Quince

Great show featuring Beth's Aussie sisters and their wonderful revelations about growing up in Western Australia and the differences they see in health care and wages between America and Australia.

We enjoyed having K and Amy as our audience!

Reynolds Reunion at Reynolds Homestead

Leslie's dogs have a new kitten

A Little Sweet...

Lovely ponchos on Ravelry

Yarn Bowl Yarn Box on Ravelry by ideasinwood

Meadows of Dan Craft Show finds

A Little Tart....

What we learned from Nancy Drew, how she became part of the American culture, influencing many strong women.

A Little Unexpected....

Many quotes from the books

"Read, Read, Read....that's all I can say." - The Secret of the Old Clock

Music Attribution

Reverie (small theme)

by _ghost

featuring Pitx

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CC Attribution (3.0)

Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment ) by J.Lang (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/djlang59/37792 Ft: Airtone

Don't Be Scared ft. Christine Autumn by Calling Sister Midnight (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/romancito/50155 Ft: Klaus Neumaier, Christine Autumn.

Recent eclipse and happenings in Meadows of Dan.

A Little Sweet...

What the Fade? mystery knit-along

Mystery yarn boxes

A Little Tart...

Risky business

A Little Unexpected...

Our dark and risky secrets

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Reverie (small theme)

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A Little Sweet...

Crochet Stitch Markers

Teamoy Organizer Case for Circular Needles

Crochet Hook Set

Knitters Pride Interchangeable Cord Variety Pack

Summerleaf Shawl by Nim Teasdale

A Little Tart...

Authors found on antique postcards.

"For Auld lang syne" - Robert Burns

"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. - Charlotte Bronte

"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs." - Charlotte Bronte

"When the Frost is on the Punkin" by James Whitcomb Riley

"I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in." - Robert Louis Stevenson

"Wine is bottled poetry." Robert Louis Stevenson

"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Easy reading is damn hard writing." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Bodice Ripper novels

A Little Unexpected...

La's Orchestra Saves the World

As Meat Loves Salt

Greater Roanoke Postcard Show

Olde Liberty Fibre Faire

Courthouse Tragedy Play

Easter weekend in Meadows of Dan

High school students get a visit to Virginia Tech

A Little Sweet...

Steampunk spinning wheels by Terry Clark

Beautiful bags by Twisted Yarn and Fiber

Uluru Queensland yarn

Beautiful yarn by Knitting Notions

Greenberry House opening soon!

Welcoming Samuel Ellis Shelor, son of Sammy Shelor and his lovely wife, Jordyn.

A Little Tart...

Words that annoy us (and others)

Suggestions by our Facebook friends

A Little Unexpected...

Netflix series to knit spin, and work on postcards by

Murdoch Mysteries

Virginia Association of Museums Conference

Chasing the Powhatan Arrow by Michael Abraham

Martinsville, Virginia

A Little Sweet...

Leslie made a baby blanket, modifying the pattern Cluster and Shell Baby Blanket by Sharon Frazier

A Little Tart...

Russia (The Old Regime) 1903 - 1919 "Personal Recollections" by Madame Olga de Smolianinoff

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, 1908 - L. C. Page & Company

Beth's special and personal valuables

How to easily clean silver plate and sterling silver

A Little Unexpected...

Jalna series of books by Mazo de La Roche

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Reverie (small theme)

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Don't Be Scared ft. Christine Autumn by Calling Sister Midnight (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/romancito/50155 Ft: Klaus Neumaier, Christine Autumn.

Strange February weather

Subject is Volunteers

Great Volunteers in Meadows of Dan

Reynolds Homestead's incredible Volunteers

A Little Sweet...

Volunteer knitting and crocheting

A Little Tart...

Lots of quotes on volunteering

A Little Unexpected...

Granny D: Walking Across America in My Ninetieth Year

In Pursuit of the Common Good

The Voluntourist: A Six-Country Tale of Love, Loss, Fatherhood, Fate and Singing Bon Jovi in Bethlehem

Music Attribution

Reverie (small theme)

by _ghost

featuring Pitx

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CC Attribution (3.0)

Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment ) by J.Lang (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/djlang59/37792 Ft: Airtone

Don't Be Scared ft. Christine Autumn by Calling Sister Midnight (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/romancito/50155 Ft: Klaus Neumaier, Christine Autumn. 

