Posted on 12/27/2013 11:24:17 AM PST by honestabe010
I’ve found, over the years, that turquoise is an extremely versatile color. It looks good with any skin tone, and it goes remarkably well with things that may or may not have the color in the design. It goes wonderfully in the house, and even in the cars, if you can stand the contrast!
But I love the color and have a lot of it in my wardrobe. I thought of sending you the pashmina I got in Pakistan, but then I realized that though it was black, white and turquoise, it has a floral pattern that would have clashed with your dress. Also, it is a lot heavier than the one I sent you.
I hope you get LOTS of chances to use it!
<3
Cool!
Oh, yes. When Asuncion insists the choir should wear black and white, I can add the pashmina so as not to look vampiric.
My mother said she really liked it, too.
I’m glad your mother liked it. I mean, that really counts for something! LOL!
And Asuncion will no doubt see you and say, “Que linda!”
I borrowed a similar garment in dark red from Aidhet when we performed for Our Lady of Guadalupe, with the guest band from Monroe. I got several compliments ... but had to give it back. I’m too pale to look good in a white blouse!
Asuncion has a good sense of style. She makes most of my jewelry! She has a light-coffee skin tone and looks better in neutral colors than I do.
If I had some place to go where I could show off, I would be very good at coordination and style. But I schlep everywhere I go...
Except on the rare occasions I get to church.
It must be nice to have handmade jewelry! I had a friend, years ago, who was a rockhound, and he used to make rings for me out of some of the stones he found. I miss him.
DP used to make things from silver, but that was a long time ago. My great-uncle Howard, just turned 94, is a rock hound. If you pick up a rock out of his flowerbed, it's probably a geode! He was also a mushroom hunter and a freelance botanist for the state. I remember one summer, he said he'd found a wildflower on Dad's farm that the agriculture department thought was extinct in Missouri.
I think I would have been good at making jewelry, but it’s too late to contemplate, these days. The hands are not cooperative. I have glass beads, and tools, but with no feeling in my fingertips, it’s hard to string them together. What a bummer.
So I just appreciate other people’s work.
Would you be willing to sell your bead stock to Asuncion, or do you think one of your relatives will take up beading?
They have banshees in Pennsylvania?
Or have you escaped from there already?
Only if Siouxsie Sue moved there.
Oh, man. That’s the 80s.
I can sell it, but it may not be what she wants. I doubt if anyone in my family has an interest in creative endeavors...
And cucumber sandwiches with the absinthe coffee.
Oh yes, who’s broken out the posh stuff?
If you have some idea of sizes, colors, and amounts, I’ll ask. If it’s not what Asuncion likes, maybe Sally and her friends would like to do some beading. Seems like just the thing to keep the Middle School Girls happy, when they’re not setting things on fire. (In that case, I’d buy the tools, too.)
My brother’s first wife, Jessica, used to make jewelry and sell it at fairs, when they lived in England. She was a Belle, so she knew what looked good on people.
Cucumber sandwiches with absinthe? Bleah! Grits casserole, dude!
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