My Estonian Socks with ROSES

 Already for two years I had this pair of hand knitted Estonian woolen socks with ROSES

But they did not fit in ANY of my shoes...

Got me some bone colored Crocs in a size 9 and that works perfect!

Knew Mieke, from the blog Gebreide Sjaals in The Netherlands.

Did have her knit a beautiful lace knitted scarf in black, for our adopted daughter Liz in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Never got any photo of it however...

Dikke wollen kniekousen winter 21/2022 ←click link and at the very top you also find knitted scarfs.

All hand knitted in Estonia and they truly are gorgeous!

Pieter took this detail from my leg...

One can only admire such incredible work!

Wearing my Escada skirt (pleated in the back) with my roses socks and cashmere sweater.

Bare legs as I was having my medical pedicure at Georgia Podology Services in Lithonia, GA near Atlanta.

Next day, wearing my Wolford pantyhose under my knee socks with roses. 

This was at the Hyatt House Atlanta/Cobb Galleria.

Inside our room...

Do you like ROSES and warm woolen socks?

PRESSTINE Atlanta—Altering my Escada Body with Snaps

 Well, on January 9, I did drop off one of my Escada bodies with snaps for having it altered into a top and then dry cleaned.

When we went back on January 16, for making my usual rounds and heading to the Infinity dealer for having our passenger seat front tire repaired—we stopped by to pick it up.

While I punched the address into the GPS for Nalley Infiniti of Atlanta, Pieter went inside to pick up and pay for my altered body.

When I saw Pieter come back with a long trailing thing inside the plastic cover... I was puzzled and asked him to show me.

Sure enough I right away saw those SNAPS!

Argghhh—so I jumped out of the car and took it over from Pieter and went inside.

This is the FINAL correct result...

ALTER — CUT OFF THE 

SNAP AND MAKE A SEAM

cut of the snap

and make a seem

The bold wording makes one cringe at nowadays spelling...

Not the language we got taught!

Yep, I had to go inside and let them know that they did not cut off the snaps and make a seam...

So I had to leave it there one more time and come back a 3rd time!

A very nice Escada body in 90% rayon and 10% elasthane.

Lace insert is polyester with elasthane...

But I did not like those snaps...

Do you like wearing anything like that?

Do you wear any bodies with snaps?

Wore it today when singing... with my Wolford pantyhose.

With my Escada green and black velvet jacket and black skirt.

I'm holding my top where it has been newly seamed.

Just perfect!

Our Charleston See–It–All Sightseeing Bus Tour

 Quite pleased with having booked us a Charleston See–It–All Sightseeing Bus Tour!

That proved to be excellent and conveniently close within walking distance to our Hyatt House Charleston Historic District in South Carolina.

Thanks to TripAdvisor, where I found some excellent reviews that highly recommended this.

Also instead of a carriage tour, which covers only a limited area and would be rather noisy as you are out in the open... Considering my Pieter wearing hearing aids.

Having booked on line I had our tickets on my iPhone and we walked in about 5 minutes from the Hyatt House Charleston Historic District, to 375 Meeting Street to VISITOR CENTER of Charleston.

That's where all the tour buses come to pick up their passengers.

Charleston with its Southern Charm was founded in 1670 as Charles Town in honor of King Charles II.

Charleston is also called the Holy City because of its religious tolerance and abundant places of worship.

Charleston has lots of handmade wrought iron work. Notice the elaborate front door that goes to nowhere?

It just gets opened for letting the natural breeze go through all the way by opening the next door and/or windows.

Also the single house (one room wide) has its narrow side with a gable end, along the street.

Always facing north/south or east/west for taking advantage of prevailing breezes.

Citadel Military College

The Citadel Airforce Jet named Annette from the Vietnam War era.

Huge Replica of the Citadel's Class Ring

Colonial Lake Park a charming historical city park in the middle of Charleston's historic neighborhoods

As you can see, the weather was perfect!

