This summer, I had the great fortune to visit Ohio to celebrate my Grandpa’s 95th birthday with all my aunts, uncles, and cousins. We enjoyed a picnic in his backyard and hosted an open house for his friends from the community.
Since my Grandma was a quilter (she did the piecing) and my Aunt Jean does hand quilting, being in Ohio reminds me of the origin of this hobby for me. We visited Aunt Jean and at 92, she has two projects going at once. A baby quilt being hand quilted and a cross stitch project:
We also visited Amish country. Since it was Sunday, a day of rest, no shops were open, but if they were, we’d have likely seen horse and buggies parked outside here: