Whisked to Memory Lane. . .
There are some things that instantly remind me of a time or a place or a person. Today 
I was at the store and saw a box of ‘Danish Style Butter Cookies’ on sale and it instantly reminded me of my grandma O’Bryant. During Christmas time, she always had a tin full of these little cookies that looked much like this picture with the pleated cupcake style papers and stacks of shaped cookies. My favorites were the ones with the big pieces of sugar on top.
I also can’t see someone throw pizza dough in the air without thinking of my grandpa O’Bryant or smell lilies without thinking of grandma.
**Hey Cousins: Do any of you have a copy of that picture of grandpa in grandma’s kitchen throwing the pizza dough in the air? I also want pictures that show any part of grandma’s room, the red room, or the basement. I’m particularly interested in pictures of grandma’s ceramic painting tables or grandpa’s plane.
Kathleen, those cookies always remind me of my great-grandma Barnes. She had either the cookies or just the tins in her kitchen–we used to sit on her red chairs and drink Tang from little polka-dot glasses while eating cookies in her little apartment. :) Thanks for the memory!
That’s so funny that those cookies remind you of grandma. When I saw that picture (before I even read a word of the post) I immediately thought of Grandma. About pictures, I’ll look through our pictures to see if I can find some. I know exactly what picture of Grandpa you are talking about. Anthony took a big pile of pictures while we were back in TN before Grandma died and he posted them on Picassa. I don’t know if they are only pictures with our family or if there are some just around grandma’s house….I’ll look.
I finally remembered to look through all our family pictures that Anthony scanned. Unfortunately, I didn’t find that picture of Grandpa and I also couldn’t find any pictures of different rooms in the house. All the pictures I found were in the front room, the kitchen, the dining room, or the play room. Sorry I couldn’t help more. By the way, congratulations on the baby on the way….that’s so exciting!