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# Teacups in the Garden

18th Century Virginia Musings

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- [Will the real George of Georgetown please stand up?](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/georgetown-in-dc-is-named-after-which-george/) - Presuming that Georgetown was founded in the late 18th century, I also presumed it was named after George Washington, since it is part of Washington, DC.
- [Rippon Lodge, home of Virginia Patriot Thomas Blackburn](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rippon-lodge-home-of-virginia-patriot-thomas-blackburn/) - The youngest of his daughters, Julia Ann, married Supreme Court Justice Bushrod Washington who had inherited Mount Vernon.
- [Virginia calls colonies to independence with Lee Resolution](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/virginia-calls-colonies-to-independence-with-lee-resolution/) - After receiving instruction from Williamsburg, Richard Henry Lee proposed that: these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States
- [Virginia first colony to declare Independence from Britain](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/virginia-first-colony-to-declare-independence-from-britain/) - When I first visited Colonial Williamsburg, I was astonished to learn how much of America's history began in Virginia, inspiring the colonies to independence.
- [Charmed by 1950s Motor Inns Colonial Williamsburg Style](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/williamsburgs-lord-paget-motor-inn/) - We arrived at the quaint Lord Paget Motor Inn, with Georgian features like Colonial Williamsburg, less than a mile from the historic area.
- [Colonial Williamsburg Spa-aaahhh Rest and Relaxation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/colonial-williamsburg-spa-aaahhh-rest-and-relaxation/) - While my hubby hung out in the guys section full of electronics most of the day, I relaxed among tranquil gardens and in a quiet room with great books to read.
- [Hole in window shutter for solar microscope: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/hole-in-shutter-for-solar-microscope-colonial-williamsburg/) - Last year, when I met George Wythe at the Tucker House, he mentioned a microscope at his house that received light from a hole in the window's shutter.
- [George Washington First in War, Peace, Hearts of Countrymen](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/george-washington-first-in-war-peace-hearts-of-countrymen/) - Unanimously appointed to lead Contintal Army, George Washington was the metaphor of the American Revolution needed to bring unity to the colonies.
- [Thomas Jefferson's 1774 Treatise: Rights of British America](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/thomas-jeffersons-1774-treatise-rights-of-british-america/) - Before the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson boldly addressed the king to boldly protect the American colonists' rights as British citizens.
- [18th Century Styled Guidebook of Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-styled-guidebook-of-colonial-williamsburg/) - Rutherfoord Goodwin continues his father's and Rockefeller's legacy of showcasing Colonial Williamsburg's legacy of forging a nation built on Independence.
- [How George Washington became epitome of Virginia Ethos](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-george-washington-became-epitome-of-virginia-ethos/) - While telling George Washington's life story, the author also shares the ethos of 18th century Virginia, to whose values Washington sought to achieve.
- [Virginia Capitol Tour with Burgesses: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/virginia-capitol-tour-with-burgesses-colonial-williamsburg/) - On a tour of the 1776 capitol of Virginia, we learned the significance of similar language of our founding documents from a burgess.
- [The Providential History of our Founding Fathers](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-providential-history-of-our-founding-fathers/) - Excellent book presenting evidence about the Christianity of our Founding Fathers, who formed a nation based on religious freedom.
- [Leathernecks: Quantico National Museum of the Marine Corps](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/leathernecks-quantico-national-museum-of-the-marine-corps/) - We learned sailors called Marines Leathernecks because of the leather collars they wore. As in the 18th centutry military stock I made for my son?
- [Sam Houston and Texas Revolution Sighting in Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sam-houston-and-texas-revolution-sighting-in-virginia/) - Church Hill at Timber Ridge, which was built long after Sam Houston and his family moved to Tennessee, was in the Civil War movie, Gods and Generals.
- [Patrick Henry: Book Autograph, Arrest, and an Interview](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/patrick-henry-book-autograph-arrest-and-an-interview/) - Patrick Henry was arrested by the Redcoats right before we bought a new book about him. Later, he greeted us while being interviewed, then they interviewed me!
- [Best of the Road Interviewed me at Under the Redcoat in Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/best-of-the-road-interviewed-me-at-under-the-redcoat-in-colonial-williamsburg/) - Suddenly, a guy held a giant microphone in front of my face, while a massive video camera moved close to my face, as they sought my 18th century story.
- [My photo debut in the Colonial Williamsburg calendar](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-photo-debut-in-the-colonial-williamsburg-calendar/) - Last July Colonial Williamsburg contacted me about using one of my photographs for their soon to be published calendar that is mailed to donors every year!
- [First Person Interpretation class: Lafayette in Annapolis](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/first-person-interpretation-class-lafayette-in-annapolis/) - When my son saw that the Colonial Williamsburg Lafayette was giving a first person interpretation workshop in Annapolis, my son wanted to attend.
