ted of one mother and one dad and they had 15 children, 12 of which lived to be adults. Oh and my Grandma lived to be 101 years old. Guess having 15 children doesn't do much to shorten your life span, huh? Anyway, My Aunt Dorothy (we called her Aunt Dotsie) was very beautiful. She and her siblings were raised in St. Louis, and then in her early 20's she went to New York as a fashion designer. She was quite the artist and designer and loved nice things. She decorated her home in an Asian theme. She enjoyed playing classical music on her grand piano in the foyer.
Doug and I now have the gorgeous angels and cherubs that she hand made to replicate the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Christmas tree.When my sister and I were youngsters, and our mother was in the hospital having one of our brothers or sisters, we got to stay with Aunt Dotsie and her husband, Andy Anderson, for several days at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth. Oh my, could we call Room Service and order up hot rolls and cookies. It was great! Then Dotsie and Andy moved to Dallas where he managed the Adolphus Hotel. Dotsie loved to give parties and socalize.
Anyway, she taught us many things about being a lady - made sure we went to classes so we could learn how to hold our hands and what our feet were supposed to do when we sat down and so forth. We were groomed well!
Complications from smoking caused her to pass away after a couple weeks of medical problems. She was 82. I sure will miss her terribly, but I'll remember her with huge tears in my eyes this Christmas that's for sure when we set up the very special angel tree. I'll post pictures in December so you will know what I'm talking about. What an incredible, artistic, talented lady!
Avery, my granddaughter asked me on the way to the graveside service - if she would be able to see the "Ear-Lies" at the cemetary. When I asked her to explain what she meant by that, she said, "You know the place where they say Here Lies Our Good Friend". I had to stop myself from laughing - Restland Cemetary has no standing headstones, so we walked over to where she could see one laying down in the grass. So she got to see her Ear-Lies after all.She did very well at the gathering - so maybe a little bit of the real world of life and death was learned in a gentle way by her that day.
...... NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS ........
I got a letter today letting me know that I won two ribbons at The State Fair of Texas! A First Place Ribbon was won for my polymer clay bracelet and pin and a Fourth Place Ribbon for my metal
clay necklace. Fourth Place is really good news for sure as there is no "Metal Clay" category at The State Fair. So my work was put with all the metalsmiths in Texas. I fused the dichroic glass and constructed the metal clay base. This piece is also published in the book "Exceptional Works in Metal Clay & Glass" by Mary Ann Devos.I'm right proud of these new awards. My Aunt Dotsie would be pleased as punch!
NOTE: Apparently I did not take a picture of the polymer clay bracelet and pin, but I'll add them later when I get a picture of them with the ribbon.
Thanks for reading my post today!
