tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post6245937536382696206..comments2024-01-11T19:42:45.537-05:00Comments on woodblock dreams: Dorothy May Jumps InAnnie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00178236295806176573noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-1866225722774446092009-04-03T06:41:00.000-04:002009-04-03T06:41:00.000-04:00Lynn, I went to Plymouth as a child but need to go...Lynn, I went to Plymouth as a child but need to go back again to help me with these prints. Planning a May trip. Cool that your ancestors went off with Roger Williams -- he was an interesting character.Annie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178236295806176573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-3718140853801047072009-04-03T06:26:00.000-04:002009-04-03T06:26:00.000-04:00After hearing all your thoughts on this matter, I ...After hearing all your thoughts on this matter, I can't wait to see what you will come up with for poor, drowned Dorothy. I'm sure it will be a surprise!Leslie Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01205717985858433124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-24634177807571007542009-04-02T19:03:00.000-04:002009-04-02T19:03:00.000-04:00Hi Annie,I was so interested in your efforts to pu...Hi Annie,<BR/>I was so interested in your efforts to put yourself in these women's shoes. I've got ancestors who came through Plimoth and went off with Roger Williams. Have you been to Plimoth Plantation where they do Living History. You really get a feel for their life and it sure wasn't luxurious!! Also, seeing the conditions on the Mayflower was a revelation! <BR/>LynnLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15085450208306244323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-44008931998520025332009-04-02T19:02:00.000-04:002009-04-02T19:02:00.000-04:00Hi Annie,I was so interested in your efforts to pu...Hi Annie,<BR/>I was so interested in your efforts to put yourself in these women's shoes. I've got ancestors who came through Plimoth and went off with Roger Williams. Have you been to Plimoth Plantation where they do Living History. You really get a feel for their life and it sure wasn't luxurious!! Also, seeing the conditions on the Mayflower was a revelation! <BR/>LynnLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15085450208306244323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-12255884925971177732009-04-02T13:13:00.000-04:002009-04-02T13:13:00.000-04:00-Thanks Anita!-Daniel, I think you're right about ...-Thanks Anita!<BR/>-Daniel, I think you're right about the protocol for women at that time, and no doubt the Puritans brought their same protocol with them to the New World. I'd like to get underneath it a bit, though, which is probably why I haven't been satisfied with a straight-up portrait of P. Alden.<BR/>-Sharri, lol I have some old family pictures like that too -- women who were definitely not to be messed with.<BR/><BR/>-As for Dorothy May, d.moll,l.ac.'s flash to the Kahlo painting is kind of where I'm heading as well.Annie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178236295806176573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-835245358604141292009-04-02T12:45:00.000-04:002009-04-02T12:45:00.000-04:00Maybe Dorothy, bless her heart, was leaning over t...Maybe Dorothy, bless her heart, was leaning over to look at something closer, and fell in. If that were the case she would have drowned no matter what just from all the heavy clothing those women had to wear. I think I agree with Dan, demure was a whole different thing in that time. Make her proud and a bit defiant - with a set to her jaw. I have plenty of old family portraits and that is how all the women looked - I wouldn't have wanted to mess with any of them- ;-)Sharrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00941567668722751740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-70205266214893158372009-04-02T09:33:00.000-04:002009-04-02T09:33:00.000-04:00Very cool, thought and image. My compliments. Be...Very cool, thought and image. My compliments. Being a bit of a history buff, I have read many stories and accounts of those early times. Although life was rough, the women took great care to look their best when in public (it was frowned upon to see women in public much period, so when they did "pop their heads out", they tried to look their best). By European standards, "demure" would have been laughed at, but by the then "New World" standards, .....<BR/>Have her looking proud in what she considered her best, trying to put on a "good face" for the public.Daniel L. Dewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809158877586594740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-25024676188778974262009-04-01T22:01:00.000-04:002009-04-01T22:01:00.000-04:00Interesting insights, I keep thinking of the Frida...Interesting insights, I keep thinking of the Frida Kahlo painting of Dorothy Hale......looking forward to seeing what you come up with.d. moll, l.ac.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16007607538375968631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-29146070917185783562009-04-01T15:57:00.000-04:002009-04-01T15:57:00.000-04:00very interesting thoughts you have had...and I bec...very interesting thoughts you have had...and I became touch by the story of your way of trying to be in their place in those circumstances...life can be tough and sometimes too tough for some, and it probably wasn´t the most easy times then...Anita Thomhave Simonsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01281625920250632907noreply@blogger.com