I often "helped" grandma play cards - sitting on her lap at the kitchen table.

Grandma always helped me with my schoolwork and piano theory. She was always a teacher at heart. I remember her checking my math homework and just telling me the number of problems that were wrong - but she wouldn't tell me which ones! She wanted me to recheck ALL of my work.

Grandma and grandpa bought me my first bike at a yard sale. I loved that blue bike and I still remember when the training wheels came off. Grandma taught me to ride a bike.

Grandma had the most beautiful flowers planted at the edge of her garden - you could enjoy them as you came up the driveway.

Oh, wow! An even better picture of her flower garden at the farm. I can even see the tree swing Grandma and Grandpa hung in the front yard for us kids. (August 1984)