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[eagle1002us]

@eagle1002us, I think there’s a diamond inside each lilac crystal flower cup. It’s made in Vienna in 1950s.The sale is pending so someone truly appreciates it and I guess brooches are not completely out of fashion. I have 2 brooches from my mom, they’re not antique and are from the 80s. I never wear them for fear of losing them.

What flowers are in the planters at your building now? I don’t have much of a green thumb and didn’t want to plant annual flowers every year so I planted roses. I figured roses bloom consistently during our summer and they come back every year for most part. Alas, once DDs started walking around about 9 years ago, I had my DH removed them for fear the girls would grab the thorny branches. Now I have some perennials that don’t require any work but they’re not fragrant and not as pretty as roses.


This video came up in our feed at the office last week. I worked with a scientific program that deals with educating people living in areas with black bear population about bear safety. They were saying how this was very dangerous especially when it involved a defensive mama bears. Bears encountering a barking dog usually run away but it can also trigger a defensive mechanism and give chase. Luckily this has a happy ending. We had an unfortunate event early last year that didn’t end well.

WRT the Dior pin, I thought the diamonds were crystals. Well, if something flys out of the store, it's probably really nice. I myself have been searching for a fig pin, that is, a pin that has leaves and a couple of figs on it. I missed one on ebay and another on RL. Fig leaves, anyone can get, but the pins are HTF. There's a D&G fig necklace on ebay but the guy doesn't take returns plus the several he had were $300 or $500 or $800. And nobody's left feedback from purchasing one. That's a lot for costume jewelry.

I bought a pretty remnant of a fig print, well, it kinda has figs but it's a multi-color silk jacquard so it's hard to see what they are. Could be nuts. Finally sewed it up (don't ask, this has been the week from hell) and it turned out well. I don't need a fig necklace, nobody needs a fig necklace. There's a Joseff of Hollywood, a mid-century costume jewelry firm, that made a bronzey-colored pin that was a possibility but I missed it. I could use a rhinestone pin perhaps, but have not given up my fig question. The pin has to be in deep colors or blend with deep colors. The bead store died due to Covid so that messes me up.

The bear I will look into a bit later.

 

[Fabfashion]

WRT the Dior pin, I thought the diamonds were crystals. Well, if something flys out of the store, it's probably really nice. I myself have been searching for a fig pin, that is, a pin that has leaves and a couple of figs on it. I missed one on ebay and another on RL. Fig leaves, anyone can get, but the pins are HTF. There's a D&G fig necklace on ebay but the guy doesn't take returns plus the several he had were $300 or $500 or $800. And nobody's left feedback from purchasing one. That's a lot for costume jewelry.

I bought a pretty remnant of a fig print, well, it kinda has figs but it's a multi-color silk jacquard so it's hard to see what they are. Could be nuts. Finally sewed it up (don't ask, this has been the week from hell) and it turned out well. I don't need a fig necklace, nobody needs a fig necklace. There's a Joseff of Hollywood, a mid-century costume jewelry firm, that made a bronzey-colored pin that was a possibility but I missed it. I could use a rhinestone pin perhaps, but have not given up my fig question. The pin has to be in deep colors or blend with deep colors. The bead store died due to Covid so that messes me up.

The bear I will look into a bit later.

@eagle1002us, could you post a pic of the fig pin. I’ve been searching high and low for an Art Deco diamond Tiffany band which took me to all kinds of websites. If I come across something similar to what you’re looking for, I can let you know.

What are you sewing with a fig print?

@etoupebirkin, has your DD moved and started her new job? How is she enjoying it?

 

[etoupebirkin]

@eagle1002us, could you post a pic of the fig pin. I’ve been searching high and low for an Art Deco diamond Tiffany band which took me to all kinds of websites. If I come across something similar to what you’re looking for, I can let you know.

What are you sewing with a fig print?

@etoupebirkin, has your DD moved and started her new job? How is she enjoying it?

DD is moved. We drove 2,500 miles in total across ten states, visited DS too. Most of the drive was caravan-ing in two cars. The first leg was 9 hours, the second was 11 hours and the last done over two days was 16 hours. On the day we moved DD in, I walked 22K steps. Needless to say, it was exhausting. The key to the success was car snacks. Lots of them, along with cans of flavored seltzer water. Favorites were carrot sticks, blueberries, fig newtons, twizzlers. I bought meat sticks, gold fish crackers, Milano cookies — all my favorites. So we did not stop for meals on the road, just gassing up and potty breaks.

Glad it’s over with. I do not want to a long car trip for a while.

DD starts work next week.

 

[Fabfashion]

DD is moved. We drove 2,500 miles in total across ten states, visited DS too. Most of the drive was caravan-ing in two cars. The first leg was 9 hours, the second was 11 hours and the last done over two days was 16 hours. On the day we moved DD in, I walked 22K steps. Needless to say, it was exhausting. The key to the success was car snacks. Lots of them, along with cans of flavored seltzer water. Favorites were carrot sticks, blueberries, fig newtons, twizzlers. I bought meat sticks, gold fish crackers, Milano cookies — all my favorites. So we did not stop for meals on the road, just gassing up and potty breaks.

Glad it’s over with. I do not want to a long car trip for a while.

DD starts work next week.

