I’ve been looking at my letters written in England 40 years ago and decided to see what was happening 20 years ago. I found one of my favorite photos of grandsons David and Nathaniel. In the year 2000, David was patiently holding the bottle for Nathaniel. These days, the roles would be reversed. Nate would be baking a cake for David.
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That’s a sweet combo you have there Anne. You’ll have to show that picture to Logan next time he is at your house. I think he’ll get a kick out of it.
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I hadn’t thought of that. School starts for Logan tomorrow. He will be doing it from home.
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I think Logan will get a kick out it as he hangs out with both David and Nathaniel when he’s at your house. That’s early – is it a parochial school? Our parochial schools start earlier here – things are still up in the air here though. I think all the schools should be online for all states right now. We are lower than some states but still have daily deaths.
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Logan goes to public school. Most Southern states start school in August and end in May. When I was a child, country schools started in July or August and were off several weeks for cotton picking.
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That makes sense … my great-grandfather had the farm, not a terribly big farm, but when the hay came in, my grandparents would take their vacation those two weeks in August, to go help bring in the crops and canning season was busy so my grandmother stayed inside and helped her mother “put up” produce for jams, tomatoes, etc. That happened for years as I udnerstood it.
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Local school boards could be responsive to the needs of families in the community. I lived in town, and we did not get off for picking cotton.
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That is good they made exceptions for students to allow them to help bring in the crops which were important to a family’s livelihood.
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I hadn’t thought to wonder when people quit picking cotton. I’ll bet it was a long time ago.
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Yes, probably when they got machines to do it? Imagine them plowing by hand, with an oxen and wooden plow around their neck, replaced by a machine. A cause to rejoice for sure!
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There were machines for picking cotton when I was a teen, but they were too expensive to many people to have them. I’m not aware of when they became common.
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And if you didn’t need that big of a machine, easier to pick by hand. Now they have equipment that is operated off a tablet, everything is computerized and digitized. I listened to a farmer being interviewed on a talk show a few years ago and he told about how he can water, plant, cultivate, etc. and keep track of crops … it was amazing.
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So beautiful, Anne. The photo is adorable as it shows the love and reliance between Nat and David.
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They have a special relationship. They are half-brothers who grew up in separate households, but they saw each other regularly. I think they are closer than siblings who see each other constantly.
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So lovely to love understanding. Cute photo
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Thank you. The boys are now 25 and 20 years old, both tall and thin.
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Too darling Anne 🙂 A must to show the lads … they’ll dig it. I know my boys do going through photos of when they were young ..
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David saw the old photo and was laughing about it. Back then we didn’t take many pictures of ordinary things.
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So cute and tender. It made me smile knowing that Nate bakes for David now. Your family is so sweet.
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Nate will soon start his third year at a university that has a strong culinary program. He is majoring in baking and pastry.
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Oh wow, what a delicious path! Uni will open despite coronavirus?
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Nathaniel says nothing has been decided yet about opening the campus. He is living in a dorm this summer because he works as a student advisor for a dorm complex. An office on campus has told him to leave three times, and each time his boss goes to them to say he is required to be there because of his job. Nobody seems to know anything definitive.
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At first I thought it was Logan doing the feeding.
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It does look like Logan at first glance–I thought the same thing. 🙂
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You COULD have been right, Dor. Logan has two small nephews, and he was interested in holding them when they were babies. Who knows, he might have fed them.
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Anne, an adorable photo of the two grandchildren … I love how Nate is looking so intently at his older brother! A special and loving bond between them both is evident! Have you shown this picture to them recently? What did they say?
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David saw the photo and smiled about it. I should have asked if he remembered holding the bottle for his brother. Nathaniel is very busy working on campus this summer. I doubt he has seen it, and we haven’t talked to him in several weeks.
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Ha! Adorable then as now. I think I need to dig up some pld photos of my sons from years ago.
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They might get a kick out of it. I’m looking forward to my son’s reaction to his photos from 40 years ago.
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Such a beautiful picture. Next time you’ve got them both over, they’ll have to reenact it, lol–can you imagine!?
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LOL! The baby in the photo is now seven inches taller than the one who was holding his bottle!
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How precious! I love these old pictures. The brothers are adorable.
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Thank you. We have doted on those brothers all their lives. Old photos can be fun.
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Sweet photo. The smile on David’s face is priceless.
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Seriously sweet record of history.
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David doesn’t remember feeding Nathaniel. That was a long time ago.
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