tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65941181487970614632024-03-13T10:18:49.916-04:00Turning Over A New LeafABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604479402436402266noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594118148797061463.post-26104927221402792332015-10-24T13:10:00.001-04:002015-10-24T13:23:10.894-04:00Living in Jane Austen's World, Part 3: Hats and HeaddressesOf course, one of the main attractions of this type of thing is to admire all the different headgear sported by the ladies. I now present a collection of photos of these amazing creations.<br />
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Amy wearing the bonnet she made for herself:</div>
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There she is again, on the right:<br />
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There was a vendor just selling bonnets:<br />
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A lady finding the perfect bonnet to match her dress:<br />
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My favorite green and pink again:</div>
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An elegant lady having lunch in the hotel's cafe:<br />
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Peacock feather headdress:<br />
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And this was my bonnet:</div>
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<br />ABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604479402436402266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594118148797061463.post-29616170653566973202015-10-23T17:15:00.001-04:002015-10-23T17:15:09.826-04:00Living in Jane Austen's World, Part 2: The Fashion ShowOn the first day of the conference, there was a luncheon and style show. Since it cost extra, I did not go to it, but I managed to worm my way behind the scenes where the ladies were being prepared! So I got a good look at the outfits nonetheless.<br />
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Here is my friend Amy being transformed:<br />
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A close-up of her lovely bonnet (I so love pink and pale green together!):</div>
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Now here's a bonnet for ya:</div>
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Surprise!</div>
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Ooooooh, my favorite colors, red and gold together:</div>
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Goodness, the poor lady on the left.... can you imagine having to wear a tunnel like that?!</div>
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I *can* tell you that she hated it, poor thing!</div>
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Almost ready for the runway.... Smile.....</div>
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<br />ABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604479402436402266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594118148797061463.post-2797649016336413022015-10-21T19:35:00.000-04:002015-10-21T19:35:01.905-04:00Living in Jane Austen's World, Part 1A couple of weeks ago, I had the great pleasure of attending a 4-day conference put on by JASNA (Jane Austen Society of North America). It was held at the very elegant Galt House in Louisville, and I was accompanied by my friend Amy from Bardstown. I have so many lovely photos to share, that I will have to break this up into 4 or 5 posts.<br />
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Here is the great chandelier in the hotel's entrance:<br />
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It amused me to see the glass elevators sometimes crowded with ladies in Regency costume. I didn't get a picture of an elevator completely full of these ladies, but here are a couple that will give you an idea of what I mean. There was also an Ironman race going on the same weekend, so we often saw people in sportswear bumping up against people in Regency wear!</div>
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I loved the way the conference's registration desk was decorated.</div>
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There were two whole rooms full of lovely things to look at and buy. </div>
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So now I'll let you browse around through my pictures.</div>
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See this purse? It was priced at about $300, because it is hand made of vintage ribbons (at least some of which are silk), not of solid pieces of cloth. Yikes, I certainly wasn't going to be taking that one home. But, it was certainly worthy of a picture so I can admire it forever.</div>
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There was also a booth staffed by two sisters from Minnesota who specialize in making period dresses and other clothing. Here they are on either side of a happy customer </div>
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A fabric (and sleeve decoration) I particularly admired:</div>
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However, today I *did* see another one (just one), but I didn't realize what it was at first. Not at all. I have NEVER seen one like this before. I wasn't even sure what it was. It looked like a wisp of dry grass stuck to the outer wall of the building, but its perfectly symmetrical T-shape caught my eye. When I looked closer, I saw legs and antennae, but... what on earth?<br />
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It looked sort of like a tiny airplane.<br />
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I ran inside and googled "white insect T-shaped." Right away, many photos of this unusual creature showed up. It turns out to be a plume moth. Yes, a moth!<br />
