19-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Sunday, November 29, 1914: Rufus had company today. Took their pictures over on the new bridge.
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Grandma—Do tell, was your sister Ruth’s company male or female? (It’s been a long time since you’ve called her Rufus. Are you just a little bit jealous?)
And, did you take their picture on the bridge that goes over the creek that flows by your family’s farm? I can picture a really old bridge. Maybe it was new a hundred years ago–though I suppose that it’s been replaced several times over the course of the last hundred years.
A Hundred Years Ago 
I wish more of Helena’s photos had been preserved–they would give us such an added element to her words.
Yes, it would have been wonderful if more of them had survived across the years. I feel fortunate that at least some of Grandma’s artifacts made it through the years.
Once again, I so agree with KerryCan’s comment….wouldn’t we all have loved to see the photos she wrote about? (But thankful that it did happen ONCE!)
I agree! I’m very thankful that at least one of her pictures still exists.
Sheryl, just love the idea of taking a photo on a bridge as they are so special to me! Love the photos you posted.
I’m glad you like them. They do fit well into the theme of your blog. Bridges, both literally and figuratively, are so important.
Rufus! Can we channel Grandma somehow and learn a bit more?
Your bridge photos look so much like many I see in my part of the world.
You might enjoy a previous post I did: Which Name: Ruth, Ruther, Rufus, or Ruthie
That’s a great creek!!!!!
It is a lovely and very picturesque creek.
I detect a wistful note in Helena’s entry this day…. perhaps wishing she had company of her own?
My thoughts exactly.