Pussywillow Sunday

@RasmaSandra (73444)
Daytona Beach, Florida
April 10, 2022 5:30pm CST
I know all around the world they are celebrating Palm Sunday. Since palms do not grow in Latvia it is celebrated and accepted as Pussywillo Sunday or in Latvian Pupolu Svetdiena. It ti traditional to gather pussywillows which grow wild everywhere and put them in vases, The first person in the family to wake up early on Sunday takes some pussywillows and wakes the others by gently spanking them with the branches and wishing them health and happiness. The lovely little girl in the photo is my mother at four years of age, This would have been in Riga, Latvia in 1915. Her hair is curled and she is all dressed u to get to church and perhaps even guests might have come over later.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
10 Apr 22
Oh, my! I know where you got your looks from now.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Apr 22
@DaddyEvil actually I am a mix of dad and mom and more dad, My mom was a natural beauty even into her old age,
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
10 Apr 22
@RasmaSandra Your dad must have been handsome, then.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Apr 22
@DaddyEvil my daddy at university in Latvia
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Xavier Bage
@franxav (13603)
• India
10 Apr 22
Pussywillo Sunday is a good celebration. Hope Latvian people still celebrate it.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Apr 22
Same as Palm Sunday they certainly do @franxav
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Apr 22
What a lovely tradition and how pretty your mother is. Here is my mother and uncle who have obviously had their hair curled too. It would have been about 1915 or 16 too.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Apr 22
Thank you for sharing @JudyEv a wonderful photo and great memories
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
11 Apr 22
What a lovely picture and a lovely tradition. Have a good week.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Apr 22
@LindOHio you too
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
12 Apr 22
@RasmaSandra Thanks.
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ihasaquestion
@ihasaquestion (8274)
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11 Apr 22
Nice picture. Love palm trees and the half shades they provide. They are everywhere now.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Apr 22
Not in Latvia in northern Europe palm trees cannot grow but they do in the south and I have them here in Florida @ihasaquestion
ihasaquestion
@ihasaquestion (8274)
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12 Apr 22
@RasmaSandra Oh, I see.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
10 Apr 22
What a priceless photo of your Mom. More trivia to learn here.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134460)
• Roseburg, Oregon
10 Apr 22
Your mother was very pretty.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Apr 22
Thank you @jstory07 I miss her a lot but being a late in life baby I could not expect her to still be with me
solxee
@sol_cee (38223)
• Philippines
11 Apr 22
That’s such a priceless photo
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
11 Apr 22
Your mother /was a pretty little girl. Willows are an interesting tradition.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (53679)
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10 Apr 22
Your mother was a beauty. It is lovely having those precious memories and photos as well.
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