OT-strange sighting

heh, that's pretty brave of her! (or nutty? ) where do you live, girl?

~cindy

Kathleen wrote in news:apdkg.10$ snipped-for-privacy@fe02.lga:

my high school English teacher used to walk his wife's horse around town while he was wearing a kilt... not sure what the horse was wearing. kilts were not a common sight in Maine in the 70s. lee

She may very well be slightly loony but I definitely prefer her brand of nuts over the meaner variations of crazy.

St. Peters, Missouri, in the heart of middle class suburbia.

Kathleen

Oh that is way cool....

We have our own resident ummm faith healer in our suburb out in the hills. He wears assorted turbans, leather sandals, and multicoloured robes in varying lengths according to the season. He caries around a beribboned cane/stick and offers to lay hands on people who he feels are ailing in some way (often unkown to themselves). Never seen him go anywhere except on foot. We also had a witch, then there was the monk who always wore a brown robe, sandals and a long beard. Some suburbs just attract 'em I guess. Our local bar/nightspot calls itself "a desert in an oasis of bogans".

Anyone wanna visit?! I will wear my Salwah Kameez if you like...

Fay

We have our own resident ummm faith healer in our suburb out in the hills. He wears assorted turbans, leather sandals, and multicoloured robes in varying lengths according to the season. He caries around a beribboned cane/stick and offers to lay hands on people who he feels are ailing in some way (often unkown to themselves). Never seen him go anywhere except on foot. We also had a witch, then there was the monk who always wore a brown robe, sandals and a long beard. Some suburbs just attract 'em I guess. Our local bar/nightspot calls itself "an oasis in a desert of bogans".

Anyone wanna visit?! I will wear my Salwah Kameez if you like...

Fay

Only if I get to wear my daughter's purple cape.

Now there's a garment with some history... It started off white. My daughter wanted to be a ghostly maiden one year for Halloween so I made up Simplicity 9452, the hooded version. I used 100% cotton fabric and thread so it could be dyed later, and clean finished every seam so it wouldn't have to be lined. She wore it for Halloween that year and was the envy of her friends because it was so big and billow-y and float-y.

After that I dyed it a deep plummy purple and she wore it in the annual Mystic Krewe of Barcus parade at Mardi Gras (the dogs wore a green velvet vests trimmed in gold).

The cape showed up again as part of a witch's ensemble the following Halloween and was worn by a friend as a fortune-teller's costume the year after.

And this past spring, the cape was worn by my son's DI teammate who was portraying some sort of Egyptian god in their presentation. I was worried that he might think it was too girly-looking, but he was thrilled by the effect. "Whoa... I feel like a Sith Lord!"

I was sorting through the costumes last week, looking for stuff to donate to the local theater group. I pulled out the cape and both kids said instantly, "Not that! You can't give that away!"

Because you never know when you might need a purple cape.

Kathleen

I'll join you! Now that dh is retired, the kids have both married and moved away, and that last trip to the hospital put yet another 25 pounds on me from the steroids, I guess I'll just have to give up any hope of ever again achieving elegance, and let my inner eccentric come out!! (Whoopee!) (and I can be EXTREMELY eccentric when I feel like it!!)

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

Can I come too? Wow, I would really like to meet her! I would live my whole life in costume (Lord knows I have something different for every day of the year) if it weren't for the fact that pple in my area would mistake me for a looney or a witch, in which case they would burn me at the stake (I'm seriously not kidding. Some Wiccans got arrested the other day for buying coffee and a chocolate bunny. No one knows what's going to happen to them....) . I also have that darned suckish dress code that's been hovering at school. Can't wait 'till our local renfaire comes to town, every year I go bonkers right before... Oh, wait, I'm bonkers year 'round. Sorry! Now where did I put that orange cotehardie? And what about that blue and purple kirtle? Oh, dear. Now I'll have to go make another I suppose. And where is my fav bodice knife?? Grrr....

Where are you located, Fey? I'd like to come visit, maybe in a Minnie Pearl outfit with the tag on the hat included. I wore that for about 4 years in the Teacher's Talent Show at the school where I taught. It was a fundraiser for classroom materials. Emily

One of my DSs suffered from Belle's Palsy late last year and was given steroids and blossomed up 25 lbs. almost over night, neither one was a pleasant experience. He has recovered about 95% from the affliction and has lost about 15 lbs. of what he had gained. I hope you have recovered, Olwyn Mary. Emily

Omgoodness! This brings back a memory that y'all will love. I was at a local horse show where a frind of mine was showing her horse. However there was a youth costume class for horses and riders. This friends mother made a knights costume for the little boy, but the topper was she had made a complete dragon costume for the horse! All green nylon, red nylon

*flames* coming out of the mouth, the looooooong stuffed tail , all complete with scales sewn on! It was adoreable! The worst part of making the costume was trying to make the "pants" for the horse! *G*

Cindy

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Not really, those 'roids did actually save my life. I just don't like the fact that I now have to make an entire new wardrobe because the fat simply isn't coming off. Waaaaaaahhhhhh! OTOH, I am finally beginning to feel more like myself, it was very boring being a semi-invalid for so darn long. Now I just have to finish getting all better so I can get back to the gym.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

I too portrayed Minnie Pearl in a fund raiser our local F.O.E. Aerie put on as a Hee Haw Show. Reminded me of some of the old movies which Judy Garland and Mickey Roony played in. They always said "Hey, let's put on a show!" (Don't make them like that any more.) But didn't we all love Minnie Pearl? I cut up an old green checked table cloth to make the dress, white stockings, green Mary Ann shoes and the straw hat with the big flowers and the ever present price tag which read "$1.98". Most fun I've had in a long time, and I'm a shy person. Dot in Tennessee