Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
December 17, 2023 When I was in my early twenties, I made a queen sized quilt for my mother-in-law. I knew she would cherish it. I based the quilt off of a stained glass window I saw. The flowers and steams are hand appliquéd onto the “window” and then I hand quilted the edges. All […]
Read More Quilt I Made as a Gift for my Mother-In-LawDecember 16, 2023 How do you get your mail? We are members of Escapees RV Club (www.escapees.com) and we use their mail service. We use their Florida location as our physical mailing address and the Texas location as our mailing address. The Escapees mail service will forward our mail to us when we ask. We […]
Read More Questions We Get Asked a Lot About RV LifeDecember 15, 2023 A few days ago (December 9), we got a new neighbor for a few days. He pulled into site 1. Bruce and I admired his RV, a converted school bus aka schoolie, while walking Nox. Bruce was removing the burned out headlights bulb on the motorcycle later in the day. It was […]
Read More The Big Blue Bus Next DoorSeptember 17, 2023 A fellow blogger from A Year of Kayaking (https://kayak2016blog.wordpress.com/) was interested in seeing more quilt pictures from Shipshewana. I am posting these for her and for my other blog friends who are interested in textiles. My grandmother was a quilter. My dad made her a quilting frame that hung from her ceiling […]
Read More More Quilt PicturesAugust 29, 2023 At the FROG Rally, I ordered my blog logo and blog site URL stickers to put on our RV. I am really pleased with how they came out. First, I cleaned the area to place the stickers. I brought out the level and a tape measure to make sure the lettering lined […]
Read More Adding My Blog Site URL and Logo to the RVJune 29, 2023 We’ve had smoke from the Canadian wildfires for three or four days now. This has limited our outdoor time, as I react badly to smoke. I’ve had a migraine and my nerves are acting up. The burning sensation and the pins and needles sensation has been very bad the last few days. […]
Read More Smoke from Canadian WildfiresJune 10, 2023 One of my former coworkers arranged a lunch get together with several of my former coworkers. It was great to see so many of my friends. I do miss seeing and talking to them. I even miss working with them when I see them. After lunch, we went to a friend’s house […]
Read More Meeting the Clover GirlsJune 3, 2023 This morning (Saturday), we walked over to the Grateful Bread Bakery in Golden, CO. The heavy rains had washed large rocks onto the bridge to the center the bakery is in. I was glad I was wearing my hiking boots, as they supported my ankles as I tripped over a rock about […]
Read More Out of Order Post – Another FallApril 27, 2023 Bruce and I both have caught the crud. So this week, we’ve been staying inside the RV, except for walking Nox. So, not much has been going on. We’ve watched a couple movies, John Wick and John Wick Chapter 2. I’ve also done some baking using the long fermentation method for sourdough. […]
Read More Under the WeatherApril 14, 2023 On Friday (April 7), our friends Rick and Mary had us over for lunch in their RV. I made sourdough crackers to take as a hostess gift. We walked over to the Styx River RV Resort that they were staying in. It is right next to the Riverside RV Resort we are […]
Read More Invite to Lunch by Friends
