On Tuesday of this week we traveled to Virginia to attend an auction of some of Father & Mother’s things. Since they moved back into the home place at my sister Sheila & Sanfords they had some things that they just didn’t need any more. We were all glad to get a little bit of history & memories from home.

Something for everyone.

Pretty glass for the ladies!

Quite a few men and boys were glad to get part of Father’s blow torch collection.

An antique coverlet.

Father & Mother enjoyed watching and sharing memories about some of the items.

Some of the grandchildren took turns being the clerk.

Tallying up the totals.

Packing the treasures.

Loading up and tying down!

One last find in the dumpster!

It was such a fun day with no squabbling and bickering. I was so thankful for the fellowship, laughter, and sharing.

I’m so glad Paul can fix just about anything. Since my warranty to my 170 Bernina was expired we decided it was cheaper just to buy the part and Paul would fix it himself. However, we never dreamed the part, just a cable was all we needed to make the knee-lift run the pressure foot, would be $75.00

It’s back in working order now and purring like a kitten.

I had a fun 2 days with quilting friends taking a class with M’liss Rae Hawley.

She has a real gift for quilting and shared so many helpful tips with us. I especially liked her help on color and value in helping me place my fabrics. It turned out so much better than I had originally planned.

Here are some of the ladies that also took the class and their beautiful compasses.

M’liss also had a trunk show for us of a lot of her quilts. Check out her website and see her many quilts and books.

Here’s my palette of fabric for a class with M’liss Rae Hawley for Monday & Tuesday.

And here is some more fabric that was given to me. Coleen & I got to enjoy thrift shopping in Seneca, SC recently. There are 8 or 10 thrift stores in that little town; so while Glen & Paul had a meeting with the SLM accountant, Coleen & I went for treasure finds. Actually, Coleen brought this fabric along from some lady in their community that was trying to find a good home for it. I was just so glad to be the reciepient. Won’t it make a lot of nice quilts and comforters!!!!

I’ve been wanting to post about our trip with Father & Mother and I just can’t seem to get around to it; so check out my sister Coleen’s site for a glimpse in to our wonderful trip.

Last Tue. we had a baby shower for Jackie Schrock, daughter of Wes & Hiedi. Jackie was born 10 weeks early; but is doing quite well.

A group of ladies gathered at our church to ride the bus to Jackson for the occasion.

We visited and had lunch before the shower.

Then it was time for games. You had to guess what kind of candy bar was melted in the diaper.

Louise wrote a poem just for the occation.

 Heidi recieved a lot of nice gifts, including 31 blankets!!!!

I got to see and enjoy a lot of quilts today at our monthly Possum Town Quilter’s meeting.

We visited Pastor Raul & Ana near Slatina, Romania. They served us a nice lunch and shared about the many needs of the people in southern Romania. The area is more poor than central Romania and there is a lot of occult activity in the area.

We also stopped at a home for girls that SLM had part in helping get it started.

Adi and Ariana invited us for supper one evening. Adi helps SLM and is a wonderful host, guide, and friend.

These young people have Bible School with the village children every week.

After the singing, Bible lesson and memorization of verses they played a game like “Musical Chairs” only when the music stopped you had to stand on the newspaper.

We continued our boat ride up the Rhine River to St. Goar where we got a train back down to Rudesheimer.

Javonne, my niece, was our tour guide.

Then we took a ferry to Bingen

and drove back up river to Bacharach.

We wound our way through the town until we came to the narrow road leading us up the hollow to Steeg.

There we found the Huthwol (Heatwole) house from which our ancesters came.

Abover the doorway is the date 1905 and J. Hutwohl.

On the way back down the hill we saw this wonderful setting with a bench. We tried it out and when we leaned back the slats on the back kept on going backwards throwing our feet up in the air. The bench was in dire need of repair.

We also visited the graveyard where some of our ancesters lie dormant until the resurrection.

We drove back down the narrow streets and browsed at some shop windows. The stores were closed so I guess my souviners will be snapshots of what I’d have liked to buy. This shop had drawings of some of the notable buildings around town.

And this shop had carvings for sale.

We ate supper at this restraunt. The pork, German fried potatoes and apple strudle were delicious.

And then it was time to board the ferry and go back to Javonne’s apartment.

Here’s something different to look at until I get my next post ready. I made this “quilt block,” if you want to call it that, for our next month’s drawing for Possum Town Quilter’s.