Linda Hubalek's Blog – January 2012 Archive (2)
The Buffalo Chip Lady
I love looking at old photos collected on historical internet sites like KansasMemory.org. One of the most famous photos, that of a woman gathering cow chips, depicts the typical life of a pioneer woman in many people’s minds.
Here’s this woman, stuck out on the Western Kansas plains, with…
ContinueAdded by Linda Hubalek on January 20, 2012 at 5:12pm — No Comments
Why were these Quilts kept?
We had a warm sunny day this week, so I pulled out a tub of quilts I inherited from Lois, my mother-in-law. They had been stored in a cedar chest, made as a high school project by her future husband back in about 1925.
I spread a white tablecloth on the driveway and unfolded the first quilt. The double wedding band quilt is a beautiful display of color, stitching,…
ContinueAdded by Linda Hubalek on January 12, 2012 at 12:10pm — No Comments
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