Lily Blossoms and New Friends

Hello my friends!  I am sorry I haven't written much lately. Mommie wasn't feeling real well this week, but she is much better now and is trying to get a lot of things done to get caught up. I've been trying to help her all I can, but there are some things that I can't do yet because I am still too little.

But Mommie found these really pretty "LILY FLOWERS" !!!! at the grocery store, and so she bought one to plant in the Secret Memorial Garden! I was SO excited, because that's MY name too!! 

Isn't it beautiful?  She planted it right beside our Easter Lily plant that has quit blooming for now, but Mommie said it will bloom again next spring, and hopefully this lily will too!  It sure is gorgeous, isn't it? And it has lots of buds on it, so it should keep blooming for a little while longer.

Don't you like what that sign says about the Secret Garden? It is wonderful place to sit and swing and watch the birds and just relax in the shade. And little by little Mommie is planting more and more flowers and plants there to make it pretty.

Mommie said she already showed you these pretty cushions on her blog the other day, but since I was sitting on one of the stools, I wanted to show you this too, in case you missed it! My big Sister "Auntie Rose"  recovered those seats for Mommie and also her sister "Auntie Sherrie" made the new covers for the pillows. They are all about "Tea Time", and that fits in really well in our kitchen, 'cause Mommie loves "Tea Time".

And I like to sit there and watch Mommie while she cooks food in the kitchen!! 

See me waving?  Hi Everyone!

I did help Mommie with something today that I've never done before.  She said it was time to change the bed linens in the guest room to a more spring and summer theme. I was excited to get to help, because I've never been in that room before!

Mommie likes to use what she calls "Vintage" linens on the guest bed.  I love the sheet with the pretty blue roses on it, don't you?  

And the pillow cases have embroidered designs on them. Mommie said that my Daddy's grandmother, "Nanny Martin", did that embroidery many many years ago, and so that makes these very special indeed!

She doesn't have a matching pair, well, this one above has a matching one, but some of the lace is torn and it doesn't look as pretty,  so she is using two different pillow cases. But they are both beautiful, don't you think?

And here is the bed with the quilt and pillow shams and some of Mommie's dolls on it.

I was excited, because I made some new friends!!

The little dark haired girl next to me is named "Sandra", and Mommie said that her Grandma Tedlie made "Sandra" for her when she was a very little girl! Mommie said that makes her very old, but she is still very young at heart.  

The other pretty girl is named Cory. And here's Cory's Story! Ha Ha! That rhymes!

 "I'm a poet and I didn't know it! But my feet sure show it! Longfellows!"  (Mommie taught me that little rhyme. Isn't it funny?)

Isn't she sweet?  Mommie said Cory was a gift to her many years ago from her brother in law.

I saw this sweet picture on the wall in our guest room. I asked Mommie who those cute girls were, walking with their pretty hats and holding hands?  Mommie said they aren't anyone we know, just good little friends in a photograph, with a "poem" written about them underneath.

Here's a close up so you can read what it says:

I like that too, don't you? And I am happy I made some new friends today! How about you? Have you made any new friends lately? They sure are nice to have.

I looked around the room and saw this old sewing machine. Isn't it lovely? 

I asked Mommie if she could teach me to sew. She said maybe on her other sewing machine that is electric. This one has to use a foot peddle treadle thingy, and it is little bit more difficult to use. It is very old. I asked her where it came from.

She said it belonged to Daddy's "Nanny Martin". Her real name was Pearl Sarah Elizabeth Waters Martin. She is the lady with the white hair below on the left top. The lady below her was her mother! Her name was Grandma Waters, but her real name was Georgiann Jarrard Waters. And the couple on the right was my Daddy's Momma and Daddy.  Their names were William George Steiner and Vivian Ruth Martin Steiner, also known as "Granddaddy and Nanny Steiner".

Below is a picture of "Nanny Martin", when she was a young lady.  She is also the same one who made that quilt on the sewing machine above. She was very talented, and made lots of dresses and quilts for her family of four daughters,  and even made one for each of her grandchildren.  She also sold quilts to help pay for "Nanny Steiner" to go to beauty college!   

Mommie said we should remember our Grandmothers and Great Grandmothers as well as our Mothers on Mother's Day.

I like these other two signs on the walls in the guest room:

"A friend loves at all times."  Proverbs 17:17

And this one came from my Mommie's Mommy's house, which also originally came from Grandma Tedlie's house!

So, the guest room is all ready! I wonder who will be our next guest?  I hope it will be someone who will like me too!!

Oh, I got this little cup and flower arrangement for Mommie at the flea market so she would have something for Mother's Day from me:

Happy Mother's Day to all my friends in blogland! 

Bye bye for now,

Love,

Lily Grace