Bits and bobs
The bonnet side view, since you asked:
The light wasn’t great, so the ribbon looks washed out; it’s such a pretty blue with wheat stalks on it. The hatmaker said he has a special fondness for any ribbon depicting wheat or rye.
That batwing plait around the edges is to swoon for, isn’t it?
We found out about the steampunk/Victoriana con by chance: a Facebook friend mentioned it Saturday morning. So quick on the uptake am I that I at first interpreted “in SD” to mean in South Dakota and had a moment of “aw, too bad, I would love to go to something like that.” Then it dawned on me that my friend who lives in San Diego was probably posting about an event in, go figure, San Diego.
I mentioned it to Scott and he agreed that it sounded like a perfect mother-daughter Mother’s Day adventure. He stayed home with the little ones, which was part of my present. We arrived too late to sign up for the Mother’s Day Ice Cream Social, but as it happened, after we tore ourselves away from the tempting vendor hall and were headed toward the bits-and-bobs room, we encountered a Victorian gentleman bearing a box of slightly melty ice-cream bars: leftovers from the social which he was quite desperate to unload on sweet-toothed passersby. This made Rose and Beanie very happy.
The high point for Jane was meeting Kaja Foglio, co-author and illustrator of the Genius Girl comics (which have won numerous awards and look wonderful)—and discovering that her son was the model for a character in Aaron Williams’s PS238 series, which all my girls adore. Scott was Aaron’s editor on North 40. I love it when our worlds converge this way.
Susan Gaissert says:
I’m going to remember to look for wheat patterns on old ribbon . . . I think I have a fondness for it,m too. Thanks, Melissa, for the great photo.
On May 9, 2011 at 4:34 pm
MelanieB says:
Ooooh I just knew there was more to drool over. That ribbon is lovely and yes the batwing plait. And it looks so perfect in the garden with all those flowers too! Thanks for sharing.
Oh and I just finished Road from Roxbury last night– finally, months after you actually sent it. I love the character of the schoolmaster. And the story about the troll. Oh now I’m going to have to go back and re-read all of them.
On May 9, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Jordin says:
what a great bonnet!!!
On May 9, 2011 at 5:26 pm
sarah says:
The bonnet is so gorgeous … but methinks it rather sneaky you have the cute little girl posing in it. That’s *your* bonnet. I await photos of it being worn proudly at the supermarket.
As always, the garden is glorious.
On May 9, 2011 at 6:01 pm
tanita says:
I’ll bet that’s going to be an awesome bonnet for garden work… not that you’ll wear it for that, but it’s wonderfully face shading!
And I second the supermarket outing.
On May 9, 2011 at 11:53 pm
yvonne says:
Bonnet–gorgeous
Blond curls–breathtaking
What a great Mother’s Day!
On May 10, 2011 at 12:17 pm