tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post8369954468692174515..comments2024-03-08T07:03:12.909-05:00Comments on Life at Willow Manor: Uncle GuyTess Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-29963791240326149952008-04-09T21:39:00.000-04:002008-04-09T21:39:00.000-04:00Dear Willow!I’m tagging you for a Six Word Memoir!...Dear Willow!<BR/><BR/>I’m tagging you for a Six Word Memoir! Hope you play!<BR/><BR/>Rules:<BR/>1. Write your own six-word memoir.<BR/>2. Post it on your blog (and include a visual illustration if you’d like).<BR/>3. Link to the person who tagged you in your post.<BR/>4. Tag five more blogs with links.<BR/>5. Remember to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play.<BR/><BR/>Hee hee.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436539725605367511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-19182172467350355692008-04-09T21:09:00.000-04:002008-04-09T21:09:00.000-04:00Unfortunately TB is very much with us and becoming...Unfortunately TB is very much with us and becoming more drug-resistant all the time. Stay healthy everyone!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436539725605367511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-89662605954375651612008-04-09T20:33:00.000-04:002008-04-09T20:33:00.000-04:00Thank you for posting the heartwrenching story beh...Thank you for posting the heartwrenching story behind the mysterious portrait of your Uncle Guy, whom I must confess I've had a crush on since I first noticed his portrait on your blog! LOL!! He's so dapper and dashing. I'll bet he turned the heads of many girls back in his day. Happy Birthday, Guy!<BR/><BR/>I love the Anthony Hopkins quote you mentioned. I very much feel that way. I'll have to post about my Woodhull/Jayne family from Brookhaven, NY. What an interesting bunch they were. I think you will appreciate their history.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005793994542317964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-54057274451322924932008-04-09T17:20:00.000-04:002008-04-09T17:20:00.000-04:00Em, she's a fairly friendly ghost. Although my dau...Em, she's a fairly friendly ghost. Although my daughter was awakened one night to a good scolding by her!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-12150534674501919392008-04-09T16:50:00.000-04:002008-04-09T16:50:00.000-04:00A beautiful poem and lovely post. I've never under...A beautiful poem and lovely post. I've never understood how parents are able to survive the loss of a child. It would be the most unbearable sadness.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535348885585528618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-38336389580177290932008-04-09T15:44:00.000-04:002008-04-09T15:44:00.000-04:00It does look like something is there, I'm just not...It does look like something is there, I'm just not sure what?<BR/>I love the name of your house, I thought it might be haunted. Don't know why just got a hunch. I do hope your ghost isn't mean, and she's just a nice old lady?!Lady Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903757034924237080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-91385180054316590782008-04-09T13:32:00.000-04:002008-04-09T13:32:00.000-04:00Em, I love your gg grandmother story! Yes, isn't f...Em, I love your gg grandmother story! Yes, isn't family history so incredibly fascinating? I love the quote from Anthony Hopkins, as John Adams in the film Amistad, "We are who we were". I titled my family tree file with that quote and now have over 4000 recorded ancestors, from our combined family. <BR/><BR/>When we first moved into this place, 20 years ago, it was still country and I wanted chickens and goats! ;)Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-48351194760457069062008-04-09T13:13:00.000-04:002008-04-09T13:13:00.000-04:00He is very handsome!! Family history is always so ...He is very handsome!! Family history is always so fascinating. You never know what you're going to find out. That's sad that he passed due to TB. It was a horrible thing to contract back in the day, it's amazing that today we don't even think twice about it.<BR/>Side note about family history. My great great grandmother lived in West Virginia, and come to find out she was a mid-wife. Well she'd travel the mountains into neighboring towns when she had to deliver babies, and people would give her goats and chickens as payment. How cool is that? I think I'd be thrilled if someone gave me a goat as payment for a good deed now. But then again I would live in a barn yard if I could!!Lady Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903757034924237080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-10657078365082189622008-04-09T10:36:00.000-04:002008-04-09T10:36:00.000-04:00So apt is this line from the poignant poem you pos...So apt is this line from the poignant poem you posted:<BR/><BR/>"More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in<BR/>the world."Laviniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810442216887536113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-29286098667187736012008-04-09T09:33:00.000-04:002008-04-09T09:33:00.000-04:00Stevie...welcome to my blog! It's nice to meet you...Stevie...welcome to my blog! It's nice to meet you and I enjoyed yours, also. :)Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-38178643851324773072008-04-09T09:32:00.000-04:002008-04-09T09:32:00.000-04:00LL, I think he was incredibly handsome. I have thi...LL, I think he was incredibly handsome. I have this photo framed in my living room. Being born on this date makes him Aries, a fire sign...I believe you were right in noting that spark in his eyes!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-63485737022971360592008-04-09T09:28:00.000-04:002008-04-09T09:28:00.000-04:00Willow, what a sadness to contemplate on this grey...Willow, what a sadness to contemplate on this grey rainy day...Your uncle was an incredibly handsome man. I clicked on the photograph to enlarge it and had a good long look at his face. He was so handsome, with his chiseled jawline, his beautifully shaped nose, and thick dark hair. About his eyes... there was a definite spark in them, a light of intelligence and humour. It's terribly tragic that he died so young...surely had he lived, he would have gone on to ever-greater accomplishments, and perhaps you would have known him and remembered him with great affection. As it is, you have the knowledge that he is part of you, and also these photos...they are a treasure, beyond price.Laviniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810442216887536113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-47456063822677344792008-04-09T09:14:00.000-04:002008-04-09T09:14:00.000-04:00Interesting and sad story..You can only imagine wh...Interesting and sad story..You can only imagine what it must have been like in those days..life expectancy not very long with no cures for all sorts of dreadful diseases. The poem tugs at your heart strings...Thank you for sharing Uncle Guy's story...Dee DeeDorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03369948264736239411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-22970833602676305552008-04-09T08:09:00.000-04:002008-04-09T08:09:00.000-04:00Thank you for sharing Uncle Guy's story with us. W...Thank you for sharing Uncle Guy's story with us. What a dreadful thing to die so young.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436539725605367511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-59484247132847733142008-04-09T08:02:00.000-04:002008-04-09T08:02:00.000-04:00Interesting story and handsome photograph. Makes ...Interesting story and handsome photograph. Makes you wonder what could have been....<BR/>Happy Birthday, Guy! Liked the poem, too.Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-68121071449780472322008-04-09T07:23:00.000-04:002008-04-09T07:23:00.000-04:00Family history is so interesting. I don't know if...Family history is so interesting. I don't know if you are like me, but I am sad that I wasn't more interested and had asked more questions when I was younger and those that knew were still alive.<BR/><BR/>Funny coincidence-I wrote about my uncle on my blog last night.steviewrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14233066158555762167noreply@blogger.com