I don’t even want to think how old this is. First off: Loblaws hasn’t been in this area since the…

I don’t even want to think how old this is. First off: Loblaws hasn’t been in this area since the late 70s. Bells supermarkets used to carry the Loblaws branded items but1. I don’t know when that ended and 2. they’ve been out of business since 1992ish.

Octagon Pattern For Bedspread No. 853

The Octagon Pattern For Bedspreads No. 853 dates from 1920 and was originally published in Corticelli Lessons in Crochet Nook No. 13. I have been searching to see what the original yardage of the Mercerized Cordonnet was but thinking it was nowhere near the yardage of crochet thread today but thinking it was closer to … Read more

Patsy Cline tombstone & Winchester VA visitor center circa 1996

Patsy Cline Tombstone

Pandemic cleaning= me finding old photographs and finally scanning them.
This batch was taken at the Winchester, VA Visitor Center back in 1996. At the time it was the closest to a Patsy Cline museum that Winchester had. Of course, while I was there I had to pay respects to her final resting place (and no, I was not the person who moved the flower arrangement).