Hand-Cranked Ice Cream, Fireflies, Fireworks: Independence
Although we are more used to BBQing and hand-cranking ice cream in 100 degree sunny heat in Texas than this drenched 70 degree novelty, we conquered both!
Historical Sewing and Time Travels
Category: Holidays
Memorial Day Weekend at Arlington National Cemetery
Needing to honor those who died for our freedoms, I suggested we visit Arlington National Cemetery during Memorial Day weekend.
How the Renaissance inspired a Colonial Revival Christmas
During our Renaissance studies, we more fully learned how 15th century Italian artisan Luca della Robbiainfluenced Christmas at Colonial Williamsburg.
Colonial White Christmas in Virginia with a taste of Texas
Now that we got 20 inches of snow for our first Christmas in Virginia, we added a taste of Texas…tamales, a San Antonio tradition for Christmas Eve.
Texas-style Independence Day
With everything bedecked with patriotic red, white and blue, I love hand-cranked ice cream, grilling dinner, George M. Cohan, and fireworks on Independence Day.
