Hi everyone,
We got our first tomatoes today. They aren’t fabulous, and need a few more days to ripen, but they look pretty decent. We didn’t cut into one yet. My hubby likes to see if he can get his first red tomato before the 4th of July! “Missed it by THAT much!”
It seems like I’m getting closer to finishing up Felicity’s dress. I was going to say, “Maybe I’ll have it finished by Labor Day,” but I didn’t think that sounded very funny! I hope to get a petticoat made for her tomorrow… and then we’ll be closer to being done! :o)
I used the same white Batiste as I did for the sleeve ruffles and the ruffle around the neckline. The Pinner Cap itself, is also made from the fabric. I gathered up the ruffle and stitched it close to the edge of the cap. Then I tied a bow from a matte ribbon and stitched it on the back and left the tails to hang down just past Felicity’s shoulders.
I also added 2 snap clips on the bottom side of the Pinner Cap to hold it in place. All you have to do is catch a tiny bit hair and snap it shut. They are sort of curved on the top of her head, which helps it not look quite so flat.
I left it all white so it would be worn with anything. If the winner wants to add a sprig from a flower, they can.
I received some pictures from Elizabeth, but will show them tomorrow. You are going to see her talent again!
We shall meet again tomorrow, same time, same place!
Blessings, Jeanne
Felicity’s pinner cap looks so nice on her hair. I love the idea of the little snap clips to help hold it in place.
It’s been fun to read about everyone’s wedding gowns and veils. I wanted to clarify about my wedding headpiece: it was Not a tiara, but rather had a flat base with a “crown” of wired pearls, and then rows of petals in front of that, some curved up and some curved down. The flat part was held to my head with bobby pins. I also had a cascade (a hairpiece, bigger than a wiglet but not a complete wig), so my beautician put my hair into sort of a French twist and then pinned the cascade of curls on top. In the mid-70s, those wiglets and cascades were very popular for wearing when you wanted your hair to be kind of dressed up and fancy but either your own hair wasn’t long enough or didn’t have the body to curl properly. Anyway, she had fixed my hair in such a way that, after the reception, I took my veil off, and then took the cascade off, leaving my hair in that French twist (a little worse for the wear), which I then covered with a scarf-hat that matched my purse of my going-away outfit! Hope that clarifies my “100 bobby pins” comment!! (Of course, it really wasn’t That many, but it kind of seemed like it at the time!)
We got home late Sunday and waited to get all the clothes, laundry etc yesterday. I read all the blog and enjoyed it but was still exhausted getting everything put back together. I will try to get some photos etc. for Jeanne soon. It is hard to pick because we have photos from every one that was there.
It was a great time, but I realized that we are older than the last one 2 years ago, and we felt it. We are heading to the Y today and I will check on Y’all later!!
Glad that you made it safely home. 🙂
Wow, those tomatoes, Jeanne! They look good enough for me to eat right now! I bought some the other day at the grocery store, that had a sticker stating they were grown in Arkansas, but they were white inside, and hard. They looked good from the outside. Wonder what it was or maybe they aren’t ripe yet? Can’t wait for locally grown tomatoes!!
The pinner cap is just darling, and I love that side view! That was the perfect call to make it all white, so that it can be worn with other dresses! The clip will work very well too. The ones from AG just have a little loop of thread on them to attach a Bobby pin, but it isn’t very secure. For me though, it works fine, since my dolls are just in scenes.
It certainly does take awhile to read all the comments, and I rarely comment on others, since there are so many and I don’t really have the time, but it is fun to read what everyone is saying. Wish I didn’t have to type in my email and name every single time I comment!
We had the biggest storm Saturday, and yesterday spent the whole day cleaning up the yard. Also had a huge branch fall on the roof, but it stopped right at the edge so wasn’t hard to get off, but it sure was heavy. Thankfully the gutter was not damaged, but could have been. Today we will finish up on that, hopefully, if we don’t wear out first!
So sorry about the branch falling but glad it didn’t damage the roof/gutter. We are very glad to see the two trees over the house gone now, at the other house, so we won’t have that problem any more. I was always worried that one of the huge branches would snap and fall on the kitchen.
Who would think that that little 5 Ft. stick of a tree would ever grow this big?? Well, that was 50 years ago that we planted it, and it is a beautiful tree, but now we are stuck with it! It would cost thousands to cut down, then what do we do for shade?
Yeah, we had to pay a ton to have the two removed that we did recently. And now, no shade, but the house is safe and the neighbors are thrilled. 🙂 That tree was planted in 1966.
Good morning dear ones.
Dear Jeanne, the pinner is adorable. I love every bit of it. Oh my, how sweet, you have been finding a minute to focus. You and George have so much going on. How is your head and neck? These are good months to just soak into Summer and self care. Your tomatoes are beautiful! I agree with Linda, I bought three tomatoes last week that were not tasty. Your homegrown tomatoes look yummy. I am drooling over here.
