I'm posting these pictures for Gina, who asked me about the

embroidered post cards from WWI that I have, and were

glimpsed in a picture on a previous post.

Above are the six cards which have been in my Mom's family

since the war. They were sent from France by my Grandfather

Fogden to his family and his girlfriend (who eventually became

his wife). Each one is for a different occasion, and there is

usually a note written on the back of each card.

In the first picture the cards say:

1) Happy Easter

2) I love You

3) Thoughts of You Bring Sunshine.

In the second picture the cards say:

1) To My Dear Sister

2) Allies de 1915

3) Forget Me Not

Each card is so delicate and with bright colours and fine

detail work. It's hard to believe that these could have survived

a trip in the mail, even in an envelope. Especially during a war

time setting.

A busy weekend for us. Yesterday we were suppose to take my

Mom to the dentist for a couple of fillings. She has four teeth

that require fillings and she was to make two visits to get them

done. The dentist is only in on Saturdays once a month, but it

means that DH doesn't have to take time off of work to take her

and I can go too. Unfortunately we got a call from the Dentist's

office at 9:30 yesterday morning to say that the appointment

would have to be rescheduled because the Doctor was sick.

So I called the residence to let my Mom know that she had a

reprieve for a month. She was quite relieved about that because

she doesn't like going to the dentist any more then the rest of us

do, but at the same time it means prolonging the anxiety for

another month.

In the afternoon I went to a friend's annual birthday party. Just

a bunch of girls getting together, sans male partners, to chat and

eat great food made by the birthday girl's older sister. This years

meal was a Chinese food theme. We had Sechuan soup to start,

then the main course of Chinese sweet and sour chicken wings,

fried rice, salad and spring rolls. Desert was sorbet and the most

amazing thing...a basket of flowers made out of fruit. See picture

below. There was cantaloupe, honeydew melon, red grapes,

plain strawberries, and chocolate covered strawberries, and

pineapple. We just plucked the skewers holding the fruit in

the basket out and ate them like popsicles.

After the party ended, around six, DH came and picked me up

and we drove to the pub, our usual place called the Copper

Kettle, for dinner. It was Robbie Burns day this week and we

always go to the pub for dinner to celebrate. However we walked

in the front door of the pub to be greeted by the owner with the

warning that we'd probably not want to stay. Turns out their

furnace had quit during the night and they had no heat. Well,

we kept our coats on and stayed anyways. We had a nice dinner

and a little visit with our friends who run the place, but we didn't

stay as long as we might have done under normal conditions.

All in all it was a busy day.

Gina, I've got more post cards to share pictures of in my next post.

This one is getting a bit long. Cheers.