Zito’s Bakery is just a memory now. That’s a bread bag my sister gave me. I took the color photograph and my sister gave the b & w postcard with Berniece Abbott photograph
I posted about Zito’s and Strawberry Rhubarb jam 11 years ago. Mary would go buy two warm loaves while kids were still asleep, camped out in her apartment.
Rachel (on the right). Did your mom give you her Cider Mill Sweater? I gave mine to my DIL Nataliya and Randi gave hers to her mom.
Say Six Cider Mill Sweaters six times fast!
Sweet memories of a fabulous fiber filled weekend.
The pattern is by designer Jen Geigley who joined us with other Cider Mill Sweater Knitters. Karen C found the pattern in Modern Day knitting Field Guide
Our Knitting Buddies Group started in the Pandemic matched up with knitters via The Woolly Thistle store in New Hampshire. Karen C and U are the only two charter members left. We still zoom and knit together Monday nights. And we’ve a few more members not pictured.
Does anyone want to chime in with a Thanksgiving or an Easter cactus? Scroll down for info on how to identify which cactus is which.
So many wonderful comments and stories of Christmas cactuses and geraniums which endure for generations. I heard from loyal blog follower and dear friend and neighbor today. Thanks Tookie
“Dear Kindred Spirit, Reading everything you’re posting about your mother’s Christmas cactus. Please add me to the list of those who have and cherish my mother’s Christmas cactus. I can remember it on her kitchen window sill when I was in grade school and on and on. She shared part of her plant with me when we moved to our apartment in Aspinwall in the early seventies. People fuss at me to repot it in a larger, clay pot. I do not, but left it tight and pot bound in the original plastic pot in which she gave it to me. I love how we value so many of the same things!!!
Love, Took and Jack too”
“A Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) is a popular, long-lived, rainforest-native houseplant known for its vibrant flowers that bloom in the fall, often at Thanksgiving. It differs from a Christmas cactus by having pointed, spiny-looking leaf-like stem segments, while Christmas cacti have rounded segments. To care for it, provide bright, indirect light, high humidity, well-draining soil, and water when the soil is dry to the touch. Bud set is triggered by short days and cooler temperatures, so starting a light-dark cycle in September.”
Info on the different types of cactus
Throwback Thursday
Yes I made the dress. It was white piqué. I didn’t remember the nose gay. I know I was fourth in line to march in as they lined us up by height for some odd reason.
It was a long time ago.
Cleaning day today revealed many traces of my summer visitor who is safely returned to her family.
“When time and fortune cast their spell
And youth’s bright years are o’er.
Our memories then shall fondly dwell
on scenes that are no more.
For busy, carefree high school days
And friendships tried and true
For these we lift our songs of praise
Dear Morristown to you.”
Alma Mater Morristown High School New Jersey
Not sure how one can remember these words but there you have it. Still in my memory.
I’m seated in the second row on the left next to my good BFF, who willingly accompanied me to our twentieth reunion. What a good friend. We were to attend our fiftieth in summer of 2020…….
My friend Joanne writes from Florida …..
“Back in the day we went to a lot of military formal events which were always a great chance to dress up and feel elegant. I only kept a few outfits from those days, but one was a beaded chiffon two piece that I bought in 1985 and wore many times over the years. I always loved that outfit. I had an invitation to a local formal military dinner (they call it a Dining Out) — my friend was out of town so she asked if I would be her husband’s date. I remembered the outfit was in a box so I dug it out. Steamed it. Extended the elastic waistband to fit my expanded waistline. Removed the huge shoulder pads. And wore it 38 years later …..Lots of compliments and I felt pretty special in it.