- [Acting as extras in Colonial Idol EFT: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/acting-as-extras-in-colonial-idol-eft-colonial-williamsburg/) - A couple of days ago the kids and I went to Colonial Williamsburg to be part of an Electronic Field Trip taping of "Colonial Idol"! We arrived at 8:30am at the Visitor Center, since taping was to be done in one of the theaters. The kids and I weren't quite sure what to expect because
- [My son acts as aide-de-camp for EFT: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-son-acts-as-aide-de-camp-for-eft-colonial-williamsburg/) - While my son spent several minutes trying to get the perfect picture of the gorgeous cardinal, Thomas Jefferson joined us in bird watching!
- [Kindred Spirit behind The Many Faces of George Washington](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/kindred-spirit-behind-the-many-faces-of-george-washington/) - After looking at the individual parts of the George Washington recreation, she showed the entire creation, resulting in a gasp that arose from the audience. 
- [The Adventures of Flat Stanley in Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-adventures-of-flat-stanley-in-colonial-williamsburg/) - One day we found a package in our mailbox, sent by some children in North Carolina, who asked us to take their friend, Flat Stanley, to Colonial Williamsburg! 
- [We were extras for an EFT Shoot: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/we-were-extras-for-an-eft-shoot-colonial-williamsburg/) - They needed a lot of people for a crowd scene and about 100 showed up in proper attire: contemporary clothing, in dull colors.
- [A Day in the Life, May 1774: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-day-in-the-life-may-1774-colonial-williamsburg/) - Recently gifted this DVD/CD-ROM series: A Day in the Life: Eight Stories of Williamsburg residents on one day in May 1774, I am totally wowed! 
- [The Day Colonial Williamsburg and PBS came to our House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-kids-as-first-eft-skypers-colonial-williamsburg/) - I received a surprise e-mail from one of the producers of Colonial Williamsburg's EFTs inviting my kids to be the first Skypers on Thursday's program.
- [Colonial Williamsburg spoofed by Adventures in Odyssey](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/colonial-williamsburg-spoofed-by-adventures-in-odyssey/) - We were laughing at this hilarious fictional rendition of learning how to be an actor interpreter at our favorite historical site, Colonial Williamsburg!
- [Oh My! Guess who sent us a package?](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/oh-my-guess-who-sent-us-a-package/) - Remembering the day when my kids and I recieved a surprise package from Colonial Williamsburg's Educational Outreach Department!
- [Meeting Washington and Lafayette: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/meeting-washington-lafayette-colonial-williamsburg/) - 1781, the year General Washington sent Lafayette with his dragoons to capture the traitor Benedict Arnold, who had burned down the capitol in Richmond.
- [Historic Treats while Touring Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/historic-treats-touring-colonial-williamsburg/) - We snacked on some colonial chocolate while window meandering through 18th century shops, trades, and houses on Duke of Gloucester Street.
- [Meeting General Lafayette at Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/meeting-general-lafayette-colonial-williamsburg/) - The best part of our Colonial Williamsburg experience was my son's interaction with Lafayette, which put a big smile on the general's face.
- [Collapse of Royal Government: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/royal-government-collapse-colonial-williamsburg/) - New to us on this visit to Colonial Williamsburg was the immersive street theater program where guests interact with historic people. Who would we meet today?
- [Discussing clothing with Tory Tailor: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-first-costumed-time-travel-colonial-williamsburg/) - Beyond thrilled, my kids most appropriately entered the time portal into the 18th century while wearing colonial clothing.
- [Christmas Wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/christmas-wreaths-at-arlington-national-cemetery/) - Each year, these Christmas wreaths are laid at all the military cemeteries across America, through an organization called Wreaths Across America.
- [ABC Surprise Hurricanes on our 2004 trip to Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/abc-surprise-hurricanes-on-our-2004-trip-to-virginia/) - Not a hurricane in sight when we left Texas. Once we arrived in Virginia three hurricanes, Alex, Bonnie, and Charley, drenched our vacation over 2 weeks.
- [Beloved Memorial to George Washington: Arlington House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/beloved-memorial-to-george-washington-arlington-house/) - George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington, built Arlington House as a memorial to his beloved step-grandfather.
- [Lafayette Sighting at Arlington House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-sighting-arlington/) - Built by George Washington Parke Custis from 1802 to 1818 as a tribute to his step-grandfather, he collected as many artifacts as possible from Mount Vernon.
- [Our Unexpected National Treasure Date Night in Alexandria](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-unexpected-national-treasure-date-night-in-alexandria/) - To lighten my fear of being mistaken as spies, I joked: You look like Nicolas Cage. Someone might mistake us for that couple in National Treasure.
- [Drinking history with old-fashioned Virginia maple syrup](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/drinking-history-with-old-fashioned-virginia-maple-syrup/) - My first choice of a sugar camp tour was Duff's Sugar House at Fair Lawn Farm, since he sugars off in strictly the old-fashioned way!
- [Visiting Marshall Plan, Colonial Williamsburg, and Lafayette](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-marshall-plan-colonial-williamsburg-and-lafayette/) - After the success of Europe's recovery from WWII under the MarshalI, George Marshall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953, the first for an Army general.
