Happy 95th Birthday, Auntie M!

This is my second post and usually they will be quilting related.  Today however is a very special day in our family.  My Aunt Mabel is 95 years young today.  She was born in 1919 in Outlook, Washington.  Her life has take her from Seattle, Washington to Hemet, California and many points in between.  She even spent some time in New York.  Auntie M. has traveled a lot; by train, plane, automobile, cruise ships and even by covered wagon in 1925.

This is my Auntie M. at sixteen.  Look at that smile.

Here she is with her sisters.  This was around 1955.  They were probably dressed for Easter services.  Auntie M is on the left, then my mother, Neva, in the center, and my Aunt Beulah on the right.  They could all sing and would break into song at any encouragement.

A couple more beautiful smiles.  The left was Auntie M's 76th birthday and the right is 2004 at my parents 50th anniversary.

This post is not completely un-quilty.

Here is her beautiful quilt, hand pieced when she was seventeen.  No papers,  just marked lines on hexagons.

And here she is on her 95th birthday.  We are all going to Claim Jumpers for a dinner celebration.

To all Auntie's family and friends, Auntie M. sends her love and wishes you could all be here to celebrate.  Leave a comment and I will share them with her tomorrow.  We will be having her Daddy's
famous (in our family) buttermilk pancakes.
Joyfully celebrating,
Terry