First, this in no way should reflect upon myself. I have been sick. And I guess if I had sisters or a mother or aunt around I'd have already finished my holiday preparations. But I don't, and I haven't...but there's one box going out of town, so that's the top of my list "To Do." Going to mail it today!!
Not sure what the woman in the middle is doing. My guess is carding the wool, it looks like a big square flat thing, which reminds me of one with lots of nails sticking out to pull the wool across. Or was it flax?
Far right is a spinning wheel, creating thread for weaving or knitting or mending. The woman with the hat is showing several white socks (at least to my eyes) and one colored one. She's either mending or knitting them.
I asked Santa to give me some new socks for Christmas. If nobody feels that urge, I'll have to go shopping myself in the new year.
I had an enjoyable hour (or so) listening to a story-teller on a CD a friend loaned me...Sheila Kay Adams, "Whatever Happened to John Parrish's Boy?" She has great stories in between the traditional ones, about her life and her grandmother's in the mountains around here in Western North Carolina. I would have liked it because she's a good story-teller, but I also like hearing about Warren Wilson College here in Black Mountain, and the hospital in Asheville where her grandmother was taken.
