Mary Ann visits the Quaker Ladies
A Quiet conversation in the garden
Mary Ann encountered some Friends in a friend’s Garden.
Perfect Company
She and the Quaker Lady Irises agree that there are no furbelows in this company.
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She has a tranquil brow and shawl of grey
In the Hitty book, John Greenleaf Whittier writes a poem in which he calls the original Hitty “A Finger’s length of Modesty”.
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A Plain Girl, but not without charm
She has a sweet voice and hopes never to have cause to raise it in protest…
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No too gaudy
Nature need not be improved upon ….
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Quimper Hittys 
Mary Ann has a very fetching cape and bonnet. Very proper.
Thank you for sending her my way – she has been a shy but delightful member of the Quimper Hittys! A knitting genius made the shawl, and I made the bonnet so she could go for a stroll outside.
lovely just lovely….your words, the doll and of course the Iris….thank you.
You are very welcome, I have been hoping to get to my friends garden before the Quaker Lady Irises were over… Mary Ann was pleased to accompany me, and she is such a photogenic little Friend.
Mary Ann is indeed very photogenic…love her clothes and of course her “Friends” are just gorgeous too.
I am hoping to make her an outfit of “Dove-Grey Silk” at some point…I like those Irises too, and Mary Ann was delighted to find some like-minded Friends to spend time with..
Love the cape and bonnet. Beautiful pictures.
I am glad you like the pictures – thank you! I made the bonnet, but a knitting genius made the little lacework shawl.