Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada is famous for very cold winters. It's not uncommon to see 40 or 50 below zero in January. In fact it's affectionately called Winterpeg. My mother Jill, owned two prized fur coats and wore them for warmth first and fashion second. They were beautifully made, with soft silk linings and her name on an embroidered tag inside. In the fall, they'd be pulled out of moth balls and placed in the front closet. I can remember sitting on her lap and feeling the soft fur against my face. A fond childhood memory.
After mother died my dear friend Linda had mother's coats made into" Jilly" Bears which have been passed along to the nieces and grandnieces as mementos of their great, great, grandmother.
After mother died my dear friend Linda had mother's coats made into" Jilly" Bears which have been passed along to the nieces and grandnieces as mementos of their great, great, grandmother.
