Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Okie Gals: Dorothy



This is my great Aunt Dorothy, that we named our little Dot after.  She lived only long enough to meet our firstborn, Ruth. (same name as her oldest sister)  As you can see, she was the most glamorous of all the Okies in my family, waitressing instead of working in the fields.  I have one dress of hers that hopefully someday, once again, will fit.
A story I love is the time one of her husbands came home after boozin' and cat'n around only to pass out cold.  She took a bottle of red nail polish and painted his schlong.  Waking up to a thick coat of lacquer to remove had to be pretty uncomfortable!  
She also had a Boston Terrier named King that I remember from when I was very young.  This Boston figurine was hers and given to me.


9 comments:

  1. Wow she was truly stunning! Ha ha I love her art of revenge, I bet he thought twice about doing that again!

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  2. Yay to girls with attitude! She's pretty stunning too!

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  3. What a wonderful woman, the nail varnish incident is hilarious! xx

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  4. oh wow, what a cute couple! And the nail polish story...true love! :)

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  5. She was very beautiful! Love the nailpolish story!

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  6. This is Hilarious! I love it! Thanks for your blog. It is great. I am an Okie with 2 Boston terriers living in Portland, OR. :)

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  7. What a firecracker of a lady! I just sauntered over to your blog, warms my little heart to see your ode to Okies...I am one! Fifth generation actually, out here on the prairie :) cant wait to read more of your blog!~

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