family traits
and resemblances
old Davis family photo album,
waiting for me to get a better bookshelf!
up in Massachusetts, late 1800's
i see myself at the same age,
for sure...
hairline, gaze, mouth, chin.
yep. looks like a relative of mine.
we gathered with my cousin & her family
to share Shabbat
(yep, some of us are Jewish)
(yep, some of us are Jewish)
and talk about our ancestor, Charles Pancoast,
author of A Quaker Forty-Niner,
(yep, some of us were & are Quaker)
(yep, some of us were & are Quaker)
and the great uncle-in-law of said Charlotte Davis
(she married his great nephew, William Hannum)
the wax of many Shabbats
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| my cousin Beth, me, & my cousin Anne |
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| my Aunt Sue & mom |
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| Aunt Sue & meeee! |
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| a resemblance, no? my Dad & his sister Sue, with two of her daughters behind |
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| cozy on the outdoor porch during a rainstorm in January on a day it reached 67 degrees! |
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| a tea-drinking kind of night |
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| centerpiece at 1810...roses are red...violets are blue...everything's sweetness when i think of you |
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| early bird breakfast with a best friend |
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| love tea |
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| fireside with Aunt Sue at 1810 |
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| put a cork in it |
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| Mom's nature calendar |
these two have my heart
forever
