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Across the Fence:  GET THOSE PRETTIES OUT OF THE DRAWER!!!  |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 21 2008 : 12:50:47 PM
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I was reminded while reading MARY JANE'S new Magazine today that you should get out those beautiful handmade linens and doiles etc. So I got out some of mine. They sure look better now then they did in the drawer. I posted a picture.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2008 : 12:58:51 PM
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They do look great there, Nancy Jo. But if I tried to do that at my house, at least two fat cats would fit in there and no linens could be seen. :D
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2008 : 1:08:19 PM
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lovely miz nancy .. i've always been a big proponent of LIVING with our beautiful things surrounding us. i mean .. what good do they do us folded up in a drawer .. and so many times ending up selling for pennies at a yard sale (after we're gone) because there has been no 'stories' .. no 'history' .. no 'memories added to them over the years.
my dear aunt betty who was blind most of her life .. crocheted many bedspreads and tablecloths before she went blind. she was 'saving' them for all her nieces and nephews (after she was gone). unfortunately, she lived deep in the country in an olde farmhouse .. and had them carefully folded in a drawer .. in the BASEMENT! well .. sadly, over the years .. families of MICE nested and chewed on them .. only to be discovered after her death. how sad .. we all could have used them and enjoyed them while she was living.
yep! get 'em outta' those drawers, closets, and especially basements and attics!
thanks for the reminder miz nancy. xo
OH .. 'nuther little family story .. my Nannie (aunt who raised me) had an incredibly beautiful set of sterling silverware. now she did attach holiday memories to it .. each celebration when the family would gather .. she would lovingly take it all out .. polish it (even though it already shined like the sun!) i think this sweet 'ritual' was important to her. eventually, as a young teenager .. i, too, began to join her in this shining tradition.
Nannie told me how important it was that i loved doing this with her. And upon her death, she lovingly willed it to me.
I treasure it and used it for years after Nannie died .. at family gatherings. Now that most holiday dinners are celebrated by us in either Ohio or Delaware .. i have split it into two 8-piece sets and gave a set to each of my daughters .. who use it at their holiday dinners.
jus' like the VELVETEEN RABBIT .. treasures don't become 'real' until they are used and loved. xo
True Friends * Frannie
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 21 2008 : 1:31:26 PM
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Nancy Jo, they look amazing! Thanks for the reminder, I have yet to get my New maryJane mag. So the "tease" is perfect.
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Apr 21 2008 : 1:53:01 PM
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So true - lovely things should be used, and loved; it makes our lives rich and full of beauty. Gosh, I am still waiting for my magazine. My mouth waters each time I read a snippet here that refers to it!
But tonight, get out that pretty wine glass, or pitcher, or tablecloth, and use it! You will go to bed happier!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2008 : 3:34:07 PM
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Jeanie,
There you are I was thinking about you today and hadn't seen you about for a while. I was reading your blog. Couldn't find a place to leave a comment on there. Anyway it was nice reading it, I used to take a bath in the kitchen sink, and we had a daybed just off the kitchen too.
Janice, If I still had my kitty that is where she would be sleeping too.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 05:51:46 AM
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I found the perfect place for the basket of pretties. Now I have more then enough for another basket,have to see if I can find another good place for that. Then I WIll have an empty drawer to fill up with this years garage sale linen finds. yipes!
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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