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My Blog List
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Summer is Here - Summer is finally here! It's almost the 4th of July which always felt like the middle of summer to me. I am on the Executive Board of my guild. The Presi...
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C1880 9-patch blocks - It has been the worst Spring ever for me! Dark, dreary weather and a few other not so nice surprises. So… it was very nice to find these wonderful little ...
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Preserving Our Quilt Legacy - Do you make quilts, or collect antique quilts? What do you do with them? How do you care for them? What *should* you be doing to preserve these treasures?...
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Design Wall Monday- Row By Row 2019 - There was a late start on my Row by Row collecting. Appointments and a visit at my house. Walla Walla and College Place Blocks/Rows I bought a few kits, o...
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Prairie Flowers and Seasonings Update - A completed a quilt top. I used Cheri's "Prairie Flowers" pattern from the book "My Flower Bed" but added blocks to both the width and length of the quilt...
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Monday Muse from Ohio - I had such a fun few days! Kathy ans I took off early Saturday through the green and sunny countryside to Saegertown where the Quilt study group hosted ...
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Antique Quilt Exhibits: Summer & Fall 2019 - *Most shows won't let you touch.* Here's a list of shows worth visiting and meetings worth attending through fall 2019. *Alabama, Tuscumbia* Belle Mont ...
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Quick Project Tutorial: Honey Bun Fabric Banner! - We are always looking for fun easy projects to work on between our larger quilt projects. With new Honey Buns on the horizon from Moda Fabrics, we knew t...2 days ago
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Cadet Blue and Texas Too: Quaker Quilts on Kindle - I have added another title to my Kindle bookshelf. Cadet Blue and Texas Too This story took longer than I thought to finish. The story has unfolded on t...
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Pretty Quilts (and other pretty things) along an Eastern States Road Trip - [image: Quilts (and other pretty things) along an Eastern States Road Trip] Why hello again friends. Wow – that was a longer absence than I had planned. ...3 days ago
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Beach Baby Bingo! - Beach Baby Bingo! June Modern Mini. I was inspired by the Jersey Shore. I tried to represent the boardwalk, salt water taffy, sand, beach towels and umbre...
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New Cutie Pattern -- Warp and Weft - One of the patterns I designed for Quilt Market is ready for you now. I'm proud to present Warp and Weft! This is my original pattern test. I have some v...
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10th Anniversary Post...Social Media on Off the Wall Friday - My First Post ...Hand Dying 2009*Wow!! * If you had told me that I would have kept this blog up *for 10 years*, I would have said, *NO WAY! *Have you met...
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This 'n That - I've been busy working on June's mini and selvage strings but I can't show them to you until the end of the month. So here are some miscellaneous snapshots...
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Love Blooms - several masterpiece quilts from the Volckening Collection will be on display in July and August In the middle to late 19th century, botanical applique quil...
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Odds and ends... - ....actually, more odds than ends...no finishes and it is going to be while before a completed quilt shows up on this blog. Summers, here in Wisconsin, lik...1 week ago
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A Tale of Two Templates - I have probably shared this photo here before but the story behind it is part of my post, so I will share it again. In 1998, while I was volunteering at a...
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A Festive Fourth of July - This year is almost half over, and it has passed all too quickly! I've spent most of my days working on quilts for a new book, which I won't be able to sha...
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Ordinary Days of a Quilter. - Even though I am a quilter there are more important things in life, like the grandchildren. This day we got baby turkeys and I had these little ones for ...
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Red and White Quilts - At the start of the year I pick a word or theme to model at least the beginning of the year but the hope is to carry it throughout the year. This year, my ...2 weeks ago
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Gone Campin'! RBD Blog Tour & Pillowcase Tutorial - YAY!! Summer is finally here! Want to know great way to involve kids to get ready for some outdoor activities and adventures this summer? Go "Camping"! ...
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The Art Of High Style - Photographer: Edward Strauss (American 1867-1931) "Seamstresses at work in Mary Molloy's dressmaking shop in the Forepaugh Building. Businesswomen like M...
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2019 Monthly Color Challenge -June Challenge -Orange - I’m participating in PBJ -Patterns By Jen’s Monthly Color Challenge for June and the focus color is orange. Each month is a different pieced pattern with...
