A Blast from the Past – Page 5

Corsets and Split Skirts

Find more Blasts from the Past in Andi’s Attic >> Split Skirts Everybody is curious to see what a split skirt looks like. After all, ever since Mother banned me from overalls (starting at age 13 and a half), I’ve been up to my eyebrows in split skirts. They are the closest thing to overallsContinue reading “Corsets and Split Skirts”

1800s Dresses

Find more Blasts from the Past and Photo Fridays in Andi’s Attic >> I’m going to give you a (mercifully) brief rundown of some of the dresses I have worn through the years. Aunt Rebecca started it off with this very scratchy, fancy red Christmas dress when I was six years old. It made meContinue reading “1800s Dresses”

1800s Bicycles

Find more Blasts from the Past in Andi’s Attic >> Yes, there were bicycles in the 1800s. Well, I mean . . . I didn’t have a bike (a horse is so much more fun), but the city folks had them. I rode a bike one time, and that was plenty for me. If youContinue reading “1800s Bicycles”

Andi’s Journal-The Black Beast

See more journal entries in Andi’s Attic >> Summer, 1886 My family (Mother, Luisa, and Nila) cook on a wood cookstove. Most were black but some were fancier. The Carter house has a fancy cookstove, and the Carter women all know how to run it perfectly. Fresh-baked bread, light cakes, sugar cookies, a beef roast. Mother,Continue reading “Andi’s Journal-The Black Beast”