Last evening, Quilting Nana (Kathy from the Creative Urges blog) and her hubby had a very nice BBQ at their house. There were many interesting folks there including some people from her hubby's community theater group as well as some of her quilting pals (also friends of mine) from the quilt guild. The food was plentiful.....all kinds of snacks and salads, sausage sandwiches, BBQ'd chicken, and yummy desserts. DH and I had a wonderful time....thanks for inviting us, Kathy & Bill.Here is a photo of the 4 of us from the guild who were there.....standing are me (Pat!!!), another gal named Pat (VP for the guild this past year....no blog) and Kathy (our hostess last night and secretary for the guild this past year). Seated is Carole (no blog) who was a founding member of the guild and its first president. We chatted away and our husbands had to make silly comments about our stashes and fat quarters and waiting in the car while we are in the quilt shop......stuff like that. They just do NOT understand, do they? :) Oh, yes......look below......as there is one more photo for you today.....
This is a follow up to yesterday's blog posting. Some of you wondered whether or not those gals swim in the ocean or just stand at the edge. They DO swim in the ocean and swim IN those dresses. (They don't wear their head coverings in the water, though.) This is a photo taken a bit later in the season last year. They are not supposed to have their faces photographed so we try to stay at a distance and use a zoom lens. The young man in the photo is also Amish or Mennonite. If you look closely at the dress of the gal nearest to him (click to enlarge the photo), you can see how wet it is. They go all the way in the water in their dresses......I'm thinking it must not be very comfy to come out and sit in a soaking wet dress for awhile! And...in case you were wondering, they do NOT drive horse and buggy to the beach. (The beaches are a bit far away from their homes here for them to do that.) If they are Mennonite, they do drive cars...mostly vans.... and tend to transport several people at once. If they are Amish, they will hire a driver and car to take them places that are too far to go with their buggies.
15 comments:
Sounds like a great time with great friends.
BTW, love the pic and info about the ladies!
Looks like y'all had fun!
Wow, they swim in dresses??
How cool a bit of trivia!
The BBQ witwh your friends sounds like fun. I love the pictures you've posted of the Mennonite ladies.
What a lovely day...food with friends both old and new.
Crispy
Those poor husbands, if they ever got started quilting you would have to fight them for the stash!
Thanks for the pic and info on the Mennonite swimmers.
Sounds like a great BBQ get together! Why is it that husbands always make those kind of comments? They really love the stuff we do, but seem to have to make it look as if they are upset about it.
My husband has NO idea what my stash looks like, and he NEVER goes shopping with me. Phew. If he only knew. Some secrets are healthy for a relationship.
Love the amish photos. We took a tour while in amish country in Ohio, and the guide told us about so many of their traditions and customs, but there is no biblical basis to so many of them. They do not know why they practice them. It's just what they've always done. One that really gets me: The women's dresses are closed with straight pins!!! Yet the men get snaps and hooks and eyes. No buttons allowed.
I work with a group of Mennonite ladies at the local thrift store - such nice people - but it does seem a tad bit unfair, that the guys get to swim without all that wet fabric clinging to them!!!
I work with a group of Mennonite ladies at the local thrift store - such nice people - but it does seem a tad bit unfair, that the guys get to swim without all that wet fabric clinging to them!!!
sounds like you had an awesome time...and I do l ove the pictures your husband has taken.
The BBQ sounds like fun and the food delicious! I like BBQ.
When we lived in TN we had a Mennonite or Amish community just done the road - in Greeneville. We would go to the restaurant there - and the food was incrediable!!!
They also had a wonderful store - and we shopped there all the time - especially for baking items...
I have a wonderful cookbook that I bought there!!!
Looks like you had a nice get together..
Men just don't understand we NEED fabric stash...don't we!
Enjoyed reading about the Mennonite ..
Julia ♥
Glad you had a good time at the BBQ, and great pic of you and your friends! I also like the pic of the girls going swimming in their dresses.
What a great pic of the BBQ, sounds like lots of fun! I love the pic of the Mennonite swimmers... very interesting. I'm not sure if I'd be able to stand in a wet dress like that. Too heavy!! :-)
thanks for the lovely comments about the BBQ...we so love to have friends over. It was nice to have time with friends and their hubbies...that way the hubbies get a chance to meet each other and hear other hubby stories...
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