Lucky Grooming

 

Lucky is the only dog we've had that doesn't mind grooming.  In fact he runs around like a happy mad dog when we get there.  One of the reason is that Jessa has two poodles as well...a standard and a toy.  I wish I could get a photo of all three of them together but they move too fast as they play.

I took a comic I found to Jessa.  She loved it!

Grooming day always leaves Lucky exhausted.

But the next day and for a few days later, he is very unnerved about the haircut.  Apparently he can feel things he couldn't before the cut. 

He'll be barking a lot the next few days because of the Fourth of July.  It already started on Sunday night with locals letting off fireworks.  It's an awful time of year for dogs.😒

Hope you are all having a great day!

Wayback Wednesday

 

Life has been pretty quiet on the "This and That" front.  I've always wanted to do posts on retro things---so here we go.  If you have something you think of nostalgically about, email me!  Today's odd topic:  

Children's Hangers

When I was a kid, I only had one wooden hanger but I loved it.  I was always certain this was older than me.  I loved the little girl and often wondered if she had a story.

I have a few other wooden hangers, gifted to me by a friend:

Some other charming hangers include:

The charming plastic ones.  The ones with cutwork are adorable but I doubt many of them survived:

Multiple children:

Some look homemade (and older):

Cute ones from Germany or Scandinavia...?

As much as I love all these things, I really never knew what to do with them.  But then I saw these ideas on Pinterest:

Along that line, I gave Linda a 1940s hanger that had clothes pins strung on it.  I'm sure it was to dry women's stockings but Linda uses it to dry her herbs!

The reason hangers were so important was because people had less clothing than we do now.  They had small closets (like in my house) and they needed their clothes to last as long as possible.

Do you remember any of these?

Have a safe and happy day!

Christmas in July

I'm fairly certain it's been years since I started Christmas presents in July.  When the grandkids were young, Christmas was so much fun.  I liked Christmas so much that I even listened to carols in July. 

Nearly everyone has everything they need but I thought of a few sewn things I would like to gift this year.  So far, I have mostly just ordered supplies and I'll share finished items as they happen.  

Last Christmas I gave mother a table top holder and a wide variety of small hangings to put on it.  This is one of her favorite things this year and she loves changing the hangings (I made more than one for most months).

I'm now making a similar gift for my sister-aunt Kathy.  I was hoping to get it done for her birthday in July but I'm fairly certain that won't happen. I'll shoot for Christmas.

I also want to make a lap quilt for my brother Jim.  He's the brother who lost his wife last year and then got very sick.  Anyway, he deserves another quilt.  The one I want to make this year is sports themed (the other I had made for him and Janet; it featured flowers).  Some of Jim's sports fabrics just arrived:

How do you feel about sewing for the holidays in July?

Have a safe and happy day!