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I don't have my camera with me today, so I have to borrow other people's photos for this. This is what the creature looked like, only I didn't see the legs at first, just the white T, probably about as wide as a dime.<br />
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"The tiny, T-shaped Plume Moth is easy to recognize once you see it. There aren't many moths like it." [No kidding!]<br />
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"Their thin body and T shape make the Plume Moth unique. Their wings have the appearance of a bird's plume (feathers) and when at rest, the moth <i style="font-weight: bold;">rolls both wings into a rod shape." </i>[What! Emphasis mine]<i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>"The result is an unusual profile for a moth." [I'll say.] "When perched, they resemble a vintage propeller airplane.... Larvae roll leaves and then eat them." [Ha, a lot of rolling going on here!]<br />
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It turns out there are many varieties and colors of these moths.<br />
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[Does anyone know what a moth-ologist would be called? I think I'm turning into one!]<br />
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I am going to end by posting this photo I found while searching for photos of plume moths. I really just have no words for this—the sheer cleverness of it..... unbelievable.<br />
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This pale green velvety moth is called a luna moth. Its edges and "eyes" are so perfectly and delicately "painted," I could just admire it for hours. </div>
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The protective coloration and shapes really intrigued me. Here is a very small moth that would hardly be noticeable if landing among yellow fall leaves:</div>
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I don't know the name of this moth, but it has such beautiful ripples in its coloring, and would blend in with tree bark so amazingly:</div>
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A perfect, tiny white moth:</div>
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A perfect white moth with spots:</div>
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This one would also blend in beautifully with fall leaves (it was about the size of a silver dollar): </div>
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This one was very tiny but so beautiful. It even has a tiny golden fringe around the edges of its wings!<br />
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A tiny, lacy grey moth:</div>
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I called this a "Dominican" moth. I first saw one of these on some rotting wood which had originally been painted white, so it blended in very well with those surroundings. But so you can see it easily, I took a photo of it against a contrasting background.<br />
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Doesn't this look just like a crumpled dead leaf? Amazing.</div>
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Now I know this isn't a moth, but I had to sneak him in here because the coloring and patterns just fascinated me. Is this where people got the idea of camouflage, I wonder? He is staring right at me with his little beady eyes.<br />
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One day I saw this old brown leaf stuck to a floodlight outside.<br />
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I took many photographs of this one, but the light was in my eyes and it was hard to get a good photo. I finally poked it very gently with a twig to see if it would open—which it did. The "eyes" on its wings appeared to be empty holes! And it still looks like a raggedy old dead leaf.</div>
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Finally, to one my favorites. I had to wait to finish my project until I found one of these. What does it look like to you? Yeah, something not very nice, I'll bet.<br />
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God has <i>such</i> creative ideas for how to protect certain critters. LOL!<br />
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Now from the ugliest to the most beautiful, perhaps. Molly calls these moths "princess moths" because, surprise, they feature her favorite color, pink! And it's a lovely pink, I would say. She also pointed out to me that this one appears to have a golden braid down its back. I had not noticed that myself. Most of the photos online of this moth (a rosy maple moth) </div>
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St. Joseph's feast day fell that week. There was a nice St. Joseph altar:</div>
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Finally 5 o'clock arrived and we all either drove or walked to the party field which was about a mile and a half away. There a hobbit house had been set up, which was used very effectively for probably thousands of photos! Every elf, dwarf and hobbit had a phone camera in hand! I didn't know any of these people at the time, but we have a Facebook group so now I do know some of them. At the party, however, I just enjoyed all the fantastic costumes.<br />
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Here is our Aragorn, who actually is from Manitoba, Canada. </div>
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Our wonderful musicians played and sang funny songs....</div>
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And, three years seems an ENDLESS time to wait until Mr. Baggins' next birthday party!</div>
