"At Granny's" by Helen Allingham [1848-1926].
a visit with Granny
the kettle always on
a bannock and a pot
of jam at the ready
her tales would make
even the spiders blush
© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.
"At Granny's" by Helen Allingham [1848-1926].
a visit with Granny
the kettle always on
a bannock and a pot
of jam at the ready
her tales would make
even the spiders blush
© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.
Ha! Long lives mean lots of experiences, right? That cottage looks huge. It shows the 'Grannys' like us, too, I imagine, always ready with a treat.
ReplyDeleteWonderful painting! Like the implication that granny's tales aren't all sweetness and light . . .
ReplyDeleteLinda and Jama, it’s been my experience that a goodly number of old grannies lose their inhibitions and move toward sauciness in their later years!
ReplyDeleteThe kettle always on: that's my kind of house!
ReplyDeleteHave you read Erdrich's The Round House? This granny reminds me of one of the elders in that book!
ReplyDeleteI read it when it first came out a few years back and I remember laughing at loud at some of her remarks.
DeleteLOVE that ending!
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