The 3 Muses - Old Fashioned

Here is the email birthday card I sent to my brother-in-law yesterday. This is a picture of the old homestead where I was born. It was built around 1908 for my grandparents. My mother, the oldest child, was born here in 1909. These two gentlemen are my oldest uncle and my youngest uncle, both born here too. Uncle Robert lived into his late 60s. Leslie unfortunately was killed in a car accident when he was in the 8th grade.

The Three Muses has as its theme his week: Old Fashioned. Uncle Robert's cap and his wonderful new car behind him are both pretty old fashioned, indeed.

I love this picture. The room on the far right was part of the wrap-around porch till the sons put up clapboard, no insulation, to form a room for the growing family. That was my room when I was a teenager. In winter it was often below freezing in temperature, but we had lots of homemade quilts to pile on the bed.