Heritage Layouts

I'm almost done with the heritage pictures! YAY! It's been a very long time coming. My parents gave me a couple of boxes and asked me to scrap them. "Is this all there is?" "Yes." "Are you sure?" "Yes." So I put a very nice album together and thought that was that. Turns out they were very wrong!!! Every time I thought I was done, there came another group. It's been 6 years of "Oh! Here's another one!" But now we've scoured the house top to bottom and there are no more. Except now the cousins are sending me copies of theirs! So maybe it will never really be over. Meanwhile, I only have a few more pages and they're DONE! So here's today's projects.

First is a challenge on www.scrapdango.net to do a NO COLOR page. In all my years I don't think I've ever tried this! I LOVE the results!


Next is a sweet picture of a couple of babies who were my dad's cousins. The photo was taken in 1928!


Finally is a poem written by my dad's Aunt Fannie. From the stories he tells of her, she was quite the character! Sadly, I don't think we have any pictures of her though. She wrote this about a young man who wanted to seriously "court" (date) her.


The poem reads

Johnny, dear Johnny, don’t tease me
Oh leave me alone for today
Ask me tomorrow to please me
Ask me tomorrow I pray.
For my mind is so undecided
I know not which lover to choose
Though my heart singles you out dear Johnny
The others I hate to refuse.

Oh Johnny, dear Johnny, my Darling
You are noble and manly and bold.
You’re merry and gay as the starling
Yet Johnny you’re lacking in gold.
But ask me at twilight tomorrow
When katydids sing by the wall.
And don’t look the picture of sorrow
O perhaps ‘twill be you after all.

No wonder my Dad loves poetry! It's in his blood!!!