This week's rain Wednesday opened up the blossoms on my dogwood tree. We finally see the leaves coming out. I've seen my first sprout from the summer squash. I planted some old expired seeds so if they don't come up I may have some replanting going on. April was our second coldest on record. State weather experts say Illinois saw its second-coldest April on record this year with temperatures nearly 8 degrees below normal.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180505/illinois-saw-second-coldest-april-on-record
I fell in love with an extant dress I saw for sale on Etsy but it was old had holes holes. This was more for study I had been drooling over it for awhile too. (it did eventually sell)
Here's then new recreated dress based on the photos.
It was sewn by Rachel, (AKA Frozen in Time Clothiers) in Decatur. I added the collar and sleeves.
I now need to fix the blue bonnet I
have for this ensemble. I want to change its plain white
ties with wider stripe black, green, etc printed ribbon. I will take a real photo with a nice historic setting rather than my yard later.
It looks like I have a bow under my bin but it's a gap in my collar. I probably should make a bow with a pin.
Wednesday evening was our regular Legion Riders meeting but it was more like having a special guest speaker ~ Vince Spiranza. He's such a sweet WW2 Paratrooper with a very interesting story.
https://www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/collections/oralhistory/VeteransRemember/worldwarII/Pages/SperanzaVincent.aspx
Thursday I did some house cleaning and set off the insect foggers while I took Sophie on a visit.
Friday I gave tours at the Lincoln Tomb. While there, I got a call from my brother regarding my sister's cancer. I could only talk briefly but if I had to be interrupted, it happened at a lucky moment between two big bus tour groups. Later I got a call from my sister also at a lucky moment between tours. She told me she had stage 4 liver cancer.
After I got off, I dropped off some carpets at the cleaners and then to the Howard Johnsons where there was a banquet for the Vietnam memorial. I thought I was there to be with our color guard but we had been invited for a meal. Since I had been away from home since 10:30AM and bad news looming, I decided to leave at 8:30. I later learned that the organizers had given an award to our post for our dedication for 23 years as part of the vigil walk team.
Saturday I needed to cut the grass after that rain made it grow. Still can't start my mower so I had to use the electric corded mower which takes longer because it's narrow and I have that cord to watch out for. Well apparently I didn't watch it carefully enough because the mower suddenly quit. I looked around and discovered I cut the cord. So I went to Walmart for another cord that is lime green instead of grass green that's 100' long. There was an industrial size in yellow but it was $60 and very heavy. After the grass was cut, I went to the VFW for a Kentucky Derby party. I didn't wear the hat contest.
Since my dress was still laid over my bed overnight, I decided to wear it to church. After church I took a potty break and then took Sophie for her potty break. The new neighbor flagged me down me down because the back of my dress was up in my undies. How embarrassing. At least he could flag me down to correct it. A passing car early on a Sunday morning would laugh and keep going.
Tom (a PGR friend from Decatur) stopped by to look at my mower. He insisted that it would be his honor since he knew my struggles starting it on Facebook. He thinks it's electrical because it starts on a pull. So that could be wiring to the button or the battery. He helped my load it into my car and I'll have the battery people look at it for less before I go to Kunz Mower service.
Well this is the week that I've cleared my schedule for Jury duty but as of this writing I'm not scheduled on Monday or Tuesday so far.
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