“Now why don’t he write?”*

*a quote in the movie Dances With Wolves (circa 1990)from Timmons, an eccentric drifter to John Dunbar, Civil War hero and new commander of Fort Hayes on the high prairie upon seeing a corpse on the prairie. Well I don’t know about the book. I guess I’ll put that on my to-do list and find out. So just what have I been doing in my long absence? Well, I’ve been gardening (I have 2 gardens, …

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"Now why don't he write?"*

Old Time Egg Dye

Eggs have been associated with springtime and Easter for centuries. Our association with eggs generally reaches back  to the beginning of time. Without doing much research my guess is that we color eggs we are trying to mimic nature since there are many different colored bird eggs. Here is my attempt to replicate my grandmother’s method of coloring hen eggs. I can’t remember exactly the steps but I have had a go at it. I …

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Old Time Egg Dye

Discombobulated

What a funny word! If I’m not flustered am I combobulated? Discombobulated, flummoxed, befuddled or flustered? Just remember where you put your ‘altogether.’ Hope your day is copacetic! Ciao

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Discombobulated

Fascinated by Fascinators

  I have, for quite a while been taken with hats and fascinators. Millinery is an art and I don’t have the motivation to invest in all the trappings to begin quality hatwear but thought I’d try my hand at fascinators. According to Wikipedia, a fascinator is a headpiece, originally a fine lacy head covering similar to a shawl made of wool or lace but mostly feathers. A style of millinery that today with hats …

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Fascinated by Fascinators
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