I can imagine you and George are going to enjoy these homegrown delights all summer.
Yesterday I was focused and made three cute 14×14 quilted blocks. I was going to join them and make a table runner, now I think I will keep them as separate blocks, quilt and bind them. Hubbs and I are invited to the neighbors house across the street this coming Sunday evening for dinner! So I will bring these cute table mats. Katherine and Eric can use them separately or together.
Last evening, we went to the old house and looked around. The house is partly “staged” with furniture. It looks good. … yes, weird too, but good.
Our usual mowers (a small company that uses small mowers, not those monsters) has been mowing our property since 2013 when hubbs had surgery for retina detachment!!
I found this company through a well known nursery locally. They are good guys. The company is called Franco American mowers 😂 cute name, the owner is Franco.
Hubbs asked them the do the yard and gardens for the house sale.
When we showed up last evening, it was getting darkish outside but I was moved to tears. The property looked so beautiful! We only have 1/3 acre but it is a nice property. When we bought the house 25 years ago, it was a flat dry yard with nothing, and I turned into a gardener. Oh my. Then in 2013, life got a bit busy with mom and dad and in that span of 10 years I got “old” tool
I took some photos. I will take more. Really, they did such a beautiful job. I think I love the exterior more than the interior hahahaha only because they really made the property everything I had tried to maintain long ago. I made that “hill garden” with the rose bushes.
The garden does not really look “thriving” with color but everything looks so lovely.
As mentioned yesterday, houses carry a lot of memories. It is a difficult choice to know you should sell the house and give another family a good house to have memories like ours. For us, it was much too big. Now we live in a much smaller house and we are pretty much living on top of each other, but it is okay. From a safety and security standpoint, it is good to be close.
Every time Rex and I go out these days, Kitty Princess gets very unhappy that we must bring her into the house and lock the back sliding door. She is really spoiled. I am going to add a bit more water to her pate wet food, she does not eat dry kibble, to keep her hydrated with all of this porch time in the heat! We have been trying to go out separately, but …. yeah.
Last evening, just as we got home from the old house, we had the loudest thunderstorm and it went on for at least two hours.
We got a lot of rain. The lightning and thunder was frightening and we did lose electricity for about 5 whole minutes 😄
I hope all of you have a happy snappy day. It is super humid out, and I think we have two more days of sauna like weather.
Rosemary, I remember my first home well. When all three of us “kids” had moved out they sold it. I went there and took photos of the outside because my dad’s flowers and yard were so lovely.
It was sold several times and the last time I did get to go back one more time, when the wrecker was there. I asked and he got some of the pieces from my bathroom floor, covered with those small blue and white squares we all had back then. I brought the pieces home and they are still there on the ground at the botton of the steps.
Oh, Felicity’s, little cap goes so well with her dress. The outfit is definitely almost ready for some final pics. Go Jeanne, go!
As to the tomatoes, we too picked the first one yesterday. It isn’t as large as those shown, but was red, so we nabbed it before some pest like a crow could peck a hole in it. It too, sits on the counter ripening a little more. Other person has been keeping his eye on it for sure.
I still haven’t gotten around to getting a pic of my Jolli Ruby Red kids with some of the bigger size, maybe today. But I did send Jeanne one pic I took on the 4th of them. Might be kind of late for that though. Hearing about and seeing pics from those of those of you who had weddings is always fun. I haven’t been to a wedding in years, but certainly went to my share way back. The last was our daughter’s and that was in 2008. 🙂
Another foggy morning here, but later it should be in the high 70s. So, we’re packing up the tools and heading to the other house to do yard work while it is cool. Lots to do, but I think I’ll prune a huge bush while other person tackles the dandelions. 🙂
Fun Joy!! Good exercise too!!!
Those tomatoes look delicious! There is nothing better than home-grown garden tomatoes….nowadays, it seems like you just can’t buy decent tomatoes in the store….not even during tomato season. I quit purchasing regular size tomatoes a long time ago…they might look red but are tasteless or mealy. I do like the Compari tomatoes from Costco….those are the closest to garden tomato taste that I can remember, only you do need to slice a few of them if planning on having them on hamburgers! I can eat them just quartered with a few drops of Ken’s Raspberry-Walnut vinaigrette dressing!
