Quilts, cleaning and potatoes

I’ve been super busy working on both a customer order and prepping my studio for a niece’s upcoming visit. I’ve gone from this: To this: With copious amounts of this: This afternoon I start a huge annual canning project. Every year I can potatoes in the fall. It’s labor intensive and by the time I’m … Continue reading Quilts, cleaning and potatoes

The hard part of blogging

The hardest part of a “daily” blog challenge is finding something to write about on normal, unexciting, mundane days. perhaps mundane isn’t the best word choice as it holds a negative connotation. Perhaps average would be a better word. Today was one such day. A normal, nothing exciting day. I spent some time on the … Continue reading The hard part of blogging

Family treasures

I have a book in my possession that I consider to be one of my most treasured mementos. It was hand written and drawn by my grandmother, in 1955, as a gift to my mother, who passed it to me. It is a cookbook, my mother being a city girl, and my father being a … Continue reading Family treasures