Mary Stories
From: Mary You got me thinking. My mother said that I remind her of her mother. She was small - on the petite size and could be feisty. She loved to cook and bake apple pies. The neighbors next store had a Green Granny Apple tree and the branches on Grandma side of the fence provided her with plenty of apples for pie and applesauce. Back in those days Grandma had a wringer washer machine. First the hot water had to be heated by coal furnice. The laundry was soaked hot soapy water and put the wringer by hand. Then the laundry had to be hung out clothes lines in the back yard and propped up with wooden sticks. Grandpa like to help hang the laundry after he retired. It was a all day job. Grandma had a old Singer sewing machine in the kitchen. One Thanksgiving the pumpkin pies were placed on sewing machine and covered with dish clothes. I did not know the pies were there and put my hands down on the pies and started mushing them up! When I lifted up the dish towels I felt s