Mostly about my backyard chickens. (Boring, I know), but there are a lot of us out here. Mine are only kept as pampered pets. I could eat a neighbor's chicken, but not MINE. There may be a comment on current events only if I get riled up enough. And there will always be a cartoon or a joke to cheer us. I promise to try my very best to respond to comments. Now I have to figure out how this blogger thingy works....
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Belgium lace
Saw this and was utterly fascinated:
Dug a bit further and found how it's done:
(No sound - just written instructions - but worth watching!)
Yannow when I was a little boy, CM - my grandmother and her friends took a woman's measure by how nice the china was, the quality of the lace and frillies, and the presentability of the house. Grandma shelled out big money for lace and china - they all did. So much of that stuff just disappeared in the rear view mirror and I didn't even notice it. I'm drinking my coffee out of a battered tin cup, the china (that Grandma bought for us for our wedding) hasn't seen the light of day in years and I thought nothing of it.
Time to bring the good china out, Glen! I have my Grandma's hand cut crystal stemware that I treasure. (Over 100 years old) My son will probably toss it out when I'm gone. I only used it on the holidays - but will probably use it more often now...
Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Gorges and I'll never look at lace the same way ever again!I never knew how complicated it was to make!
DeleteYannow when I was a little boy, CM - my grandmother and her friends took a woman's measure by how nice the china was, the quality of the lace and frillies, and the presentability of the house. Grandma shelled out big money for lace and china - they all did. So much of that stuff just disappeared in the rear view mirror and I didn't even notice it. I'm drinking my coffee out of a battered tin cup, the china (that Grandma bought for us for our wedding) hasn't seen the light of day in years and I thought nothing of it.
ReplyDeleteUntil now. :)
Time to bring the good china out, Glen! I have my Grandma's hand cut crystal stemware that I treasure. (Over 100 years old) My son will probably toss it out when I'm gone. I only used it on the holidays - but will probably use it more often now...
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