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Aartje's Blog: November 2011
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Friday, November 4, 2011. When I do my washing, I often think of how my mother had to do this chore, and I am so thankful that I don't have to live like that. My mother's washing machine consisted of:. Mother didn't have a wringer, like this lady, so all the clothes were wrung out by hand. The clothes were hung on a clothes line to dry. But because it rains so much in The Netherlands, most of the time the clothes were brought in the house for drying. I don't know why they ironed sheets, pillowcases and d...
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Aartje's Blog: Visit Back East
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Sunday, November 16, 2008. In 1813 a man named Seth Thomas came to the Plymouth Hollow to manufacture clocks. By 1856 Thomas was labeling his clocks with "Thomas Town.". He helped route the Naugatuck railroad through Plymouth Hollow,. With the brass center at Waterbury. On July 6,1875 Thomas Town became Thomaston. In memory of Seth Thomas. And the separation from Plymouth was confirmed by the State Legislature. Ellie - Adam - Gracie - Kayla - Emma. Trixie - Gracie - Aartje - Kayla.
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Aartje's Blog: April 2008
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Today daughter no. 3 turned 50! So now she can officially join the Red Hat Society. The founder of the society is Fullerton, California artist Sue Ellen Cooper, who in 1998 gave a friend a 55th birthday gift consisting of a red fedora she had bought a year earlier at a thrift store along with a copy of Jenny Joseph's poem:. When I am an old woman I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves.
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Aartje's Blog: March 2008
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Saturday, March 22, 2008. WWII Memories - Bedspread. She now could safely cross the river, carrying a small suitcase. By smiling sweetly at the german soldiers she managed to look like a real midwife, and so was able to get past the checking station. She had a plan all worked out. Unraveling her prized cotton bedspread, she used the yarn to make socks -. Monday, March 17, 2008. Hyder, Arizona - Ghost Town. Very little remains about the old camp, but veterans sometimes come back to visit this place. I hav...
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Aartje's Blog: Bombing of Rotterdam - WWII
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008. Bombing of Rotterdam - WWII. During the next four days more planes and troops and then tanks and heavy equipment followed. The Germans invaded all of our borders. By Tuesday, May 14, they gave Rotterdam an ultimatum to surrender or be bombed. News of our capitulation reached the enemy in time but, nonetheless, heavy bombardment started about 1:45 in the afternoon. The church is now mainly used for concerts, lectures and exhibitions. June 11, 2009 at 11:30 AM.
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Aartje's Blog: WWII Memories - Bedspread
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Saturday, March 22, 2008. WWII Memories - Bedspread. She now could safely cross the river, carrying a small suitcase. By smiling sweetly at the german soldiers she managed to look like a real midwife, and so was able to get past the checking station. She had a plan all worked out. Unraveling her prized cotton bedspread, she used the yarn to make socks -. Oh no, what a story! March 23, 2008 at 7:29 PM. April 8, 2008 at 2:29 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Aartje's Blog: November 2008
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Sunday, November 16, 2008. In 1813 a man named Seth Thomas came to the Plymouth Hollow to manufacture clocks. By 1856 Thomas was labeling his clocks with "Thomas Town.". He helped route the Naugatuck railroad through Plymouth Hollow,. With the brass center at Waterbury. On July 6,1875 Thomas Town became Thomaston. In memory of Seth Thomas. And the separation from Plymouth was confirmed by the State Legislature. Ellie - Adam - Gracie - Kayla - Emma. Trixie - Gracie - Aartje - Kayla.
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Aartje's Blog: Over the Hill
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Today daughter no. 3 turned 50! So now she can officially join the Red Hat Society. The founder of the society is Fullerton, California artist Sue Ellen Cooper, who in 1998 gave a friend a 55th birthday gift consisting of a red fedora she had bought a year earlier at a thrift store along with a copy of Jenny Joseph's poem:. When I am an old woman I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves.
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Aartje's Blog: January 2008
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Monday, January 28, 2008. This is the only picture we have of my grandmother (my father's mother). And she has such a stern look on her face - but her children all say that she was a fun-loving person. She often danced around the house. Oh well, I survived. The three Aartjes are now 80 years old. Uncle Huib's Aartje lives in the Netherlands, so it's pretty hard to get together - but we're thankful for e-mail and phones. Tante Dien's Aartje is 88 years old, and lives in Australia. Jan 21, 2008 - 1:29 pm.
