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The Story of Ruth: The Watercolour Journals of Arthur Adair Brooke
Hot Spot: Annie Florence Brooke

 
"I went to the hospital the next day and this is what I found! . . . "
1 of 18 		"2 weeks later Mrs. Brooke came home. Nurse Cassara carried our precious girl baby in to the house."
2 of 18 		"We named her Ruth Adair Brooke, after her mothers' mothers' name and her fathers' mothers' name..."
3 of 18 		"Of course Ruth had to be bathed every morning, which she enjoyed immensely."
4 of 18 		"Ruth gradually, not very fast, became a lovely plump baby . . . "
5 of 18 		"But all clouds pass away and one day in April, Ruth and her mother were reunited . . . "
6 of 18
"Ruth is growing quite fast now, at 7 months she could sit up."
7 of 18 		"We went for a drive to Madeline Lake . . . "
8 of 18 		"Ruth begins to eat out of a spoon!" July 1922
9 of 18 		"Bye Bye! That was alright for a while but now she wants to come too!"
10 of 18 		"Babe in the woods. A little fun while out for a walk Sunday afternoon, November 1922. Mt. Ida."
11 of 18 		"Ruth and Mamma. Ruth is wearing the cap that Gran'ma knitted for her. She is over 1 year old."
12 of 18
"We return from a visit to Auntie Pat. (Mr. & Mrs. Kirkpatricks) . . . "
13 of 18 		"Paddling in the river is what Ruth loves."
14 of 18 		"Now, October the 6th came around, Ruths' 4th birthday. It began by getting dressed of course . . ."
15 of 18 		"At the Christmas tree entertainment at the little valley Church, . . . "
16 of 18 		Annie Florence Brooke (born Ruth)
17 of 18 		Arthur Adair and Annie Florence Brooke
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