Locked Down in History — Venetian Convents
We’re all tired of the new restrictions on our lives, but of course, it could be worse! Lately I have read three books about people experiencing lock-ups they were powerless to escape, and… Continue reading
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The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day 11 – Inspiration from a Friend
I am part of an online group, The Endeavourers, whose members produce small art quilts around a theme. This time around we did a round-robin exchange of inspirational objects. My package came from… Continue reading
ScrapHappy June 2020
Well, it has been so long since I posted anything that I have almost forgotten how to navigate the admin menu! Way back before the pandemic started, I was on a roll as… Continue reading
The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day – Miss Havisham’s Banquet
I am part of on online art quilt group, The Endeavourers, that posts small quilts quarterly. Our prompt for our tenth challenge was “A Scene from a Book”. The scene that jumped into… Continue reading
Virtual Visits
During this period of isolation, my sister and I have been taking virtual trips together. Every day one of us picks a destination, then we get on our phones and chat while we… Continue reading
Stashes, Scraps, and Squirrels
It has been such a rainy month here that the chickens have been coming up to the back door, trying to get into the house. (They don’t have to be outside; they have… Continue reading
Pin Party from 1905
Melissa at Two Threads Back has been on the historical trail of pins recently, with one post about bachelors’ pin cushions, and another with an 1863 story from the viewpoint of a pin!… Continue reading
A Thrift Store Find
Standing unsteadily on a shelf of unwanted Christmas decorations, this poor old doll caught my eye. From the front, his clothes were in shreds, but in the back, the fabrics were unfaded. For… Continue reading
On the Hunt for Joy Challenge — Say Cheese(head)!
Growing up, I was terrible at sports. I didn’t even want to know about sports, I only wanted to read all the books in the world and make art. But when I was… Continue reading
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #79: A Window with a View
I love to go with my husband on his business trips, because his destinations are not your usual tourist spots, and we never know what we are going to find. In March of… Continue reading