Dinner with Friends before Driving to 7th North American Mushroom Conference in New Orleans

 

On March 4, 1988 we had dinner at our home for our closest friends, informing them that Campbell Soup forced us to move to Pennsylvania. 

Such a SAD tiding! 

We loved Dublin, Georgia and our friends and home and garden...

Since we would be leaving next day for a long drive to New Orleans, I used French paper lace placemats.

Delft white picture frames for each place setting with our spring flowers.

Setting in our dining room...

Using my Dutch Gero Zilmeta 528 Menuet cutlery.

You also see my Delft white swan, as a napkin holder...

Related posts:

Caring for our Squirrels while at 7th North American Mushroom Conference in New Orleans | previous post

7th North American Mushroom Conference at The Roosevelt in New Orleans | previous post by me

Review Quotation: Pieter J.C. Vedder; One of the Best Teachers in Mushroom Growing in the World | previous post by me where Pieter's boss compliments him at the 7th North American Mushroom Conference we went to...

7th North American Mushroom Conference Pieter J.C. Vedder CO₂ and Temperature Management | previous post with lecture that Pieter gave

Caring for our Squirrels while at 7th North American Mushroom Conference in New Orleans

On Thursday, March 3 of 1988, we both had put out the entire box with pecan nuts, on our patio.

This was meant to feed our 'tamed' squirrels that would be without us for a while, while we drove to New Orleans for attending the 7th North American Mushroom Conference, see link below post.

On February 19, we did purchase these Pecans at the Rotary Club's auction.

So we put the box on the patio, under the roofed area.

Right away our furry friends showed up!

Ah, you got us pecans...?

We thought that they each day would get some to EAT!

Nope, they went to the bottom of that box, the very day we put them out!

They buried them in our yard!

All tuckered out, on the tiles of our patio...

We were hoping that they would find all their burial spots!

Below you find previous posts about the Conference we both were heading to:

7th North American Mushroom Conference at The Roosevelt in New Orleans | previous post by me

Review Quotation: Pieter J.C. Vedder; One of the Best Teachers in Mushroom Growing in the World | previous post by me where Pieter's boss compliments him at the 7th North American Mushroom Conference we went to...

7th North American Mushroom Conference Pieter J.C. Vedder CO₂ and Temperature Management | previous post with lecture that Pieter gave

After Painter did a LOUSY Job Husband Pieter Painted our Home

 Don't know if it was because we were immigrants, but we sure had a lemon of a painter!

Using thinned paint for the full price...

As you can see in this photo, he did not even bother to take the shutters off the wall, for painting behind them.

Both of us did hate the original color, seen where the shutters were... so drab!

The house we moved in, got newly built but we had had no say in the color.

On June 30, Pieter started with this mega job.

Below, was our version after Pieter finished. Shutters in a darker green and the house a kind of off-white.

Pieter also decided to paint the fascia boards green, they did frame the house a lot better.

Photo from January 16, 1988 with snow on the roof... 

October 19, 1988

We left our DUTCH TREAT behind...

Campbell Soup forced us more or less to move to Pennsylvania.

With heavy heart, we did, we had put so much work into our home!

Glad I've archived our old photos.