Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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Good morning, ladies. It was a pleasant 68 degrees when I went out to the lanai. The closing went well. Afterwards, we went out for dinner on the river and watched people, birds, boats, fish, etc. My garbage was picked up, but no call from the manager. My thumb has full range of motion, though a little pain with pressure. So, I am good.
Glad to hear everyone and their friends and family were spared from the shooting.
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petite1: Thanks for the photo of the pelicans. Love to watch them dive.
We will only get to the mid-50's today and it is overcast and gray. It is drizzling now. Have little tasks planned for today which involve sanding spackled walls and then repainting those small areas. One is for placement of new tp holder in powder room and the other is where I removed mollie bolts not needed now on MBR wall. I am in the process of hanging paintings in MBR and have figured where each will hang.
I found two old curved glass oval, decorative metal frames in the attic. I had purchased them at a yard sale many years ago and finally found a use for them. I spray painted them gold since the original finish was tarnishing and then ordered two Monet prints custom cut to fit them. I need to figure a way to hang them. I can't use wire because where the frame "slots" for hanging are are very close to the edge and it will show. I may have to use ribbon and then hang them from a decorative hook. Fortunately they are not very heavy. These will hang on the wall above the headboard. So glad I am finally going to be able to use them since they are so pretty. I have no idea of their age but imagine they are something my grandmother would have had. Any antiques appraisers here?
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They are beautiful. My grandmother had a picture of her uncle in his Union uniform. It was in an oval frame, less decorative than that.
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Thanks, Mary. I know how you appreciate "older" items as well. I think they might date back to the 1920's but am unsure.
I have my husband's grandmother's Singer pedal sewing machine (with wrought iron base) which needs some minor repairs to the drawers (his grandfather jury rigged his idea of a repair) and it still works, her oak sideboard and a curved glass china cabinet with Lions heads (open mouth) on the center supports. I refinished the sideboard eons ago but had to strip hot pink paint from the china cabinet. I am going to have the sewing machine (needs the underside of the lid veneered as well) and the china closet professionally refinished. I also have the back section of a hall tree with brass hooks that I had my brother build an oak base for storage. I am looking for a new place for it in the house. It had been in the foyer for many years but I'd like to move it to another spot yet to be determined.
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I'm impressed with your working treadle machine. Mom made me clothes on one of those. They are actually a hot item for sales because off grid people want them. It sounds like yours is in very good shape.
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Betrayal, I would guess Victorian era to 1920. Was the metal gilded brass?
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petite1: Yes, they were but the finish was quite worn and it was unsightly since it had blackened. The backs which fit inside the frames were actually a tin (silver) color. The frames are heavy but the back is very light. The glass is domed and every time I had to remove the back I literally held my breath for fear of breaking it. The glass sits in an indentation in the back so you had to have the glass face down in the frame front to install the back. The backs are held on by fold over tabs that you need to straighten to open and then rebend; another point of anxiety for fear they would break. I used ribbon (triple knotted) to hang them since the slits for hanging are very narrow and cording was too thick. I would like to come up with a better mechanism (and safer) for hanging them but the narrowness of the hanging ports presents a challenge. Maybe a google search would provide a mechanism?
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I think what you would be looking for is someone who could solder an attachment to it. That domed glass is indeed scary, probably could never be replaced.
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Be more concerned with your character than your
reputation, because your character is what you really are,
while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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Great reading of posts today. I like reading about old things ( as long as it isn't me ) because we have have come far fast and a lot of things did not survive well. Nice to hear about what is still here. I learned to use a treadle in sewing class in high school. There were plenty of electrics, but I just wanted the challenge of it. I've never regretted it although I don't sew -- anything.
Nice warm day here today. Nice sun. I fear we will pay for it with rain in a day or two but sure enjoying it now.
Hope you all had a great day.
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I love those old frames, and I too bet if the glass broke you couldn't replace it.
Step son met with his Dr today, re: MS. He has to choose what medication he'd prefer to start taking by Monday. His Dr recommended 3 different infusions to chose from. If everything goes well with his insurance company he should receive his first infusion in April.
In another strange twist of fate, a gf's 31 yr old daughter had a tear inside her neck from lifting weights (I have to believe very heavy lifting) and her body threw 2 blood clots to her brain, she suffered a stroke. Surgery to remove them was successful, she is still on a vent (6 days) but much improved. She is alert enough to squeeze her mothers hand, and when they were discussing where she'd go for rehab, she was able to shake her head 'yes' to a place we all know of. We're all praying for her.
I've been out walking as our weather has been great. But I still have a pain deep in my right buttocks! LOL I'm not sure if it's my piriformis muscle or on to sciatic nerve. I was in contact with my past trainer, and he sent me some stretches to do, and told me to lay off the 5 mile fast walks for a while. I've added Advil, and biofreeze. I'll be fine, then sitting at the dining room table for school and I'll move a certain way, and cry out in pain.
Should be 70 here tomorrow, total climate change effect. I've dead headed all sort of plants, put down 3 bags of mulch - early I know but we leave 4/18, and won't be back until 5/23. We had 3 more trees taken down from outside our fence, on town property so saved us a bundle. Partner has picked up sticks and raked the back yard. But I have the shovels and the buckets of ice melt still on the front and back porches. Can't jinx ourselves, but pretty sure we'll get at least one more storm.