- [Lovers and Blue Ridge Views at Bears' Den Overlook](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lovers-and-blue-ridge-views-at-bears-den-overlook/) - From young to much older to in-between...lovers were smooching here and there…cozy-ing up to each other..while my son softly played the violin.
- [Lafayette and Theodore Roosevelt Sightings in Warrenton](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-and-teddy-roosevelt-sightings-in-warrenton/) - Discovering the 1825 Lafayette stepping stone and President Theodore Roosevelt's 1909 horseback ride in Warrenton near our home.
- [Michie Tavern c1784 Southern Dining, Shopping, and History](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/michie-tavern-c1784-southern-dining-shopping-and-history/) - While driving the beautiful forested road to Monticello, we've been intrigued by a gorgeous establishment upon a hill as go to Monticello.
- [Backyard WWII and Cold War Spies: Vint Hill Farm Station](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/backyard-wwii-and-cold-war-spies-vint-hill-farm-station/) - Driving into the area, we parked at the Covert Cafe (intriguing name) and found ourselves surrounded by an old spy network dating back to WWII!
- [Middleburg, a Theme on Foxes, Horses, and Tally-Ho](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/middleburg-a-theme-on-foxes-horses-and-tally-ho/) - Although foxes are the most prominent décor item throughout the town, their fame is a result of the many fox hunts and steeplechase races which rely on horses.
- [Corsairs Whistling Death at Iwo Jima: USMC National Museum](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/corsairs-whistling-death-at-iwo-jima-usmc-national-museum/) - Upon seeing the corsairs overhead at the USMC museum, my son exlaimed that when the corsair flew close to the enemy to attack, the enemy could hear it whistle.
- [The Space Shuttle Flew over our House Today](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-space-shuttle-flew-over-our-house-today/) - Surprisingly, we heard that the Space Shuttle Discovery would be piggy-backing on a NASA 747 to Washington DC's Dulles Airport and we were in the flight path!
- [Corsair Cockpit Tour and Wing Walker: Manassas Air Show](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/corsair-cockpit-tour-and-vintage-aircraft-manassas-air-show/) - Enthusiastically my son regaled the pilot with corsair fascination, which caused the pilot to take my camera from my son to take video of the cockpit for him!
- [Snoopy overhead while Tiger Woods golfs beyond Lake Manassas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/snoopy-overhead-while-tiger-woods-golfs-beyond-lake-manassas/) - Most likely, Robert Trent Jones understood premier golf design so well, that he ensured every customer received his best ideas for their own golf course. =)
- [WWII Potomac Flight Soaring over our Bristow House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/wwii-potomac-flight-soaring-over-our-bristow-house/) - Dubbed Potomac Flight, twelve WWII planes flew from the Culpeper Air Fest to Washington DC to honor disabled American veterans.
- [Napoleonic Engineering and Lafayette in Buckland](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/finding-napoleon-and-lafayette-behind-my-former-home/) - Since I’ve driven down this road numerous times and wondered about the historical marker near the charming houses along Broad Run, we indulged our curiosity.
- [Dr. Walter Reed Birthplace, Gloucester, and Mosquitoes](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/dr-walter-reed-birthplace-gloucester-and-mosquitoes/) - In 1896, Dr. Walter Reed discovered the cause of Yellow Fever among men stationed near the Potomac River. For that, a major military hospital was named for him.
- [Falling in Love during the Seasons of Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/falling-in-love-during-the-seasons-of-virginia/) - Favorite scenes from my days and evenings out and about in Virginia during the different seasons, and gardening on my balcony patio.
- [Riding a 1950 Steam Engine through the Shenandoah](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/riding-a-1950-steam-engine-through-the-shenandoah/) - Known as the Queen of Steam, the last of its kind was set to run for five weekends through the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests.
- [1940s Norfolk & Western Class J611 chugging through Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1940s-norfolk-western-class-j611-chugging-through-virginia/) - Rates for the round trip excursion from Manassas to Front Royal ranged up to $1000, while traveling in 1940s luxury style...and this might be its last trip.
- [Visiting Belmont Bay Marina and Historic Occoquan](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-belmont-bay-marina-and-historic-occoquan/) - One stunning 19th century house sold a variety of lovelies from food to jewelry to clothing to decor items, reminding me of Gruene, Texas.
- [When the 1860 Lincoln Election Flag Flew over Occoquan](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/when-the-1860-lincoln-election-flag-flew-over-occoquan/) - On the 4th of July, nearly 60 abolitionist Black Republicans erected a liberty pole at Rockledge Mansion, owned by a Quaker named Josepth T. Janney.
- [Historic Occoquan 18th Century Time-Travel with a 1957 Dress](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/historic-occoquan-18th-century-time-travel-with-a-1957-dress/) - Along the Occoquan River are many of old buildings converted into apartments, townhomes, shops, eateries, and other store fronts.
- [Taking the Amtrack Auto Train from Virginia to Florida](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/taking-the-amtrack-auto-train-from-virginia-to-florida/) - Traveling on the Amtrack Auto Train, the longest passenger train in the world, that also carries the passengers' cars, we journeyed from Virginia to Florida.
