From Umbrella to Dress

Daughter Alicia Magal speaks:  I am so enjoying sending out my mother Nika's Words of Wisdom.  You have to understand that she speaks in telegraphic, short phrases. I slightly edit to help the reader jump along with her leaping conversations. Every day she finds adventure, truly an admirable way to live. Always something exciting that gives zest to each day. This is #2.  If you missed #1, just scroll down to find the earlier postings.  One day this might turn into a book.  Right now you are getting the chapters in installments... like Charles Dickens!!  I'll be sending out about one each week.
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Here is "From Umbrella to Dress":

So I have a purple umbrella with a handle in the shape of a duck.  Real conversation starter.

Then I went into the Left Bank Gallery in Wellfleet, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where I spend four months from June through September.  There was a roll-up carry bag that matched the umbrella with bright purple, magenta, and pink flowers. 
Had to get it! 

Across the street in the "Eclectic" Gallery there was a beautiful scarf with the same palette of colors.  Had to have it too!   

And then hanging in one corner was a pleated, crinkly dress by Veeca, in gorgeous magenta, with a cheerful, off-center pattern of flowers in purples, pinks, turquoise and green.  Well, had to have that to go with the scarf to go with the bag to go with the umbrella.  Absolutely! 

Then it was nearly 4 o’clock, time for coffee with a bit of brandy and whipped cream.  As I entered the cottage, Itzhak, my son-in-law, was making the coffee in the Italian espresso coffee maker; my son Will, his wife Wendy, and their younger daughter Mia entered straight from Great Pond to appreciate the colorful display of our latest adventure with my daughter Alicia.

Remember: Every day presents an unexpected adventure!

  

Adding to this blog post in March of 2015.  Wore the entire outfit to the Purim spiel where everyone dresses up in costume.  Needed a hat... so put an elastic band in the bag and turned it into a hat.  Here I am, with Larry, the member of the cast who played the villain Haman in the play.