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Saturday, September 26, was marked "Shire Day" on my calendar. That's not what it was really called, but close enough for me. I was attending an event which I had only heard of over the summer from my friend Amy. It's called ALEP (A Long-Expected Party) and it only happens once every 3 years. This was only the third time it had happened so far. So if I was going to see what it was about, I had to go NOW and no backing out.<br />
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Foolishly, I only started on a costume the night before. I was going to make it very simply and whip it up on my sewing machine, but after only sewing 2 seams for me, the machine broke. I was about ready to cry. I knew the people at this event would be wearing costumes and that I'd enjoy it ten times more if I had a costume, too. I went to bed, then got up super early and rushed to Wal-Mart to get some iron-on seam tape. With my pinking shears, the iron-on tape, and a few hastily hand-stitched seams, I had me a costume. It meant I had to skip the morning workshops, which was a shame (more than I suspected at the time), but at 10:30 I emerged from my apartment triumphant, with a hobbit costume and 'do:<br />
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I peeked into the room where the choir was rehearsing, and noticed that some people there had elf ears. There were probably 30 or so people in there. I wish I had taken a picture of the group. I took videos so I could remember how beautiful they sounded (they were singing songs from the LOTR movies), but no pictures except this one (and for some reason I can't post videos on my blog):</div>
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The gentleman on the right here was from New Mexico. I don't know where the other one is from. But here they were getting ready for the Long-Expected Party of the evening... which will be the subject of my next installment. I honestly was amazed at the great variety among the people who were there. </div>
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At our office we used to have a huge mimosa tree outside the back door. It began to cause a lot of problems for us by dropping all that fuzzy stuff into the gutters and blocking them, so eventually it had to come down. (What a shame!) But I used to stand outside and look up to its very high branches and see swarms of yellow swallowtail butterflies playing and fluttering all over its pink fuzzy flowers. </div>
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It might seem irrelevant, but I remember so clearly that the day my nephew Brendan was born, that that tree was in full bloom outside the back door as I rushed to my car to race up to the hospital and meet him. That was twelve years ago. And every year when these beautiful trees bloom, I remember... </div>
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We went to the public library first, where Molly looked for books on princesses, </div>
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and Benj scoured the shelves for his favorite Transformer books.</div>
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After that we went to visit my friend Lori Schroeder and examine her sea shell collection. Lori even let each of them hold a very precious and BIG shell so I could take a picture. Wow! </div>
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The same holds true with the weeds that thrive everywhere during the spring and summer. They bloom in a certain order, too. I like to drive to work slowly sometimes and notice the scenery and colors along the way. Today I got a few pictures of June blooms. I have such a beautiful drive to work. Most of the photos are of the weeds that are in bloom right now, but they are beautiful!<br />
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This first bloom is not a weed, of course. These are magnolias. We didn't have these where I grew up in the Midwest. It's a southern thing... and one which I find particularly lovely.<br />
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Another thing that's in bloom right now is the wild roses. </div>
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The wild roses can be a rather washed-out looking pink, but these were particularly colorful.<br />
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I've been enchanted with this field full of Queen Anne's lace together with these glorious bright orange flowers. I don't know what they are, but the two colors together are stunning.</div>
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Again, I don't know what it is, but I loved it.</div>
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Then these gorgeous trumpet-like flowers tumble all over fences and fence posts during the summer. I once tried to pick some to put in water, but they wilted immediately. So I just have to leave them where they are and admire them that way. There's some poison ivy in there at the left.... watch out.</div>
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Up north they would say the corn should be "knee-high by the Fourth of July." Well, here it's already as tall as I am, and it's not even July yet! In this picture, some wild white morning glories appear in the foreground. </div>
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I grew up in a place that was very flat. I love living here in Kentucky because I love hills and mountains. I do very much miss being near water (Lake Michigan). But the scenery here is just breathtaking. I am glad Kentucky is my home. </div>
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Wow, it sure has been a long time since I posted. I had to share this display I made for my desk. The wise say that you should live in the moment, but I am finding I need to look at my summer as a whole in order not to double book myself. Look at all the highlighted areas! I have a very busy summer ahead! Some days even have more than one event on them.</div>
