How good it would feel to walk on the cool ground so making the next round with the mower past the bench, I stopped and pulled off my boots and socks. It was wonderful! So, no more boots for me this summer! I'm going barefooted!
Gosh, we used to start in early, early, spring, begging mama to let us go barefooted. We would beg and plead until she would say, "oh go ahead, and if you catch pneumonia, don't come running to me". I remember exactly how it felt back then to take my shoes and socks off and walk on the ground for the first time. Got that same feeling last Thursday.
The color red for the cabin is my favorite...
and I found this red tablecloth in the thrift store for $1.69. It was way too long. I cut a whole 12" off the length...
and should have cut off more. Please overlook the beat up chair legs. Hopefully, one of these days I will find six sturdy dining chairs in a thrift store.
the vase on the table holds "sweet betsy" my neighbor Ann broke from the bush in her yard. I've tried and tried to grow a sweet betsy, or as mama used to call them, "bubby bush".
Oh, and about my sister Shelby and I picking strawberries...it was fun!
There were acres and acres of big beautiful strawberries, hanging in clusters. We carried our buckets and pans and walked to the far end of one row, thinking, as Shelby suggested, we won't have so far to walk back. But, good grief, our buckets and pans were full before we had picked a third of the row.
We both brought a cooler with ice so we could go in a thrift store and then eat lunch.
I really wanted to show you the strawberry field, but had left my camera in the car, daggone it!
Can't wait to post about the teeny tiny garden here and what's been planted. Now if it will just grow! Oh, and the playhouse. Poppy has been working on the two chairs we found on Craigslist, and the iron garden table. I was out at 8:30 this morning; digging and chopping, and moving things around. It's May, after all! My favorite month of the year!
Okay, time is flying. Be back soon, I hope.
Love,
Henny
PS I was reading on line about the health benefits of going barefooted. Says it can help you sleep better. Sounds good to me.
Oh, I remember those barefoot days. Growing up in Arkansas, we went barefoot almost year round. Nowadays in Michigan, I can only do that in June, July and August.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dennt. It was fun, wasn't it!
DeleteHi there Henny....love your blog so much! I really do like that bright red tablecloth...it looks great in your house! isn't strawberry picking fun? I can just smell those delicious strawberries from here and taste them too! Yes, going barefoot feels so good....although sometimes if you do it in certain tropical countries, you can end up with a few health problems from doing that. Enjoy May, which is such a beautiful month...and I'm happy to report this is our first day with no ice on the lake! Maybe spring really is coming???
ReplyDeleteThank you Diane. I can't believe that I somehow deleted the picture of all the strawberries in the back of Shelby's van. I'll have to put it on my next post! :)
DeleteOh I remember going barefoot as a kid. We would see who could go barefoot the longest in the fall...sometimes when there was frost on the ground. Now, I never go barefoot.
ReplyDeleteWhat a deal on a beautiful tablecloth! You know how to shop. Those strawberries look so good I can almost taste them. I can't wait to see what you've done with the playhouse! I go bare foot all the time indoors and sometimes outside and have all my life. I hate wearing shoes, but then I did grow up in Arkansas. ; )
ReplyDeleteWe always had to wait for the first Dandy to bloom then the ground was warm enough...most of the time I am barefooted in the house...love my crocs it is almost as good as barefooted outside:)
ReplyDeleteI love going barefooted. It was easier when I was younger. I remember going to your house as a kid and getting sand spurs in my foot. I have a small bubby bush that Jewel Key Brewer gave me years ago. It took it for ever to grow and bloom. I will try and take a picture of it this year when it blooms. Love you bunches
ReplyDeleteI remember running through the woods barefoot! Now, I'm doing good to be able to walk from the living room to the kitchen, barefoot. My feet have gotten so sensitive over the years. I can't wait to see what you are doing in the garden and the playhouse.
ReplyDeleteGrace & Peace,
Pam
My mother used to say, "Barefoot before May and they will lay you in the clay." Now that was scary enough, but we usually wriggled out of our shoes a bit earlier than that, I am sure. I love your red tablecloth; looks oh-so-lovely in your beautiful cabin home.
ReplyDeleteMay is such an exciting and beautiful time!
ReplyDeleteJust like you, I love going barefoot - unfortunately over the years I have broken a few toes as I go dashing about and misjudge hazards. :( I never did learn to just walk - dash and run is more my style! My toes and I miss that freedom!
Still a little cool here to be going barefoot, socks and boots are still most welcome. Love the table cloth, a great find. If your dining chairs are still sturdy it might be worth either painting them or stripping them and staining them again. A mini makeover!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you got to kick those shoes off and go barefooted! I love that pretty red tablecloth, very nice! Hope you are having a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteI love going barefoot and shoes come off as soon as I come in the door.
ReplyDeleteYour tablecloth is pretty and your projects sound interesting and I look forward to seeing pics.
Happy May ~ FlowerLady
Love that tablecloth and can see nothing amiss with your chair legs. I am looking forward to picking strawberries from my plants, there are some flowers but there will be no fruit for another 5 weeks or so.
