Posted in Christmas, Holidays & Celebrations, Needlework, Sheep, embroidery, rug hooking, tagged fake mantels, fake mantles, hanging stockings, holiday traditions, rug hooking, Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholas, St. Nick on December 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was surprised when I found out that everyone doesn’t celebrate The Feast of St. Nicholas. It was common in our neighborhood, with the Catholic kids especially. My mother didn’t know about St. Nicholas until later in childhood when a neighbor introduced her to the holiday (she’s got a great post about that here). I’m [...]
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Posted in Attempts at Artwork, Folk Art (mine), Looking Back, Sheep, Thanksgiving, tagged 1963, assassination, Jack Kennedy, JFK, John F. Kennedy, November 22, President Kennedy, Sheep, Thanksgiving on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Every Baby Boomer has their story of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy: where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news.
I’m a Boomer as well, so of course I must share my story:
November 22 fell on the Friday before Thanksgiving that year. In grade school we had to sell [...]
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Posted in Amish areas, Just Rattling On, Sheep, Travels Here & There, tagged Amish, buggies, buggy, goats, Holmes County, Ohio, pumpkins, Sheep on October 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Except for shopping (especially at the quilt fabric stores) and eating at the good “home cooking” restaurants, Mom and I have never gotten into the “tourist” aspect of Amish country in the Holmes Co., Ohio area. We never toured a recreated Amish homestead, took a buggy ride in the middle of traffic, or went to an [...]
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I don’t know when my love affair with sheep began. It certainly wasn’t a childhood thing. I mean, I saw them at the county fair, but they didn’t impress me that much. I probably paid more attention to the chickens. There weren’t a lot of sheep raised in this part of Ohio, either, so I [...]
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