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Today, December 16, is Jane Austen's birthday. She was born in 1775, so she would be 238 years old today. Yesterday, at Locust Grove in Louisville, I attended a tea in honor of her birthday.</div>
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There was a lecture beforehand, on the art of walking and its importance in the novels. After that we had tea along with savories and sweets. There was live music, too.</div>
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...and a dress to covet, or at least a fabric. Look at that pink satin fabric with gold! Ooooooh!</div>
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Here are two pictures of those of us who were dressed in our Regency attire.</div>
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Here I am with my friend Stephanie. We were posing in front of some of the many decorations which had been made out of pages of Austen's books.</div>
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And finally, here is a close-up of my bonnet, which I decorated for the party. :)</div>
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This is the altar to Our Lady which was set up in the church.<br />
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Sure enough, things got underway about 15 minutes late. I needn't have hurried so much. The first order of business was to go to the parish hall so we could have a procession from there into the church. The young ladies were all decked out in these gorgeous costumes. Every single one had some sort of image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the back, most of them in sequins or glitter.<br />
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At Sisters' Tea Parlor in Buckner, KY, the following Thursday:</div>
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During this same week, Kim and I shopped, dined, napped, watched movies, hung out with Lynn's kids, went to dinner with my brothers, enjoyed coffee at Panera Bread, attended the outdoor Stephen Foster musical in Bardstown, and visited the grave of Msgr. James McGee (a holy local priest who suffered badly from depression) at the Nazareth Motherhouse.</div>
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Now, in preparation for this ball, I had gotten really ambitious and made myself a new dress, plus made a dress for Kim. Here is the fabric I chose for Kim's dress:<br />
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Finally, we arrived at the ball, which was held in a real ballroom on Fourth St. in Louisville. (It was the same place where we held our first two years of Ignite.) Here you can see my dress as well as hers.</div>
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The other friends who were there with me: left to right, Siena, Siena's dad Mark, her mom Tamara, and Mandy and Peter Bifone</div>
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Here is Don with the lovely Kathy, one of the dance "students" who is quite an expert and who warmly welcomes any newcomer to the dance group:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Jane Austen Festival! </span></b>Which I had never before attended, though I had often seen it advertised in the AAA newspaper I get every month.</div>
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Yes, a lady being carried around in a chair sedan. (That day, I didn't even know what it was called yet.) The gentleman in front was calling out, <b><i>"Make way! Make way for her ladyship!"</i></b> Notice that he is all dressed up, while the poor guy in the back is barefoot. This was the "manservant."</div>
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This festival was in celebration of the 200th anniversary of <i>Pride and Prejudice, </i></div>
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After an hour or so of browsing, we became hungry and headed for the Earl of Sandwich Shop to buy some lunch. Here Kim is ordering hers. The shop was located in one of the small outbuildings outside the house. That's tobacco hanging down from the ceiling. We got curried chicken sandwiches on croissants, and some grapes and strawberries, and the cutest little teapot shaped and decorated cookies. Oh yes, and lemonade. Everything was SO delicious!</div>
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There was a big tent with tables and chairs we could sit in and eat outside. It was shady and cooler in there. While we were eating, this bagpiper was walking around playing tunes. We asked him to play something over the phone for Kim's mom, who was celebrating her birthday that day. The nice gentleman played <i>Danny Boy</i> for her and even refused a tip. </div>
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Then he came into the tent and sat down and talked to us while we ate. Before long, the sedan chair carrier joined us. We had a most interesting conversation about tartans and costumes.</div>
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Soon after lunch, it was time for our afternoon tea. We were seated at this table with two lovely ladies whom we didn't know, but whose company we enjoyed very much... young moms from the area.</div>
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The tea food was to die for. In the photo below, the lower tray is tiny sandwiches, the middle tray has scones which had cranberries and blueberries inside, and a sweet topping; the top tray holds mini quiches. We had a choice of teas, too, named after different characters in the Jane Austen books, like Marianne's Mad Medley and others. Different ladies came around, dressed in period costume, to refill our cups. For dessert we had several choices, one of them being lavender cake. It was a lovely light purple with some lavender buds right in it. I wish I had taken a picture of it.... I should add that there was a small group of men in the kitchen continuously washing up the teacups and silverware, because the tea was held in several successive sessions throughout the day. I thought that was very nice of them.</div>