My second shot is set for this Saturday. I'm assuming I'll also be under the weather for a day at least. Partner gets his on Monday, so our fatigue shouldn't overlap.
The shooting in Colorado was horrific. Prayers for all of those families affected.
May you all have a good rest of the week!
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Betrayal, I saw a similar frame hung with ribbon. I think you have a great find.
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I learned to sew on my grandmother's treadle sewing machine. My mother had one, too, and I sewed on it. My first project was sewing quilt squares together. When my mother graduated to an electric sewing machine the old treadle machine was thrown away. There were so many of them that they were considered junk. Now many years later, they're treasures from the past.
Nice photo, Petite. I always like eating at restaurants overlooking a body of water, a river, a lake, an ocean.
Here in Louisiana, anyone sixteen or older can get a vaccine shot or shots.
Another rainy day here. Carpet cleaners are scheduled for this afternoon. After much procrastination I finally called and set up a much-needed cleaning of the living room. Also a hallway and our bedroom.
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One of the ways to learn to "feel with" is to get to know others
beyond a superficial level. When we experience another's
life the way he or she experiences it, our world expands
and we begin to develop the ability to "feel with."
We develop compassion.
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No sun so far this a.m. and it is going to be a bit cooler too -- likely some wind, so that rain may be comi9ng. Often wind precedes the event around here. Ick !! Nothing special planned. I have left-overs for dinner so a late start won't be so bad. I need to figure out just how to set things up out here in my little office area so as to make it hopefully as convenient as it was in the bedroom where I had my office originally. I'm truly enjoying being out here in the swing of things so to speak, although I am having to learn how to deal with noise from the tv etc. that I didn't have as a challenge before. It will all come.
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My mother started me learning to sew on a treadle. Everyone was afraid if I were to start with an electric, I would sew a finger to something.
The Amish around here still use treadle mechines.
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My mom had a 1940 electric sewing machine. It was still working when it sold in the estate sale.
I have an Ortho appointment today. I probably should of cancelled, since my thumb is better.
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Foggy and dreary outside this morning. Feeling glad that no one is coming to disrupt our routine, like the carpet cleaners did yesterday. The only things on my schedule are getting everything back in place and going to the gym for a senior class at 11:30.
Happy Friday.
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Never forget that the purpose for which a we live is the improvement of ourselves, so that we may go out of this world having, in our great sphere or our small one, done some little good for our fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world. -William E. Gladstone
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My first sewing machine was my mother's Free Westinghouse which folded into a cabinet that looked like a piece of furniture. It had all these attachments to make pleats, etc. and worked well for my limited skill set at the time. I only parted with it about 5 years ago and it was still working. I bought an Elna in '77 and it still meets my needs today. I don't sew as much as I used to but will hang on to this one.
I did a google search for frames like the ones I posted here and found the smaller one on ebay. Two sellers had it listed for far more than I paid for mine at a yard sale and far more than I would be willing to pay for it. Now it makes me wonder what the larger of the two would be worth? So someone else's trash did become my treasure. My DD told me to put her name on the back of the frames, a tradition started by my mother with her possessions. My DS would not want them and would either toss them or sell them, so they will be hers.
The daffodils and hyacinths are starting to bloom and a day that started out as gray and overcast is now becoming sunny with temps predicted to be in the high 70's. Love spring but we do not get much of it here. Seems to go from winter with a taste ofspring and then right into summer heat and humidity. I think I'll plan on enjoying today's foray into spring. Happy Friday.
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There is no wilderness like a life without friends; friendship multiplies blessings and minimizes misfortunes; it is a unique remedy against adversity, and it soothes the soul. -Baltasar Gracian
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Bright sunny day here and it will get up into the 70's, maybe all the way to 75 or so. The thing is -- we may get thunderstorms in the late afternoon and it is tornado time now with these types of temps and the time of yr. Hopefully we will get through. In our little pocket of the county a lot of the time we are missed for a lot of the serious weather issues.
Hope you all have a truly pretty day.
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Thursday morning I put down our pleated blind in the bay window. It's one of those top dowm, bottom up ones, allows some privacy. It was 7 AM and I was just out of bed as I let the top down and it came crashing all the way down! Woke me up quickly. I had a new one ordered by 9 AM. I was waffling back & forth between 2 vendors. Push came to shove I chose the fastest delivery, and lucky for me it has been shipped already. Right now a hand clamp is keeping it up, clamped to the top. Not real pretty but necessary.
Sewing machines - I was hurrying to make a halter top before my 2 cousins and I ran off to a movie, 1972'ish. In my haste I left it on the floor to sew, it should have been up on a table because I couldn't really see that well. I sewed that needle right through the edge of my index finger, missing my finger nail thankfully. Surprise, I kind of lost interest after that.
Received my 2nd covid shot this afternoon. No symptoms yet, pharmacist said usually around 12 hours later if you get any. Supposed to rain most of the day tomorrow and drop under 50. Hope your weather is better than mine.
