I live on a hillside, so my back yard is terraced. It would be very impractical to use a big mower like yours on it.
What I am using as a lapel pin is actually a WWI USMC Collar Disc. In WWI the marines wore U.S. Army uniforms to Europe. To distinguish themselves from the army they had special Collar Discs made. It's the only time the USMC wore them. There are many reproductions today. I have a set of original.
Yeah, I don't think this mower would work out too well on a terraced yard. I bet it looks really nice, though.I live on a hillside, so my back yard is terraced. It would be very impractical to use a big mower like yours on it.
Fortunately, however, not all gardeners in Mexico have emigrated to the US.
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Yesterday with my granddaughter. I am wearing a milan made by Buckaroo Hatters at the FedoraFest that was held in Covington. Mike had entertained the thought of making straw hats.
He changed his mind pretty quick!
That's an unreal hat.
That's a wonderful looking hat.Unknown vintage JC Penny’s Genuine Panama. Crest on sweat says Solar Straw above JC Penny and appears to say New York Made below that crest. Could be New York Grade but looks more like made than grade. Genuine Panama on other side of sweat. Sweat will eventually need replacing but for now I’ve taped it together with artists tape.
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Merry anniversary, Mike.
Great hat for a warm drippy day. Love the Polar Matt.A drizzly, drippy and dreary Monday. But felt temperatures make it sunny.
THE POLAR
Happy Monday.
And just because... a family of geese meandering around a shopping center yesterday. They were fastidious about using the sidewalks.
Always love to see a nice VS. Great one Bob.
Sweet Champ Richard. Unlined with a tip protector, cool.ChampFeatherweight on a very fine Monday morning
Have a wonderful week and keep all thefantastic hats coming
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Serious question...is there a difference between Madras & what they used to call Bleeding Madras? Or was Bleeding Madras just a marketing ploy to get us to buy those shirts? The shirts I had should have been called Fading Madras, because that's all they ever did.
Alden 403 Moc Toe Boot - Brown Chromexcel - $680 The classic "Indy" style Alden Boot in the classic Horween brown Chromexcel. 
Grant Stone Diesel Boot Dark Olive Chromexcel - #395 Goodyear welted, Horween Chromexcel, classic good looks. 
Himel Bros. - The Ross Mk. 1 Leather Jacket Classic D-pocket motorcycle/aviator style jacket.
Bleeding Madras is cotton that was handwoven and dyed in India using traditional vegetable dyes. The dyes were not absolutely fast to water so when washed they would tend to both fade and blend with the other colors. I think the madras name is the British name for cloth woven in the Madras area where the patterns were derived from Scottish tartans that the local weavers saw the troops wearing during the colonial era. Probably most modern Madras is neither handwoven or bleeding, but I believe it is still readily available.
