Today is Labor Day!! Back when I was in school that meant I would be starting the new school year the next day. My 13 year old son has been back in school for a month now!! Seems that summers are getting shorter and shorter for the school aged kids.
To me Labor Day means I can no longer wear white until next Easter. Does anyone still follow that rule? I'm not talking about white t-shirts or blouses, just shoes, dresses, shorts, and pants!! I think in the big fashion world they don't really follow this rule, but here, in the South I believe most of us women wouldn't even consider wearing white after today!! I've certainly instilled this in my daughter and she wouldn't dare wear white after Labor Day or before Easter!!
I have to wonder where this rule began. I just know I was raised that it's not proper to wear white after Labor Day. I love to wear white and I'm glad in the winter it is okay to wear "winter white". For those of you reading and wondering what winter white is.... basically it is off white!! lol
I can remember as a child when girls and women ALWAYS wore dresses to church. When I was about 14 or so we were told it was ok to wear dress pants to church on Wednesday nights. These days you see women wearing pants and sometimes jeans to church on Sunday mornings. I guess I am a little old fashioned..... that just doesn't seem right to me. I know what you wear to church isn't what it's all about, but somehow, it just seems disrespectful to me!! lol
When I got up and took my little dogs out to potty Friday morning there were about 15 buzzards circling over my house and property. It kind of freaked me out!! I started wondering if they knew something I didn't know or if they were warning me of something. Yeah, I know that sounds crazy!! I started trying to remember if I had heard any old wives tales about buzzards when I was growing up, but couldn't come up with a thing. I finally told myself they were paying their respects to my classmate, Tim Stewart, whose funeral I was about to go to!! Thankfully, by the time I left for Athens, they were circling over my neighbors home. Maybe there wasn't enough road kill and they were just doing a neighborhood search!!
Over the past couple of weeks I've walked out and noticed a mama deer and her baby standing in the field right next to my house. I've seen them about three times and wished I had my camera to take a picture. Last Friday as we were headed to The Hide Away for Karaoke we saw several deer just standing and looking at us. We were able to stop, roll down the window and photograph them. I want to tell them deer season is approaching and to run and hide!!
I hope everyone is having a fantastic Labor Day weekend!! I'm rather enjoying the sound of the rain on my tin roof. I think I will just sit here and read all day or maybe sew a little and enjoy the sound of the rain!
Glad your having a great day listening to the rain. I'm thankful for the cooler weather and for the rain.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to have the cooler weather. I wish they would go back to not starting school till after labor day.
ReplyDeleteI remember the white Levi's I wore in grammar & high school. They were cool "back then". Lol. As far as the buzzards are concerned, seems as if the only time I see them is when I'm drivin somewhere. What was that cartoon that was so popular about crows?? Can't believe I can't remember it!!!
ReplyDeleteI always had trouble concetrating in school when it was warm. If we had started as early as the kids do now, I would have been in trouble....well, more trouble than normal ;-)
ReplyDeleteMac, my younger brother was like that. He was always day dreaming about being out in the fields on a tractor with our Pa Crouch!!
ReplyDeleteYour comment made me think about the cool white Guess jeans and jacket I had in the 80's. Believe it or not, I still had that outfit when my home burned in '05!! I can see the Crow cartoon in my mind, but can't think of the name either!!! One of us will have to look it up!!
ReplyDeleteI used to feel so lost when my daughter would start back to school in August!! Now, I miss my little boy who is 13 now that he's back in school. Summer is such a nice time out here in the country with the fishing and all the open land to ride dirt bikes and 4 wheelers!! My daughter, Enola, will be 23 on the 26th of this month..... I don't know how the time has gone by so quickly!!
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Can you believe how the temperature has suddenly dropped so much!! I shut off the HVAC units yesterday and opened the windows!! The fresh air smells so good!!
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