Thursday, January 26, 2012

Scottish Themed - Rainbow Lady's Challenge

When I was very young I remember my great-grandmother's half sister whom we called Auntie Belle. She was married to John Reid, a Scotsman. At this point in her life she was a mite strange. However, in her heyday, she was an artist and made invitations to her Robbie Burns teas. I don't know how often she had them but it seems that it was more often than once a year. I think it was like a book club, except it was all Robert Burns.

I am using one of her invitations for my entry to Rainbow Lady's Challenge today. Normally, she did a handwritten invitation, but she had this one professionally printed.

The upper right page is the program. In it we can see that they closed by having Auld Lang Syne read by Mrs. Lancaster.

(To all Scottish lassies, please forgive my Auntie Belle for saying Scotch. Scottish would have fit just as well in the last stanza.)

I'll decorate with flowers and ferns
My drawing room for Robbie Burns;
Akin to all, God's noble man,
Show me his equal if you can.

His faults were many, but his worth,
His big kind heart embraced the earth;
And that is why all Scotchmen pray
That God will ever bless the day
That gave to Scotland Burns.

So come and join our Scottish clan,
Sing Robbie's love songs, if you can,
And see how every Scotch heart yearns
In homage sweet to Scotland's Burns.

14 comments:

  1. Wonderful Faye...a fascinating story. Thanks for joining us at Rainbow Lady.

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  2. Thank you for sharing this wonderful and poetic piece. So special. x

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  3. Absolutely wonderful Faye.
    A gorgeous story. Love them.

    Have a wonderful weekend. xoxo

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  4. Ganz bezaubernd sieht Dein Werk aus.

    GLG Irmi

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  5. This is fabulous! Fancy keeping this all those years. Tam O' Shanter is quite a marathon to sit through - well done them!

    Janet xx

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  6. Absolutely wonderful Faye. Fascinating story.
    Lovely greet Marja

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  7. What a lovely story and good to see you've kept something like this for so long. thanks for joining us at Rainbow Lady's this week.
    Jenny x

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  8. How wonderful this is Faye and what a lovely story. Like the idea of the Burns tea party too... such pretty invites. Thanks for sharing something so different and fitting. Love Cynthia x

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  9. A gorgeous story Faye... Absolutely wonderful!!

    xoxo doris

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  10. What a fun piece of family history, Faye. I'd love to find someone in my family tree who was artistic, but nothing has shown up so far. Of course, that artistic flair can take various forms that many today might not recognize as artistic. Isn't all of life a bit of art expression?
    Blessings to you my sweet friend. Happy Sunday,
    Coleen in Ukraine

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  11. How wonderful to still have these, a treasure. Thanks for letting us share.
    Jen x

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  12. Fantastic piece of family history. Thanks for sharing with us at Rainbow Lady's. Love Elizabeth x

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  13. well they say every picture tells a story and this one has so lovely. sue-b x

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