tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post8132550460559152478..comments2024-03-29T10:02:03.510-04:00Comments on Vicki Lane Mysteries: Camp NoFunVicki Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-54259504390920587222010-07-01T13:23:56.540-04:002010-07-01T13:23:56.540-04:00That sounds really neat, Pat from FL! I may have t...That sounds really neat, Pat from FL! I may have to plant some gladioli (not a favorite of mine because they need staking) just so I can try it.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-88286232811710030762010-07-01T13:23:55.594-04:002010-07-01T13:23:55.594-04:00That sounds really neat, Pat from FL! I may have t...That sounds really neat, Pat from FL! I may have to plant some gladioli (not a favorite of mine because they need staking) just so I can try it.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-42266948502041887242010-07-01T13:14:10.061-04:002010-07-01T13:14:10.061-04:00Vicki - As kids, visiting Grandma (a lot of years ...Vicki - As kids, visiting Grandma (a lot of years ago), we colored white Gladioli (called Gladiola, plural Gladioli, Gladiolus, or Gladioluses, according to Britannica - I had to check that!). Really fun to watch as the colors slowly traveled through the veins, giving them stripes before eventually coloring the entire flower. We used water with blue ink. Thanks for the reminder of fun times.Pat from Floridanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-26305242370723990742010-06-30T22:35:49.660-04:002010-06-30T22:35:49.660-04:00The dyed savage carrot flowers look quite fetching...The dyed savage carrot flowers look quite fetching in a cobalt blue bottle.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-80701646766431615792010-06-30T22:21:29.178-04:002010-06-30T22:21:29.178-04:00I bet they loved coming to that camp and have wond...I bet they loved coming to that camp and have wonderful memories about it. The Queen Anne’s lace is pretty colored like that, then what did you do with it? Place it in a pretty crystal vase?Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-29711491421385523892010-06-30T16:11:44.167-04:002010-06-30T16:11:44.167-04:00I'm going to try that! so cool!I'm going to try that! so cool!torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06366799846606991571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-19579049024452967282010-06-30T15:56:17.350-04:002010-06-30T15:56:17.350-04:00Camp no fun-sounds like lots of fun. I've been...Camp no fun-sounds like lots of fun. I've been meaning to get the girls to dye some queen's anne lace-now you've reminded me :)Tipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11714281090985487356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-84471921207852534462010-06-30T15:44:06.819-04:002010-06-30T15:44:06.819-04:00It was a learning experience for the girls -- and ...It was a learning experience for the girls -- and for me. I have two boys and girls were amazingly different to deal with.<br /><br />Dang, Tammy -- I wish I'd known about those homemade snow globes!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-63598165714614281982010-06-30T15:41:27.687-04:002010-06-30T15:41:27.687-04:00Such fun thinking up things to do with youngsters....Such fun thinking up things to do with youngsters. I didn't know about dying flowers either - great idea. Most of my happy childhood memories have 'dressing up' somewhere in them!jennyfreckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221511824958069710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-17217806149435326772010-06-30T12:30:19.242-04:002010-06-30T12:30:19.242-04:00Children are our future. Wonderful that you introd...Children are our future. Wonderful that you introduced them to the natural rhythm of country life. -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-88230297473530396172010-06-30T10:22:09.026-04:002010-06-30T10:22:09.026-04:00Sounds like Camp Lots of Fun to me! I'm sure ...Sounds like Camp Lots of Fun to me! I'm sure the girls have treasured memories from those times as do you. I really didn't know about the Queen Anne's Lace either and me being a country girl lo all these years even! As a child I longed to be on my Grandma's farm and had the great fortune to have my cousin also live there. The times we had. This also reminds me of VBS and the sweet little crafts we did (like baby food jars/glitter/water creating a 'snow globe' or the ever popular macaroni pictures..;-)<br />TammyTammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02131066591477169851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-4610657168131689562010-06-30T09:35:43.301-04:002010-06-30T09:35:43.301-04:00We would send our oldest two off to Kansas for two...We would send our oldest two off to Kansas for two weeks every summer for a visit with WT's parents on the farm. They were treated to all kinds of fun experiences, and it was very much like camp. What a wonderful auntie you are, giving your nieces memories they will always treasure.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-14774045881111274542010-06-30T09:28:37.372-04:002010-06-30T09:28:37.372-04:00I just love this picture of your nieces. What won...I just love this picture of your nieces. What wonderful memories you gave them, Vicki!!<br /><br />okay - gonna dye me some fleurs ! ! Queen Ann's lace is just fascinating; I particularly love the underside. What intricate work Mother Nature has done with Queen Ann's lace.Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-76659877249546120612010-06-30T08:38:02.724-04:002010-06-30T08:38:02.724-04:00What a great idea about dyeing the Queen Anne'...What a great idea about dyeing the Queen Anne's Lace. Your lucky nieces...Paul Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836602667355512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-90077252514692804302010-06-30T08:28:39.860-04:002010-06-30T08:28:39.860-04:00Come on, Deanna -- give it a try! Go wild!
