Remembering

September 11, 2001

Links:
Remembering the Victims of 9/11-Project 2,996
September 11 Digital Archive: Saving the Histories of September 11, 2001
National September 11 Memorial and Museum

Where were you that day? Was a dear one taken from you?

White Wednesday: The Birds and Beads

Above necklace of cultured freshwater pearls is by Paloma Picasso for Tiffany.

All pearls from Tiffany & Co.

Above: 96 inches of cultured freshwater pearls from Tiffany & Co.

Don't you just love that pearls come in so many whites? I am amused when I wear pearls and someone tells me that they look so real.

White Wednesday is hosted by Faded Charm Cottage, where you'll find links to more white stuff.

Say No to Candle Soot

This smokeless, environmentally friendly candle is from Beadboard UpCountry in Brenham, Texas.

Thanks to Maryanne and Peter of Beadboard UpCountry, we are replacing our smudge pots (old candles) with environmentally friendly candles. Maryanne and Peter told us about the soot damage that candles made from petroleum by products cause. Even if you don't keep shop in an historic building, as they do, you still don't want candle soot on your ceiling or carpets. And you don't want to be breathing candle soot.

Beadboard Upcountry now carries only the clean burning candles, including battery-powered candles that flicker with the elegance of the real candles. So, no candle soot shall touch our old bungalow.

Kids Still Say the Darndest Things

If you were to ask me to name my favorite television show of all times, I would tell you that has to be Art Linkletter's House Party, which ran on CBS from 1952 to 1970. The segment of the show in which he interviewed children, Kids Say the Darndest Things, was what kept me and the rest of America watching. Art knew that a kid's perspective on life was important and entertaining. He taught us that what kids have to say is important and that we should listen.

Following Art's example, I've been listening to kids my entire life and I can tell you that the really important stuff I've learned in life, I have learned from kids. Here's just a few of the things they have taught me:

• Babies don't fall out of their mommy's tummies because they are tied in by a string.
• You can repair anything with a hammer and some tape.
• A good story for you to read is about a girl named Cinderella and her Fairy Guard Mother.
• Boys think that the Bogeyman is in the closet but girls know that he is really under their bed.
• Every citizen in the United States has silver rights.
• All fairytales should begin with the phrase, One piece of time and end with, I don't remember the rest.
• If your pants are too short, wear a pair of highheels which will push your legs up into your pants, making the pants look the right length.
• Mama couldn't possibly be Santa Clause because she's not fat enough and doesn't have much of a beard.
• The main cause of fires is the Dalmatian dog that rides on the firetruck.
• If you still have checks in your checkbook, you still have money at the bank.
• If a new sibling has over stayed his welcome, ask Mom if she's going to return him when she takes the library books back.
• Jello should be served at every meal.
• If you go to a foreign country and don't learn their language, you can't eat or use the bathroom.
• If adults speak a foreign language poorly, you should laugh at them so that you don't have to listen to bad language.
• If your mom makes you clean your room, don't hide your stuff in the closet, 'cause she will look there...pile it on your bed, then make the bed.
  
• You shouldn't eat any food that has eyes that look at you.
• Always take a grandparent shopping with you in case you don't have enough money, 'cause this won't work with a parent.
• If someone is boring you, tell them you have to use the restroom...then don't come back.

What are some of the things children in your life have taught you?

See Art Linkletter and his kids by clicking on the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im58XcqDu9M

White Wednesday #6

The mushroom's stem or stipe.

The mushroom's gills or lamellae.

The mushroom's cap or pileus.

A mushroom is a work of art by Mother Nature.


White Wednesday is hosted by Faded Charm Cottage, where you'll find links to more white stuff.

Cloche Call

The small Cloche was recently found at EPO (Electronic Parts Outlet...of all places) here in Houston for $4.99! The taller cloche was found at Beadboard UpCountry in Brenham, Texas.

The wonderful reproduction milk bottle by the French company Comptoir de Famille is also from Beadboard UpCountry and is a recent find.

My favorite time of day is early morning, just as our day begins. In the pale morning light, with a hot cup of coffee in hand, anything seems possible...the world is mine. I sip my coffee and chat with Tall Husband, either in bed or on the front porch, about what the day may bring. Tall Husband wants plans and schedules, but I again remember that no matter how we plan, the day will be what it wishes to be. So, I shiver and wonder what stories this day will bring to us.

What's your favorite time of day?

You Might Think These Are Pecans

These appear to be Texas pecans, still in their green husks, don't you think? The squirrels living in our pecan trees believe that they are really weapons this time of year...a time when these nuts are at their heaviest. One male squirrel at the bungalow is always right on target. The target? My head or the neighbor cat. The first time one of these babies hit my head, I thought someone was throwing rocks.

Well, this is war...I'm getting suited up. I'm off to search the Internet for a pith helmet! Kitty's on her own.