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Right after the tea was a promenade outside. This was so everybody could admire everybody else's costumes. Here was a sweet family getting ready:</div>
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Apparently, or so I heard, the Guinness Book of World Records lists a gathering of 409 people dressed in Regency costume as the world record. (Only 409?) Anyway, we all got little tags with numbers to pin onto our costumes, because we were being counted—we were trying to break that world record. I think we got close to 300 people, because I was Number 243 and there were a good many behind me. </div>
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This lady (below) had been going around (well, mostly being <i>carried</i> around) impersonating Lady Catherine de Bourgh all day. We had stopped to watch her and listen to her a few times, and she was hilarious in her pomposity. As Kim and I were passing in front of Her Ladyship, she folded up her fan, pointed it at us and demanded to know our names. I curtsied and replied that we had been told we could not speak to Her Ladyship unless we had been introduced by one of her manservants, so we had not ventured to greet her. Lady Catherine waved her fan and said that she herself could demand to be introduced to anyone she chose. I then asked courteously whether Her Ladyship were attending the ball that evening, to which she replied with a sniff that she had not been invited. </div>
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The day was far from over. We drove back to our hotel to dress for the Grand Ball, </div>
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On Saturday morning, we boarded buses to go pray at the Planned Parenthood in Olympia, WA. It was only a 15-minute drive and we didn't even have to be in the parking lot till 7:00 AM. (At our Ignite in KY it's 5:30 AM!)</div>
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On Sunday morning, we (ladies) got to have all the religious sisters come to our suite in the dorms to receive beautiful thank-you baskets. And we got some, too! The baskets contained assortments of chocolate, flavored coffees, smoked salmon, spiritual books, etc. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">So finally, it was check-in time for the youth! We had the check-in outside. The weather was so nice. There was a string backpack for each participant--sort of like World Youth Day. (In fact, one of the organizers said, "World Youth Day is just like Ignite on steroids!") Below is Christine from Star of the Sea, who helped with checking people in.</span></h3>
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These two little helpers who were so good the whole time their mom, Priscilla, was busy checking the groups in. What cutie pies!<br />
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From the website: "The Thirsting is a Catholic rock band whose mission is to inspire you to love and follow Jesus Christ through the Catholic Church, the Eucharist, Mary, and the Rosary."<br />
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Right after that talk, we got ready for the outdoor rosary procession.<br />
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Our Lady of Ignite stands off to the side.</div>
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The campus was built in 1967. </div>
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The surroundings were lovely, but the buildings.... not so much.</div>
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That's my dorm..... Dorm u. Yes, lower case u. They did not ask me to proofread their dorm names. :) </div>
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Each of us introduced himself or herself, and told who our favorite saint is and why. </div>
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This helped the KY people get to know the WA people and vice versa.</div>
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The religious and priests were asked to arrive early for orientation. </div>
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Here are three seminarians from the Archdiocese of Seattle, all of whom were a great help to us...</div>
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Left to right, Sr. Immaculata Marie, Sr. Angela Marie, and Sr. Felicity:</div>
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Sr. Giovanni Paolo, SOLT, with Emma (both are originally from Ohio):</div>
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Fr. Sibley and Fr. Lappe wanted me to photograph them working, because, as Fr. Sibley explained, "diocesan priests actually work, while the rest of them [priests] getta sit around in costumes all day." LOL</div>
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It was the feast of St. Dominic. This scene shows one of my favorite aspects of Ignite: </div>
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Here they are reciting Vespers for the feast day. </div>
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The parish which put on Ignite NW was Our Lady, Star of the Sea Parish in Bremerton, WA, just a few blocks from where you take the ferry. (The parishioners usually just call it Star.) It is an amazingly active parish.<br />
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Side altar to St. Lawrence Ruiz, a lay Dominican, and his companions, martyrs</div>
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Here is Fr. Lappe, the pastor (on the right) with his friend Fr. Sibley</div>
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We got to work early Monday morning in the parish hall. The first thing Tamara did was to present to the Washington crew a replica of our own new statue of "Our Lady of Ignite," as we call her.</div>
