Reflections in Windows.

We seem to always - or at least *I* mostly always strive for the best photo - often times taking it through a car or plane window.

"Oh no! There is a reflection!"

But is that really a bad thing?  Somehow parts of "What the photograph is seeing" puts the photographer IN the photo as some sort of hologram, and there you have it.

And Yep - that's me in the passenger seat as I try to take photos of amazing Arizona landscapes , not intending to catch myself.

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Monday in AZ!

Hey all -

I've been in Arizona for almost a week now, and I know I've only gotten one post out during the time that I've been gone - but there comes a time when family time is the focus.  And that's where I am.

Knowing that my brother was only going to be with us until Saturday, I just dropped the ball of staying in contact, let all social media and blogging go and just settled in to that family time.

I don't know when the last time was that it was just my dad, me and my siblings.  Since we've become adults, it's rare.  Extremely rare.

So what did we get up to?  We did some history stuff.  You see, these apples didn't fall far from the tree, my brother and I.  We are history nuts, and love having our feet in places where amazing things happened in the past.

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From Virginia to Arizona!

Hello From Phoenix!

I made an early morning trip to the airport in Tennessee, flew into Atlanta where my connecting flight was already boarding by the time I hit my gate - and arrived in Arizona around 3pm to be greeted by my dad and my brother.

There has been much catching up since.

This morning while everyone still snoozes, I am posting our last photos with the November Quiltvillians -

Look at these beautiful Scrappy Mountain Majesties quilt tops!

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Quilting Through The Weekend!

I walked in the front door to find a group gathered in the dining room - 

Dianna was presenting a featherweight maintenance demo to a group of vintage machine lovers, focusing mainly on featherweights, but also talking about 301 machines and how much they have in common. 

Chances are, if you have a featherweight or two, your next "Must Have" is a singer 301!

Both are very popular machines for bringing to retreat, and easy to maintain on your own.

It also goes to prove that dining rooms are good for more than just dining!

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It's Started!

As soon as we hit November and Halloween is in the past - THIS starts to rumble up and down the road in front of Quiltville Inn.

And I love it!

I know some think it is too early - if that is you, you can wait and go to one of those "chop your own" tree kind of farms.

But these trees are shipped everywhere - and this is when it starts.

They will go into refrigeration until they are trucked to wherever they go.

Some trailers passing by are just loaded with boughs and branches destined for wreath and swag making.

You never know - they things you find in your local stores may come from the Blue Ridge Mountains of SW VA and Western NC!

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Welcome. November!

This is what Halloween afternoon looked like on our road hike yesterday.

You guys, it was 75 out?!?!?!  It felt all kinds of wrong, but then there have been loads of weird things on my 2024 bingo card.

I'm not complaining.  I know when Mother Nature decides she has done enough making up for what befell us during Hurricane Helene she will throw some winter weather our way and we'll be looking back at these balmy October/November days as the gift they are.

Porch weather in November?  It's happening.

And....there just may well be ONE MORE fire pit opportunity this weekend because - why not?

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