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Japan April 2019 - In April, Mike and I visited Japan, where my son Tom, his wife Reiko (Lily) and grandson George live in a suburb of Tokyo. This trip fulfilled a longstandi...
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Happy Thirteenth Anniversary to… - Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee TerifiCreations started at the dining room table in Americus, Georgia during my first year as a volunteer at Habitat for Humanity. Ha...4 weeks ago
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What Have I Been Doing This Winter? - Bet you know what I've been doing! New Starts, of course! Actually, two are finished! A friend came to the shop last July with a medallion quilt she ma...
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Sugarcreek Quilt Patterns Part 3 - Good Morning and Happy Monday Friends. Today is part 3 and the last post about my new Sugarcreek quilt patterns. It is also Spring Quilt Market week which...1 month ago
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Life after a Flood: It's Not All bad! - Between 5 and 7 PM on February 27th, a small cold water valve under our master bathroom sink gave way. I was gone but had been in there prior to leaving...
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“Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower” - *“Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower” (24x19")Copyright 2019 by Susan Brubaker Knapp*This is my latest: “Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower” at University of North...
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The Shrinking of Lap Quilts - Have you noticed that lap quilts are now the size of baby quilts? My daughter explained this to me...what I think of as a lap quilt is now called a throw (...1 month ago
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Birds & Baskets. . . and lots of berries! - 43" square My quilt photographed on black background About two years ago, maybe three, I visited the Wagon West Quilt shop in Wickenburg, AZ, owned by ...
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Emma Andres Twelfth Quilt Out Where The West Begins - Out Where the West Begins 1934 This was Emma's original design. Took over a year to complete. The scrapbook says she dye the brown fabric around the pictu...
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Off the Beaten Path - If you read my last post, than you know that I have been on a bit of a fabric buying strike, but allowed myself to indulge in buying some thrifted men's ...
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More Poetry from Sweetheart Pillows - In 2011 my book Sweetheart & Mother Pillows was published by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. The other day, in going through my files, I found a few poems that w...
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US Postage Stamps & Antique Cars - *Stamp Collecting Came Before Quilt Collecting* I recently stumbled upon a quilt that is what I call a Sampler Quilt of US Postage Stamps. Now I am tryi...
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Delicate Arches Quilt Show - The Delicate Stitcher's Quilt Guild recently held a quilt show in Moab, Utah. Barbara Murdock was able to capture some of the amazing work on display at t...
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BIGGER Clam Shells - My friend Sue Pelland challenged me to make some bigger clam shell stamps which I can print on fabric she cuts with her templates. I took up the challenge ...
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It's My Week! Block 45 Twelve Crowns Moda BlockHeads2 - Can you believe we are getting closer to finishing BlockHeads 2 ??? This is WEEK 45 and it is my week! What a variety of blocks and sizes! And what a good ti...
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Basting a Quilt on a Table - If you're a person who bastes your quilts on the floor, as I did for years, you might want to know that you can save your knees and do it on a table. I le...
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Little Quilts - So far this month, I've finished seven small quilt tops for doll quilts, wall hangings, or table toppers. The smallest is 13" x 16". The largest 19" x 28"...
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Heartland Heritage – Baby Quilt Option - At the beginning of the year, I promised a baby quilt layout to go with the Heartland Heritage blocks. And the time has finally come! Each month Heather ...6 months ago
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All You Need is Love - Beatles Quilts - I loved being part of the Beatles Quilt Project and making this fun bird quilt. My song was "And Your Bird Can Sing". There is a book available of all the...
8 months ago -
Creating a Book Out of Memories - This one kept me up because I was so excited. It began as a three ring binder of sermons from the 30s and 40s from the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church...
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Quilt Re-Folding - Ha! A mere three years between blog posts! This summer I've been going through my 20+ years' worth of quilts and sewing treasures. Everything from fabrics ...
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Wedding Present Quilt - I made this quilt in 2013 and finally added it to the My Quilts list. This was a wedding present quilt for my sister. They liked my Ruled by Chocolate q...
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New Blog - I'm blogging solo at https://fromthebuttonbox.blogspot.com. Stop by and say 'Hi'.11 months ago
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Garden Mystery Blog Hop - Wow! It has been a long time since I blogged.. so sorry friends! Not sure if anyone out there is still following my blog??? Rhonda of Farmhouse Threads h...