Ferrum College

Honoring Reynolds Homestead volunteers

Great Books and Great Conversations

Pearl Buck

A Little Sweet...

PussyHat Project by Kat Coyle

6-Day Kid Blanket by Betty McKnit

A Little Tart...

Living as caregivers to aging parents

"I believe that most caregivers find that they inherit a situation where they just kind of move into caregiving. it's not a conscious decision for most caregivers, and they are ultimately left with the responsibility of working while still trying to be the caregiver, the provider and the nurturer." - Sharon Law Tucker

"The best people are the good old wrinkled people with a sparkle in their eye, a wink when you walk by or a toothless smile saying you are doing just fine." - Robert Wesley Miller

"Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left." - Robert A. Heinlein

"I've never stopped wanting to cross

the equator, or touch an elk's 

horns, or sing Tosca or screw

James Dean in a field of wheat.

To hell with wisdom. They're all wrong:

I'll never be through with my life." - Rita Dove

"Even eighty-odd is sometimes vulnerable to vanity." - L. M. Montgomery

A Little Unexpected...

Books: 

The Mindful Caregiver: Finding Ease in the Caregiving Journey by Nancy L Kriseman

The Inspired Caregiver: Finding Joy While Caring for Those You Love by Peggi Speers and Tia Walker

"My caregiver mantra is to remember: the only control you have is over the changes you choose to make." - Nancy L. Kriseman

"Embracing a healing presence requires you to just be in the moment together." - Nancy L. Kriseman

Music Attribution

Reverie (small theme)

by _ghost

featuring Pitx

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CC Attribution (3.0)

Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment ) by J.Lang (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/djlang59/37792 Ft: Airtone

Don't Be Scared ft. Christine Autumn by Calling Sister Midnight (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/romancito/50155 Ft: Klaus Neumaier, Christine Autumn

Holiday happenings: friends, games, and Beth's loot!

A Little Sweet...

Most favorited pattern on ravelry for the year. Andrea's Shawl by Kirsten Kapur.

Mandala Madness by Helen Shrimpton

Leslie talks about knitting needles; varieties available and materials for aching and aging hands.

http://www.swallowknit.com/

http://www.glasspens.com/

A Little Tart...

Mountain Christmas past and present. 

A Little Unexpected...

"The Birth (Near Port William) by Wendell Berry

Breaking Up Christmas by Jump Steady Boys

Reverie (small theme)

by _ghost

featuring Pitx

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CC Attribution (3.0)

Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment ) by J.Lang (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/djlang59/37792 Ft: Airtone

Don't Be Scared ft. Christine Autumn by Calling Sister Midnight (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/romancito/50155 Ft: Klaus Neumaier, Christine Autumn

Adopting pound dogs.

Spay and neuter

Farm Dogs: A Comprehensive Breed Guide to 93 Guardians, Herders, Terriers and Other Canine Working Partners by Janet Vorwald Dohner

Reynolds Homestead Victorian Christmas

Mayberry Church Live Nativity, December 16 & 17, 2016

Singles Dinner and Bingo

A Little Sweet...

Cheerful Gift Guide for Knitters from Mason Dixon Knitting

Stacey's Bun Hat by Stacey Thorngren

A Little Unexpected by Elena Nodel

A Little Tart...

Different types of photographs: 

Daguerreotype 

Ambrotype         

Tintype 

Stereoviews

Carte de Visite  

Cabinet Cards   

Backmarks

Leslie's photographs for sale at Scraps of American History

Real photo postcards

Beth's eBay ID: hemlockwv

Modern photography

Prom pictures

Christmas photos

A Little Unexpected...

Author Ibby Greer

Images of America Series

Flickr.com

Quotes:

"There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes." - Abraham Lincoln

"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Simon Ships Out: A Heroic Cat at Sea by Jacky Donovan

"Today everything exists to end in a photograph." - Susan Sontag