Well, well, well.  The story continues.  The backstory for this post can be found in two previous posts: Flexner Family Names on a Signature...

A few years ago, I did a lot of research on a quilt with many names inscribed.  It seems to be fund-raising quilt, and was made in Melrose, ...

I posted a few days ago about how about a quilt made in Iowa 1910 is connected to my ancestors and family members.  At one point in my writ...

  You'll find the full backstory to this post on a post from April, 2018.  Here's a short summary. Back in the 1980s, I'd found...

  This year, maybe because of our super long and wet spring, the fungi group has flourished in my yard and neighborhood.  Such variety th...

We've had a super wet and cool spring and early summer here in Chicagoland.  Super duper wet and cool until just the last week or so.  ...

I take photos nearly daily as a kind of mindfulness, meditative practice.  "Stay here, stay present."  I've collected some tre...

As I've mentioned, I do enjoy walking about taking photos.  It's a kind of meditation and mindfulness for me. We let our yard g...

  Last week, I spent some time with a friend, researching her family on Ancestry, and finding some exciting things.  I was therefore...

I do love walking around with my phone/camera, i.e. tiny magic box that can do anything.  ;-) The other day, I was leaving my friend Julia...

For the past few years, I've been using photography as a means to mindfulness and awareness.  I've been taking daily photos of l...

Sitting out in the back, beading and buttoning on my FFF (folded fabric flowers) project.  This will be another little quilt in the Somethin...

Last week I had a great walk-and-talk in the woods with my good friend Rin.  We talked about "life, the universe, and everything&q...

Two of my buddies, with whom I share and discuss business plans for our on-line businesses, have been urging me to join the Pinterest world....

Quilts in Everyday Life, 1855-1955: A 100-Year-Photographic History by Janet E. Finley (I have no connection with the author or publisher...

I photographed my marvelous bog quilt, in the hour or so between the sky clouding over and the winds and rain beginning.  I get the best re...

It's done!  It's done!  The fen quilt is all finished! It will be hanging this coming weekend at the Fine Art of Fiber show at the...