Edith Sophia: treasured memory fading away

[Rena]

Gosh, what a lot of results - thank you so much everyone, I appreciate your time and expertise Yvonne, Pat, Carolyn, Brit Japeflakes and Wiggy (even tho rootschat thwarted your efforts to upload) 

I half expected most people would be busy during the run up to the festive season.

Just so you'd know, Edith Sophia is the WWI mother in my Avatar.

I hadn't noticed the background until all your translations and I've had to think hard what on earth was in the shadows.  The tot in her red velvet coat with angora fur trimmings was being helped down the back door steps.  Behind them was a clear way through the kitchen and I can make out the door jamb to the front living room, but it's taken me ages to make out the shapes that were actually in the living room, especially the peculiar light horizontal line and upright growing from the tot's head lol.  In case some people are just as curious as me ...  I had a Eureka moment and it's the end of a 1950s Ercol/parker knoll type two seater settee which is facing the fireplace.  The light horizontal shape being the wooden arm and the upright is the wooden back rest  Then under the window is the dining table covered with a cloth on which is a glass vase of flowers - other shapes at the end of the room on the right is part of a dining chair.

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One more for you Rena

[Rena]

Aw thanks D-,  Thank you very much. 

Until I put up the image on rootschat I never noticed how my grandmother's necklace had caught the light.  In the B&W image it looks as though it was made from solid white stones, but in fact, it was made from light yellowish amber coloured glass beads.   

I remember the day in 1944 when my uncle arrived back on leave from the army in Palestine bringing some loose beads home for his mother and three sisters, which he then took away to be made up into necklaces.  He had obviously given some thought to what would suit each person, as all the necklaces were different.

Thank you once again,
Rena