Merry Christmas to all...

Christmas seem to come so fast this year, one minute it was Thanksgiving and now its that blessed time "Christmas" wow where has the time gone.  I have been busy stitching away when I can since I started Ann Grimshaw... so here's an update

28 ct Ivory Cashel, Mulberry Gumnuts Silk, 1:1

I haven't been doing any genealogy stuff, probably won't resume in earnest till after the new year, but you never know.  I have been organizing my office and doing other stuff instead, like a little online shopping.  I have really been enjoy the holiday movies on TCM.. 

TCM Holiday Snapshots
Earlier this week a fan reached out wanting to see all the holiday spots we show on the air. We made this reel for him, and we hope you enjoy seeing this too. Happy holidays from everyone here at TCM!
Posted by Turner Classic Movies: TCM on Thursday, December 17, 2015

So Merry Christmas from warm Washington DC...

 

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Thanksgiving is over and on to new things..

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving Holiday, we did, a quiet one as always.  Its always just us and the fur kids. On the plus side, DH was off the day after Thanksgiving, so we got some household things done.  Now I wanted to get some stitching done, but I lost my 9-11 book.  I looked everywhere, and I mean everywhere.  No go. 

So I started something new, Ann Grimshaw. 

28 ct (Cashel) with Gumuts Silk Mulberry, over one

In case you aren't familiar with Ann Grimshaw, here she is..and you can read about her here

I'm really pleased with the start, its going well.  As far as the 9-11, I really want to move on with this sampler but the size bothers me, that's why I enjoyed working over one and I keep going back to working it over one.  But back to the lost chart.. I bind all my charts, with plastic sleeves and binding machine.  I sometimes have to take sheet out to work on per page.. but it keeps things all together and helps with damage control.  Well the bottom line was this, I ordered another one, so that's in the mail, and guess what, I found the chart, it was on my desk in my office.  I remembered I took it there to order some threads that I was running out of, I had written my conversion on the thread key.  But all is not lost, I did have some pages that are worn so I new chart will be nice..at least that's what I'm convincing my self with, sound good to you?

I have been doing some genealogy work as well, on my husband's side.  Paul is 50 percent Norwegian and English, and god knows what else.  So on his dad's side, which came from England original to Connecticut, then out to the plains, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois and then on to Washington state to finally settle, till Dad joined the Air Force and went all over, including Japan (part of the restructuring after the war), then to midwest and Virginia.   So I was working on his 3rd great-grandfather who turns out to of been a major figure in the Black Hawk War, in Kansas,         have a read..

So that was really interesting.. for those of us who are interested in this stuff.  Anyway it was something to do other than deal with depressing weather and news.  It has been dreary and wet here since Sunday and then came the horrible news of yesterday in California. It's becoming more and more a world I don't understand. 

Yesterday 12-3-15 Gloomy and dark

Today 12-3-15, Beautiful and mild... and will be for a while

So now I will leave you with, my daddy, today would of been his 96th birthday.. we lost him way too soon, he was only 56 in 1975 when he died of terminal cancer.  He served 25 yrs in the Navy and 25 years in the Dept of the Navy, and is buried at Arlington Cemetery.

Also Wreaths Across America, is short for this year..for placing wreaths for Arlington (because they burials increase per year) it only costs $15 for a wreath.  I donated in my dad's memory, as before.  (Actually both parents are there), but if you want to help, please if you can. 

  

Sorry to be so long with post.. will try to come back more often.. Thank you for stopping by.
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Fall has arrived, Thanksgiving is around the corner...

Well its almost two months but I have been so involved in house, history and some stitching.   So let me update you one by one.. The house, well that encompasses cleaning and other things.  The other things are the children (the cats - with two that need meds) also, sorting cleaning and weeding out of things.  I have been going through things that we have out grown in our tastes and other things.  Goodwill will be getting some large bags.  

Now item two, history, well its genealogy.. I have been working on getting two family histories done and re-documented.  They were written early, before so many records became available and there are alot inaccuracies.  Also most of them are based on family stories, which are not really primary sources unless you can document it, with birth, death marriage and even divorce certificates.  I have recently found some very interesting things along the way that I would like to share..

