Saturday's Old Photo

Yesterday would have been my 32nd wedding anniversary. I should probably be posting a wedding picture, but then I’d have to find one and scan it, and I’m just too tired to take that project on right now. This one that’s already in oldest son’s photo gallery will have to do.

 

This was taken about 4 months after we got married, and it was at a wedding, just not our wedding. In this autumn wedding, I was a bridesmaid for my friend Jo-Ann. When we drove down to Pine City, Minnesota on Friday night, the trees were in full fall colour. Overnight on Saturday, the wind started to blow, and when we drove home on Sunday morning there was not a leaf left on any of the trees.

 

Those were the days when a Minnesota bride could choose a pattern and material and count on all her bridesmaids being able to whip out their own bridesmaid’s dress. You can’t see from this photo, but the fabric was a sheer voile type, and the dress was fully lined. I wore it for several more years whenever I needed something a little formal, so it wasn’t one of those bridesmaid’s dresses that never gets worn again. 

 

At this point in our marriage, we’d already had the only knocked-down, dragged-out fight we ever had—the nasty one over whether Gerald Ford or Ronald Reagan should be the Republican nominee in 1976. Once we got that earth-shaking matter settled, resolving all the other issues that came up was a piece of cake in comparison.

This Month's Upcoming Recipe Round Up

This month’s recipe round up will be hosted by Karen of Simply A Musing Blog. 

The category is desserts. 

The date is June 14. 

Hostess Karen gives all the details here.

So start thinking about what you’ll bring to the dessert potluck. High fat, low fat, and everything in between. Don’t forget to look around for other posted dessert recipes as well, since Karen reminds us:

Feel free to send links to recipes you have seen on someone else’s blog as well - we are all about getting the goods back out to you, the people.

As far as I know, there has been no hostess or category designated for July’s Recipe Round-Up, and since I’m the one who started this whole thing going, and have a vested interest, then, in seeing it continue, I’m going to ask for volunteers here and now.  Any takers?  You can name your own category.  So far, there have been Quick Supper Fixin’s, Appetizers, and Desserts.

In Flux

Oldest daughter moves in today and youngest daughter moves out tomorrow, so things are very busy here. Oldest daughter lost her cat Wednesday night when someone broke into her apartment while she was at work, and then left access to the outside through a broken window. If the cat isn’t found by the time daughter has to leave for the airport this morning, it will have to be left behind. As you can imagine, this is causing her quite a bit of anxiety.

 

And I still have a lot of planting to do. 

Update on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 9:48AM by rebecca

Well, the cat came back just as oldest daughter was leaving her apartment for the airport! It would be difficult to overstate how relieved and happy she is.