Charleston maintains also a perfect green image of its beautiful historic city!

Great architecture and perfect gardens, parks and green sections throughout.

Lovely historic home and especially the lower outdoor shutters are exactly in the pattern as we have for our indoor shutters and doors!

You can see our Historic Charleston raised panels here: {Our 'GREEN' Bedroom} ←click on link.

Also The Charleston you can see here: → Solid Oak Shutters REDONE: Now Professionally Mortise Hinged by Husband Pieter

Real lovely homes and often surrounded by Live Oak trees, as you see here in the front.

Statue to the The Defenders of Fort Sumter Monument in Battery Park

Text reads: To The Confederate Defenders of Charleston 

Fort Sumter

1861–1865

The statue is located in the southern tip of the Battery

The Battery in Charleston is a fortified seawall and promenade.

The Battery is lined with historic antebellum homes... the cream of the Holy City's architecture.

Our Sightseeing Bus Tour lasted 90 minutes and the driver was very knowledgeable.

My Pieter enjoyed listening to him and getting to know more about Charleston's history and architecture; so did I!

Charleston See–It–All Sightseeing Bus Tour provided by Adventure Sightseeing, SC ←click for more info.

Just snapped this picture hastily as we had disembarked at the Visitor Center before driver Benji pulled up...

That was a wonderful Adventure!

Now we leisurely stroll back to our hotel...

Pieter comfortably dressed in his Zegna jeans and comfy shoes, just as I was wearing, with my Escada jeans and Wolford top seen in top picture.

Lovely handmade wrought iron work everywhere and these lanterns got adorned with flower baskets.

And arriving "HOME" again at our Hyatt House...

Perfect for tea time at our One Bedroom King Suite!

The weather was perfect as well with still 23℃ or 73.4℉ at 16:40 o'clock! 

Enjoy our short Relive video and stay tuned for more...

LOVED singing in Händel's Messiah

MUSIC is FOOD for the SOUL

Even more so when it is being composed by Georg Friedrich Händel...
December is a busy month for ALL, but I did commit myself to sing in one more choir since it is our favorite: Händel's Messiah!

Second row from the top, 2nd from left behind lady in sleeveless dress, I'm singing my heart out as a soprano.
We sang 7 songs and in-between we had a tenor, bas, alto and soprano sing a solo.
The Orchestra played great and we only rehearsed together with the orchestra, the day before!
Twice we'd rehearsed + performed on the actual day though!
Our local TV35, did capture the entire performance: Handel Messiah at Theatre Dublin click this link.

In the above screenshot from full video, finally the drummer and trumpet players are being shown as well!
I'm just sitting down here...
Husband Pieter did enjoy both performances and felt very proud of me singing with the choir.

That was our Händel's Messiah, with Georgia Southern University Magnolia String Quartet
First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir and Orchestra

No doubt, it made my Mom smile down from heaven, hearing her 2nd daughter sing soprano, like she used to do in her choir...
My Paternal Grandmother also sang as soprano, together with her friend my Mother-in-law who was a 2nd soprano.
Of course, my Dad who still sings but no longer as a first tenor.
Just learned that Dad quit singing, due to his severe flu recently he has said his farewell to the choir...
Used this link of:  Händel's Messiah since it was spelled correctly in German!

Encyclopedia Brittannica shows it correct: Georg Friedrich Händel with the German Umlaut, which can also be replaced by 'ae' as: Haendel.

Both, Pieter and I did sing in a previous Händel's Messiah, in 1995...

With all our traveling as International Consultants it was not easy to keep up—but we committed ourselves.

A very small segment can be seen/heard here at my Parents' home on September 20, 1995

Pieter J.C. Vedder captured me studying Comfort Ye My People, Händel's Messiah at my Parents'

 ←click link for video

~

Only 3 days earlier, Pieter snapped this photo from part of our choir the Knight Owls, performing at the annual Christmas Revue. Me, 2nd row, 2nd from left...
Since my double, closed pelvic bone fracture, I no longer dare to stand on the top riser!
We do have lots of talent in this group and it feels warm and fuzzy to belong!

