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And what are you sewing now ??? Ellice ???? mirjam with a measure tape on my neck,,,,

Yup - it was a big deal going to J-M in downtown. My favorite dress in 6th grade came from them - and then I broke my arm the first time I wore it, and the nurse had me dress back in my school clothes (instead of my basketball uni) when mom came to get me, and well, by the time hours later I was in the hospital getting ready for surgery - they had to cut the dress off my arm.

My dad's company made the private label pharmaceuticals (soap, shampoo, conditioner, peroxide, etc) for Zayre's, and I think it must've been close to when they were going out of business because I remember the problems with them not paying huge bills. But, that was a great discount store - and I will confess, my mom and her friends found it really good for some of the women's stuff - if you looked. And really inexpensive. It was near the library that my friends and I went to after junior high, so we'd go to the library, and en-route, stop at the Zayres - there was a luncheonette - get cheap fries and a soda.....

J-M went out years back. I didn't realize Burdine's did - but I tend to think they must've just label changed as they were part of Federated, which is Macy's and IIRC they just name merged and finally became Macy's. Probably losing a bit of Florida flavor. That was my favorite dept store growing up. Big thing when DM took me to Burdine's to get some school shopping done - the one near us had an interesting dept "arcade" on a bridge between the original building and an extension. Oh, well - life and stores continue to evolve.

So, where did you live in FLA? The oddest thing here in VA, someone that I met via synagogue- her kids went to the same elementary school as me. I'm older than her kids by more than 10 years, but similarly younger than her. Weird.

ellice

I am working on an art garment jacket done with the Laurel Birch mythical horses, and some sheers interspersed (for me). The base is a lovely hand-dyed purple cotton, and it's lined as a surprise in an oriental pattern. But the esterior is coming along - I got stalled for a while working the artsy design layout - but ended up with a layering thing. Also, just started a Salwar-Kamiz - (tunic and Indian pants) for a friend) with beaded trim on the tunic. And about to start a set of curtains that I'm doing with a strip pieced tieback set, and an inset thin border, with a wider outer border (3 fabrics).

And I don't want to talk about the yardage of gorgeous linen that I got during the G-street sale, and some lovely black & white cotton-poplin for a summer dress. The linen is going to be some pants/top sets (open jacket, and the other a vest). Had to buy a bunch of Vogue patterns during the going out of business sale at Hancocks.

In the queue - some light summer dresses - which are quick and I think I will get a couple done next week. 2 are for "clients", along with the Salwar-Kamiz. And one has to come for a fitting - I don't want to go further until I've adjusted her muslin.

Hope to have answered the question. And I'll try to manage the cross-posting. But, since Mirjam asked about sewing, I'm answering on the sweing groups!

ellice

Ellice, with as much sewing as you are doing, and as interesting as it sounds, you belong on alt.sewing! I am sure that I would love to see pictures, especially the Laurel Burch creation, and I doubt that I'm alone in that.

spampot spun a FINE 'yarn':

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My dog, Jasmine, also loves fruit. Well, that and any other thing she can get in her mouth! LOL! She jumps up and picks plums off our tree. A couple years ago I heard her barking in the back yard. She was sitting under our plum tree barking because she could see a plum

*just* out of her reach above the fork of the tree. I can't imagine what she'll be like this year...our plum tree is *loaded* with plums! She also picks raspberries from my bushes, and not the green ones, either. Oh, no, she finds the ripe ones and delicately plucks them off! I just hope she doesn't find out about the cherries that I got for the first time this year! They're much lower to the ground than the plums, since the tree is only 4 years old and 4 feet tall. I discovered one thing she doesn't like, though and that's rhubarb. :)

One word of caution, though. Grapes and raisins (and just a few!) can be toxic to dogs! I just found out about this recently. Here's a link to Snopes about it:

A dog with good taste. I don't like rhubarb either.

Lucille

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Good thing, because the leaves are poisonous.

You can send your rhubarb to me. Wonder if any of the local farmers markets still have some? C

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I've seen young coyote doing this also.

liz young in hot hot hot california

Considering the massive amounts of money spent on "research" projects of, at best, dubious subjects nothing surprises me about this one.

Bob