We were so fortunate to have such beautiful warm weather for November in Pennsylvania! We were wearing heavy wool cloaks, but a shawl would have been just fine this year. I'm not complaining! Meg and I are waiting for our friends from the UPL to arrive at Evergreen Cemetery to put a wreath in front of the monument for Elizabeth Thorn, who, while six months pregnant, helped dig graves to bury the fallen soldiers. Incredible!
My dress is purple wool, no trim yet! I wanted to see what I could buy in Gettysburg. Abraham's Lady had some nice soutache and I bought a bunch of it to add when I have time. It's purple too. The dress has pressed dull glass buttons on the bodice, and I can take them off if I decide to forgo the 2nd mourning impression and wear the dress with, say, my brown silk bonnet and brown wool cloak. I made a drawn bonnet in 2nd mourning colors and now have two dresses to go with it, the black wool mentioned in an earlier post, and now the purple. Meggie chose a Blackwatch wool plaid for her dress, and to use her term, I think it's just "dishy!"
This year we decided to go for a walk on the battlefield before the luminary ceremony in the National Cemetery. There is something so otherworldly in the photo of Lucille and Meg walking along, isn't there? It's my favorite picture of the weekend.
