Category Archives: Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories
The Christmas Tree
(Day 1 of the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories) My Grandpa and Grandma Lassalle always had an artificial tree. It was flocked and had red satin balls on it. They set up one of those rotating color lights that reflected off the branches rather than stringing it with lights. Thinking of that tree is one …
Working at the French Laundry
[Fearless Females--Women's History Month, March 12th: Working Girl] This photograph was taken around 1905-1910. It shows the Mazeres family in front of one of their French laundries in Oakland, Alameda Co., California. My great grandmother, Brigitte (Breilh) Mazeres, always worked alongside her husband, Charles. When he died in 1921, she ran the laundries. In the …
Advent Calendar: The Family Newsletter
(Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories Day 17: Grab Bag) Lots of people send out a family newsletter with their Christmas card. It give you a glimpse of their life since the previous year and does a bit of bragging. Since I’m not like other people, I just can’t do a newsletter. Noooooooooo! Mine must be …