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National Quilt Museum Benefit Auction - Here is the quilt I just finished for the benefit auction this year. It is 7.25" x 9" . The eight pointed star blocks finish at 2.25" and the binding is...
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Ideas for Decorating with Vintage and Antique Quilts - Ideas for Antique & Vintage Quilt Decorating by Vintageblessings [image: vintageblessings] The Antique Quilt Collection Decorating with Antique and Vinta...
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A Quilt for Kennedy - Kennedy is my newest niece, born on December 31, 2017, just in time for her banker daddy to get a nice tax deduction. Here is the quilt I made for her. Her...
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Long time gone - Lots going on in the studio and beyond. Quilting customer's quilts as well as my own. New opportunities in the longarm world. Road to California in January...
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I’m on instagram now - I haven’t been posting to my blog because I spend my time posting on Facebook and Instagram. Find me on Instagram by searching notesfromthequiltlab. Quil...1 year ago
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Brenda's Bounty update - When I last posted about this quilt most of the blocks were done and I was a little worried about the piecing together stage up ahead. Happy to report all ...
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Posting old favourites... - Not much sewing getting done, but as it's the last day of winter....yay!.... I thought I'd repost some old favourites. Lovely and fresh, ready for spring. ...1 year ago
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A Fictitious Detective Story: The Completely Made-Up Case of Elma's Quilt Blocks - This is a tale of pure fiction, yet one that presents an opportunity to share some pictures of pretty, historical quilt blocks. We also hope it will pr...
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My Color Kit - Have you ever seen one of these? A friend passed it on to me a few years ago. Basically it's an embroidery kit. It's made of a canvas like fabric. Skeins ...
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We have news! - Hi, Terry Grant here. I am so happy to let you know that we have self-published a book documenting our Colorplay Project! If you've been following along ...
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BERNINA Ambassadors: Telling Our Stories - *Hello there! I'm stopping by today as part of a BERNINA Ambassador blog tour. This week (March 20 - 24, 2017) seventeen of us are sharing our stories and ...
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Moved to Bloglovin - I'm trying Bloglovin out. It seems easy to post from iPad which I use most of the time now. We will see how it goes. You might find me blogging once again. Sue2 years ago
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This Blog Is No Longer Active - Thank you so much for visiting over the years! I still enjoy quilting and making new work, just not blogging ... and I know there are many, many other wond...2 years ago
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Finish-Along, 4th Quarter 2016 - I'm just going to list one project for my Q4 Finish-along goal: my king size Maple Leaf quilt. [image: maple quilt blocks] This is a phone pic from 2 week...2 years ago
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Welcome to Hollyhock Quilts!! - Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoy browsing through this site and seeing what's up at Hollyhock Quilts. Although this website is in blog form...
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Since April.... - You might wonder what the heck I've been doing since April when I last posted. Well, I have been busy with multiple things; work, stitching, relaxing, etc....
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Girl's Weekend to Arizona - [image: desert girls trip] Girl's Weekend Away To Arizona - Fairmont Scottsdale PrincessWhen I was in my sophomore year of high school, my family had to mo...
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Flying By ... with an update and a craft - Oh, I've been AWOL - but you probably noticed. What I didn't realize of course is that it has been over a year. That does not mean I haven't thought about ...3 years ago
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More Joy - Not quite 12 x 12 (more like 18 x 36) but it is my JOY quilt. Part of the :"Dare to Dance" Project and published in the block of the same name. And a patte...
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Well... - it's been another 2 years and I'm back! Leaving for Australia tomorrow and I didn't want the girls to ask if I had blog since the last time I made this sam...3 years ago
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October Meeting - We have basically used this blog to announce upcoming quilt events. We have decided to *try *to post summaries from our monthly meetings. We will try ...
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Modern Makeover Hand Quilting - Hello quilty folks out there in Blogland. My Modern Makeover progress on my Good Earth Quilting Blog is going well and I'm enjoying it, even though my righ...
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Even though we're back in snow country - I prefer to post this photo I took just before leaving Florida. It will be quite awhile before we see flowers blooming in Maine. But it's been a great t...