Cranbe...Come on, Deanna -- give it a try! Go wild!<br /><br />Cranberry might work, Stephanie. But I think I remember past success with red -- possibly I put too much of the food coloring in. (I did have a grandmother like that, lucky me!)<br /><br />Never tried daisies, June. Florists do it with carnations-- green for St. Patrick's Day, etc.<br /><br />Pat -- Genie, the one on the left is a makeup artist in Hollywood -- a long, long way from the country. Amelia, you've met here before -- she's the mother of young Asher. She and her husband live and work in Charlottesville, VA but really hope to move back to this area. She's a farm girl at heart.<br /><br />Camp was fun for all of us, Brian!<br /><br />Love the WCW poem, Miss Yves! And I've learned the French word for wild carrot -- which I shall enjoy thinking of as 'savage carrot!' Yes, 'metamorphosis' is correct.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-4960242437151024932010-06-30T08:18:50.996-04:002010-06-30T08:18:50.996-04:00This was great. The camp sounds so much fun. I did...This was great. The camp sounds so much fun. I didn't know about the Queen Anne's lace either.Mr. Stupidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03260596689348157568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-61073907666714530352010-06-30T07:52:05.015-04:002010-06-30T07:52:05.015-04:00I've learnt many things today:
the English wo...I've learnt many things today:<br /> the English word for"Carotte sauvage ", a poem about this plant:<br />"Each flower is a hand’s span<br />of her whiteness. Wherever<br />his hand has lain there is<br />a tiny purple blemish.<br /><br />Queen Anne's Lace (Carottes sauvages), William Carlos William<br />poème entier et traduction"<br /><br />Your nieces are cute, dressed with "your ols skirts"<br />I love the pictures showing the métamorphosis (Is this right ?)of the plants .Miss_Yveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11558587966129386283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-20190242615248322152010-06-30T06:24:26.758-04:002010-06-30T06:24:26.758-04:00ih now that is really cool...camp sounds fun too. ...ih now that is really cool...camp sounds fun too. smiles.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-86544710238194421702010-06-30T05:56:56.827-04:002010-06-30T05:56:56.827-04:00That is so neat that you gave your nieces that opp...That is so neat that you gave your nieces that opportunity! Where are they now, what are they doing? Did they carry through with some of the things from camp? <br /><br />I love Queen Anne's Lace but never knew about the dyeing of it ... I'll have to show my granddaughter that on her next visit!Pat in east TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654095647835294718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-81444995522204053362010-06-30T05:52:16.255-04:002010-06-30T05:52:16.255-04:00Omigosh! I had forgotten that about flowers. I thi...Omigosh! I had forgotten that about flowers. I think we used to do it with something else...daisies? I've never tried it with QA lace! How pretty!Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-45481910535568544362010-06-30T00:39:05.547-04:002010-06-30T00:39:05.547-04:00I didn't know that about Queen Anne's lace...I didn't know that about Queen Anne's lace, either. But, could you use an organic dye--like cranberry water?<br /><br />And what a great idea--to teach them family traditions and basic skills! Wish I'd had a grandmother like that.Stephanie Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613883248899266708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-89157160344174015212010-06-30T00:11:19.716-04:002010-06-30T00:11:19.716-04:00What fun! And I'll have to admit I didn't...What fun! And I'll have to admit I didn't know that about Queen Ann's Lace... sigh, I have lived such a sheltered life.Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137773126591638229noreply@blogger.com