Pilgrims and Pioneers
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Pumpkins-Oh How Versatile!

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Pumpkins! They come in all shapes and sizes! Fat ones, tall, skinny ones, stuffed ones, warty ones , carved ones and, primitive ones! We use...
Monday, October 18, 2010

Simple Pleasures!

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We have so many trees around our house that a lot of leaves had already fallen on our front porch- so today I raked them in a pile and burne...
Saturday, October 9, 2010

Bartering- A way of Pioneer Survival

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To survive the harsh Prairie winters Pioneers traded with Indians. The Indians provided animal furs that the pioneers used for making coats...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Prairie Bonnets- a Pictorial

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Prairie bonnets were worn for protection from the Prairie sun and wind. The styles were so varied. I have surfed the web and found several d...
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Monday, September 20, 2010

Last Chance for Sweet Annie

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SOLD OUT FOR THE SEASON!Thanks for all the orders! With in the next week the Sweet Annie will be gone- if you want some you need to order qu...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Laura Ingalls Wilder- A True Pioneer Woman

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Recently a very good friend of mine sent me several books wrtitten by Laura Ingalls Wilder ( thank you Holly!) I have thoroughly enjoyed rea...
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Early Clothing- the Signfigance of Color

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ng In general, clothing was made of wools and linens. Colors were of wide range but took on significance. Black however was a color of respo...
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Colonial Crafts Exhibit, Waterford, VA Loudoun (Waterford ...

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Sunday, August 29, 2010

We Now Have Prairie Bonnet Kits!

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We are now offering kits with precut fabic pieces to make your bonnet making easier- all you need is thread and a sewing machine- we have ta...
Saturday, August 21, 2010

Pioneer Candle Dipping Video

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

A Thyme to Harvest From the Earth

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Today I worked at harvesting some vegetables from my garden. Cucumbers, green beans, cherry tomatoes, yellow tomatoes and various kinds of r...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Plimoth Plantation- A pictorial.

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My dream is still to visit this plantation and see how my ancestors live- in the mean time I content my self by looking at photos of the pla...
Monday, August 9, 2010

Wild Turkeys Again!

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The turkeys have been back again for the past two days and this time I did get pics- not as close as I wanted to though- but these turkeys c...
Saturday, August 7, 2010

Little Things Make Me Happy!

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I have wanted a food dehydrator for several years now. Being as frugal as I am I looked at resale shops and never found one. This year my ga...
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Friday, August 6, 2010

Who Was Mariah Benson?

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She was my 6th great grand mother. I think her name is both beautiful and fascinating. Unfortunately I can not find much information about h...
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