- [Amtrack Auto Train from Florida to Virginia with our Cars](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/amtrack-auto-train-from-florida-to-virginia-with-our-cars/) - This is the longest passenger train in the world, at 3/4 of a mile long, with 18 passenger cars, 33 auto carriers, and two engines..
- [Preservation Virginia originated in 1889 Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/preservation-virginia-originated-in-1889-williamsburg/) - Inviting ladies to her Williamsburg home, the St. George Tucker House, Cynthia co-founded the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
- [Bristoe Station, Stonewall Jackson, Orange & Alexandria RR](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bristoe-station-stonewall-jackson-orange-alexandria-rr/) - One of the Union soldiers discovered the severed telegraph line, repaired it, and alerted the Union forces to stop the trains.
- [Chapman Mill Destroyed by Confederates during Union Advance](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/chapman-mill-destroyed-by-confederates-during-union-advance/) - Union troops occupied Thoroughfare Gap near the mill as the Confederates advanced towards Manassas, resulting in the Battle of Thoroughfare Gap.
- [Historic Powhatan Resort eases Speed Dial Vacation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/historic-powhatan-resort-eases-speed-dial-vacation/) - At Powhatan Resort is an 18th cetury manor house, garden, and pond, all reminescent of the Governor's Palace in Colonial Williamsburg.
- [Touring Sheldon Vanauken's A Severe Mercy in Lynchburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/touring-sheldon-vanaukens-a-severe-mercy-in-lynchburg/) - One summer, in between college semesters, I read a book recommended by my friends: A Severe Mercy, about a married couple who knew CS Lewis at Oxford.
- [Springdale Village Inn night before my Daughter’s Wedding](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/springdale-inn-night-before-my-daughters-wedding/) - My daughter told me she had reserved a room for a mother-daughter night in this historic bed and breakfast for her last night as a single gal. Her treat. Oh my!
- [The Inn at Court Square in Historic Charlottesville](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-inn-at-court-square-in-historic-charlottesville/) - Remembering a charming inn I had began following, I discovered it was only a block away from lots of dining inside historic buildings.
- [Staying at The Virginian Hotel in Lynchburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/staying-at-the-virginian-hotel-in-lynchburg/) - Built in 1913 in the Breaux Arts Style, The Virginian Hotel was a happening place on the eve of the Jazz Age..and now it was our luxurious overnight abode.
- [I didn't do it, Mom: 5.8 Magnitude Earthquake in Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/i-didnt-do-it-mom-5-8-magnitude-earthquake-in-virginia/) - When my son shut the door of the dishwasher, the house shook! Quickly he turned off the dishwasher and the shaking stopped. I didn't do it, Mom!
- [Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe - Charlottesville Courthouse](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/jefferson-madison-and-monroe-charlottesville-courthouse/) - Distinctively, three young men began their legal careers at the Albemarle County Courthouse: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
- [The Harrisons, James River, and Berkely Plantation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-harrisons-james-river-and-berkely-plantation/) - This oldest three story mansion in Virginias is home to the first Thanksgiving, signer of the Declaration of Independence, birthplace of a president, and taps.
- [River View of Mount Vernon, Ha-Ha Walls, and Lafayette](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-sighting-mount-vernon/) - Beautiful Mount Vernon, full of Lafayette moments from his three different visits to the home of his adopted father, George Washington.
- [Mount Vernon: National Treasure Tour](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mount-vernon-national-treasure-tour/) - The docent took us to rarely visited Mount Vernon locations on this rare tour while sharing behind the scenes of National Treasure 2.
- [Christmas Pye, Camel, and Snow: Mount Vernon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/christmas-pie-camel-and-snow-mount-vernon/) - We saw a bit of snow at Mount Vernon, with the drizzly foggy day set against the distant Potomac. On this house tour we saw the third-floor of the mansion!
- [Visiting Mount Vernon's Call to Arms Revolution Reenactment](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-mount-vernons-call-to-arms-revolution-reenactment/) - Since my daughter has been busy with college, she hadn't yet worn the pink gown I sewed for her last year, so I joined her by wearing my matching yellow gown.
- [Once a Fixer Upper of Historic Proportions: Mount Vernon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/once-a-fixer-upper-of-historic-proportions-mount-vernon/) - While touring the garden exhibit, 19th century renderings of Mount Vernon falling to ruins caught my heartstrings. And Abraham Lincoln was there!
- [Mount Vernon Fireworks for Independence Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mount-vernon-fireworks-for-independence-day/) - A week before Independence Day, Mount Vernon sponsored a special evening on the grounds including fireworks over the Potomac and the mansion.
- [Introducing my Granddaughter to Mount Vernon on Mother's Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mount-vernon-on-mothers-day-with-my-granddaughter/) - After walking through the Texas Gate entrance to obtain tickets and a tour time for the mansion, I introduced little Miss M to the Washington family!
