Tag: Building
Block-A-Day 363 – The Grain Storage
Posted by Tina | Dec 29, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Block-A-Day 361 – Stephen And Daniel
Posted by Tina | Dec 26, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Block-A-Day 360 – The Olsson Mansion
Posted by Tina | Dec 26, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Block-A-Day 359 – Lars And Ebba Olsson
Posted by Tina | Dec 25, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Block-A-Day 356 – Mom’s Shed
Posted by Tina | Dec 22, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Block-A-Day 365 – The Gatehouse
by Tina | Dec 31, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
In other words, this door unlocks me. My heart, my past, and my imagination. I’ve enjoyed sharing my stories with you. I’ve enjoyed making each of these little pieces of art. Thank you so much for taking this journey with me.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 363 – The Grain Storage
by Tina | Dec 29, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
I would be so excited if I were driving along the highway sometime and looked over and saw this in a field. I’m putting it in Olsson’s field. With a family as large as theirs I’m sure someone creative made this. I imagine it on the edge of a field of sunflowers bordering corn.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 361 – Stephen And Daniel
by Tina | Dec 26, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Stephen and Daniel are terrific uncles to their extended family. Stephen has a booming laugh that is infectious and he laughs a lot. A big man with powerful arms from the forge he sports a handlebar mustache and long curly blond hair.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 360 – The Olsson Mansion
by Tina | Dec 26, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
The Olssons have always been pretty self-sufficient. Very little of what they eat doesn’t come from the farm. Sugar and coffee are two notable exceptions. Vegetables come from the garden, fruits from the orchard. Flour is milled from the wheat they grow. This way of life was paramount to Lars and Ebba. They passed the conviction to their children who in turn have instilled it in their children.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 359 – Lars And Ebba Olsson
by Tina | Dec 25, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Ebba held onto her little cottage and lovingly cared for it. Planting flowers in the spring and making repairs. Now one of her granddaughters, Arin has her quilt studio in it. She thinks she can feel Ebba and her mother Martha as she stitches.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 356 – Mom’s Shed
by Tina | Dec 22, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
She hired a concrete guy to come and pour a pad for it. After that, a carpenter came and did the framing. At that point, she announced at Sunday dinner, “Alright everybody, don’t make any plans for next weekend. Next weekend we are going to finish my shed.”
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 331 – The Little Barn
by Tina | Nov 27, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
At the time my bedroom wasn’t finished and I admit to a little jealousy when the barn was finished better than the bedroom. We had just started raising sheep with a very small flock of ewes and a ram. Oh, we were excited.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 293 – The Fire, October 21st, 2020
by Tina | Oct 20, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
I debated about whether to include it in my quilt, but because it was such a big event I want the people that look at this quilt and read my stories to remember after I’m gone that we are all survivors.
Read MoreBlock-a-Day 289 – Fat Cat Café
by Tina | Oct 16, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
They make outstanding pie! I love their pie, and I’m really picky about pie. I could eat a whole banana cream or pumpkin from there. I really hope I am early enough in the morning to pick up a piece for breakfast.
Read MoreBlock-a-Day 288 – That Town & Country Insurance Co
by Tina | Oct 15, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Insurance is a very contentious subject locally in my town. With the fire last year our county has had so much loss of home and property that you can imagine we have had so many claims.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 284 – Mountain Family Center
by Tina | Oct 11, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Mountain Family Center is a wonderful resource for our community. They have a top notch thrift store and a very active much needed food bank. Our quilt guild donates lots of quilts, from baby quilts to full size bed quilts.
Read MoreBlock-A-Day 282 – New-2-U And Never Summer Brewing
by Tina | Oct 9, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0
Upstairs was a 3.2 beer joint called The Upstairs. The bowling alley closed in the late seventies. Sonny and Ruthie Samuelson were the owners. After that Cindy Samuelson opened a feed store there and I bought feed for many years from her.
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