On the Ile de Ré in days gone by, brides wore a black dress for the 'festive' occasion of the wedding day. This black dress was considered to be practical for the 'sombre' household duties to come during the marriage.
This is my photo of an old postcard and thanks to the 365er who mentioned Ribbet which I used to highlight the bridal pair.
@tishpics Patricia, thanks for your comments on my photos. I admit that I didn't take either photo with today's word in mind - but then found that they both would 'fit' it. This was in the Ernest Cognacq museum in St Martin de Ré and I asked if I could take photos. This was the only one I took so that was very lucky! I'm not a big wedding fan (or of any pomp and ceremony) and so this black dress idea appealed to me!!
beautiful oldie, great processing , well done hazel It`s always very charming to watch those old pic.
According to my toadstool book those fungus are edible when the are young, DON`T count on it . I only take pic`s of them , collecting edible toadstools is of the old days when people where poor and needed to eat all they can have and find
@pyrrhula Thank you - I was quite captivated by this little story - island folk probably had a good grasp of reality! As for the fungus, I would never eat them. I can identify with what you say about people having to eat all they could have and find and remember my grandmother making meals, cakes, jam, bread and wine and my grandfather growing vegetables and fruit on his allotment. I think there was also sometimes rabbit pie.
@pyrrhula Yes I can imagine. I never felt hungry as a child but I know that food rationing was still in place in my early childhood. I remember my grandmother having some butter once and when I asked where it came from she gave me the name of a haberdashery shop in town - it was a long while before I worked out where it actually came from! And I remember tins with 'National Dried Milk ' on them. I think mothers had to be rather inventive in those days. And lots of things we buy now, my mother would always have made.
According to my toadstool book those fungus are edible when the are young, DON`T count on it . I only take pic`s of them , collecting edible toadstools is of the old days when people where poor and needed to eat all they can have and find