Rosemary….I know what you mean about houses we have lived in providing memories. Several years ago, when I still lived in Indiana, the two story home I lived in as a child was on the market for sale….and to this day, I wish I had taken my daughters with me, to go look at the inside again. The rooms seemed ginormous to me as a child and it probably would have been an eye-opener to see the actual sizes as an adult! My middle daughter and I share a new-build, 3 bedroom, one-story home here in Texas and the layout provides space for each of us to enjoy by ourselves, but when it comes time to Swiffer the floors, the place feels huge to me! But the yard is very small, so it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to have it mown, and we pea-graveled/and added patio stones to the entire fenced-in, TINY back yard. A home is soooo much quieter and more peaceful it seems than an apartment, which is where I lived since retirement….until my daughter and I decided to share a living space together.
But this is Texas….and I am still trying to get rid of the fire ant mounds built up at the edging surrounding the bush/flower areas in the front of the house! We managed to kill off two big mounds/nests, using Diatomaceous powder, and then another one appears in the planted area on the other side of the sidewalk up to the front porch. I think they just moved over from underground. We’ve tried some other insecticides as well, but the fire ants are really bad this summer. So we will apply more Diatomaceous again and hope it works on this latest mound.
I had been sitting outside on the front porch furniture one day and noticed a pick-up truck loaded with lawn mowing equipment stop at the stop sign at the corner….we are just two houses from the corner so I could see the driver when he jumped out of his truck and started doing a hopping dance while wiping his hands down on the bottoms of his pants and shoes….and then he rolled his pants up and kept swiping at his legs. And then it dawned on me…FIRE ANTS! I was about to shout over to him that I could bring out some bug spray but he quickly got back in his truck and went on his way. If he had that many ants biting, he must have been in agony later on. I had to soak my foot in ice water with baking soda for an hour after I’d been bitten several times while wearing sandals and did not know I had stepped on a small mound of fire ants. For such a tiny creature, their “communication skills” to each other can really pack a punch.
ugh! insects. The bitey nibbly ones are the worst
Felicity’s pinner cap is just lovely and being all white can go with so many outfits. I love these Goody snap clips. That was a great choice to add them.
The tomatoes look delicious. Our homegrown ones aren’t quite ready yet as unfortunately we got a little later start this year.
We had some beautiful tomatoes too until the birds got them. We have lots of cherry tomatoes and some that look like regular tomatoes but are tiny but our big ones that we use for bacon/tomato sandwiches keep getting destroyed. No matter what we try to do to keep the birds from them they seem to find a way around but we can’t close them off too much or they can’t get in to pick them. One year we tried a tomato enclosure with a door and that year we had serious problems with bugs. Seems you can’t win here and with the guys gone so much and me not being able to get down there to check on things tells me it might have been a good year to not grow anything outside. Sean is growing some things in the shop hydroponically and they are doing well (jalapenos, nadapenos, romaine lettuce among them).
Right now I’m fighting an infestation of fruit flies and it’s not fun at all. I thought I had them under control and then a new batch shows up. Believe me they don’t just like rotting fruits and veggies since there are none of them so I don’t know why they are hanging around. I’ve done research and hopefully some of the suggestions will work. I have a Zevo flying insect catcher in the kitchen and it’s great and full when I change the inserts, but it seems too many are not finding it. I heard fruit flies will breed in drains and garbage disposals so now I’m treating them but they say it could take seven days for it to all go away. I’ll be tearing my hair out before then.
My project for the day is cleaning my bathroom. A chore that used to take me an hour or less but takes me much longer these days not to mention that I can’t scrub the tub easily these days. I was hoping Skyy could help me with that but with the guys being out of town and my PT on Monday and I can’t take him home, he may be back to school before he is able to help. I just keep praying I will be back to my old self sometime soon and can do it myself. Yesterday at PT they put me on the “total gym”. Chuck Norris used to advertise this. She said most people don’t like it but I loved it. One of my problem sis weak thighs and when I got off the machine I already felt the difference so I’m going to do that each time. Weak thighs is the reason I have so much trouble standing.
I love the little pinner cap. So sweet and the bow is great. I like the idea of keeping it white so it can be used with other dresses. Something so pretty should be able to be work a lot.
As I was reading about the fruit flies, I immediately thought of drain flies. Because, a long time ago, we had them in the tub. Can’t remember what I used to get rid of them, but they are long gone. Maybe it isn’t just from the kitchen sink, but some other sink/shower/tub in the house? Just curious. Hope you get them. 🙂
I just remembered something my plumber advised years ago. He said pour vinegar down your drains every couple of weeks. I questioned that, he said drains less used should be treated regularly. others you can just make a squirt bottle and squirt down there frequently.
Of course, I rarely do that. The upstairs bathtub is never used here in the new house. I have been pouring vinegar down there monthly- or flushing it regularly and spraying Odoban undiluted! Just whatever you can to discourage the insects.
The morning got away from me and I started writing a comment and had to leave and go out of the phone and then I lost my whole comment so I am trying to write right now. I have to leave for a Mahjong game so I don’t have much time but I just wanted to let you know Jeannie, that Felicity‘s outfit is really really cute and her little pinner is going to be the perfect addition.