ReplyDeleteI've never had extremely fresh strawberries before, I thought I would try but I figured bugs, birds or critters would get to it before I did.
ReplyDeleteLove going bare-footed. Don't know if it's good for you or not, but it feels good.
ReplyDeleteHi, I think all mothers must have warned us of pneumonia if we went barefoot too soon! lol We have sweet shrub growing around here...mama used to talk about putting a sweet smelling blossom in her bra - bubby bush! Those strawberries looks so delicious. I could eat until I got sick! Wishing you a very nice Sunday. xo
ReplyDeleteI still go barefoot in the house. Mom never liked it... (not dignified I suspect). But it's a wonderful free feeling. Don't do it outside much - too many hazards (rough rocks and pebbles). I used to, but stepped on something and had to get a tetanus shot a few years back. I like your tablecloth. Looks like the ones they sell at William Sonoma (for a lot more than $1.69). I love pretty tablecloths.
ReplyDeleteI love the tablecloth. So bright and cheery.
ReplyDeleteYou have strawberries already? Wow. I don't think the local ones are even blooming yet so it will be a while. You and Shelby had the right idea... bringing a cooler along so you could go thrifting after you picked.
I stepped on a wasp this week and it got me right on the tender middle of my foot. It sure hurt.
The tablecloth looks pretty in your cabin. And lucky you to have fresh strawberries. We are not warm enough for that yet although today was a beautiful sunny day. I think we will go right into summer here. "Hi Shelby" :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info on benefits of going barefoot.
Most English people do not go barefoot, we have house slippers, I'm not sure why, but I have the feeling it is something to do with the colder days in England. That being said, when I first came to America, especially the south, everyone went barefoot, and I loved it, especially since I was never judged. I love going barefoot, until I broke my ankles, and now sadly I am required to wear sandals at the very least :(
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty tablecloth Henny, it fits perfect in your dining room.
Can't wait to see your little iron garden table, my husband's family owned the local wrought iron shop, so I'm familiar with all those pretties.
Hugs,
~Jo
I love your red tablecloth. Red looks so nice with all the wood of the cabin.
ReplyDeleteIt does feel so good to walk around barefoot.
Fresh picked strawberries, what a joy. : )
I could never walk barefoot as a child. Yes, my mother discouraged it, but I do recall not enjoying it. It felt prickly and I was too conscious of dirt, boring child that I was! Don't have much hope in the adult that I am, either, but you never know... I just might do it and like it!
ReplyDeleteOops, I forgot to share my mom's story that as a kid in El Salvador, when the heavy rainy season began, she would take her shoes off to save them from getting wrecked. She would walk home from school barefoot in the slush! Poor thing, but maybe it's just the Virgoan way, she couldn't help it : )
ReplyDeletePilar, thank you. I enjoyed your comments. The story about your mother reminded me of walking in mud puddles. We used to do that and thought it was fun. :)
DeleteOh my Melba, those chairs are fabulous! I would just get some chalk paint and slowly paint them a lighter color. Your red tablecloth looks great with the wood walls. Wondering how all the painting you did in the bathroom a while back turned out?
ReplyDeleteI feel like we just chatted over the back fence. Be blessed, Laura
ReplyDeletePicking strawberries and going barefoot! Summer is here!!
ReplyDeleteAround here that's called a strawberry bush because of the strawberry fragrance.
ReplyDeleteHello again Hennie! I love going barefoot, just have to watch out for yellow jackets and let my feet toughen up a little. Folks don't know what they are missing by never going barefoot. I want a sweet bubby bush of my own, I think that the folks around here call them that - there are not too many! I would love one though. I can't believe the strawberries you all picked, but they are gorgeous!Maybe you have a good recipe for a strawberry cake you could post. Have a wonderful May, its simply beautiful- Terry
ReplyDeleteI loved going barefoot as a child. I did step on glass and pieces of metal, and stubbed my toes many, many times though. To this day I prefer barefoot in the house, but don't walk about in the yard due to stickers. My feet aren't tough anymore like they used to be!
ReplyDeleteGoing barefoot on a nice lawn.... :-) I'm barefoot a fair bit in the summer, but my feet aren't tough enough and I hobble across the driveway. Barefoot is very good for you, makes you use your feet as they were meant to be used, as is walking/hiking on rough ground (not necessarily barefoot for that). I also ended up with numerous injuries to my feet because I was barefoot, but I survived!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty tablecloth! You know, I read last year about the benefits of putting our feet in direct contact with soil. I walked around outside for while until my husband encouraged me to read further, and I thought perhaps it was a bit hocus-pocus. But I still enjoyed barefooting! THEN ... recently I watched a video on FB about taking off our shoes when coming inside, to keep all the nasty germs out of our carpets and homes. A Japanese fellow was mystified about how American's walked barefoot outside, putting all the germs and dirt on our feet, and then wore shoes inside. Haha! We are crazy.
ReplyDeleteYour mom and my mom said the same thing...that if you catch pneumonia don't come running to me. With me it was not so much going barefoot, as being allowed to go to school without a jacket. One boy was usually the first allowed, and lot of times I came in second or third...
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