Les Says: I think Gramma knew about it much later. Seems to me, I first heard the story around my mother’s kitchen table during a visit from Gramma. I remember hearing a few stories involving a younger version of my mother that made me realize she wasn’t always “the good little girl that grew up to be the stern schoolteacher” that I’d thought she was.

Les Says: Quite welcome, Sara - and it’s nice to see you Where the Walls are Soft! Come back again, soon; there will be more Blanche stories, along with “catch-a-bear” stories and, of course, Land-Lady stories…

Les Says: Yes, she was. And people weren’t always quite that mean to her, harmless or not. She also had a great sense of humour - I have one about her and my dad, who thought an awful lot of her, and she of him.

Les Says: Oh, please, let’s not go there - I’m in the same boat, most of the time, where Kyla’s concerned. Problem is, I’m just as lazy as she is, when I have a J.O.B. - and the place is either a knock-down, drag-out mess, or I go the other way, and I’m so picky that I’m always shining the sink and nothing ELSE gets done but the housework. There never seems to be a happy medium.

Les Says: I think you will like her very much, Denise. She was cool people, Blanche was.

Les Says: Oh, I most definitely WILL be posting the photo of Ky - I’d have done so in this post, but the I think the pic is on another computer. Soon, Dale, promise - and we’ll all have a laugh at my kid’s expense. She’s the spit and image of Blanche at about the same age, spectacles and all.

Les Says: That is a great shot, isn’t it? I wish I knew who had taken the photo - I’ll have to ask my Mom if she knows…

Les Says: Yes, I think that was my mother’s only saving grace in this story. They may have deked her into the work, but everybody won in the end, didn’t they?

Thanks for the visit, Jayne - hope to see you here more often!

WONDERFUL story!

Les Says: Thank you, Louise! I have a few more really good “Blanche Stories” that I want to share in the coming weeks/months. I hope you enjoy them just as much.

Les Says: I don’t think my mom always came out on top. I used to try to feel sorry for Aunt Blanche where this story was concerned… but I really think she enjoyed thinking she was putting one over on the sly little sisters.