Monday, November 11, 2024

Soulfulness. It's All... about the 'Journey'.


Oh my Goodness!!
This Young Person...
'Freddy',
Fell in Love, with Friend, Kathleen's Drum, Sunday morning.
but...
'Mom'... 
said "No." to the purchase.
: (

The Mad Hatter... 
said, 
"Merry Christmas... Freddy!! 
: ) : ) : ) 
 I Know... Kathleen would Want YOU To Have This!!"
<3 <3 <3 
Told Freddy, All About Kathleen... 
<3
What an AMAZING Music Teacher She Was... and So Much More!!
<3 <3 <3
Kathleen Devoted her Life... to Children, and Music.
<3 <3 <3 
Freddy is in a Marching Band, and... Loves Music.
<3 <3 <3 
Meant To Be.
<3



The 'Rabbit' Girl.
<3
She's Such a Sweetheart.
: )
Several... of The Rabbit Hole's Bunnies, have found their way to Junk Jubilee, over the years.
She fell in Love... with The Big Bunny, I brought in, Saturday morning.
<3
: )
He... was kinda pricey... {Special Bunny <3}
The Rabbit Girl, told me... she had to take a lap, around The Show, to 'think'... but, when she made it back to our booth, The Special Bunny, had found another Home.
{A Very Good One, I assured her. <3}

Late in the day, on Sunday... she stopped by, and showed me A Treasure, she'd Just Found!!
<3
It's a Darling... 1970's Rabbit Purse.
: )
Love It!!
<3


A Very Sweet Neighbor, at JJJ... had purchased a few Treasures, from Simply Iowa.
<3
When I delivered them, noticed an AMAZING Quilt, she was using for display, under an Old... Old... Painted Cupboard.
oh my.
It...
Grabbed me.
<3

You couldn't 'see' much of it, but... didn't have to.
It... Has 'Soul'.
Wow!!
We worked out a Trade.
: )

said... to my Pal, "Ya Know.... What Grabbed Me, about This Old Soul???"



She pointed out the long.... worn, and shredded fabric, circled in the above image.
{Which I LOVE <3}
: )

No...
: )
it was the sharp... cut, pointy pieced pieces, in a square, that looked like broken glass, 
or...  broken mirror shards.
Unusual... 'Crazy Quiltish'.... Piecing.
It...
Grabbed me.
<3

My Pal... kept it through JJ, for display... so, I... didn't get to 'See'... The Quilt, until we were loading out, last night.


 Nearly Dropped, when I laid this Quilt Out, to be able to take in...
The Entire 'Picture'.

Was Frozen... in my tracks, while examining it.

What I couldn't see, of The Soulful Quilt, while being used as a table cover...
was The Rest of The Story.
oh my.

The other end, most likely... the top/first edge/row, began as a Log Cabin Quilt.

{Log Cabin Quilt's became popular with President Lincoln, in the 1860's... as he was born in a Log Cabin. 
<3
The center of a Log Cabin square... is usually red, to represent The Hearth of The Home.}

then...
as the rows of Squares...went on, in this Soulful Quilt,
it was like...
 The Log Cabin...
was
 Shattered like Glass, or... a Broken Mirror.
: ( : ( : (
I've Never Seen, Anything.... Like This Amazing Piece.
Ever.

TOTALLY 'Understand', This Quilt.
<3 <3 <3 
oh my.
<3

It's So Perfectly.... Worn.
<3
It's Been Used, and Loved.
<3
It's all hand pieced.
The stitching isn't 'Finely'... done, but... It's Beautifully, and Soulfully...
Done.
: )
<3
This... Old Soul, 
Tells Quite a Story.
: )



We sold... All of The Lovely, Early... 'Pristine' Quilts, that Hank brought, that had belonged to his Wife, and my Friend, Pam... over the weekend.
<3
They All went to Loving Homes!!
Into... Appreciative Hands!!
<3
That's All Hank Wanted.
<3
: )

They Were Beautiful... Quilts.
<3
They'd been finely quilted, way back, then... saved, in a Blanket Chest, for over a hundred years.
: )
barely used.
: )

but...
I... wasn't interested in one of them.
Not... my style.
: )

SO Appreciated Everything About Them...
from The Fabrics, to The Handwork!!
GADS!!!
Beautiful!!!

just...
not my 'style'.
: )

Above...
Is, my style.
<3



The Fabric... on the back, of The Soulful Quilt, is... incredible.
Early...Early...Early.
<3

Miss... That Polly!! <3


Indeed.
<3
; )

As a Very... Very... Wise Friend, told me Long... ago,
"It's All... About The Journey."
: )


Went through the documents Fairfax's Mayor... sent on Friday, a little more thoroughly, this morning.
I... really shouldn't have.
: (
 Just... coming off of a Long, weekend. Many Long weeks, well... 
; )
going over what she sent,
 {was... 'provided' to her.}
; )
hahahahahahaha....
oh my.
: )
Every time... over the years, having to 'deal'... with Fairfax, and IDOT District 6, 
concerning The Fairfax Bike/Trail... 'accommodations', 
that... 'aren't and weren't'... and... blah, blah, blah...
Yet Are,
and have
left Us, in a Basin...
an
old
saying... 
comes to mind...

'If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance...
baffle 'em, with 'Bullshit'.
{or, from my seemingly Never Ending...
 experience...
 Bury... 'em, 
Drown 'em...
in 'Bullshit'. }
: (
My... 
humble opinion. 

bless all of their hearts.

I'm so incredibly weary, today.
Grateful... For Our Amazing Veterans.
<3 <3 <3 
Grateful... for Their Holiday.
it... saved me, too, today.
<3
Spending this day... in my old flannel robe.
<3

Thanks So Much... to The Junk Jubilee Family, for Hosting an Amazing Event!!
<3
Thanks to ALL Who Visited JJJ.
<3 <3 <3 

Love to Ya...
Prayers for All.

Barb C.

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