Grandma Shirley

Memories

This is how I remember my grandma from my childhood. 

1. Going to Mexico city together
2. Staying at Grandma's during the summer as a kid.
3. Tuna fish sandwiches and icecream
4. Staying at Sandra's with Bob
5. Talking about science and ideas with her at the table
6. Books in her office - sci fi and the Nancy Drew Hardy Boys
7. Her riding to our house as little kids on her motorcycle with Grandpa
8. Building nesting boxes with Grandma in Indiana 
9. Wood turning 
10. Her showing us as kids that she could take her dentures out
11. Getting sick at her house
12. The chickens with the inside out feathers
13. Black walnuts
14. Talking to her about my Dad after he died.
15. Her working on woodworking in the workshop
16. Using potatoes to attract nematodes in her garden
17. Going with her on the lawnmower and then watching her bludgeon to death a gopher with a shovel. 
18. Her in her coat and hat getting irritated people thought she was a little old man
19. Eating out with Bob and Grandma
20. Bob in the workshop
21. Bob and grandma talking to Leila when I first brought her home
22. Mom and Grandma's excursions 
23. At my Dad's funeral
24. The big 90th birthday bash.  
25. All of the help she gave us when we first came to Boise. 
26. When Colleen was born while she was visiting in Indiana
27. Stories about her childhood
28. Gardening 
29. MR2
30. waking up while driving to Nampa as a child in the car and watching the red headlights in front of us working their way up and down the hills along the highway.  Seeing the city stretched out ahead of us like a glowing amoeba along the hill.  
31. The old house with the porch 
32. Playing tag with cousins in the yard after Grandpas funeral
33. Sandra's trailer and her dog with mismatched eyes. 
34. That time I got sick while staying at her house and she helped me clean up. 
35. That card game with the board she made for all of us.
36. Playing scrabble and losing by 80 or 90 points