it has begun!

After some time with the iron, making all of the fabrics as wrinkle free as possible, the work on the first of the bird blocks has begun!

4 pieces down, only 587 to go!!



Work on scanning family photos continues.

This sturdy looking bunch are relatives on my dad's side of the family

(perhaps there's some genetic component to our battle with weight?)

The man standing in the center of the picture is my great grandfather, Isaiah "Rade" Ross. The rest of them are the other Ross "clan" members: Jeremiah ("Mood"), Sarah, Amos, Silas, Susanah (Wall), Vashti, Esher, Mariah, Lodema and Sarah (don't you love the names!) I know who is who of the fellows, and Susanah is the mother of this brood (second from the right, seated), but the which girl is which is anyone's guess.