This is what I was wearing when performing with the Knight Owls at different events and since the Christmas Revue we also did perform at two local nursing homes.
My Escada Jacquard Knit Rose Sweater with a wide belt (from Indonesia) on Wolford leggings.
 Fake fur leg warmers from Walmart that I did fold over my boots from Italy and fake fur fingerless gloves from Walmart.

Husband Pieter and I are facing our 35th Christmas, without any family nearby.
To both of us, Christmas is the pure religious meaning.

Only in 2004, we did have our foster-daughter Anita staying with us.
Fond memories!
Still wear my hair calf boots and skirt from Escada with black sweater.
Cat boy Barty on the left is still with us but not Spooky on the right who died at age 3.5 because of heart worm...

 Wishing each of you a Merry Christmas! 

REVUE 2017 with our CHOIR & Memories of MOM

On May 6 we did perform for the REVUE 2017 with our Choir at the local theatre, together with 3 younger girl choirs; Mockingbirds, Hummingbirds and Knightingales.

We are called the Empty Nesters, the Knight Owls and all under the leading of Kelly Knight.

Dublin: Women of all ages sing together as Knightengales click the hyperlink.

For me it was the very FIRST time to participate with those Empty Nesters and some of them performed 6 times already.

Here above we are dressed up for our Song: FEVER

It is singing and dancing...

REVUE 2017 We Are Strong click link to complete video from TV35 WDIG

At Minute: 10:46 you find our song: FEVER

Husband Pieter did snap this photo from me in my FEVER outfit, before I left for the Matinee performance at 2:00 PM and again at 7:00 PM.
Wearing my Escada silk blouse with Red Roses over new black Wolford leggings that arrived by special courier.
For the actual performance I wore these Chanel shoes with low heel...
Silver & Gold set of jewelry from TANE, México City, the Tiffany of Mexico.
Those are the special things we found during our time of Consulting when staying at the Camino Hotel Polanco Mexico.
They had great boutiques!
Necklace, bracelet, earrings and ring.

My spot was top left, on the risers.
Here we sing: HOME, which is visible at minute: 42.14 on the Youtube video.
For this song some ladies just had toned down their outfit; no boa, shimmery top or hat...

WOW, here we all turned into ROCK STARS by singing: JOURNEY at minute: 1:02:00 on the Youtube video.
Well, on Tuesday May 2nd during rehearsal at the theatre, on the risers, I did fall off towards the end.
I had practiced all my steps at home, in front of my Mac's full screen with video and on the solid oak plank floor of our office...
Boy did I have to reprogram my brain for making tiny baby-steps on the narrow risers!
Nothing broken, only my left thumb got bruised, my right underarm and feet.

So for that purpose of having to perform on the risers, I did NOT wear these Escada sandals...
Top is a bargain from Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5th.
A Karl Lagerfeld cropped top with a leather look rose appliqué and buttons with roses.
Coming close to the desired look of Leather Moto Jackets and jeans.
Thinking about Singing, I know in my heart that my Mom would have been so proud of her eldest daughter performing as a 1st soprano, just like she did for three decades!
And Mom was wearing the perfect outfit for JOURNEY when her photo was taken here in Macon, Georgia in 1996...

Missing her once again around this Mother's Day but I could certainly feel her presence.
She is always near and safely in heaven with my eldest sister!

Right after we performed JOURNEY, we moved closer together for performing our final song: WHEN I FALL IN LOVE

The ending of WHEN I FALL IN LOVE... (made popular by Doris Day).
Husband Pieter did enjoy the evening performance and I will one day watch the entire video of almost 2 hours.
What a special gift from one of Dublin's Talented Ladies that had the vision for teaching young girls for 20 years now! 
What an impact it has had on our community and it taught them so much more than just singing!
So many young girls benefited from being taught confidence, poise, grace and expression!
Well, we, the 'mature girls' did also learn so much.

