Teatime with TT and Rebecca

Welcome to another Teatime with TT... Tressie Teegarden.  Fix yourself a cup of tea and come sit with us!  There is a special discount code for a 15% discount purchase from Cornerstone Tea who is partnering with me for the Pieces in the Garden Sew Along.  The code will be at the bottom of this post.

Rebecca is joining us today.  She is our youngest daughter and the great-granddaughter of TT.  When I asked her what memories first come to mind when she thinks of Grandma T. she shared this...

Her favorite color was yellow.  She let everyone know this when she saw anything in ANY shade of yellow by saying... "Oooh, it's yellow.  That's my favorite color you know."

Rebecca is not exaggerating this.  It didn't matter if it was a single yellow flower, a field of sunflowers, or an envelope.  She didn't meet a shade of yellow that wasn't a favorite!  Fall in Colorado was a favorite season for her because of the foliage in the area... rabbit brush can be prevalent in the area, as well as wild sunflowers.  And let's not forget the groves of aspen trees in the higher country and the cottonwood trees that grow along the Purgatoire River and area creeks.

The other thing that I remember are our "Tuesdays with Grandma."

After moving Grandma to Trinidad following the death of Grandpa, it was the first time in her life that she lived alone.  She had lived at home with her parents and younger siblings until she was married, and then she and Grandpa were together for 67 years.  

TT wasn't one to enjoy cooking much, and as she aged, she may have been known to pop in a few frozen biscuits, bake them off and have two biscuits with some marmalade or jam for dinner.  My Mom became concerned after figuring out that this happened several times a week.  

To help alleviate her burden of responsibility of making certain TT was eating at least one proper meal during the day, we helped out twice a week.  She was promptly signed up for Meals on Wheels and our family would join her on Tuesday evening.  I would prepare a casserole and take it over to her house where the five of us would sit down together.  We managed all of the clean up as well.  All she had to do was sit down.  

TT always enjoyed the company and hearing about the girls' days at school and what their evening activity would be that night.  Following dinner, the girls would head off to their Girl Scout meeting.  On this particular evening we were dressed for a Halloween Party. 👻

Dave and I would pick up lunch and have a short visit with her during Dave's lunch hour on Thursdays.

I remember going to Arizona to visit them a couple times as well and all the fragile items we had to pack when we moved her to Colorado. 

We would travel to visit them when the girls were on either Christmas break or Spring break.  One particular trip was in December 1999.  Both Grandma & Grandpa had fallen ill so we went with my parents with the intention of caring for them until they were well again.  Grandpa refused to go to the doctor and Grandma had a third degree burn on her arm from where she spilled hot milk that she had prepared for Grandpa.  Her sodium levels were dangerously low and she was hallucinating.  While in the ER she saw angels painting on the ceiling.  She went on to explain that they were using a new painting process.

It was evident that they needed someone to stay and care for them longer than we could handle with jobs and the girls still in school, Mom stayed behind.  We drove back to Colorado.

When we were packing to move Tressie to her new home in Trinidad, CO, there seemed to be so many boxes that needed to be marked "FRAGILE", we began marking the other boxes NOT fragile.  LOL!  Kelvin shared more details of that move...

I know we went to the zoo and the campus of the University of Arizona...as well as the library and went looking for the ice cream truck. They had chalk and we would do hopscotch. They had a citrus fruit tree in the yard, but I don't remember if it was oranges or something else.

It was an orange tree in the neighbor's yard that was over hanging the wall.  They were so tasty!  

Pictures from our 1992 album... Either her memory is really good to recall something from when she was just 2-1/2 years old, or she remembers seeing these pictures.  Of course, many of these activities were regular activities that we did when we visited Tucson...  

Thanks for joining us today.  If you need the Spool pattern, you can head over to my Payhip store for the free pattern.  You will need to make 12 blocks to make a complete row. They are very easy to piece and only require 6 different components in each block.  Easy Peasy!  What are you waiting for???

Get your blocks sewn up and come back to link up a photo for the chance to win a fabulous prize package from Cornerstone Tea Co.  This month Stephanie is offering a 15% discount if you place an order and use TRADITIONS as your discount code.  Valid through August 17th.

One of my earliest memories is from when I was 4 years old...  it is of a time of sitting on a porch with the Dad of one of my first childhood friends and having a conversation with him.  Sweet memories...

What is your earliest memory?  

How old were you?

Leave a comment... I'd love to hear from you!

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Melva

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