Friday 28 August 2020

Tasha Tudor

 I couldn't let this day go by without mentioning that it is  the anniversary of Tasha Tudor's birth. ( Is it correct to say it is/was her birthday?)   She's well known for her children's books and  illustrations  but my fascination is more because of the way she lived. She raised her 4 children without electricity or any modern conveniences. In fact she lived the life of someone living in the 1830's, including dressing the part and rejecting modern forms of technology.  I have a book about her garden and it amazes me that she kept it looking so lovely with little outside help. She made her own clothing, raised goats, and was almost entirely self-sufficient.


Here are some pictures that I got from the internet. 





Thanks for visiting today and pausing to remember this amazing woman.



GRANNY MARIGOLD

15 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing those great pictures of Tasha. She was indeed a remarkable lady in many ways.

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  2. I think we have the same book about Tasha Tudor and her garden. It is amazing to me how she could do the amount of work she needed to do to keep her place so beautiful, and to cook and raise food in old fashioned ways. I recall she had a goat for milk. What a brilliant lady she was. I recently saw an hour long documentary about her filmed at her home.

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  3. I was thinking about Tasha today and her birthday. Lovely to see her honored here Granny!

    X Chy

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  4. She sounds amazing. I'm going to try to find some information and read more about her. She's a beautiful looking lady who, from what you wrote, was a very hard worker.
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  5. Hi GM- Tasha is a very interesting person who loved the Self-Sufficiency life style. My favorite book by John Seymour of the UK is 'Self Sufficiency' - amazing what you can do on a small holding in England. Here in Australia available water is a problem often resulting in drought...would have loved to see what I could do with an acre of land. I'm too old now. Best Wishes. KEV. (Sydney-Australia).

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  6. What an amazing lady. It would be interesting to know what happened to her family. I wonder if they use modern technology now.

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    1. There were squabbles with her adult children when Tasha died. All was not as it seemed especially with her two youngest. I hoped they have reconciled.

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  7. I like her very much! Beautiful peaceful scenes - she remembers me of you - - - this LOVE for the plants- - -

    I have an aunt, she is 93, and she has a beautiful garden with many beautiful flowers......

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  8. This makes me want to read about her...

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  9. Thank you for posting about Tasha Tudor. I absolutely love the way she lived, and dressed. Looking at her books always makes me want to change my style and dress like she did. Her goats and cats and hens were all so special. Isn't she amazing! Hope you're having a good weekend.

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  10. She is amazing to have done all that!!

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  11. Although I have heard the name before I never really knew anything about this lady. I have just spent the last hour reading about her online and what an amazing woman she was. Thanks for writing this post about her :)

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  12. I admire her so much; she and Beatrix Potter. And, thanks to you, Hannah Hauxwell. Remember?

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  13. Not too long ago I watched a video of her life. It was very interesting. I felt so sad that she had falling outs with her children and that her life was maybe not as wonderful as it seemed from the outside. She did seem to be at peace with how she lived though.

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  14. It is indeed her birthday. Or it was when you wrote this! Thanks for taking the opportunity to remind us.

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