tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post6007448853179509088..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: The Huge Roses: Chapter Two, part oneBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-1681179167655268862014-05-02T11:58:23.867-07:002014-05-02T11:58:23.867-07:00Look what I found on Pinterest!
Halloween 2013 in...Look what I found on Pinterest! <br /><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/NewfoundExperie/halloween-2013-in-downtown-bristol/" rel="nofollow">Halloween 2013 in downtown Bristol NH</a><br />Great pictures! Great costumes!!!Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-27137522752147396442014-03-17T14:42:30.432-07:002014-03-17T14:42:30.432-07:00I remembered seeing a picture of one of Betty Debb...I remembered seeing a picture of one <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S7ldJi2Hkco/UC-492GDINI/AAAAAAAADxk/Y81eBPLg794/s1600/P1040316.JPG" rel="nofollow">of Betty Debbie's apple trees</a>. Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-63431494775124623402014-03-15T07:18:48.197-07:002014-03-15T07:18:48.197-07:00Where is 'here'? Tasha Tudor wrote in one...Where is 'here'? <a href="http://store.tashatudorandfamily.com/" rel="nofollow">Tasha Tudor</a> wrote in one of her books that her New England family said, "Rabbit, rabbit," but I've never heard of pinching and punching. And just because some group is 'supposed to be' cruel doesn't mean that they should be let to get away with it. Grumph.Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-9171763662730906342014-03-14T16:49:24.101-07:002014-03-14T16:49:24.101-07:00Wait 'til you try Betty Debbie's home-pres...Wait 'til you try Betty Debbie's home-pressed apple juice, from the trees in her backyard.Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-34455694615606046342014-03-14T13:25:29.406-07:002014-03-14T13:25:29.406-07:00Halloween
Trick-or-treaters large and small stopp...<b><b>Halloween</b></b><br /><br />Trick-or-treaters large and small stopping by Tory’s home and there is a <a href="https://www.google.de/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=blizzard+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow">blizzard</a> on the way. Of course, Tory, a country woman at heart, is nothing if not prepared. What better than to light a fire in the <a href="http://tmsarchitects.com/historical-preservation-2/fireplaces-through-the-ages-the-franklin-stove/" rel="nofollow"><b>Fran</b></a><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/6738861/Trailer-House-Remodel-farmhouse-family-room-other-metro" rel="nofollow"><b>klin</b></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_stove" rel="nofollow">stove</a> to keep her home warm. (Trust brilliant Betty van den Betsy to know there’s an American counterpart to <a href="https://www.google.de/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=aga+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow">Betty‘s</a> <a href="http://www.agaliving.com/aga-living/aga-gallery/" rel="nofollow"><b>Aga</b></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGA_cooker" rel="nofollow">cooker</a> (a Swedish Nobel prize winner’s invention!) and <a href="https://www.google.de/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=rayburn+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow">Betty‘s</a> <a href="http://www.rayburn-web.co.uk/buying-a-rayburn/image-gallery.aspx" rel="nofollow"><b>Rayburn</b></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_Range" rel="nofollow">cooker</a>.)<br /><br /><i>Curled up by the stove, with the dogs and Fiona the cat variously disposed in prime locations near the heat, she listened with half an ear to the news highlights while focusing most of her attention on her great-grandmother’s <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Austen-Jane-Sense-and-Sensibility-1912-/131065611041?nma=true&si=QoAdOO9qWwpWEqx2MIWBxZXO9OY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">hundred-year-old, leather-bound edition of Jane Austen</a> . Austen was always a good choice on a quiet night. [...]<br /><br />It looked like a real storm, after all, with an inch or so already accumulated, and the wind blowing hard. Padding up to bed after getting <a href="http://dirtanddickens.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/colonelbrandoncarriesmarianne.jpeg" rel="nofollow">Mari</a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cQ4K25f-cL4/TzrCT8UygJI/AAAAAAAAB4U/ZaU4DfVa7_c/s1600/feature_00788_top_ten_movie_wedding_dresses_9.jpg" rel="nofollow">anne</a> and <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oAmYE-cGlrY/Uhjrkkv8VyI/AAAAAAAAC48/4vzTVpcNk6c/s320/elinor+and+edward.jpg" rel="nofollow">Eli</a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vercettisworld/6458015369/" rel="nofollow">nor</a> to their happy ending, with the pets trailing behind her, Tory snuggled happily under her down comforter, enjoying a quiet so deep she really believed she could hear the snowflakes falling.</i><br /><br /><br /><b><b>All Hallows‘ Day / All Saint’s Day</b></b><br /><br />Tory heading out early in the morning to offer assistance, a thick, oversized sweater over her flannel pajamas, sturdy, fleece-lined boots on her feet, and her brother’s battered old ski parka topping the lot – so suitably attired to meet Mr Right again! Ha ha ha!<br /><br />I can‘t wait for the next instalment!Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-38409783570279962082014-03-14T13:16:50.547-07:002014-03-14T13:16:50.547-07:00I just love, love, love this instalment. From the ...I just love, love, love this instalment. From the Bird family’s <a href="https://www.google.de/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=vicarage+victorian+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=10" rel="nofollow">19th-century</a> farmhouse with the family’s pets (adopted ! mutts & long-haired grey cat) to the cozy scene of Tory wearing flannel pyjamas and fuzzy slippers (hey, I used to wear fuzzy slippers when I was about Tory’s age!), as she sat at the <a href="https://www.google.de/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22scrubbed+table%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow"><b>scrubbed table</b></a> in the kitchen to eat the <a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=kOOuzzNVF3kC&pg=PT63&dq=lasagne+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=de&sa=X&ei=FqMgU5emD4aBywOh5IDAAg&ved=0CEEQuwUwAA#v=onepage&q=lasagne%20inauthor%3Aneels%20inauthor%3Abetty&f=false" rel="nofollow">lasagne</a> her nearest neighbour had made for her, <a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=aOj_vAOwTj4C&pg=PT99&dq=%22tucked+in%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=en&sa=X&ei=W0EfU5-4NMKYyAPYu4CoAQ&ved=0CGIQuwUwCA#v=onepage&q=%22tucked%20in%22%20inauthor%3Aneels%20inauthor%3Abetty&f=false" rel="nofollow">tucking in</a> „with the peculiar hunger of the jet-lagged“. <br />Tilling the compost into the vegetable garden, picking the last of the apples to make and can applesauce – Tory is taking it all in her stride! My mom used to make apple juice with a steam juicer when we were little. I remember the bottles had red rubber bottle caps. There were years, when my sister had to beg more wooden crates off the green grocers because hers were already over-flowing with the abundance of apples her few trees bore that particular year, the branches hanging low, weighted down by a seemingly unending supply of fruit that would be turned into gallons of applesauce and dozens of apple cakes, apple tarts... <br />Homemade applesauce – you can’t beat the taste of that. Chunky applesauce – my favourite kind!Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-13599765510437828162014-03-11T09:35:38.693-07:002014-03-11T09:35:38.693-07:00She stopped by the Shop ‘n‘ Save to re-stock the ...<i>She stopped by the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/82117239@N00/267414606/in/photolist-pCz3E-btZvnR" rel="nofollow"><b>Shop</b></a> <a href="https://www.google.de/maps/place/Bristol+Shop+N+Save/@43.5847,-71.75091,3a,75y,140.21h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s0yqEju42ozFel8bweJko0Q!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x4cb3523da4d23013:0xf907f6a84376752a!6m1!1e1" rel="nofollow"><b>‘n‘</b></a> <a href="http://bristolshopnsave.com/index.php" rel="nofollow"><b>Save</b></a> to re-stock the refrigerator and pick up ingredients for <a href="http://www.chefjamielevine.com/green-beans-grapefruit/2012/11/20/cranberry-oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookies-splurge" rel="nofollow"><b>Hallo</b></a><a href="http://myblessedlife.net/2011/10/oatmeal-cookies.html" rel="nofollow"><b>ween</b></a> <a href="http://www.givelovecreatehappiness.com/1/post/2013/12/gluten-free-oatmeal-cranberry-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe.html" rel="nofollow"><b>coo</b></a><a href="http://mygluten-freekitchen.com/swirled-chocolate-chip-cranberry-oatmeal-cookies-gluten-free/" rel="nofollow"><b>kies</b></a>, looking forward to the parade of ballerinas and goblins that arrived that night. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foobar/2784686840/" rel="nofollow"><b>Wal</b></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31215162@N07/5051984453/" rel="nofollow"><b>king</b></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31215162@N07/5051982515/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">and</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31215162@N07/5052604622/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow"><b>bik</b></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/robmerrera/4927741681/" rel="nofollow"><b>ing</b></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31215162@N07/5052596558/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">around</a> her small town, she took time to notice the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31215162@N07/5052535460/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">fading</a> <a href="http://www.city-data.com/picfilesv/picv39396.php" rel="nofollow">autumn</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31215162@N07/5051918075/in/photostream" rel="nofollow">colors</a> against the brilliant <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31215162@N07/5052529302/" rel="nofollow">blue</a> of the October sky. It was always especially vivid at this time of year, and Tory relished it as insulation against the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/postoffices/8446607782/" rel="nofollow">greyer</a> days to come.</i>Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-35981582732930664082014-03-08T13:59:55.219-08:002014-03-08T13:59:55.219-08:00More Comments
Feb 19, 2014
Victory for Victoria
