tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91864562024-03-19T01:48:17.502-07:00Home LivingHome Living: For Ladies at Home, and Those Who Want to Be. Making the Home the Best Place to Be. I hope your visit here will inspire love in your home.
Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger2540125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-82528718537894883342024-03-05T18:12:00.000-08:002024-03-07T08:00:02.095-08:00Focus at HomeGreetings at Last!It has been cold here and a bit of a challenge to stay warm indoors but we are enduring it as best we can.I am so happy you came to view and to listen while you continue with your responsibilities at home.I spoke today of making the home a good and pleasant place to dwell, so that we don't have to go "somewhere else" for relief.Don't forget to go to my Pinterest page and view Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-27957720277428835062024-02-25T15:21:00.000-08:002024-03-07T07:58:34.909-08:00Dressing Well May Aid in Doing WellHello Dear Friends,Please join me for an hour to focus on the home and shut out the bad reports of the world.I hope you will nurture good thoughts today and bring yourself and your home up to a level of dignity and respect, beginning with your appearance. In reference to hair care, I referred to this link:Pin Curl DiariesI told you about a video I listened to that had some very useful Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-55620507801886700532024-02-20T12:28:00.000-08:002024-02-23T08:52:27.607-08:00Dressing for Home, Activating a Character Quality, "Dont Lose the Sale."Hello Dear Friends,It is still uncomfortably cold here but "we are enduring it as best we can."We have the natural blue light half an hour before sunrise:This is what The Manse looks like in the morning fog and blue light. You see the layer of mist on the top of the land in the distance.I spoke to you from The Ocean Room, and here are some sand dollar cookies with fog tea :I have been looking Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-13018563283463872512024-02-02T18:43:00.000-08:002024-02-03T11:58:00.043-08:00A Few Things That Help the Homemaker(View From My Window: Eastern Afternoon)Hello Ladies,I am so glad you are visiting and I hope you can get some things done that you've been putting off, while you listen to the broadcast today.I was in "The Ocean Room".There was a rainstorm and a bright rainbow today.What I wore:With an apron:Please enjoy your work while you listen:Here is one of the Lucy Wyndham-Reade exercises I spoke of,Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-56022582019795807522024-01-16T19:41:00.000-08:002024-01-16T20:37:01.500-08:00Appreciation, Not Always Guided by the ClockHello Ladies,I hope you enjoy today's broadcast. I showed a few publications I found interesting. This one is the recent 2024 issue and is quite nice. There is an ice storm here and we are happy to be safely inside the house. Indeed, we cannot leave. The house doors and car doors are frozen shut. Not to worry though. Being locked in has been interesting.I talked a little about the nice Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-8003822149234792162024-01-14T22:20:00.000-08:002024-01-14T22:20:15.127-08:00Thinking of You at Home Greetings Ladies.I hope you are doing well.Very cold weather we are having here at The Manse: 15 degrees Fahrenheit. These pictures were taken at the start of the ice storm. The ground is now completely covered in white ice.I hope to be back shortly with a video. Today I plan to mail out some pretty cards, ….sew some pillowcases from this cotton fabric.… and make something from this Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-73486105594668795222024-01-05T16:49:00.000-08:002024-01-05T19:10:53.608-08:00Dress for Happiness, Edify at Home, Dear Ladies,If you have some things to do, you might enjoy listening to the broadcast, posted at the end. Here is how I make the headbands that I have been wearing lately:The headbands come in a bag of 6 at the dollar store.I take a strip of fabric or some ribbon (also from the dollar store) and wrap it around the band, tuck it in at the ends--no sewing, no glue. This one is a covered with aLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-31115847820026393432023-12-28T18:05:00.000-08:002023-12-28T18:39:15.385-08:00Making Home Pleasant (Food, Manners, Poetry, Education)Hello lovely ladies at home (and those who want to be).The video is at the end of this page.Today I "broadcast" from my sewing room. These sessions are designed to listen while you get a few things done at home. I wore this butterfly cotton print