Hello there ....
are you looking forward to a nice weekend ... I do believe the sun is going to shine.
We had a little wander up the lane today and picked a few blackberries. Not many ready yet ... but they are on their way ... lots on the brambles.
Hubby P in his 'Hunter Gatherer' mode ... he reached up into the tree to provide me with a few apples to put with the blackberries ... I shall jam these few we picked today.
I picked a few sprays of some rather lovely rose hips too ... they were dangling over the hedge and so far into the road I'm sure it would be no time before a car knocked them back ... or a horse and rider got tangled in them ....
I thought they would look nice in one of my jugs ...brings quite an autumnal feel to the house.
A couple of finds this week I thought you may like ...
This huge .. huge table cloth .. a pretty pink ...
(its a bit crumpled ... its just out of the washing machine)
Someone has lovingly embellished the printed cotton with pretty hand embroidery ... a lovely thing.
And how about this ....
This is an American Officers uniform jacket ...
It belonged to Lieutenant R H Burkhart ...
Cincinatti 1943
(this information is in the jacket)
It is rather moth eaten and has had its original buttons replaced ... I found a 5 cent coin (1940) in the pocket and a small comb.
Now this jacket was found packed away in a house/attic belonging to a little old man in Wales ... now where is the story in this? ... is there a romantic element presumably there would have been a lady of the house at one time ... is there a touch of GI love? ... was it a gift? ... was it mealy lost ... and found?
And who was R H Burkhart?... die he get back home...to Cincinatti
(where is Cincinatti exactly?... Ohio....I'm just guessing)
Life is so full of stories ... I like to think it has seen happy times.
That's all for now folks ... take care x