B...<b>More Comments</b><br /><br />Feb 19, 2014<br /><a href="http://everyneelsthing.blogspot.de/2010/07/victory-for-victoria-1972.html?showComment=1392833942456#c8737487919124307957" rel="nofollow">Victory for Victoria</a><br />Betty Janet AOH<br /><br />Feb 27 & March 3, 2014<br /><a href="http://everyneelsthing.blogspot.de/2012/10/wish-with-candles-reprise.html?showComment=1393333413351#c7501724791900554742" rel="nofollow">Wish with the Candles</a><br />Betty van den Betsy & Betty Priya addressing Betty Suniti<br /><br /><i>If there's <b>something strange</b> in your neighborhood. Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! If there's <b>something weird</b> and it <b>don't look good</b>. Who you gonna call? ...</i><br /><br />The following comment is interesting, supposedly from a Betty from India. However, if you click on the writer’s name to see her profile it is linked back to <i>Iceblog - El Blog de Icerose</i> and <b>his</b> name is Pablo.<br /><br /><b><b>Huh?</b></b><br /><br />February 27, 2014<br /><a href="http://everyneelsthing.blogspot.de/2010/06/heidelberg-wedding-discussion-thread.html?showComment=1393499992377#c6082368532125064105" rel="nofollow">Heidelburg Wedding – Discussion Thread</a>Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-78485150808128126282014-03-06T04:55:12.973-08:002014-03-06T04:55:12.973-08:00Here we say "A pinch and a punch for the firs...Here we say "A pinch and a punch for the first of the month". Always thought it a tad curel but then children are supposed to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-7817169197439607262014-03-05T18:27:24.877-08:002014-03-05T18:27:24.877-08:00So I learned something new today. I had never hear...So I learned something new today. I had never heard of the 'white rabbits' superstition of saying the words "white rabbits" or "rabbits rabbits rabbits" on the first moment or first waking moments of the first day of the month. You could put that on a pillow:<br /><br />Happy Bunny Bunny Day<br />https://stitchandfrog.com/cross-stitch/happy-bunny-day<br /><br />It seems to have both a British and New England history:<br /><br />First of each month is - 'White Rabbits'<br />http://femaleimagination.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/first-of-each-month-is-white-rabbits/<br /><br /><br />Rabbit rabbit rabbit<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_rabbit_rabbit<br /><br />Three Hares<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_hares<br /><br />The Three Hares Project<br />http://www.chrischapmanphotography.co.uk/hares/<br /><br /><br />Go figure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-42247607936432126932014-03-04T18:42:53.191-08:002014-03-04T18:42:53.191-08:00No, the RDD is the local doctor's godson.
OR...No, the RDD is the local doctor's godson. <br /><br />OR<br /><br />He just happened to be at a conference (giving a very learned presentation about his new techniques in surgery) held in nearby Boston. He is traveling with his mother, who has broken her leg (or had a mild stroke) and needs a nurse for a few weeks. He thought of Tory since she seemed so very competent, and he remembered she lived 'nearby'.<br /><br />OR<br /><br />The RDD is on a "leaf peeping" fall tour of New England with his mother, and she needs a nurse for a few weeks.<br /><br />OR ???<br /><br />And no, you don't need to get a life. Because that would mean I need to get one, too! Ha!<br /><br />Catherine - Betty van den WasatchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-55036732159374696882014-03-04T05:53:23.011-08:002014-03-04T05:53:23.011-08:00Happy happy I am snuggled under blankets during an...Happy happy I am snuggled under blankets during an unexpected weather event reading about Tory's blizzard. Its beautifully done thus far, very bettyesque. The home, the pets, the people and Tory being such a likeable sort make me eagerly anticipate the next installment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-68094296412330767492014-03-03T23:45:56.932-08:002014-03-03T23:45:56.932-08:00The local doc's in hospital with a brocken leg...The local doc's in hospital with a brocken leg of'course. However it's far too short. Please don't make us wait as long for the next instalment.<br />Gosh! Do I sound needy. Sadly, it would seem I need to get a life!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-9852762990386739482014-03-03T21:33:13.015-08:002014-03-03T21:33:13.015-08:00Oh, happy day! I've been checking back for a n...Oh, happy day! I've been checking back for a new installment. You rock, BvdB! What reason will the RDD have to be in her small town, I wonder? <br /><br />I love the gentle flow of the normal day's events in the evolving story--it's one of the reasons I love Betty Neels' books. You reveal Tory's character and take the story forward in the interactions with and reactions of others around her, even the weather! <br /><br />Catherine ( A Betty van den Wasatch )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-60799407148321633242014-03-03T18:51:41.081-08:002014-03-03T18:51:41.081-08:00Yay! Another great chapter! Thanks so much for the...Yay! Another great chapter! Thanks so much for the work you're putting into this for all of us. <br />Betty van den Pikken WolBetty van den Pikken Wolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692542863677359523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-46878065149134595502014-03-03T12:37:56.175-08:002014-03-03T12:37:56.175-08:00Yippee! The next instalment! There are so many thi...Yippee! The next instalment! There are so many things I love about it! Well done, Betty van den Betsy!<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com