Mrs Daffodil

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I am currently crazy about Gladys Taber.  On these cold winter days there is nothing 

better than to curl up with a cozy read that will make you feel like you have a new

best friend.  Here she is. Isn't she adorable?  I love this pic of her in her kitchen at Stillmeadow.
Dogs at her feet, flavorful aromas coming from her vintage kitchen.  Everyone's
perfect grandmotherly type.

If you have not met Gladys Taber you are in for a treat.  Gladys was a well educated woman

who graduated from Wellesley College in 1920 and earned her Masters from Lawrence College

in 1921.  Although she authored more than 50 books, she was probably best known for her

magazine columns.  Her Diary of Domesticity in the Ladies Home Journal began in 1937 and

she wrote Butternut Wisdom for Family Circle magazine from 1959 to 1967.   There are some

that compare her to Elizabeth Lane's character in the movie Christmas in Connecticut, except that

Gladys really did live on a farm ~ Stillmeadow ~ and she really could cook.  Yet, the same 

charm and fascination is instilled in her writing as she safely guides the reader into a gentle and

often humorous look at country life.

I checked out every copy of her books currently available at our local
library.  She is still popular and I think that part of that popularity is attributed
to our friend Susan Branch who is a big fan of her work.

And here it is, Mrs. Daffodil.  She is adorable, a tad forgetful, funny and
a complete delight.  It's my current favorite book.

Here is a scene from Mrs. Daffodil's excursion to purchase a much needed girdle.
After much struggling to assist Mrs. Daffodil into her new girdle, the sales clerk utters ...

"Now, Gussie," said the clerk to the fitter, "isn't Moddom a perfect stylish stout?
Look at that figger.  You could model for us, Moddom."

"I wish I were dead," said Mrs. Daffodil to Kay as she leapt onto the escalator.
"I am a stylish stout, do you know that?"

I can't wait to get back to reading more of Mrs. Daffodil this evening.  It will be
hard to put down and I know that when I reach the end I will be yearning for more.

Happily Joining ~

Favorite Thing Friday


Bentley ~ have you ever noticed that your momma always reads books
where dogs are important characters?

Hugs,
Susan and Bentley