birthday presents! I am writing with my pen now and find it very handy to use nightly on my diary also. Daddy gave me a gold pin in the shape of a leaf and a big box of tea. Wardie [Birkett] gave me a gray and white scarf nice with my gray coat. Both of them had cards with funny dogs like Dee. Also I got about half a dozen other cards from friends and relatives. Fun to get. Actually I wasn't feeling too peppy because of my cold - darn it.
Many many thanks for my birthday presents! I am writing with my pen now and find it very handy to use nightly on my diary also. Daddy gave me a gold pin in the shape of a leaf and a big box of tea. Wardie [Birkett] gave me a gray and white scarf nice with my gray coat. Both of them had cards with funny dogs like Dee. Also I got about half a dozen other cards from friends and relatives. Fun to get. Actually I wasn't feeling too peppy because of my cold - darn it.
March 22, 2010
Anniversary snow flurry
(1963 March 26)
I have been predicting a snowfall as it fell on the day you were born [March 28] and has thereabouts ever since, and this morning here it was! Am writing after lunch so Daddy may have this when he goes, and now sun, and snow about gone.
I have been predicting a snowfall as it fell on the day you were born [March 28] and has thereabouts ever since, and this morning here it was! Am writing after lunch so Daddy may have this when he goes, and now sun, and snow about gone.
February 7, 2010
Happy Birthday, Polly
(2010 February 7)
Today is Polly's birthday, anno aetatis suae 106. She was always pleased that it was also the birthday of Charles Dickens, one of her favorite authors. Today also begins the second year of this blog, with plenty of selections in store and no end in sight. Enjoy & atb - Skip
Today is Polly's birthday, anno aetatis suae 106. She was always pleased that it was also the birthday of Charles Dickens, one of her favorite authors. Today also begins the second year of this blog, with plenty of selections in store and no end in sight. Enjoy & atb - Skip
February 7, 2009
Happy Birthday, Polly!
Today is Polly's 105th birthday. Carolyn Parsons was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on February 7, 1904, the first child and only daughter of Frank Parsons and Minnie Ellman Parsons. We celebrate with her description of the party for her 90th birthday at the Schmitt Home in Richland Center.
(1994 February 8)
What a birthday that was - yesterday. We gathered all in the dining room. Jill and I passed around coffee or juice and cake Joan made and others. Henry K who sings in our church choir leaned over and said, "Say you want me to sing Danny Boy. It's the only one I know." So I said, "Of course I do," and he pops up and says, "Polly wants me to sing Danny Boy." And off he went - adding to the fun. Especially for me.
(1994 February 8)
What a birthday that was - yesterday. We gathered all in the dining room. Jill and I passed around coffee or juice and cake Joan made and others. Henry K who sings in our church choir leaned over and said, "Say you want me to sing Danny Boy. It's the only one I know." So I said, "Of course I do," and he pops up and says, "Polly wants me to sing Danny Boy." And off he went - adding to the fun. Especially for me.
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