I am thankful for a day away.
Recently, Ward and I had one of those days when we needed to get away from our chores and worries and do something different. I keep a folder with ideas for just such days. When someone tells me about a place to visit or I see an interesting brochure or article, I put it in. Later, if we need an idea for something to do, we pull out the folder.
This time the folder guided us to a local barn quilt tour and we spent the day searching out quilt patterns. Most of them were on working barns, but a few were on other public buildings such as an art center. Sometimes we could get close for pictures and sometimes we were far away. Part of the fun was exploring new areas while finding them. Not always an easy thing, even with an address. We found about half of them and will find the rest on another restless afternoon.
So for this day away, I am thankful.
Here are the ones we found with their pattern name. You may be able to tell from the pictures that the day started out foggy and remained overcast.
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| Birds in Flight |
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| American Homestead |
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| Generation Star |
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| Black-eyed Susan |
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| Corn and Beans |
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| Country Fair |
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| Sunflower on Star |
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| Shriver Millstones |
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| Crazy Quilt |
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| Stairway to Stars |
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| Tulips in a Basket |
