Musings

 The Ides of March, not so good for Julius Caesar and the Republic of Rome, but for me, I am utterly chuffed.  I was asked to sew a church k...

A social media friendship led to an invite to join a live American Needlepoint Guild Chapter!  Though there are many chapters in Texas, the ...

  2022 Finishes From first trip to Nashville Needleworks Big Tex First Finish of 2022

 In no way did I complete 21 projects in '21, though I have the stash to do so.  With a broken arm trying to heal, I am pretty pleased w...

I love the American Revolution and thought this night sky and deep navy fabric depicted Paul Revere's nighttime ride contextually well. ...

In 2017, we visited Arcadia NP and the lighthouse, as I wrote a 2015 research paper on the importance of lighthouses internationally and for...

 Cody and I visited the northeast in the spring of 2017.  One of our stops was the Springfield Armory.  Both Springfield and Chickamauga Arm...

My Mom is the bear whisperer.  In her first visit to Yellowstone in 2009, she saw a black bear cub climbing a burnt pine.  In 2010, on her v...

 All five entries won ribbons, including my first Blue Ribbon! Ribbon winners

In 2009 on our way home from working at Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS, we spent two days at Arches NP.  Cody was able to get some amazing daytime an...

  2021 State Fair of Texas Entries I entered five pieces in the State Fair this year.  None were particularly large pieces, as my broken arm...

Cody's astrophotography demonstrates a view of the nighttime sky unseen by the naked eye.  My Grandaddy once told me how Indians tested ...

In 1995, my Mom took me on a trip to Washington, D. C..  The National Mall was the second NPS trip for me.  We stayed with my Great Aunts, w...

I loved wearing my ranger hat, though the NPS copied it from the US Forest Service, i.e. Smokey the Bear.  I used my clothes to match and ge...

There are just no words for Pearl Harbor.  We visited in June 2015 and were lucky enough to get to go onsite, after a boat collision had dam...

True iconic Americana are the NPS signs.  I stitched mine in NPS brown and green, and tried mimicking the stone anchors.  I will embroider N...

I absolutely love to stitch Bargello needlepoint, but I will say, those patterns grounded in some kind of history really attract my attentio...

I love Big Bend NP.  I first visited Big Bend in March 2008, and the hikes were amazing.  Sitting in the historic hot springs while dangling...

Bald Eagles are quite majestic birds, but they do create a difficult situation for ranchers, as a Bald Eagle can carry a calf, deer, lamb of...

On my driving trip to Alaska, Glacier National Park was my first stop of the trip.  I enjoyed the Going to the Sun Road, the buses, hiking, ...