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The Story of Ruth: The Watercolour Journals of Arthur Adair Brooke
Location: Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.

 
"At 1/2 past 11pm October 5, 1921 the doctor had to be called . . . "
1 of 137 		"Where she was fondly worshipped by 3 grown up brothers. She was a wonderful arrival for them."
2 of 137 		"We named her Ruth Adair Brooke, after her mothers' mothers' name and her fathers' mothers' name..."
3 of 137 		"Of course Ruth had to be bathed every morning, which she enjoyed immensely."
4 of 137 		"Ruth gradually, not very fast, became a lovely plump baby . . . "
5 of 137 		"So I had to bring her back to Salmon Arm . . . "
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"But all clouds pass away and one day in April, Ruth and her mother were reunited . . . "
7 of 137 		"Ruth is growing quite fast now, at 7 months she could sit up."
8 of 137 		"Ruth is beginning to amuse herself. 7-8 months old."
9 of 137 		"The ever new old up she comes game."
10 of 137 		"Running away from the Kamloops hospital where there was no room for baby! A game with Ruth."
11 of 137 		"Every morning Ruth went around the garden to see the flowers."
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"Ruth begins to eat out of a spoon!" July 1922
13 of 137 		"She liked to smell the roses as much as her Daddy did."
14 of 137 		"Bye Bye! That was alright for a while but now she wants to come too!"
15 of 137 		"Creeping!" August 6, 1922
16 of 137 		"Ralph playing with Ruth. She can creep pretty fast now."
17 of 137 		"Held fast!"
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