Quince

Welcome to Quince!   The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson   A Little Sweet...   Mary Maxim Head Hugger Vintage Pattern Faux Fur Pom Poms   Lost in Time Shawl   A Little Tart...   "The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story?" Yann Martel, Life of Pi.     Eunice Yeatts McAlexander   A Little Unexpected...   Reviews of food boxes   Dinnerly   HungryRoot   Everyplate   Our beautiful area, Lover's Leap near Meadows of Dan, Virginia      

After being AWOL for three months, the girls catch up with all that has been happening. Reynolds Homestead Victorian Christmas Lots of cancellations in the area because of snowstorms and ice storms. Kindle On Deck to the rescue after a long power outage. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Making memories for Thanksgiving and Christmas, an intervention for Beth to set up her lovely new TV from her son. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Beth is being dragged into the 21st Century with a new phone, Echo and other Smart stuff gifted by her son. Do all these things threaten our privacy? Dopesick by Beth Macy Hillbilly Drug Baby by Andrea Brunais Time for a lifestyle change for Leslie with the help of Noom A Little Sweet... The new KnitPicks catalog Spectra Bleeding Art Tissue for dyeing   Super Fine Sampler by Marken of the Hat & I Susie's Reading Mitts by Janelle Masters Yax Trax and snowshoes Farm to Feet Socks A Little Tart The Monday Night Book Club Code Gir

Meadows of Dan and Reynolds Homestead happenings. Shearing a rabbit, yard sales, gynecologists, hurricanes, flood memories and guardian angels.   The true story A Little Sweet...   Crocheted Blanket Pattern by TheHatandI Leather Wrist Ruler by Ilovehandles A Little Tart...   Inspired by the anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, the topic is "Laying Down Your Life."   1 John 3:16-20 New International Version (NIV) "16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. 19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything."  

Catching up on the news. Beth's memoir classes. College for Older Adults at the Reynolds Homestead. Meadows of Dan Folk Fair and Story Space. Way too hot in Meadows of Dan this week. Guests Ruthie and Amy. Rainbows and skunks. Vintage Tony the Tiger doll that Beth bought for herself when she was very young.   A Little Sweet   Amy's beautiful yarn and Tony the Tiger Long color changes in yarns.   A Little Tart   Life on the farm with rabbits, chickens, goats, Knightley and Emma and their kitty Darcy. Beth and her kitty Clue have a skunk friend.   Leslie's little bandits Life with wild animals on the mountain.   A Little Unexpected   Contest! Contest! Contest!   Tell us a fun or unusual birthday meal request and win a prize! More info in the previous post.   Sure cures for bad muscle cramps in the legs.   "I Can Sing a Rainbow" song.   Empower Yourself to Live Well with Alpha-Gal   Dealing with ticks in the environment with tick tubes that attack the ticks in the nest.  

      Adventures for Beth at Chataqua Institution, whimsy and wisdom. Leslie's adventures in swimming.   A Little Sweet...   Black tri Australian Shepherd stitch markers   "I Like Big Balls"   AC/DC song     Inca Trail by Svenlana Gordon   A Little Tart...   A discussion of salesman samples inspired by Reynolds Homestead Tidbits of History. Many types, including book samples and caskets, that were available into the 1970s.    A Little Unexpected...   Grandma Flanagan's Taylor Cakes / Molasses Cookies   1 cup boiling water 2 tsp. baking soda 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup Crisco 1 cup molasses 5 cups sifted flour 2 Tablespoons cinnamon 1 tsp. salt 1 pinch of cloves 2 beaten eggs   Dissolve baking soda in boiling water. Add brown sugar, Crisco, molasses, flour, cinnamon, salt and cloves to baking soda-water, and mix thoroughly. Add beaten eggs last and gently blend. Drop by spoonfuls (they do not spread) onto a greased cookie sheet and bake in a preheated oven at 425 degrees for

Memorial Day and Amazon Echo's Alexa singing the National Anthem.   Meadows of Dan happenings: yard sales, new stores, nice customers.   Reynolds Homestead Book Sale and History Around Us talk on the Melungeons (June 6 at noon)   A Little Sweet...   Addi Flexi Flips at VanKlikStudios on etsy   Professor Meow Sweater by Claire Slade   A Little Tart...   The reason for relationships.  Types of relationships.   Quotes:   "Men are afraid that women will laugh at them; women are afraid that men will kill them." - Margaret Atwood “When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him." - Albert Camus “Stuart needs "space" and "time," as if this were physics and not a human relationship.”  - Kathryn Stockett   "You can be in love and you can be in a relationship but they're not always the same thing." From http://www.iwrotethisforyou.me/2009/06/rose-is-not-always-rose.html  

Spring scenes (Cows by Beth and apple tree by Leslie)   Baton twirling, elder care, problems with the Veteran's Administration, a long hard winter   A Little Sweet....       Betty's Beauty by Kathleen McGrew   Baby bracelets   A Little Tart...   Signed copy of Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon Taking a friend to a bluegrass show in Northern Virginia during the 1980s. Missing friends at Cowles Ford in Woodbridge, Virginia.   A Little Unexpected...       New in Meadows of Dan, Concord Corner Store in the former Toy Museum building.   Lovely lunches and new ciders at Chateau Morrisette.   Greenberry House will be opening in mid-May.   Music attributions   Reverie (small theme) by _ghost featuring Pitx ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389

Blue Ridge Story Space       Beth's beautiful photos from her "Emerging Artist" show at the Reynolds Homestead    A picture of mountain serenity by Beth   Dr. Kirk Treible   Kirk holding Beth with the pony   Family photo The photo that provided the missing clue     Reverie (small theme) by _ghost featuring Pitx ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389

Special Guest Felix, Leslie and Beth Our special guest, Felix, talks about life as an expatriate college student and explains bitcoins, so frequently in recent news. He and Beth also talk about new trends in dating!

  Special guests Chris and Cliff talk about growing up in New England, their adventures as roving pet-sitter and musician and share some wisdom about life.

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     Paula Reversible Shawl made by Leslie       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.     That blue roadster 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 ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389 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

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   Music Attribution Reverie (small theme) by _ghost featuring Pitx ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389 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.

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...   Mark Twain and his bed 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   Louisa May Alcott "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 th

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...   Leslie's OLFF Loot 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     Photo of Beth's mother in a very special frame   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   Music Attribution Reverie (small theme) by _ghost featuring Pitx ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389 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

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 ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389 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 w

Holiday happenings: friends, games, and Beth's loot!   A Little Sweet...     Grazzka's Andrea's Shawl Most favorited pattern on ravelry for the year. Andrea's Shawl by Kirsten Kapur.     Babaruda's Mandala Madness 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.    “You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.” - Audrey Hepburn A Little Unexpected...   "The Birth (Near Port William) by Wendell Berry   Music Attribution Breaking Up Christmas by Jump Steady Boys   Reverie (small theme) by _ghost featuring Pitx ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389 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/djlan

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