This photo is possibly of Louise Greet. She was married to George Greet, brother of Fred and Frank, and therefore Johnny’s aunt. There is no date on this photo. Note the basket and flowers in both photos.
When I saw this picture, I thought of one of my favorite poems, Lucinda Matlock, Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. I have included a couple lines:
I spun, I wove, I kept the house, I nursed the sick,
I made the garden, and for holiday
Rambled over the fields where sang the larks,
And by Spoon River gathering many a shell,
And many a flower and medicinal weed—
When I saw this picture, I thought of one of my favorite poems, Lucinda Matlock, Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. I have included a couple lines:
I spun, I wove, I kept the house, I nursed the sick,
I made the garden, and for holiday
Rambled over the fields where sang the larks,
And by Spoon River gathering many a shell,
And many a flower and medicinal weed—
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Spoon River anthology… haven’t thought about that book since high school forensics class! Great quote.