We are going to try something new around here at Under a Blue Moon. Let's see if I can sustain a post a day for the month of August.
I tend to agonize over my scarcity of posting. I feel like if someone is going to make the effort to come here I need to have something substantial and weighty for them.
But then I started thinking about what it is I like about visiting other blogs. It's mostly just a glimpse into someone elses daily life that I like. It doesn't have to be be much. Maybe just a pretty picture or two. A link to something they found interesting. A funny little story. Just a minute away from my own life and into someone elses.
The last Sunday of every month Rick and I go to his mother's house and have brunch with her and her husband. They live about an hour and half from us and we found that with our busy lives we just weren't seeing them very often. So we set a date to have brunch with them on a regular basis. We take turns planning and preparing the meal.
Last Sunday my mother in law gave me a peignoir set that she had given to her mother. Her mother never ever wore it because she thought it was too nice. Too special. After she passed away my mother in law started wearing it.
My mother in law said that every single time she wore it she would have the most unsettling, anxious dreams about her mother and father. She would wake up in a panic and when she tried to go back to sleep she would just slip right back into the dream.
She didn't want to just give it Goodwill or sell it at a garage sale. But at the same time she didn't want to keep it. So I took it. I'm helpful that way. I have no intention of wearing it but it is the most luscious coral pink and beautifully made. Reminds me of something someone in the early 60's would wear.
Sometimes you just have things because they are pretty to look at.
Andrea, that is a beautiful peignoir set with an interesting story behind it – it would be interesting to see what kind of dreams you had! I also love the curtains and the mini chandelier. Your blog is always a pleasure to come to.
Donna
Love the dreamy way you photographed this! Robin
Beautiful photos!
Very 60’s – would be right at home on the set of Mad Men.
YEAH!! I can hardly wait for your posts for the month of August, you have the most lovely pictures! I was a 5 days a week blogger, now it’s more like 2 or 3 days a week. Good Luck!
I was thinking about your blueberry pie the other day, and wondered, do flavorless blueberries have the same nutritional value as plump, sweet delicious blueberries…. I have no idea, just thought I would throw it out there.
You’ve got to wear that nightie just once……just to see what happens! But I could not agree more, yes, sometimes just having something lovely for loveliness sake is good enough.
I’ll be back tomorrow!
It is very pretty, and reminds me of something Betty Draper would wear on ” Mad Men.”
Enjoyed your post. What a beautiful gown. I can see why you would want to help her out by taking and enjoying it. So pretty to look at even if you never feel like wearing it! Oh, the 60,s. I remember having a similar one in a lime green – so delicate and romantic. Enjoy the beauty.
Oh, we will enjoy your August posts!!! And, I hope we never run out of ‘something pretty to look at!’ It makes life so much nicer. Like your posts!!! pat
Andrea-your blog is perfect-always puts a smile on my face and makes me feel good.Its one of the most endering things in my life-Thank you dear. Isn’ it funny matter how old we get we always need our parents close to us. Even when there gone. They are always our mommy and daddy.