Today I am linking up with Thelma over at Life as Two for Saturday Scavenger! Head on over to her blog tomorrow if you want to see if I made the cut. :)
The clues for this week are:
An old book
Something that begins with the letter 'R'
Something in your favourite colour
#1 - An old book:
This book belonged to my great grandmother's sister, Belle Wisehart. There is no publishing date inside; it simply reads: "The Holiday Publishing Company, Buffalo & New York." There is a handwritten inscription that indicates it belonged to my Aunt Belle in the year 1906, so I'd say that's pretty darn old!
#2 - Something that begins with the letter 'R':
How 'bout a Row of Rowdy Roosters? :D
#3 - Something in my favorite color:
I love purple, and this quilt was hand-stitched by my great grandmother. Each square is 3/4 of an inch, and with the help of my number-crunching husband, we calculated that there are over 9,600 of those little squares. That is mind-blowing to me. She did this by HAND, people! I can't even imagine how long it took her to do that intricate work... Here's a bonus, close-up picture of the stitching.