dress, which I sewed many years ago from this pattern, Simplicity 9198: Below is a picture from an old book I have. I was looking at it Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-90003819025008976612023-12-26T13:29:00.000-08:002023-12-26T20:55:04.620-08:00Quiet DaysHello Everyone and Welcome to The Manse.No great throng came over on the 25th but we texted each other and that was nice. I spent the day catching up on a few household things that had been nagging me for awhile, and walking (carefully) outside.I like this primitive-porcelain contrast of the distant fog shrouding the forest, with the shining teacup. That is what my stealth-sipping is Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-58594677285264960002023-12-24T19:28:00.000-08:002023-12-24T19:34:51.433-08:00Merry and Bright Greetings Ladies,I have been scurrying around making things merry and bright in The Manse. This is the blue light that comes half an hour before sunrise, that is supposed to be incredibly beneficial for health. Here I am as it gets lighter. This is my little winter house and it has the most interesting window on the lower right. I will try to remember to get pictures of Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-7362337546940007682023-12-17T16:47:00.000-08:002023-12-17T16:47:29.234-08:00Forming Pleasant Home RoutinesGreetings Dear Ladies,I am happy to have a broadcast for you to listen while you work (or sleep). Someone knit this cute snowman and tea cozy for me several years ago. I read parts from these books, that I thought would be useful for the homemaker. Today I mentioned the routines of homemakers of the past and suggested it was their pleasant and relaxing routines that helped Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-68398378095966531732023-12-16T14:10:00.000-08:002023-12-16T14:10:17.987-08:00Hope to Be Here Soon I hope you are doing well in your present circumstances. As Jane Austen said when not everyone was behaving: “We are enduring it as best we can.” If only The Manse would behave itself and stay in order, I could broadcast more often. However I hope to see you wonderful ladies soon! I’m getting a few things cleaned up.Lydia RuthLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-54953713740525295922023-12-08T18:34:00.000-08:002023-12-09T10:48:24.726-08:00Making Winter FriendlierIt seems so long since we were last together. I'm delighted you came to visit today.In this broadcast I talked about a few things that gave me a feeling of well-being back "in the olden days" before today's constant distress:*Having things in order at home*Clean laundry, kitchen and bathroom*Correspondence caught up*Fresh food supplies for a few days mealsI have been making "magazines" for the Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-31938389347144440412023-12-04T23:14:00.000-08:002023-12-05T11:35:20.598-08:00Occupied At the Manse Hello Ladies,It is supposed to be winter here but we have very mild weather with gentle rain and warmish wind and plenty of flowers. In Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, an old saying used by Mr. Gibson when telling his daughter to shop for whatever she needed and spare no expense, was “I do it to keep you quiet.” If you are of a “ vital” age, you might remember when people Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-25983699455027487522023-11-20T18:15:00.000-08:002023-11-20T20:06:09.841-08:00Freedom at Home, Winter IdeasHello Ladies,I hope you are giving life your best today. I have a new "broadcast" video. You can listen while you catch up on a few things at home.I shared another tea book from Dollar Tree purchased a decade or more ago:It is from The Clever Factory publishing company in Nashville, Tennessee.I enjoyed this exercise video from Lucy Windham-Read, in a winter wonderland. It will be nice to Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-4211062631015212182023-11-18T17:53:00.000-08:002023-11-18T18:38:20.615-08:00We Want to be Happy at HomeGreetings dear friends at home (and those who aspire to be)!I appreciate your visit and I hope you enjoy the video. "We are having very nice weather." I have been wearing this historical "walking skirt"which my daughter sewed for me many years ago.It is longer in the back, with a nice pleat. Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-4936354843479730942023-11-10T20:51:00.095-08:002023-11-11T11:04:09.281-08:00Patiently, Thought by Thought --For the HomeHello Ladies,It is looking and feeling very grim out there but "we are enduring it as best we can."Today's broadcast is at the end of the page.As you listen today please remember that these are my own ideas based on my observations and thoughts and do not necessarily apply to any other person's situation. Even if you have different thoughts and ideas, as I always opine, "We can still be friends."Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-6678765931456470942023-11-06T11:55:00.004-08:002023-11-10T04:41:38.038-08:00Thoughts at HomeHello lovely ladies at home (and those who want to be).I hope you are doing the best you can at home.Please make a list, pray, take care of your appearance, exercise (find a video to follow for your age and ability), even if it is a one minute stretch, walk outside even if it is two steps, sing a song, read a sentence in a good book, listen to music, wash something by hand, paint a picture, writeLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-47345144968348300582023-11-03T16:44:00.128-07:002023-11-03T19:46:22.086-07:00Reading and Talking About Various Things Hello Dearest Ones!!Welcome, and if you'd like to hear the video (without ads!) while you read, scroll to the end of this page.I'm writing and broadcasting for my own family and sharing it with "all you all" as if we were attending a special ladies tea. In the comfort of your own home, and not interrupting your work, you can listen. It's a great deal and won't cost either of usLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-24980977704445662432023-10-31T18:33:00.102-07:002023-11-01T09:24:15.733-07:00For Listening While You Do Something ElseHello Ladies,I appreciate your visit more than you know.Today I began by encouraging ladies at home to give yourself a big lift by taking care of yourself as soon as you are able, and try to give yourself a good start with a good appearance. I referred to Anna Bey who speaks about the sloppy dress trends.We ladies at home have our own style that works for us at home, and we are not Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-67861964982064681022023-10-20T17:01:00.043-07:002023-10-21T10:23:27.128-07:00Living on the Upside During Bad NewsHello Dear Ladies,I hope you will try to enjoy a sunrise, at least once, just to say you did it, to experience it, and to write about it in your daily gratefulness journal."The Jane Austen Diet" book has a chapter about "the blue light" comparing the detrimental artificial blue light to the benefits of natural blue light before sunrise. One definition of blue light:"During the blue "hour", Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-52718964586338881732023-10-17T03:59:00.008-07:002023-10-17T04:41:52.178-07:00The Last Few Weeks SunriseDear Ladies,The last few weeks were very full and busy at The Manse.Besides that, I have been trying to get rid of a little cough which only occurs when talking. I know what you’re thinking!! So that means I’ve not been able to bring you any verbal encouragement via video yet. Other than that pesky little problem, I’ve still been stealth sipping and doing some organizing and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-63882445557742210452023-10-07T16:43:00.011-07:002023-10-09T09:19:15.795-07:00Simple Events at HomeHello Ladies,My granddaughter and I set up a table outdoors and enjoyed a handful of quiet.This looks like a real camp fire, made from tree branches and yellow leaves.I had some old fabric that was cut in small lengths. I put it in a shelf called "to keep or not" and it was perfect for this set up, so it will be to keep. Miss Lillian looks good in the shawl, too.Miss Lillian and I were Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-74656940247875105812023-10-03T03:20:00.017-07:002023-10-06T20:02:30.524-07:00A New Measurement: “Some”Greetings.Thank you so much for coming to visit. I’m sorry not to have a video for you yet.I have had some cotton fabric in a shelf for quite a long time and I’m hoping this might be the autumn I get some time to sew it.My grandson taught me about the rivers and currents all around us in the air, so I’ve been making an effort to go outdoors more often but going for walks close to The Manse.I saw Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-91834049515817946982023-09-22T16:30:00.068-07:002023-09-23T05:05:31.631-07:00Preparation and Motivation For this broadcast I sat on the front porch at The Manse. The farm equipment driving past was not quiet but I think I got my message across without too much noise interference. I would like to film outside more often.Above: another post box. Sometimes people I know put mail in it, and of course all these mail boxes are used by my children and grandchildren, and stuffed full of old notes andLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com11