It was a lovely May in Newton Falls, Ohio.
Mrs. Fenstermaker was very busy, and so was Pa.
Mrs. Fenstermaker did take the time to write a long letter to her daughter, Bella.
Bella responded with a lovely postcard featuring pigeons carrying flowers.
Bella worried that mother was working to hard. If she didn't slow down, she would be "down flat".
Bella and her family were looking forward to the party "down at Michael's" on Friday night.
The card, printed in Germany, features two elegant pigeons carrying a basket of flowers.
The birds (which, in real life, I detest) inhabit a lovely home with parquet floors and rich wallpaper.
Postmark
Ravenna, Ohio
May 2, 1912
Address
Mrs. M. J. Fenstermaker
Newton Falls, Ohio
R.F.D.
Message
My dear Mother;
Just a line to let you know I just got your letter read & such a long good one.
Our ______? are so much better, so don't worry.
Don't work so hard you will be down flat.
How is Pa?
Be sure and write often.
Hope Art gets his position & also glad ____? is doing so well.
With love
Bella (?)
We are all going to a party Fri night down to Michael's.
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While he still assisted in carrying the basket, he could now enjoy the silence.
"She gets a long letter,
Sends back a postcard"
That postcard is quite attractive. I wonder who thought up these designs so long ago. Pigeons must have been more popular then.
(Sorry. Had to delete and correct a typo.)
I love this insight into the Pigeon marriage, Dannielle.
:-)
Neither am I, Ron.
"Rodents with wings" is my usual thinking on the subject.
That is what I read, too, Dame Ruth.
But, like you, I could not imagine how the Fenstermaker off-spring were injuring their digits.
It could be, Chris.
The Pigeons enjoy a lovely home, to be sure.
This is marvelous, Kate.
Belle was only 22 years old when she posted this card to her mother.
I am sorry to know that she is dead, Kate, although it would be quite remarkable if she were still alive.
She survived into her 88th year.
It is a lovely name, Wilma.
"I kinda like Addison Fenstermaker too, Wilma. "
It is a shame that the fenstermaker children could not take the names of both parents like some did in the past and some do today.
Addison Klingensmith-Fenstermaker sounds even better!
I like the name, Stephanie, but it is often used in novels as the name of the character who is a "loose woman".
:-)
I am very sorry to learn this, Kate.
He was only 25 or 26 years old.
It's as plausible as any suggestion I could make, Kate!
Indeed it is, Vicky!
A few weeks ago I mentioned somewhere that I have long used "Fenstermacher" whenever I had to make up a name on the spur of the moment.
Then, I acquired this postcard with the name on it.
After all, I did name my daughter "Roxanne"
The postcards often inspire some lively conversation, elizabeth!
I meant no disrespect to the name, Stephanie, and I agree that many names return to fashion.
I am with you, Mariana; the dead presidents can go!
The use of old family names ought to be encouraged.
They were very nicely done. The birds look very stately in their elegant home.
Looks like thumbs to me. I can see one person having an injured thumb but not two or more people. Odd.
The Fenstermaker family seems to have made a lot of friends, Andrea!
I'm sorry that I will have only about 15 minutes to Gather this week.