Hello, Dear Readers!
I am back home from my wonderful trip to Indiana. I arrived at Back Door Quilts Tuesday afternoon and spend a few hours there pouring over every nook and cranny full of delicious quilty things. It was my first time there and I had plenty of time to linger and take it all in. Then, I spent Tues evening and all day Wednesday with the ladies from the Bloomington, IN Quilt Guild. I took lots of photos for you to enjoy and had every intention of posting them today, but time just got away from me. I'm only home for 24 hours before I head out on another adventure. This time, my pals and I are headed to a big Folk Art & Antiques Festival downstate, and immediately after that....I escape to another friends lake home to sew, sew, sew. I promise to blog promptly once I'm home to stay.
In the meantime, I thought you'd enjoy a bit of...
I am back home from my wonderful trip to Indiana. I arrived at Back Door Quilts Tuesday afternoon and spend a few hours there pouring over every nook and cranny full of delicious quilty things. It was my first time there and I had plenty of time to linger and take it all in. Then, I spent Tues evening and all day Wednesday with the ladies from the Bloomington, IN Quilt Guild. I took lots of photos for you to enjoy and had every intention of posting them today, but time just got away from me. I'm only home for 24 hours before I head out on another adventure. This time, my pals and I are headed to a big Folk Art & Antiques Festival downstate, and immediately after that....I escape to another friends lake home to sew, sew, sew. I promise to blog promptly once I'm home to stay.
In the meantime, I thought you'd enjoy a bit of...
1800's Trivia!
Sparking Lamps
Sparking lamps were popular in the early 1800s for monitoring the length of time a gentleman caller could spend with the object of his affections. The young man was permitted to remain in the woman's home for as long as the lamp remained lit. Sparking lamps were made in a wide variety of sizes with some so small they held only a thimble of oil. If the folks didn't like the gentleman when he came a'courting, they could pull out the smallest lamp, and when that thimbleful of fuel was gone, he was out the front door!
Have a wonderful week.....I'll be back soon....
Pam
Love your 1800 trivia...most interesting? Thanks for sharing...hope you do it again:)
ReplyDeleteLove the story of the sparking lamps. If they'd had them in my courting days the tiny one would have been permanently in use! :o) Just found your lovely blog. I'm going to get a coffee now and settle down for a good read.
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