@etoupebirkin, I hope you at least had good weather during your trip. I think the longest DH and I ever drove was about 500 miles from Toronto to NYC. DDs were about 2 1/2 years then so we stopped mid-way overnight. Lots of snacks is definitely a must. For some reason I feel road trip snacks have zero calories. Lol. Yours had a nice balance of healthy and snacky. Mine would have been Kit Kat, Milano cookies (my fave too), Sour Peach, Gummy bears, chips and anything else you might see during Halloween trick ’o treat. Hope your DD has settled in. She must be excited to start.

When you have a chance, please post pic of your knitted shawl (assuming your DD has it now?). What a lovely gift.

 

[Madam Bijoux]

Today’s fun at the Philadelphia flower show:

 

[Madam Bijoux]

Once again, apologies for all the duplicates.

 

[eagle1002us]

@Fabfashion The shape of these figs is what I'm after, a 3-D effect, not any of the flat fig embroidered patches on etsy that belong on bo-ho clothing. The nice fig pin that I wanted to show you has disappeared from the ebay site, it sold in Dec. before I even knew it existed. A bronzey color metal color would blend in with the deep colors of the garment.

Figs are tapered more than pears. I hope this picture works:

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@etoupebirkin Your DD should be right at home in Minnieapple: I heard it was going to be 90 degrees there. Jeez, just like home!

I spent one summer in Michigan between semesters it was really pleasant. But that was a while back. The other summer I interned in DC which was hot and extremely rainy. Later on, when I visited Minneapolis during the summer for work it was quite pleasant.

I have always thought that we should migrate to Canada b/c the weather would be pretty much perfect there (somewhat warmer, with seasons, due to climate change. It should be pleasant, just like Michigan of a few decades ago. Anybody's thoughts on how Canada's weather is changing due to climate change?

 

[eagle1002us]

Once again, apologies for all the duplicates.

Such beautiful pictures, the flowers are incredible.

 

[Fabfashion]

@Fabfashion The shape of these figs is what I'm after, a 3-D effect, not any of the flat fig embroidered patches on etsy that belong on bo-ho clothing. The nice fig pin that I wanted to show you has disappeared from the ebay site, it sold in Dec. before I even knew it existed. A bronzey color metal color would blend in with the deep colors of the garment.

Figs are tapered more than pears. I hope this picture works:

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@etoupebirkin Your DD should be right at home in Minnieapple: I heard it was going to be 90 degrees there. Jeez, just like home!

I spent one summer in Michigan between semesters it was really pleasant. But that was a while back. The other summer I interned in DC which was hot and extremely rainy. Later on, when I visited Minneapolis during the summer for work it was quite pleasant.

I have always thought that we should migrate to Canada b/c the weather would be pretty much perfect there (somewhat warmer, with seasons, due to climate change. It should be pleasant, just like Michigan of a few decades ago. Anybody's thoughts on how Canada's weather is changing due to climate change?

We’ve been having strange weather the past number of years here in our province. Milder winter (hooray!) but hot/cold summer. Two weekends ago it was rather cool in the low 70s then last weekend was hot and humid and the weather was in the 80s. We’re getting small tornadoes in remote areas where we never had one before. Talking about winter, we used to get blizzards. These past 3 winters, I think DH used the snowblower may be 1-2 times. The rest just melted away on its own, he didn’t even have to shovel. Not complaining about not getting any blizzards but it just goes to show how our weather had warmed up.

@eagle1002us, I seem to notice that when I’m looking for something specific, I never seemed to be able to find it. I hope you find a fig pin. No other fruit will do?

 

[Madam Bijoux]

Such beautiful pictures, the flowers are incredible.

Thank you

 

[etoupebirkin]

Well, I finally did it....
I adopted a rescue puppy. I figured now that I’ve largely retired, I have time to devote to a dog. She is the sweetest little nugget, but she is clever, very clever.

Read. I need to get another gate as this 6-7lb pup figured out how to open the gate numerous ways. Even manipulating a 10-lb barbell to get it out of the way.

The rescue org said she’s pointer and lab. I think she’s got a lot of Pittie in her.

 

[Fabfashion]

Well, I finally did it....
I adopted a rescue puppy. I figured now that I’ve largely retired, I have time to devote to a dog. She is the sweetest little nugget, but she is clever, very clever.

Read. I need to get another gate as this 6-7lb pup figured out how to open the gate numerous ways. Even manipulating a 10-lb barbell to get it out of the way.

The rescue org said she’s pointer and lab. I think she’s got a lot of Pittie in her.

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She’s so adorable! What a wonderful thing you’re doing to give her a forever home. What’s her name?

 

[etoupebirkin]

Darla

 

[maxroxxherhandbags]

Well, I finally did it....
I adopted a rescue puppy. I figured now that I’ve largely retired, I have time to devote to a dog. She is the sweetest little nugget, but she is clever, very clever.

Read. I need to get another gate as this 6-7lb pup figured out how to open the gate numerous ways. Even manipulating a 10-lb barbell to get it out of the way.

The rescue org said she’s pointer and lab. I think she’s got a lot of Pittie in her.

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I love her freckles!
what is her name?

 

[cakeymakeybakey]

Well, I finally did it....
I adopted a rescue puppy. I figured now that I’ve largely retired, I have time to devote to a dog. She is the sweetest little nugget, but she is clever, very clever.

Read. I need to get another gate as this 6-7lb pup figured out how to open the gate numerous ways. Even manipulating a 10-lb barbell to get it out of the way.

The rescue org said she’s pointer and lab. I think she’s got a lot of Pittie in her.

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OH EM GEE she is so precious!!!