Love My Aprons

Monday, May 12th is National Wear Your Apron Day.

Here's a self portrait of my newest, DARLING apron. It's a gift from 2 DARLING girls, Tami and Lisa W. They certainly didn't have to make this for me, I certainly don't merit a gift from them but it is just a tribute to their kindness and also their exampliary mom who raised such an incredible family. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I love it! I will wear it very often and always think of you with love and gratitude.

A fun oldie apron photo

Here is a little history on aprons:
Aprons
I don't think our kids know what an apron is.The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven. It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears .From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees. When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes REMEMBER: Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.
They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron. I don't think I ever caught anything from an Apron.

Let me know what apron you'll tie on today in celebration of National Wear Your Apron Day and what you'll be making, baking or cooking while aproned. 3