And your tomatoes look really good- we have grapes growing in our garden and they’re really delicious.
Jeanne, the outfit, beads and cap are so sweet.
I would love to fix a “sink sandwich” with one of your
tomatoes!! Do you call them that where you live? We
just fix a sandwich with a juicy tomatoes and eating over the
sink because the tomatoes to run.
Always Prayers for you both.
Jeanne, the pinner cap is cute, yes, sensible making it all white.
We have tomatoes in the shops all year round but NZ tomatoes are grown in glass houses, or hydroponically and ripen naturally on the vine. In winter they are much more expensive but the alternative, Australian grown, are pretty tasteless, though cheaper. From Google “Commercial growers in Australia harvest tomatoes at a ‘mature green’ or early blush stage. They then ripen them artificially by placing the fruit in temperature-controlled rooms (18C-21C) with high humidity and introducing a controlled dose of ethylene gas, which triggers the fruit’s natural ripening process”. I don’t know if it is this process that makes them tasteless but I would sooner buy naturally ripened than artificially anyway. I wonder if that is what they did with your Arkansas tomatoes, Linda?
Commiserations on your team’s loss. I am not sure if USA appreciates what a wonderful achievement it was to have reached the round of 16! The FIFA World Cup is the biggest tournament in the world, there is hardly a country that doesn’t try to qualify and this year 48 countries made it out of 211 who competed. England, the birthplace of the game, has only won it once, 60 years ago. In South America they have killed referees and players because their team didn’t win. On Sunday evening, when England are playing to get into the quarter final there will be almost no one outside. No traffic to speak of, no-one in the shops. If they lose the whole country will go into mourning. This is not hyperbole! This is played out in dozen’s of countries. Brazil will be devastated because they lost so will Mexico, the whole country not just the players. If our team had made it as far as the US the team would have received a heroes welcome. So well done for being in the top 16 of the 211.
I don’t think I will be able to find any wedding photos! Sorry.
Have a lovely day everyone
interesting and rational explanation of the FIFA championship games.
Now I know!😊
The pinner cap works with the white neck ruffle to give the whole outfit a very clean but feminine look. This is another winner for you.
A lot of people feel we didn’t really get a Fourth of July celebration because of the weather, so missing the Fourth might not be too bad. According to the National Archives, ” The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. On the afternoon of July 4th, the Declaration was adopted, but not signed.
“Under the supervision of the Jefferson committee, the approved Declaration was printed on July 5th and a copy was attached to the ‘rough journal of the Continental Congress for July 4th.’ These printed copies, bearing only the names of John Hancock, President, and Charles Thomson, secretary, were distributed to state assemblies, conventions, committees of safety, and commanding officers of the Continental troops.
“On July 19th, Congress ordered that the Declaration be engrossed on parchment with a new title, ‘the unanimous declaration of the thirteen united states of America,’ and ‘that the same, when engrossed, be signed by every member of Congress.’ Engrossing is the process of copying an official document in a large hand. The engrosser of the Declaration was probably Timothy Matlock, an assistant to Charles Thomson, secretary to the Congress.
“On August 2nd John Hancock, the President of the Congress, signed the engrossed copy with a bold signature. The other delegates, following custom, signed beginning at the right with the signatures arranged by states from northernmost New Hampshire to southernmost Georgia. Although all delegates were not present on August 2nd, 56 delegates eventually signed the document. Late signers were Elbridge Gerry, Oliver Wolcott, Lewis Morris, Thomas McKean, and Matthew Thornton, who was unable to place his signature with the other New Hampshire delegates due to a lack of space. Some delegates, including Robert R. Livingston of New York, a member of the drafting committee, never signed the Declaration.”
Franklin, at 70, was the oldest signer, Edward Rutledge of South Carolina, 26, was the youngest, and the last living signer was Charles Carroll of Carrollton, MD, who lived to be 95 in 1834.
You probably don’t want to wait until Aug. 2 to end your auction, but you could justify it.
That is a good history lesson! I tried to answer this morning but it wouldn’t go! I had said the pinner cap is great and so are the wonderful tomatoes!
We don’t have such an early season in NH!
Jeanne, I will post this link tomorrow (if I remember) but here are the house pictures.
Yikes I hope a really great family finds this house https://socialagentvisuals.aryeo.com/sites/42715-clover-meadow-ct-ashburn-va-20148-26484745/branded#
WOWSERS! Rosemary, I had NO IDEA your house was going to look like this. It’s practically a mansion to me! Please do share the link in your comments tomorrow so everyone can see it! It absolutely is unbelievable… inside and out!
Blessings, Jeanne