- [Lafayette Sighting at Monticello](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-sighting-monticello/) - Visiting Monticello gives one a glimpse into Thomas Jefferson, Renaissance man of America: statesman, architect, inventor, scientist, horticulturist... 
- [Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants at Tufton Farm](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/thomas-jefferson-center-for-historic-plants-at-tufton-farm/) - I was excited to visit this historic site I've long heard about, where I toured the research gardens and learned lots of historical tips for gardening.
- [Quarter Farms and Favorite Scenes at Jefferson's Monticello](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/quarter-farms-and-favorite-scenes-at-jeffersons-monticello/) - While this video recreates Thomas Jefferson horseback ride as he checked the quarter farms, my favorite part is seeing the profile of the landscape.
- [John Paul Jones and the Comte de Grasse ship: Naval Academy](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/john-paul-jones-and-the-comte-de-grasse-ship-naval-academy/) - My son found the French ship, La Ville de Paris, which was part of Admiral de Grasse's fleet at the Battle of the Capes in 1781.
- [Helping the Sails Unfurl on the Tall Ship Providence](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/helping-the-sails-unfurl-on-the-tall-ship-providence/) - Famed for its exploits under the command of John Paul Jones in 1776, The Providence is a recreated 18th century ship recently brought to Alexandria.
- [Belvoir, Home of Colonel William Fairfax, 1741](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/belvoir-home-of-colonel-william-fairfax-1741/) - Young George frequently visited Belvoir while visiting his older brother, often fox hunting with Colonel Fairfax, and later learning to survey from him.
- [Burning Jamestowne Reenactment of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/burning-jamestowne-reenactment-of-bacons-rebellion-in-1676/) - As a guard stood nearby, we were led to each scene in the dark with the aid of burning, crackling cressets and Mr. Matthew's lone candle in the tin lantern.
- [Mercantilism Comes Alive at Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mercantilism-comes-alive-at-colonial-williamsburg/) - We walked through the time machine tunnel, entering Britain’s mercantilist town of Williamsburg set in 1774 where Britain controlled trade in the colonies.
- [18th Century Theater, Music, Dance: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-theater-music-dance-colonial-williamsburg/) - He added that the first documented account of theater in Virginia was 1665 and dance manuals were written in the 1670's...(or they will die).
- [Dunmore seizes magazine gunpowder: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/dunmore-seizes-magazine-gunpowder-colonial-williamsburg/) - Two days after Lexington and Concord, Virginia's royal governor, Lord Dunmore, ordered the seizure of the gunpowder stored in the Williamsburg magazine.
- [Goodwin's Romantic writings before Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/goodwins-romantic-writings-before-colonial-williamsburg/) - While unfolding the story of the past history of Bruton Parish Church, Goodwin seemingly envisioned the future Colonial Williamsburg.
- [Grand Illumination and Christmastide: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/grand-illumination-and-christmastide-colonial-williamsburg/) - As we walked into the historic area, I was instantly charmed by the gorgeous Christmas decorations that I had heard about for years.
- [Creating Glittering Beaded Gowns of Fiesta San Antonio](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/creation-of-the-glittering-gowns-of-fiesta-san-antonio/) - The Court Artist sketches gown designs based on each of the girls favorite things, while staying true to the theme created by the Coronation Mistress of Robes.
- [Texas Flag Quilt with Bluebonnets and Tex Mex for Fiesta](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/texas-flag-quilt-with-bluebonnets-for-fiesta/) - All about my Texas flag quilt and how we celebrate Texas Independence with Fiesta for ten days in San Antonio with gorgeous gowns and unique parades.
- [Fiesta San Antonio River Parade and the Texas Cavaliers](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/fiesta-san-antonio-river-parade-and-the-texas-cavaliers/) - The San Antonio River Parade began in 1926 by the Texas Cavaliers named because they promoted horsemanship. Money raised goes to children's charities.
- [My kids and I gave a Thermopylae tour at the Alamo](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/thermopylae-and-the-alamo/) - Whether they were part of a large group, or if they overheard and started gathering around, but there I was giving a tour of the Alamo history in the gardens!
- [My Fiesta Medals, The Old Guard, and El Rey Feo](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-fiesta-medals-the-old-guard-and-el-rey-feo/) - When I taught third grade in San Antonio, we made a big deal of Fiesta, parading with homemade floats while bedecked in the best Fiesta attire.
- [Pilgrimage to the Alamo During Fiesta Week](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/pilgrimage-to-the-alamo-during-fiesta-week/) - From inside the crumbled walls of the Alamo, a voice booms the name of each of the defenders, one by one, .which is concluded with the poignant playing of Taps.
- [Fiesta Flambeau largest illuminated night parade in America](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/fiesta-flambeau-largest-illuminated-night-parade-in-america/) - Inspired by Mardi Gras in 1948, Reynolds Andriks, who had been heavily involved in Fiesta over the years, created the Fiesta Flambeau Parade.