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Left to right, Flannery, Priscilla, Josh, Lauren, Tamara, Emma, Molly and Angelle.</div>
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Joseph entertaining Josh's and Katie's twins while daddy worked v-e-r-y late</div>
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Joseph, Tamara, Angelle, Emma taking a break before we left</div>
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ABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604479402436402266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594118148797061463.post-35255197259250256532013-09-04T18:24:00.005-04:002013-09-04T18:24:54.005-04:00Things You Don't See in KentuckyMy coworker Joe had told me repeatedly that we HAD to go to Pike Place Market while we were in Washington. Luckily, our hosts wanted to take us there, too. The first stage of the outing was taking the ferry from Bremerton to Seattle, which takes about an hour.<br />
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I had been on a ferry once before, about 25 years ago, but I regret to say I barely remember it, so for me this was almost like a first. I was fascinated watching the cars driving right into the belly of the whale, so to speak.<br />
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There were several levels, and both indoor and outdoor seating areas. I sat outside and enjoyed the views, the wind, and the sun. I saw other people sitting inside working on laptops. I guess they live there and this is just their daily commute? I can't imagine that.</div>
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Catching sight of the Seattle skyline</div>
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The famous "needle"</div>
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Signs I don't typically see at home....</div>
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Here is the famous fish market I had heard about. Unfortunately I didn't catch a picture of the fishmongers throwing the big slippery fish back and forth. I did see them doing it, though. </div>
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Here we are shopping: Emma, Tamara, Flannery, Ann. We were with our friends Josh and Katie (and Joseph Cesare, who got lost in the crowds of thousands of people, yikes).</div>
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In the flower market, you could buy these gorgeous bouquets for just <b style="font-style: italic;">$5 apiece! </b>Unreal.</div>
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Visiting the market was a lot of fun. But there were huge crowds of people and it was so, so noisy. I was glad to have the relaxing ride back on the ferry. We had to rest up for a very busy week. We had no idea then just how busy it was going to be.</div>
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These photos are from the first few days we were there. We arrived almost a week early to help get ready. But the first few days, we did touristy things. I saw a lot of things that were very different from my usual everyday sights.<br />
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The first things that intrigued me were at the Seattle/Tacoma airport. These beautiful metal fish designs were in the floor, all over the place.<br />
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The next thing that caught my eye was this. I've been in many airports all over the US and some in foreign countries, but I don't recall ever seeing a sign like this before:</div>
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The first day, I rented a car and drove north a couple of hours to meet my college friend, Jody. We spent a couple of fun hours chatting and reminiscing.</div>
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Then I traveled to Bremerton, where we would be staying until the conference, to meet up with my group again. I was hosted at the house of the very friendly Helen and her lovely daughter Grace. They made me feel so at home!</div>
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This was the view from their back porch. I felt like I was at a wonderful bed and breakfast. It was so calm and peaceful there. And the weather was gorgeous the whole time we were out there... sunny and cool, just the way I like it.</div>
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This stuffed animal collection was perched on the head of my bed (really, I took this picture for Molly):</div>
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They EVEN had raw milk in the house (I love raw milk). This again is not something you would see in Kentucky! I am jealous! So you are going to think I am crazy, but I had to take a picture of this. </div>
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It was a very relaxing and enjoyable meeting. We met at the Pepin Mansion in New Albany, IN. Wow! What a palace it is. (photo on left from Wikimedia; on the right is a photo I took of part of the ceiling in one room)<br />
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The evening came with wine and chocolate!<br />
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Below is our teacher, Laura, with the model we were going to copy. We used acrylics. I had never done this before.<br />
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We first had to paint the entire canvas with the background color, and then we dried them with hair dryers.<br />
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It was fun and easier than I thought! In fact, I have an appointment to do another such painting class at a different place in a couple of weeks. This time it will be a tropical sunset painting.</div>
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