Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

I guess Robert hurt his arm picking me up yesterday. I feel really bad about it.

 

[Nomadicus]

I lived w/o all the amenitys growing up for a while. I have lived w/o heat toilets and water. Had to draw from a well. It was much easier on me then.

I remember my grand parents place in N FL when I was in early grade school. No running water and had no electricity. REA and not made it to their place yet. I used to pump the water from a hand pump on their deep well for the bucket and gourd dipper. At night they had coal oil lanterns for light. When my parents along with aunts and uncles with to visit at Christmas everyone slept on the floors. Only one bed in the house and one bedroom. My grandmother was bedridden from the first time I saw her. She had arthritis in her spine.

 

[Nomadicus]

Granny I grew up in a house without a water heater. We heated bath water in kettles for the tub. Used wood to heat using a wood stove.

 

[Nomadicus]

I was born 8 years before the Great Depression ended. I saw my grandmother that lived south of us feed real hobos walking the railroad across the highway from her house looking for work. The steam engine train still used the cowcatcher on the front of the engine.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I was born 8 years before the Great Depression ended. I saw my grandmother that live south of us feed real hobos walking the railroad across the highway from her house looking for work. The steam engine train still used the cowcatcher on the front of the engine.

cowcatcher?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I remember my grand parents place in N FL when I was in early grade school. No running water and had no electricity. REA and not made it to their place yet. I used to pump the water from a hand pump on their deep well for the bucket and gourd dipper. At night they had coal oil lanterns for light. When my parents along with aunts and uncles with to visit at Christmas everyone slept on the floors. Only one bed in the house and one bedroom. My grandmother was bedridden from the first time I saw her. She had arthritis in her spine.

we shared a well with others and it was the old, throw the bucket down the hole kinda well

 

[Cynthia12]

Poor little baby girl. Jane's temp at 101 this morning. Even with Tylenol it's 100. She sits and grunt cries. She fell asleep snuggled on Austin earlier. She looks miserable. Like Austin said, wait until the blisters come. Hoping she doesn't get swollen like Ashton did. Ashton is back to acting like himself. Full of beans. So thankful. I'm going to post a photo of just his hands when the swelling and blisters started going down.

 

[Nomadicus]

My dad worked for a well driller and he knew how to put down shallow wells for people around and about including his parents. His boss had a rig for putting down deep wells for cities and such. Before I was born he worked the rig when it was being used to put down a well for the city of Orlando, FL in either the late 30's or early 40's. That well was 30" in diameter.

 

[Cynthia12]

Hoping Jane doesn't get too many blisters. I have photos of Aston's tongue too..and ear blisters. Won't post those.

 

[Nomadicus]

This type of front end on early trains was called a Cow Catcher. I do not know who took this photo. Wish it had a copyright on it.