Subj : Re: food and family was: To : JANIS KRACHT From : NANCY BACKUS Date : Thu Jan 09 2020 21:08:00 -=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 01-03-20 23:45 <=- >> You know I was just way too busy if I couldn't even take the time >> to go up the stairway and look for them ... :) > Eventually things will settle down, and you will go to satisfy your > curiosity... ;) JK> Yep... Of course now I have 'other' things to deal with since Aunt JK> Gert died.. Among other things, she had a box of some 20 porcelin dolls JK> that Ron unpacked (they were in her closet). One of his cousins had JK> told him that Aunt Gert had a very very valuable doll that her mother JK> had given her but I haven't seen it. I have a feeling some other JK> relative grabbed that one at some point before we took Aunt Gert in... Possible that she might have given it away... JK> regardless, there are now beautiful porcelin dolls (some with stands) JK> on a bookcase I "freed" up in my living room. Not so extremely JK> valuable (like thousands' a piece) but they seem to be worth something JK> - and what is great is, they remind me of her because she used to JK> display them all in a beautiful glass enclosed wooden display case. That's great... :) You get a very nice way to remember her, and can enjoy the dolls for themselves, too... :) JK> We have many boxes of her clothes/coats that we'll get over to the JK> local thrift shop, etc... Hopefully that will help someone somewhere. That's a big job, too.... And I'm sure that there will be those that will be blessed by getting them... :) >>>> had real fun making jeans for the kids, and for me. I put embroidered >>>> things on their jeans and mine >>> Oh, that would be fun... Hopefully they enjoyed having the embroidery as >>> much as you enjoyed doing it... >> Oh yes, they loved it.. :) > Good. :) JK> I remember I gave some of the kids' clothes I made to some friends who JK> had sons and daughters about the same size as my two, needless to say JK> those moms were very happy. The one I remember most was a clown JK> costume my son had requested for Halloween... it was beautiful And hopefully the kids enjoyed them as well... :) >> That's true.. and for a bridesmaid's dress, unless you are dealing >> with a large shop, I'm not sure if any of them would have had one to >> fit her. > I suppose it might have been possible to get a special order... but that > likely would have been a lot more expensive... a very good thing in that > case that you had the skills to make her one yourself... :) JK> and maybe have taken more time? anyway, I knew I could take care of it Yeah, probably would have taken more time.... so very good that you could and did take care of it for her.... :) >>>> I did grow regular eggplant in my garden outside one year but this is >>>> the first time I saw eggplant from Aerogarden, so I was really happy >>>> about that :) >>> You'll have to let us know how they grow and end up tasting... >> I planted them today so now I can be impatient but THANKFULLY I will >> only have to wait 12 weeks from now to see how they taste.. that is >> "amazing" to me > 12 weeks.... middle of March, then...? Even that is rather amazing... :) JK> Yes :) JK> The plants are already going crazy :) When you plant them in the JK> aerogarden, you cover each seed pod with a plastic cap to maximize JK> moisture... You remove the caps when the first "true leaves" show and JK> start pressing against the cap. I had to remove just about all of the JK> bok choy caps yesterday, so they are off to a great start :) That's quick... :) You'll be harvesting them in no time at all.. :) ttyl neb .... Some people make the world more special just by being in it. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5 * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140) .