THE PRINCIPAL USE OF GRANDMA’S APRON WAS TO PROTECT THE DRESS UNDERNEATH, BUT ALONG WITH THAT, IT SERVED AS A POTHOLDER FOR REMOVING HOT PANS FROM THE OVEN.
IT WAS WONDERFUL FOR DRYING CHILDREN’S TEARS, AND ON OCCASION WAS EVEN USED FOR CLEANING OUT DIRTY EARS.
FROM THE CHICKEN COOP, THE APRON WAS USED FOR CARRYING EGGS, FUSSY CHICKS, AND SOMETIMES HALF-HATCHED EGGS TO BE FINISHED IN THE WARMING OVEN.
WHEN COMPANY CAME, THOSE APRONS WERE IDEAL HIDING PLACES FOR SHY KIDS.
AND WHEN THE WEATHER WAS COLD, GRANDMA WRAPPED IT AROUND HER ARMS.
THOSE BIG OLD APRONS WIPED MANY A PERSPIRING BROW, BENT OVER THE HOT WOOD-STOVE.
CHIPS AND KINDLING WOOD WERE BROUGHT INTO THE KITCHEN IN THAT APRON.
FROM THE GARDEN, IT CARRIED ALL SORTS OF VEGETABLES. AFTER THE PEAS HAD BEEN SHELLED, IT CARRIED OUT THE HULLS.
IN THE FALL, THE APRON WAS USED TO BRING IN APPLES THAT HAD FALLEN FROM THE TREES.
WHEN UNEXPECTED COMPANY DROVE UP THE ROAD, IT WAS SURPRISING HOW MUCH FURNITURE THAT OLD APRON COULD DUST IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.
WHEN DINNER WAS READY, GRANDMA WALKED OUT ONTO THE PORCH, WAVED HER APRON, AND THE MEN KNEW IT WAS TIME TO COME IN FROM THE FIELDS TO DINNER.
IT WILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE SOMEONE INVENTS SOMETHING THAT WILL REPLACE THAT ‘OLD-TIME APRON’ THAT SERVED SO MANY WORTH- WHILE PURPOSES.
REMEMBER:
GRANDMA USED TO SET HER HOT BAKED APPLE PIES ON THE WINDOW SILL TO COOL.
HER GRANDDAUGHTERS SET THEIRS ON THE WINDOW SILL TO THAW.
THEY WOULD GO CRAZY NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY GERMS WERE ON THAT APRON.
I DON’T THINK I EVER CAUGHT ANYTHING FROM AN APRON—EXCEPT LOVE.
This is one of the most amazing pictures I have ever seen. The men on the right are about to parachute into Normandy on D-Day, 1944. The men on the left are the very same group 70 years later.
Even more amazing, they are on the same plane which carried them into battle.
God Bless Our Heroes.
I like pictures which reflect “Before And After” the passage of time. Oh yeah, TIME moves on. -Sheila Tolley-
In 1964 a group of high school kids skipped class to see the Beatles. While driving, Ringo pulled beside them and snapped their picture. When they told their friends no one believed them. 50 years later Ringo publishes a book of photographs. They were in it. They reposed the shot as they look today.
Fun fact: This scene was improvised. Midnight Cowboy filmed in New York City so the taxi in the shot is an actual New York taxi. Remaining in character Hoffman yells at the driver and the scene made the cut in the film.
“Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By.’” Casablanca, 1942
“You can’t handle the truth!” A Few Good Men, 1992
