tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post7740856506639352761..comments2024-03-15T10:40:20.085-04:00Comments on LAWN TEA: MRS. DUKE AND THE FRUITCAKE RachelDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-70455022683875792452012-11-08T15:00:22.866-05:002012-11-08T15:00:22.866-05:00I busted out laughing at this, Rachel! No LOLs, n...I busted out laughing at this, Rachel! No LOLs, no ladylike titter – just a big snorting bellow! I loved the picture of Mizz Duke – I suspect that if I liked primaries instead of pastels, our kitchens would be identical. I covet that table and chairs and the apron!!! I never see fruitcake without thinking of Truman C.Kim S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06609086775319252934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-86873146920295514372012-11-06T14:51:07.061-05:002012-11-06T14:51:07.061-05:00You are a very talented and funny writer.
Oh I alm...You are a very talented and funny writer.<br />Oh I almost want to meet your imagined(or Not) characters in person I am sure it would be quite the event. I am laughing visioning this. B<br />Buttons Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029439906543077861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-8866144707655033952012-11-05T16:21:48.555-05:002012-11-05T16:21:48.555-05:00I loved, loved, loved this story. I remember some...I loved, loved, loved this story. I remember some little pictures that my Mom had in our kitchen when I was little. I don't remember ever thinking of those before. And, she had an Asian lamp and some figurines, and I often wondered why. <br />This story was delightful and I am still smiling! Thank you!Tonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699862913139313405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-71106931567478866722012-10-31T15:27:38.870-04:002012-10-31T15:27:38.870-04:00Hello Rachel, Mrs. duke sounds a lot like my mom a...Hello Rachel, Mrs. duke sounds a lot like my mom always having or going to bridge luncheons. She dressed for every occasion Made fruitcake as well as all kinds of baked goods. She did not like bright colors but she did help me decorate my kitchen in pink and cherry red in 1965. We painted my cabinets pink and the floor had checkerboard squares of white and cherry red tiles. She brought wallpaper to finish the look with a design of kitchen utensils in pink and cherry red. My neighbors loved it but it took me a time to get used to "pink" cabinets. HA!. My kitchen was the talk of the neighborhood. I waxed that floor mirror shiny. What fun.<br /><br />Your story was so amusing and as I always do, I enjoyed every word.<br /><br />My daughter and granddaughter do favor each other. Our dtr has been told she looks like Hillary Swank "many" times. They are about the same age. <br /><br />Happy Halloween,<br />xo, JeanneJeanne, backyard neighborhttp://backyardneighbor.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-65180821037938552112012-10-30T20:21:21.222-04:002012-10-30T20:21:21.222-04:00Oh, Rachel, I can just see the expressions in that...Oh, Rachel, I can just see the expressions in that kitchen, and can almost hear your mother's voice!<br /><br />You have such a talent for writing that I am astounded that no literary agent has been hounding you, begging to represent you to publishers!Chesapeakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-85195863796888045232012-10-30T15:18:54.575-04:002012-10-30T15:18:54.575-04:00Oh my goodness, Rachel. This had me laughing. Th...Oh my goodness, Rachel. This had me laughing. There are some characteristics of your Mrs. Duke which put me quite in mind of one of my husbands aunts, Aunt Mary Plummer. She was a true memorable personality, too. I dare say that she and Mrs. Duke would have been either staunch friends or strong enemies. One might have been perceived as a threat to the other's territory.Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10535622044396271722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-76485537409719096452012-10-29T10:07:17.120-04:002012-10-29T10:07:17.120-04:00Hello Rachel:
Well, we can certainly tell you that...Hello Rachel:<br />Well, we can certainly tell you that should we have been presented with a home made fruit cake, with fingernail or without we should have been thrilled!!!No, a small matter of a lipstick red manicured nail would not have put us off for a moment. Indeed, just recently lighted birthday candles had melted into a fruit sponge cake and we, Stalwart Brits that we are, tucked in to it with gusto!!!<br /><br />How we have simply loved this tale of Mrs Duke. We can totally imagine her house and all its garish furnishings, so perfectly described in only the way that you know how!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com