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Yikes on that initial sewing experience! No wonder you didn't progress to seamstress. I have found sewing a practical skill. Years ago I made my clothes. In more recent years I have made window treatments and placemats. My most ambitious project was my younger sister's wedding dress. She looked really pretty wearing it. Unfortunately her husband bailed after 24 years of marriage. I hope my dress didn't bear any responsibility!
A bit overcast this morning and more rain in the forecast.
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People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle
and shine when the sun is out; but when the darkness sets in
their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.
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Sorry about the blind but glad the replacement is on the way. Quite an experience.
Well, we got our big storm last night after that most wonderful day. We didn't get any tornado activity ( though warned to be on the look-out ) and in fact, here I don't think we even got any wind. I sure didn't see any at all. It did though thunder and lightning and pour down so hard it was quite visibly bouncing off the umbrella ( umbrella not left up due to possible wind ) table by the bank of windows on our deck. It rained like that for at least 20 mins. Finally passed through and we went right back to normal. Had to keep the windows open as it felt too stuffy otherwise.
Carole, that is remarkable that you could sew a wedding dress although my cousin by marriage could sew really well. She made her prom formal and a cummerbund for my cousin to match -- later huge long drapes which were lined for their living room which had two grand piano's across the room from each other. She was an amazing person that way but sadly passed away much too young ( kids were raised by then, though ).
I have never had a relationship with sewing in any form other than the slight foray in high school home ec.
Should be nicer today but a lot cooler than then 79/80 . Maybe some drizzle but maybe even some slight sun later if we get lucky. We have some errands to run -- like picking up our bottles of drinking water. There seems to always be something needed lately.
Still working on the rooms exchanges here. It is being a tedious process, but likely we will be happy with it once it is done. It will be a whole new style for us.
Hope you are all going to have a good day.
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My mother was quite the seamstress and had made clothes for herself from her teens. She not only made my wedding dress but also the mother of the bride dress and the 3 bridesmaids dresses. For my wedding dress, I liked the top from one dress, the skirt from another and she was able to sew at that level. She made my winter coats, Easter outfits (can you remember having new clothes for Easter?) with dress and matching coat, my school clothes, my Dad's sport coats, etc. She also made all my formal gowns for proms, etc. She was also able to crochet and knit clothing items and I inherited none of those latter talents. She used left over material from my wedding gown to make the christening gown both my children wore. The hat and gown were both embroidered as well.
While I can sew, have in the past made clothing for myself and my DD, lined curtains, etc., I will never achieve her level of expertise. She took an evening course at the local HS taught by an Italian tailor and that is where she learned to make patterns from newspaper, thus my Dad's suit jacket and my coat. My Dad's jacket was a lovely Harris tweed (so expensive then) and my coat was a lovely turquoise that I will always treasure the memory of. She learned to sew from necessity but it became an art form.
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Betrayal, your mother was indeed an artist seamstress. My skill level never approached hers. My mother made clothing items without patterns but I never attempted that. She sewed matching Easter dresses for me and my younger sister. I still remember two of the dresses. Pale green organdy. And red dotted swiss. Both had lots of ruffles.
We were country folk and quite poor. We usually had a few farm animals and bought feed from the Feed and Seed Store in large sacks that were cotton fabric. The sacks were washed and turned into clothing. I wore many "feed sack" dresses as did most of the other little girls in the neighborhood.
Another interesting memory. The women in the neighborhood were all quilters. They would gather in one neighbor's home and help with stitching the pattern that was drawn on with chalk. My mother didn't consider herself accomplished with making tiny stitches so she was shy about actually participating but she would join in the conversation. Every woman had a quilt rack that either hung from the ceiling on chains or sat on the floor. All our cover during those years was quilts and none survived. I remember that when the quilts got worn thin my mother would recover them. She did not value old things and was always ready for something more "modern" like electric blankets.
Jackie, I hope the new living arrangement works out well.
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I learned to sew from my mother and by high school was making all my own clothes. My 8th grade home ec teacher really didn't know what to do with my because I was way past hemming dish towels. I had talked my folks into a "clothing allowance" and of course sewing made it stretch farther. My mother and I made my wedding dress which my sister also wore. We knew neither of our daughters would get married in it and agreed to let my niece wear it when she stared in a high school production of Pirates of Pinzanne. I'm guessing my sister still has the dress but I haven't seen it since the performance. I made myself a parka when we were stationed in Fairbanks but totally gave up sewing in the '80's. Don't even own a machine any more. Still knit and did a lot of needlepoint until my eyes wouldn't let me distinguish the shades of color and my arthritic hand couldn't hold the needle. I too remember the matching sister outfits from my childhood. Mom made us square dance dresses after a visit to the west as well as prom dresses and made two of my bridesmaids their dresses.
Second Modena shot yesterday. Feel tired and achy but no fever.
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The cure for all the illness of life is stored in the inner depth of life itself, the access to which becomes possible when we are alone. This solitude is a world in itself, full of wonders and resources unthought of. It is absurdly near; yet so unapproachably distant. -Rabindranath Tagore
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