Sowal Ornament Exchange

so glad you liked the barga ornament with custom hand made panties, all made by your italiano friend. it was too much funn - all of this! paula - we missed you the other night, but glad you are back.

buon natale!

Paula!



I know this is from your Barga trip but I can't recall the details about panties in Italy?

Paula!



I know this is from your Barga trip but I can't recall the details about panties in Italy?

Thanks for reposting this ornament you made me as part of the SoWal ornament exchange many years ago. The story about the panties in Italy is that a local artist in Italy created several paintings of the mutandi di Barga several years ago. Part of the loveliness of the area is that people hang their laundry outside rather than use dryers, so you see everyone's personal items and they're as natural (and often as beautiful) to see as the ivy geraniums growing in clay pots outside the windows of the old Italian towns. Your ornament is on my Christmas tree this year, as it is every year. Thanks again!

WOW. 2006 ornament exchange. This forum is OLD!

I guess that means we're 8 years, almost 9, years older, too... The only good thing about that is that I'm getting very close to spending more time (winters) in SoWal!

Being new and reading some of the posts from a few years back I can say it was a "kinder, gentler Forum". Now if you post ornament that implies religion and that's when the wheels fall off. That would be a very cool tradition to continue. How about a local White Elephant at Red Bar or Local Catch?

Being new and reading some of the posts from a few years back I can say it was a "kinder, gentler Forum". Now if you post ornament that implies religion and that's when the wheels fall off. That would be a very cool tradition to continue. How about a local White Elephant at Red Bar or Local Catch?

Wish I was there to participate. Soon, though.

Being new and reading some of the posts from a few years back I can say it was a "kinder, gentler Forum". Now if you post ornament that implies religion and that's when the wheels fall off. That would be a very cool tradition to continue. How about a local White Elephant at Red Bar or Local Catch?

we didn't do a lot of "religious" stuff though we did celebrate Christmas with an ornament exchange - ornaments were usually designed around a beach theme, or something fun about that person... but we did have lots of online drinking, smoking & cussing parties back then!

not that there's anything wrong with religion.... but everyone always respected that topic pretty well. They still do as far as I know. Politics, however.... always heated.

There is an ornament exchange this year. PM Teresa.

Thanks, BR. hope all's well.

Thanks, BR. hope all's well.

Ditto with you.

Wow- one of my favorite memories from this forum is reading the posts and seeing the pictures of the ornament exchange. It was so cool and I wish I had participated back in the day. Was it really that long ago?

Wow- one of my favorite memories from this forum is reading the posts and seeing the pictures of the ornament exchange. It was so cool and I wish I had participated back in the day. Was it really that long ago?

We did the exchange for several years! Lots of fun.