- [San Antonio Fiesta Battle of Flowers Parade born in Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/san-antonio-fiesta-battle-of-flowers-parade-born-in-virginia/) - Inspired by European tradition, Ellen Maury Slayden organized a group of ladies to honor the fallen Alamo heroes with a literal battle of flowers in 1891.
- [Planning our second year of Classical Dialectic Studies](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/assessing-our-first-year-of-dialectic-studies/) - Except for the classical history curriculum that created more work for me than solutions, I was quite happy with our other programs.
- [Assessing Dr. Jay Wile's General Science Course](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/assessing-dr-jay-wiles-general-science-course/) - Our first year with Dr. Jay Wile's science series proved amazing, even for my daughter who struggles a bit with making connections. Since my daughter was in the 7th grade this year, we began her studies with Dr. Wile with his General Science text. Wow! Practical for the homechooler, this course clearly teaches science in
- [Benjamin Franklin and Institute for Excellence in Writing](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/benjamin-franklin-and-institute-for-excellence-in-writing/) - Surprisingly, we learned that Benjamin Franklin, the cleverly creative writer of the 18th century, taught himself how to write in a manner quite similar to IEW.
- [Becoming Classical Greeks](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/classical-greece-dialectic-becoming-history-presentation/) - After the play, the kids removed their masks and put on their Greek costumes. Meet the Greek family (with a son who was a Greek hoplite).
- [Becoming Ancient Romans](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ancient-rome-dialectic-becoming-history-presentation/) - For our Ancient Rome history presentation we welcomed extended family flew 1500 miles to join local extended family members as our guests.
- [Learning and Winning with the National Geography Bee](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-national-geography-bee-journey/) - My son won the local homeschool Geography Bee for the second year in a row! All the National Geography Bee origins, tips and structure for competition.
- [My son's Military Dog Tags for Spiritual Warfare](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-sons-military-dog-tags-for-spiritual-warfare/) - He always dressed in Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) aka camouflaged military uniform to teach the boys in his class about spiritual warfare.
- [Our Dialectic Classical Homeschool Journey Begins](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/beginning-dialectic-classical-homeschool/) - Prior to attending this bookfair, I researched classical homeschool curricula. The bookfair gave me an opportunity to look at these options in person.
- [How we Cracked the Code on the National Spelling Bee](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/national-spelling-bee-benefits/) - How we cracked the secret code to spelling via the National Spelling Bee list, with many thanks to the Greeks, and Romans, etc.
- [My Son's hoplite rewrite for Magnum Opus Literary Magazine](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-sons-rewrite-for-the-editor-of-iews-magnum-opus/) - My son received snail mail from IEW regarding his submission to Magnum Opus! Would he rewrite it with the editor's suggestions, for publication?
- [Magnum Opus published my son's Hoplite Research Paper](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/were-all-getting-published/) - Last spring my son's hoplite article was sent back by the IEW editor with helpful comments. She Invited him to tighten the paper for a future submission.
- [Literary Club Cafe for Literary Analysis Discussions](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/literary-club-cafe-for-literary-analysis-discussions/) - Discussing the literature book orally over lunch, during Literature Club Cafe, we read our favorite parts of the book, emphasizing points we were making.
- [How I Planned our Unique 18th Century Dialectic Studies](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-i-planned-our-unique-18th-century-dialectic-studies/) - I wrote my own lessons for the 18th century which reveals imperative elements so we can engage as Americans and promote self-governance.
- [Rhetoric literature success despite vision issues](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rhetoric-literature-success-despite-vision-issues/) - Her reading speed is not fast but she understood much of what she read. To help her get through the literature books, I finally subscribed to Audible.
- [Shipwrecked with Odysseus: IEW Rescues the Arguable Thesis](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/shipwrecked-with-odysseus-iew-rescues-the-arguable-thesis/) - Although most writing curriculum say to write astrong arguable thesis, I've only found IEW to define and clearly explain how to do it.
- [Homeschool Bookfair and Seminars](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/homeschool-bookfair-seminars/) - The Davy Crockett for the Alamo reenactor handed me some paperwork to join their group. He said that my kids and I knew more about Texas history than most.
- [Game Night and Snacks for New Year’s Eve San Antonio Style](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/game-night-and-snacks-for-new-years-eve-san-antonio-style/) - To top it off, whoever wins the game writes their name with the year in the box, which creates a fun memory! Then the winner picks the next game.
- [Classical Education: Freedom, Virtue, Great Conversation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/classical-education-freedom-virtue-great-conversation/) - My mom had always complained that I wasn’t reading real books in school…which became obvious in college. My classmates discussed book I only heard of.
- [Becoming Pocahontas, Squanto, and a Praying Indian](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/colonial-america-dialectic-becoming-history-presentation/) - Using IEW my kids wrote a 10-page research paper on the settling of the Thirteen Colonies, which they used to create a power point presentation.
- [Becoming Ancient Cultures History Presentation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ancient-cultures-dialectic-becoming-history-presentation/) - After we ate, my kids took the guests on a tour through our homeschool museum of the various ancient cultures we had studied.
