More about Jake and also Charlotte

I think I have to plough (or plow) over old furrows this morning. I will bring you up to date on the Jake front, and with your indulgence, I need to get back the grandma and her embroidery one more time.

Jake

He visited me in my chair very briefly on Friday morning. When he first came to stay with us, he would spend time there with me in the chair but not lately. That day, as soon as I reclined the chair back, he left. If he is a little antsy at night, wanting treats or whatever, my chair going back seems to signal to him that I am done. At that point he usually leaves me alone, probably going down to sleep the night away.

  

And that it a very good thing — to sleep the night away. He's been doing that fairly regularly, something like 9 to 6 give or take 20 minutes here or there. I have even been the one to let him out the last three mornings. I have been up, so he's come into my room rather than rattling around Sue's room. If I am not already up, of course, I will not hear him, so Sue had been handling the lion's share of mornings and other times too. Specifically, she's been doing the walking recently while my back has been spasming. On one walk, Sue was able to use Jake and her umbrella to complete one of her photo prompts.

Grandma and Her Embroidery

I know, I know. I’ve gone over some of this twice already, but I redid that photo, or at least the font. It's clearer now.

And  . . . Sue had a photo of Grandma's three pieces of embroidery to pass on to me — of course, she did. My guess is that grandma did all three before she was married in 1913 and before becoming a mother several times over soon after that (see below). So, let us say that these peice are 120 years old and just leave it at that.

Here's a single photo of the one with the picture. I've made a guess, with Photoshop's help, to colour-correct it somewhat to reverse the yellowing from both the aging and the light, but who is to know.

Charlotte had four children after marrying in 1913. My mother was born in 1915 and my uncle Charlie in 1917. She then gave birth to twin girls in 1919. Ruth only survived for a few months from May 05 1919 to September 08 1919, but Ruby May lived to be almost 2 years old.

Following is what I have as a record for Ruby May. Sadly, aside from the dates, I have no actual record of Ruth's birth or death.

1919
Front: Charlotte Ann Robinson (Quinlan), Ruby May Quinlan
Back: Charles Peter Quinlan, Arthur Joseph Quinlan, Mary Elizabeth Quinlan (Rayner)