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!"
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