- [Performing History via Institute for Excellence in Writing](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/performing-history-via-institute-for-excellence-in-writing/) - Asked by homeschool moms: How do you do IEW with other curricula? I showcased here mostly with examples from our Becoming History presentations.
- [Institute for Excellence in Writing Revolutionized Us](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-iew-rescued-writing/) - For years my kids struggled with their writing skills. My daughter couldn’t write cohesively, whereas my son was overly verbose. None of it made sense.
- [Nor’easter, audition, mistaken identity: Colonial Williamsburg  ](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/noreaster-audition-mistaken-identity-colonial-williamsburg/) - While waiting to enter, a guest said to me, "I wonder what the speaker behind you will talk about?" (referring to my son in costume) 
- [My Son Debuts as Lafayette](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-son-debuts-as-lafayette/) - Since meeting Lafayette last summer in Colonial Williamsburg, my son now wants to have a Lafayette costume just like the actor's.
- [Costume Design Center Inspiration: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/costume-design-center-inspiration-colonial-williamsburg/) - Historical clothing walking on the streets of the historic area beguiled us to take the 75th anniversary tour of the Costume Design Center where they are sewn.
- [George Whitefield Canceled due to snow: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/george-whitefield-canceled-due-to-snow-colonial-williamsburg/) - On December 16, 1739, George Whitefield preached at Bruton Parish Church, an event that Colonial Williamsburg reenacts yearly on that very day.
- [Chapeau Bras Inspiration: Costume Design Center Open House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/chapeau-bras-inspiration-costume-design-center-open-house/) - I knew when my son would make his way to this table, he would go nuts over this hat, so I took lots of pictures, even though he had me take more pictures.
- [Bill of Rights, Fencing, and Dancing: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bill-of-rights-fencing-and-dancing-colonial-williamsburg/) - On the anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the historical interpreters for Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson stepped out of character.
- [Debut of cardinal red cloak and accessories in Snow](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/debut-of-cardinal-red-cloak-and-accessories-in-snow/) - Meanwhile I couldn't help but capture a few pictures of my newest colonial costume accessories, all in cardinal red to buffer the cold, cold snow.
- [Fiesta black gown warms blustery day: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/fiesta-black-gown-warms-blustery-day-colonial-williamsburg/) - On Wednesday afternoon the kids and I drove down to CW on a cold and dreary rainy day to be in place as extras for the Electronic Field Trip, Colonial Idol, the next day. Cold and rainy weather drove us to the museum to see the maps! MAPS Touring the DeWitt Wallace Museum’s exhibit on cartography, we
- [Sewing 18th Century Pudding Cap for our Youngest Sweetheart](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sewing-18th-century-pudding-cap-for-our-youngest-sweetheart/) - When my son asked me to sew an 18th century pudding cap for for his not quite a toddler daughter, since she's always hitting her head, I gave it my best shot.
- [Unlocking a Pop-Up Book for moveable Halley's Comet](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/unlocking-pop-up-books-haileys-comet-mesopotamia-and-the-nile/) - My son got super creative with his paragraph on Halley's Comet, after studying Ancient Mesopotamia. He created a slider and claslp for his comet pop up book.
- [Accelerating in the kitchen with Physics I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/accelerating-in-the-kitchen-with-physics-i/) - Stumbling upon him, I asked him about his latest experiment. He was measuring the rates of acceleration as he changed the slope of the board.
- [Bicarbonate Buffer Lab for Human Physiology](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bicarbonate-buffer-lab-for-human-physiology/) - One of her last labs for Human Physiology was quite complex sounding, The Bicarbonate Buffer...which deep dives into acids and bases within the body.
- [Blood Type Experiment in Human Physiology](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/blood-type-experiment-in-human-physiology/) - I think it's so important for everyone to take a good human physiology course, to understand their own health, talk to doctors, and understand current events.
- [Temperature's Effect on Dissolving Solids in Chemistry I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/temperatures-effect-on-dissolving-solids-in-chemistry-i/) - While some of the labs sound quite complicated, this lab began in a familiar way with a twist for deeper study of salt water, boiled and frozen.
- [Effect of Temperature on Solubility of Gas in Chemistry I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/effect-of-temperature-on-solubility-of-gas-in-chemistry-i/) - Surrounded by all the lab equipment bubbling and oozing, I again felt a bit like Inga as I took photos and listened to my son's explanation of the process.
- [Testing Acids and Bases with Litmus Paper in Chemistry I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/testing-acids-and-bases-with-litmus-paper-in-chemistry-i/) - Using litmus paper, my son learned how to use them to test for acids and bases with different types of common household items.
- [Electrical Conductivity of Water in Chemistry I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/electrical-conductivity-of-water-in-chemistry-i/) - Feeling a bit like Inga in Dr. Frankenstein's lab, I photographed my son's latest bubbling complexities entailing beakers, wires, and a battery.
- [Simplistically Separating a Mixture in Chemistry I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/simplistically-separating-a-mixture-in-chemistry-i/) - While my tenth grade son immersed himself in impressive labs for his Chemistry I studies, I wondered if one of us should pose as Igor or Inga to assist?
