Hot and Dry

I remember summer always seemed so very, very hot. There wasn’t any kind of cooling system. One summer when I was a child must have been hotter than usual because we had no water!

Our water supply was rain water collected in a large metal tank located beside the house, at least that’s where it would have been if we had any! Since it hadn’t rained in a very long time there was none.

My Dad hitched up the team of horses, loaded several empty barrels in the wagon, and prepared to go get water. I was excited because he let me climb up beside him and go along.

We had to travel about five miles on a dusty, dirt road to a large, open well. It was spring fed with wonderful supply of water all year round.

When we arrived at our destination I was amazed to see a procession of wagons, all lined up with their empty barrels, waiting their turn to get a supply of water!

Digging Through '#$!*'

My cousin and I were seniors together in high school. We graduated together and also received some of the same gifts for our graduation presents.

One gift she received that I didn’t was a gold wrist watch. I think her parents gave it to her. She was very proud of the watch and wore it all the time.

She had a very unfortunate incident happen to this gift. If you know about out-door toilets you know what hot, stinky places they are in the summer! On one of Jewel’s visits to their outhouse shortly after graduation she was wearing her watch. The clasp got hung on her clothing and came open. Before she could catch the watch it came off and fell down into one of the holes. Needless to say, she was horrified.

When her dad came in from working in the field she told him what happened. He suggested she get a rake and sain through the ‘mess’ and see if she could find it. Sure enough, after several hours of trying she came up with the watch. After a good scrubbing and cleaning, the watch appeared to be as good as new. She was very happy! 

Pictures & Prices!!

It is exciting to finally have pictures, descriptions, and prices for all my quilts. Thank you for stopping  by to take a look. There are several very intricate quilts, some more interesting in their construction than others. All of them involved many long hours of hard work. 

I'm sorry to say the pictures don't really do them justice. I don't have the facilities to photograph such large items. If you are interested in a particular quilt I will do several close-up photos for you and send them to you by email.