Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Fabric Diary

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Some of my fabric scraps I throw into a wicker laundry basket and others I have "catalogued" by decade and stored in ziplocs. Soun...
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Thursday, January 5, 2012

18th c. Ledger-style Gravestones and Epitaphs

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The Hanover Presbyterian Church Burial Ground in E. Hanover, NJ, has some very interesting ledger-style gravestones dating to the late 1700s...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

A Christmas Quilt, A Gravestone, and an Elusive Ancestor

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As Christmas is almost here I thought it would be fun to feature one of each: a quilt, a gravestone, and an elusive ancestor. In 1979 I made...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Morgan's Farm and Museum

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The last house I visited on the Essex County Historic House tour was Morgan's Farm and Museum in Cedar Grove, NJ. In 1985 it was the las...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

Force Homestead & Museum

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The Force Homestead & Museum in Livingston, NJ, was also part of Essex County's Historic House Tour last weekend. Built in 1745, it ...
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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Grover Cleveland Birthplace

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One of the houses on the Essex County NJ's Historic House Tour this weekend was the birthplace of Grover Cleveland, the 22nd & 24th ...
Friday, December 2, 2011

A Colonial Christmas at The Jacobus Vanderveer House

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Today a couple of friends and I went to A Colonial Christmas at The Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, NJ. This lovely Dutch house was ...
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