My 6th Great Uncle, Nehemiah "King" Wood,  was born in 1770 in Rileyville, Virginia, to Nehemiah Wood, Sr., and Abigail Grigsby Wood, my sixth great-grandparents who were both of Virginia. Though I have been unable to ascertain when and from where the nickname "King" evolved, its use as his nickname is documented in many places.  He is descended from the Wood line tracing back to William Wood, born circa 1350, in North Tawton, Devon, England.

In 1805, Nehemiah moved his family from Virginia to what became, in 1806, Raccoon Township in Gallia County, Ohio.

Excerpt about Wood Old Homestead.  Taken from the Gallia County, pp. 527-528, section

of Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2.

Of note is that 100 freed slaves traveled with the Wood family to "the North" when they moved, and those men and women continued to work for him and live alongside him in Ohio throughout the rest of his life.

In 1805, Nehemiah bought Raccoon Township's first gristmill from Adam Ricabaugh.  In 1907, Walter Wood wrote this about the aforementioned transaction in this way:  "The First grist mill on Raccoon by Adam Ricabaugh in 1803, but was soon sold to Nehemiah Wood who attached to it a sawmill. Carding machine and fulling mill for dressing cloth. It was built at Adamsville."  Then, in 1806, he built a second gristmill nearby that Walter Wood described as being located "one mile and a half below Cora in Perry Township."

Nehemiah rose in prominence in the community; and, in 1819, he was honored to become the first Postmaster of the Woods Mill Post Office in Gallia County, Ohio.

Information on Woods Mill Post Office
courtesy of GalliaGenealogy.org

In 1820, Nehemiah built the Old Wood Homestead, a federal-style farmhouse constructed from clay bricks manufactured on-site.  The Homestead served as the Wood family home, a stagecoach stop on the stagecoach line from Chillicothe, and an inn.  Additionally, cabins were erected on the Homestead's farm to house the freed slaves that had accompanied him from Virginia and were still working for him.

 Photos of the Old Wood Homestead Main Building

Nehemiah King Wood died on September 21, 1824, in Gallia County, Ohio, at the age of 54.  He was laid to rest at Watson Cemetery in Raccoon Township.  Upon his death, his sizable estate went into probate in the Ohio state courts, and the estate was not settled until 8 Apr 1825.  At that time, his widow and non-minor children were granted guardianships of the minor children, as well as given parts of the estate; and his outstanding debts were settled. 

You can read more about my Great Grand Uncle, legacy here 

Now for the third thing, well I have been stitching... so here are some updates...

First, Hope and Love  

40 ct White Newcastle, with Gumnuts Silks - Mulberry and Denim (pardon the quilt showing underneath)

Second, Jan Houtman 9-11

JH 9-11 on 40ct Ricamo, with own conversion of Gumnuts Silks

 Its been a year, with distractions on 9-11 but I work bit by bit, I hope to finish it by January.. at least that's my goal.  Hope, Peace and Love should be finished soon, I'm on the lower part and that's it, next I will do Ann Grimshaw. by Scarlet Letter.

I hope to do better, with posting more news bits some stitching, home life, and genealogy.. so here's a taste of Fall from the back deck...

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Update and new start

Well I thought I could move to a new page, which would of been the last of the 2nd section, then I discovered I had made a big mistake.  Can you find it.

See it, I didn't go under the brown open work on the left of the section on the far right.  So I ended up frogging one night, and correcting that section.  Its looking much better... see below.

28ct cream evenweave, with Silk Gumnuts threads, over one.

 I also have started a smaller new piece, which is designed by Jardin Prive "Halloween Quaker".

28ct Pewter Evenweave, Gumnuts Silks, over one.

Well school started this week, and the fall is upon us, but it's still muggy here in Virginia, south of DC.  Its raining here today, but its not enough to break up with ragweed in the air.. but there's hope.
Tomorrow marks the 14th Anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.  But its also the  27th anniversary of my mother's death...miss her everyday.. She worked at the Pentagon for the Department of the Army. 

Mom (Audtey Seekford Cantley) with Glady's Hronik (her sister)1972 Williamsburg, VA

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