"Anna and Edward Thornblade built the home in 1910.  She was a laundress for the Lynch Estate and he was a manager of the Coal mines.  They had five or six children.  The last three remaining in the house were Edna, Dorthy and Julia.  Edna’s room was the pink rose wallpaper, Dorthy was the blue room, and Julia was my bead room.  When Julia broke her hip, she and Dorthy moved together to Saint Annes, with the intention of moving back to the home when she got better.  Julia died at St Annes, which devasted Dorthy.  At that point, Dorthy wanted to move home, but the family did not think she was well enough to move home.  She was known for her gardening and especially the hundreds of tulips she planted in the back…of which I have 5 left. 

I bought the house from Dorthy, who smiled from ear to ear when she saw me and wouldn’t stop starring.  I found out later from her nephew, that Julia had red hair, and I reminded her of Julia.

One morning as I was getting ready for work in Dorthy’s room, and Charlie (my dog) who was in a dead sleep woke up and started to bark at the wall.  I had a feeling, which was confirmed when I saw the obituary two days later, Dorthy had died.

Once, when Charlie and I were asleep , in the middle of the night, we both were jolted awake by the sound of a little girls voice saying, “Ah Oh!”

Then Brian and I have heard it again along with Mama Mama.

One night I could not sleep so I went down stairs, Brian came down in the night because he could not sleep…he said he kept on hearing load footsteps in the attic.  The next day we found out was the anniversary to the brothers death.

They recycled everything in that house.  Shutters became walls in the attic, old pocket doors became Dorthy’s closet doors.  Old crates became the wood to make the built-ins in the attic.  Which Deborah's clothing line, and my jewelry fits perfectly with.

The doll beside dorthy’s bed {left photo below}, was left in the house along with furniture, Christmas décor, clothing from the 30’s, and the father’s wedding suit."

I could post a hundred photos from this session, I'm really in love with so many.  Here is a collection of a few favorites to wet your appetite... In the coming month, more will be posted, so watch facebook and twitter!  Thank you to the lovely ladies... Deborah, Anne-Marie, Jacki, Greta, and Nirvana. You are all such beautiful, wonderful women I am thankful to have worked with :) 

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