As you may have
noticed, I didn’t post to the blog last Thursday. Even though I’m no longer “working outside
the home” there still never seems to be enough time to do everything that I
want to do.
Last Thursday was
designated as a “girls get-together day”.
This has been a fairly regular event for a small group of women in my
family. Two of my sisters, three of my
aunts, two of my cousins and I all met at my Aunt Mary Jane’s house for
lunch. Although we all live either in
the same town or neighboring towns and see each other individually on a regular
basis, it was really nice to get together as a group for a few hours of
uninterrupted chit-chat. There was
plenty of great food in a cozy atmosphere.
No restaurant could compare to Aunt Mary Jane’s.
At one point, old
pictures were being circulated and we spent a while trying to guess who was who
in the photos. There was also a lot of
reminiscing about our grandparents and great-grandparents. Since I was the youngest there and never had
the pleasure of knowing my great-grandparents, it was intriguing to find out
that my great-grandmother smoked a pipe and also chewed snuff. According to the stories, she was also a very
small woman who, in her old age, could squat on the ground to work and stay
there for hours. (At half her age, I
have a hard time kneeling in the garden to pull weeds. Boy, those mountain women were hardy folk!)
Speaking of
mountain women and the old times reminds me that I haven’t given you an update
recently on the progress on my braided rug.
It’s grown quite a bit since I last showed it to you. It now hangs off of the four-foot table that
I use as a work surface. (This table is
also the one that will be used in my kitchen when Charming finishes the
renovation.) I still have about five
more rounds to go, and it’s slow going at this point, but it should be finished
within the next month or so. Below is a
picture that I took a couple of weeks ago.
Regarding family…all
I can say is if you get the smallest opportunity to spend some time with your
family…grab it! All it takes is a few
old photos and the merest mention of the old days and the conversation will
flow like a river. Trust me, you’ll
enjoy it and come back for more as family is more important than anything!
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| A close-up of the rug. |
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| The rug is big enough now that it hangs off of the table. (Our cat, Walker, gets to go for a spin as I rotate it to lace the braids. Strange, but he doesn't seem to think that's a lot of fun.) |
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| I think it looks rather nice under the table and should look even better once it's finished and actually in the kitchen. |
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