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A NEW WOOL PASSION - I have been missing in action from this blog but all is well. I just celebrated my 63rd (egad!) birthday without any major trauma. Like Sweetie says, it ...
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Moving my blog to: Wabi Sabi Quilts - Hello fellow quilting bloggers, With the new year just around the corner, I'm simplifying a bit and starting fresh with a few things.... including in term...4 years ago
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Finally!! - It is finished! 2 years and 10 months. Pop over to my blog to see a complete post. This is me, Barb Vedder, signing off of the Jubilee Blog.
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Venting ... It's a New World Dance Craze - Shall we dance? All I see in the world today is a dance. But it is an ugly contortion. No swans, no hoe-downs, no cha chas. It is only a mashup of movement...4 years ago
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Retired - I've taught my last class and given my last lecture! Now to stay home and work on the quilts I want to make and see if I can get bored. I loved teaching p...4 years ago
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Tall Grass/Deep Water: Chris Wolf Edmonds & Pam Sullivan - Chris Wolf Edmonds and Pam Sullivan are showing their work in July and August at the Lawrence Arts Center. The opening reception is July 11th from 5 to ...
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Seeking Fabric - A friend of mine needs help finding some fabric. She would like at least two yards of it. If you have some you would be willing to sell, or know of a sto...
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Ann Robinson Bedcover - This bedcover is one of the earliest quilts in the Shelburne Museum collection, and is on the cover of the book Enduring Grace, Quilts from the Shelburn...
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McKim Studios - Ruby Short McKim Revival: 2016 CELEBRATION - Click on the photo to visit the website! 16 Marks the 100th aniversary of Ruby Short McKim's 1st published Quilt Pattern, Quaddy Quiltie, in 1916. - See mo...5 years ago
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New Year, New quilts - Last year I think I only sewed. I certainly didnt knit, crochet or make anything other than quilts. I had far too many trips away from home but still had a...
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My Lone Star - In October my oldest son requested a quilt for Christmas. I managed to get it done, quilting and all. Below is my working drawing of the quilt. I d...
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Come on Over to My House! - by Laura WasilowskiThe Artfabrik website is up and running again and I'd love to have you come visit. You'll see my blog on the front page and links to th...
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Not quite a quilt.... - I haven't been doing much quilting of late - just the minimum amount to maintain my sanity - or not quite! (should ask my children if they think I'm still ...
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Another T-shirt quilt - Here's another T-shirt quilt that I just finished....I am now making them for hire...thanks Pam for being my 1st customer! I am also thinking about having...
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Where the Market Is - Antiques are like anything else. There are trends and cycles: When Gee's Bend Quilts were hung at the Whitney Museum years ago, African American Improvisa...
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An Outlier Uncovered - *Unquilted counterpane dated 1782 with initials E.B.* *Collection of the Winterthur Museum* In 1974 the Orlofsky's book *Quilts in America* gave us all ou...
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wonderful old quilts ~ yuba city, ca - I had a *great time* with the Yuba-Sutter Valley (CA) Quilt Guild I *gave a talk* at their meeting last night and this morning I *appraised* some the memb...
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Taking a blog break........... - Taking a break from quilting and blogging to recover from knee replacement surgery. Ouch. Had no idea it was going to be so painful. O my, am I learning...7 years ago
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We Have Moved - New Blogs and Website - I am delighted to announce the launch of our new website and my new blog. Visit - Sue's blog at www.suespargo.com/weblog2 Kelly's sto...
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Homemade Wallhanger for Quilted Wallhangings with Sleeves - From Sea to Shining Sea Gaye Rice Ingram 1840-1849 Eagle Motifs in America Decade Quilt Series 1770 - 2010 (This beautiful piece is hung on a sample han...
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Getting Together - Normally December would be a time of getting things into place. Getting them together. Tax receipts. Almost finished quilts. Articles that have to g...
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Bad Bad Blogger! - I've been a bad, bad blogger. I know I've been MIA for longer than I care to admit. Honestly, I'd hit a wall. I had a to-the-death struggle with the f...
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WE'VE MOVED! - Thank you for your readership, your support, and your comments on this blog over the last couple years. To give our readers a more pleasant and full exper...
8 years ago
Such a beauty! Best wishes for a wonderful 2019!
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