Dear Venturers, It’s time to meet the flock! These are my three lovely chickens: This is Katy (short for Cathrine). She is a Plymouth Barred Rock, very fat, and loves food and cuddles. Katy is very sweet and hates to be alone. She also loves to sing and often serenades us with a surprisingly beautiful voice.  This is Daisy (I call her Daisy Bug, or just Bug). She is a Leghorn. Daisy is very cute and full of personality. She loves to fly up to high places and take selfies with me. Daisy got her name because she looks like a daisy with her white feathers and yellow legs.  This is Abby (short for Abigale). She is named after Abigail Adams and is mix between PBR and Easter-Egger. Abby loves to perch on my arm and eat jewelry and other shiny things. She is very good at spotting hawks. Abby prefers to be by herself, but is secretly full of love.  Sadly Abby left us on August 14, 2021. We will miss her greatly. 

  Dear Venturers, Good evening! Today I was finishing up my 18th. Century cap and created a new tool... If you sew and are ever on the internet, the you’ve probably been bombarded with the newest sewing hack of using a fork to make perfectly uniform knife pleats. So I gave in one day and tried it. The result was BEAUTIFUL! I love to see a neat row of pleats all looking identical. It’s just such a pretty sight, and far outweighs gathering. So as I was making my cap, I reached for the fork that I now keep in my sewing kit (😁), but I didn’t want pleats that large. I decided that I needed a smaller fork to make a smaller pleat. And so, my newest creation was born... I tried meshing the words pleat and fork, but all I could come up with was, “pork”, and, “fleat”... or well... I used round nose pliers and some jewelry wire that I have. It’s  essentially a smaller sized fork with only two points (because it’s for pleats and not food...). To make the shape, I made a V-shape out of the wire. T

Dear Venturers, Good afternoon! Today I found an old turkey feather (don’t ask why) in the back of my desk. I had the random motivation to stop my search for the paper I needed to do real and productive things, and make a quill pen. Then of course I needed ink. And so... here’s how to do it yourself!  1. Remove the flaky stuff and the fluffy stuff Before you cut the feather, you should consider how much “feather” you want to keep on the feather. I prefer the pretty aesthetic of an intact feather, but it’s up to you!Use your finger nail to peel off the membrane around the feather. 2. Cut the tip off Use scissors to cut off the tip of the feather. 3. Take out the flaky stuff that’s inside There’s a waxy sort of thing (it does have a proper name) inside the feather. I used a bobby pin because why not. 4. Cut diagonally  Use scissors to cut of the side of the feather at a diagonal angle.  5. Cut a small shelf-like thing and clean up the edges I used these small wire cutter things that I wi

Dear Blog, Good Evening! Today I saw this very uninformed add for a greeting card about global warming, and I thought I would make a post about all the funny things out there about history.   Lace-y pantaloons in 1720? But hey, if it’s frilly, it’s any era. So this is a bit funny... even though the door is not period appropriate for the 18th century ;) I’m not sure if “historical” would be the right term... So if you’re in the mood to start complaining about the US, at the very least get your facts right. I guess The new way to spell “sailor” is solider  ?  Medieval movies can be hittermiss.  We are all well-versed on the unspeakable polyester "costumes".  Excuse me, your nylon stockings are showing. The longer you look, the worse it gets.  To refresh your brain, here are a few of my favorite “historically accurate memes”. Enjoy!  How could they?? POV you have a modern washing machine Hairpins wouldn't hurt as well :| haha 🤪 But it's oh-so true the Met online is amaz

  Dear Venturers, Good Afternoon! Today I took a photo shoot of the attic bedroom in my dollhouse. I was inspired to do so because I have been working on finishing the floors in the that room. I can’t wait to see what they will look like when it’s all done! It has taken SO many packages of popsicle sticks for the floors that it’s been taking me forever to finish the upstairs.  I got this beautiful doll (that’s even to scale!) at a flea market for only 1 dollar! The man running the store said his wife was in Hawaii and he didn’t know what the price of the doll was. I hope she didn’t get home to find thier most expensive doll was gone!  I will make a post later about how to make the little fire.  A love to tape photos outside the windows with a flash light on them when taking pictures. Doesn’t it look so much better that way? I have been debating whether or not to put the window trim up. I kinda like keeping with the rustic feel and leaving it raw.  My favorite feature on the desk is a b