Goodbye 1219

 1219 Tibbitts Avenue, Springfield, Ohio

Our family home was built early in the 1900's. It was located on the south end of Springfield 4 1/2 blocks S. of Selma Rd. on Tibbitts Ave. between Southern & Rice St. It was a two story wood frame home with two porches and a garage, no basement. It consisted of a living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, and two bedrooms, this, including one attic.

The yard although small had no flowers when my grandparents bought the house, but they changed that in a hurry.

In front of the porch was their prize rose bushes, reds and pinks. Grandma later planted a rose bush by the south side of the porch. She thought it was also red, but it turned out to be yellow. It was beautiful. Along the fence line were the peonies and four o'clocks grandma used to the peonies for the grave sites on decoration day. They were pink and white. Lily's of the valley bordered the edge of the sidewalks and also below the pantry window.

In the backyard there were orange Poppy's that seemed to magically open at night.

There was a beautiful purple tree out back. And, by the garage was the rhubarb which my grandma used to make countless pies for grandpa. They were his favorite. Also were the countless wild violets and dandelions which I made bouquets out of to give to my mom.

The Living Room:

As you entered the living room there were two window, one faced East and the other North. There was a chandelier in the center of their room, a large mirror hung by the front door. Grandpa always adjusted his hat in it as he was going out.

The old TV set in the SE corner of the room, I remember all of the cartoons I watched on it and grandpas baseball games.

The scary movies on Friday night. We had a mantel we decorated with all of our stockings on Christmas evening. I was borne in that room on Christmas in 1950 at 1:30 PM. It was one of my favorite rooms.

The Dinning Room:

The dining room was actually a sitting room. I can still see my grandma there in her chair in front of the stove. In the corner by the window was my play area when I was little. It was where I played with my Tiny Tears Doll and Barbee. It had a metal sink, stove and refrigerator which I pretended to cook on.

The Kitchen:

I can still smell the food cooking. Every Sunday we had chicken, everything was home-baked. We always ate at the big wooden table. My grandmas made the best pink cake and pink icing from scratch. She could have been a chef.

There was a wood cabinet and glass door where all the good dishes were and moms collection of glass shoes. We had a wringer washer, later on we got a May-tag wash O Matic.

The Pantry:

The pantry held all of our canned good and homemade jelly's and vegetables from our garden. Grandpa raised chickens out back. I use to think they were my pets. I named them all.

My Bedroom:

My bedroom was big with a feather down mattress and I had a three mirror vanity table with a bench. It was beautiful. There were three windows in my room.

Grandpas Bedroom:

Grandpas bedroom was smaller then mine. He had a lot of wool blankets on the bed and a modest dresser which sat in the corner of the room. I got into this dresser sometimes, to pull out his knife collection and memento's. It was interesting. 

The house which use to be located at 1219 Tibbitts,  was not just a house with rooms and wood fixtures, it was a place that I ran home from school to; where I brought my first born son to, where my older children spent a lot of their years. I can still see my son Dale climbing in the tree out back. Its where Tina raised her rabbits and whatever other animal she could bring home. It is where I laughed, cried, grieved and experienced life both good, and bad.

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