And the audience loved it!

Could not believe this incredible deal when I received my email notification from Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5th.
Only US $ 39.99 so I snatched that up right away!

You'll dazzle in this glossy textured cropped top...

Love this fashion score!

Hope you enjoyed this little mention.
We are off now for 3 months, without any rehearsals and certainly look forward to starting again with this fun group!

Thank you for your visit!

Related links:

Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (Live in Houston) - Youtube video with 44 million views!

Journey - Faithfully (Official Video) - Youtube video with 67 million views!
Journey - Any Way You Want It - Youtube video with 21 million views!

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{Cooler Weather Time for Wearing my Escada Plaid Suit}

Such a tragic week... It kind of throws you off!

Our thoughts are with the French families that lost their loved ones to yet another ISIS attack.

And still 202 injured are fighting for their lives...

May God bless them and give them the strength needed.

So why not go a bit back in time, to February 20, when the weather was still pleasant here in Georgia.

It feels great when it is not that hot and humid...

We can only dream about that time right now!

Due to my series about husband Pieter's trip to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, I did not get to post a lot of things.

Another great Escada Outlet find.

Complete with Escada handbag and pumps.
Wolford pantyhose.

Skirt I bought when we were with Pieter's late brother Toon...

Happy times together in October of 2000!

Pieter in his Joseph Abboud suit and silk tie with Zegna shirt, a score from Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH at Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in New York.

Of course, our felines are always in the picture!

Sitting next to Pieter is Spooky boy (9) and next to him is our senior boy Barty (12).

We do hope that we will be able to enjoy them for many more years!

Spooky acts more like a doggy... always at our side, like a magnet.

Wishing you a lovely weekend, wherever you are.

Lots of people will be on vacation right now.

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{Wearing my Escada Sheath Dress with Jacket}

On January 5, blogger friend Marie-Thérèse from The French Touch wrote about: Something Old, Something New and Something Essential and in the commenting she asked me how many Sheaths I have in my wardrobe...

Okay Marie-Thérèse, here is one of them!

On April 9, it was a rather cool day for Georgia standards so I loved wearing my Cashmere Wool Escada Sheath with Silk Leopard trim + Jacket!

Also wearing my thick Majorica pearls with this outfit.

Here you can see the comments about the very subject and some funny language details as well.

A Classic Sheath Dress in Dutch we call: 'Nauw Aansluitend Jurkje' or Tight Fitting Dress if translated. But if you search for 'Sheath' in Dutch it also will show a condom... only emphasizing the tight fit! 

But let's go back to Fashion...

Just love to wear this soft and warm Cashmere Wool with Silk Escada outfit. It is lined too.

Together with my Wolford tights and Escada suede pumps it works fine.

I also got to wear my Majorica pearls...

Come to think about it, since we both retired, we don't attend Congresses anymore so the need for dressing up is a lot less. 

Frankly, I'm more of a jeans and shorts wearing girl...

What do you like to wear mostly?

This was on April 9, with our Rose Arbor and soon our two white Eden roses will be blooming!

Things are always growing and time is going fast.

Proud for having scanned now 25 of my 33 photo albums; so there is light at the end of the tunnel. 

What looked like a mega task is diminishing now.

With perseverance and will power.

BUT, in tackling this job, I'm a bit too sedentary for my health...

In a week that too will change and we get back to walking and biking together and hope that will improve my health.

Went to see my Nephrologist on Wednesday and learned that both of my kidneys are functioning for 48%.

That hit me real hard; thinking about my Mom who died last year, after almost 8 years of kidney dialysis.

This means that my stage CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) went from 2 to 3A.

Let's hope I will be able to reverse it somewhat! 

At least keeping it steady and not progressing...

Related link to previous post by me showing a Sheath Dress:

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