I Think She Needs a Margarita
Or perhaps a good tickle.
Do you see how her hands are just a bit blurry? She just couldn't keep her hands from trying to work on that sock for the few minutes the exposure took. See sock knitters? This sock-knitting mania of yours has been going on for a long, long time!
This image is a daguerreotype, which dates the photo to about the late 1840's.
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I love her. She reminds me of Colonel Potter from M*A*S*H. :)
Is she an ancestor, or just a random find?
Posted by: Julie | January 17, 2007 at 11:54 AM
Wonderful!
Posted by: Kirsten | January 15, 2007 at 10:55 AM
Alright - which one of my kids provided you with our family photos???
Posted by: Sharon | October 18, 2006 at 01:18 AM
Alright - which one of my kids provided you with our family pictures???
Posted by: Sharon | October 18, 2006 at 01:16 AM
that lady looks like she just sucked down a lime, followed by a shaker of salt, but sadly, skipped the marg. thanks for showing us around your neck of the woods! can't wait to hang out again at rhinebeck.
Posted by: cyn | September 28, 2006 at 09:23 PM
Well, no one has ever accused me of being a lady, so I'll jump right in and suggest that she probably needed a whole box of prunes. Or maybe an enema. Then again, teeth would probably perk up that mug too!
Posted by: Kim | September 27, 2006 at 01:35 PM
You know, if I had to sit there for all the time photos used to take, I'd be knitting too. And I might even be frowning.
Posted by: Martha | September 26, 2006 at 10:08 AM
HaHa, Carole! Too funny.... laughing while clutching my sides.
Posted by: Manise | September 25, 2006 at 11:37 PM
Ha! Carole a lady! That's a good one.
I agree with her though.
Posted by: Cheryl | September 25, 2006 at 08:32 PM
I think a margarita sounds like a plan....
(Hello, dearie! Great blog.)
Posted by: carol | September 25, 2006 at 05:23 PM
I think she needs something else. But I'm a lady so I won't say what that is.
Posted by: Carole | September 25, 2006 at 03:52 PM