- [Flower Dissection with a Microscope in Biology I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/flower-dissection-with-a-microscope-in-biology-i/) - A dissecting microscope would also be great, like a giant magnifying glass, to more closely examine the flowers. Instead, we used a pocket magnifying glass
- [Acting out Open and Closed Circuits in Physics I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/acting-out-open-and-closed-circuits-in-physics-i/) - Employing creative dramatics, the three of us held hands, forming a human closed circuit, then one of us dropped hands to form a human open circuit.
- [Microorganisms in Ponds and Streams - Biology I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/microorganisms-in-ponds-and-streams-apologia-biology-i/) - When a tropical storm descended upon us, my son agonized that the massive amount of rain had surely flooded the stream, diluting the microorganisms.
- [Warning: Dissections Galore Ahead for Biology I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/warning-dissections-galore-ahead-for-biology-i/) - Since my sister-in-law is a veternarian who works with dogs and cats, she was a terrific guide to help my kids with theirBiology I dissections.
- [Discoveries in lenses, remodels, and sewing threads](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/discoveries-in-lenses-remodels-and-sewing-threads/) - For the objective to make a slide with threads, he chose two spools from my sewing kit, red and purple. Wow! So that’s what they look like up close!
- [Discovering ph levels of Leaf Pigmentation in Biology I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/discovering-ph-levels-of-leaf-pigmentation-in-biology-i/) - In my son's ninth grade biology lab, today, he performed an oft repeated process for different science classes with Dr. Jay Wile…boiling red cabbage leaves.
- [Becoming a Science Whiz with Dr. Jay Wile](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/becoming-a-science-whiz-with-dr-jay-wile/) - My son answers Dr. Wile’s challenging Question of the Week, receiving feedback and encouragement, with potential for prizes. He's gotten 3 right in a row.
- [The Incredible, Inflatable, Deflatable Egg in Biology I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-incredible-inflatable-deflatable-egg-in-biology-i/) - My daughter did a fascinating experiment about osmosis, using an egg, vinegar, karo corn syrup, and distilled water in her Biology I science study.
- [The Mystery of Alchemy Revealed in General Science](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-mystery-of-alchemy-revealed/) - During the Dark Ages, alchemists enjoyed playing with various chemicals that created strange effects, but they had no idea what was happening or why.
- [Chasing Static Electricity with Balloons in Physical Science](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/chasing-static-electricity-with-balloons-physical-science/) - Chasing balloons to no avail was another of my daughter's fun physical science labs from Dr. Jay Wile's science series. Her younger brother can't wait to start.
- [Egg-ceptionally Smashing Velocity in Physical Science](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/egg-ceptionally-smashing-velocity-in-physical-science/) - After studying General Science with Dr. Wile last year, my daughter anticipated the fun experiments in Wyle’s physical science course. So was my younger son!
- [Ending our Grammar Years more Classically](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ending-our-grammar-years-more-classically/) - In short, classical education focuses more on the basics of the 3Rs with real books, instead of textbooks. Here is a peak at some of the changes we made.
- [My daughter's Costume to present the Renaissance at College](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-daughters-costume-to-present-renaissance-at-college/) - My daughter wore a Venetian gown I had sewn to college for her architecture presentation in her Renaissance art, literature, and history class.
- [Rush Limbaugh, the Great Books, and Logic in Action](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rush-limbaugh-the-great-books-and-logic-in-action/) - One of my favorite things about Rush Limbaugh is that he doesn't take himself too seriously, and pokes fun at those who do...while speaking to current events.
- [Peyton Randolph, Father of Country: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/peyton-randolph-father-of-country-colonial-williamsburg/) - On our tour of the Peyton Randolph house, we were told that had he lived, he would have been the first president of our country…and in a way, he was. 
- [Capitol from Crown to Independence: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/capitol-from-crown-to-independence-colonial-williamsburg/) - Prompted by these gorgeous pictures that gave us an ah-ha moment as we closely examined the cupula, I've written the amazing story of how Virginia's story is America's story.
- [How Bridge to the Latin Road bridged our gap in Latin](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-we-use-bridge-to-the-latin-road/) - The Bridge incorporates lots of dictation which has taught my son to hold large chunks of information in his head while writing out what he hears.
- [Seasonally Sewing Twenty-six Quilt Tops in 2019](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/seasonally-sewing-twenty-six-quilt-tops-in-2019/) - After stashbusting my quilt fabrics with 26 quilt tops, I packed them by season into opaque plastic bins for the move to my new home.
- [Fanciful Hotel del Coronado for the Wizard of Oz](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/fanciful-hotel-del-coronado-for-the-wizard-of-oz/) - With Coronado's fairy tale setting to refresh his weary soul, Baum's imagination soared to new ideas as evidenced from his remembrance while on the beach.
- [My Lafayette Journey Began with a Key](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-lafayette-journey-began-with-a-key/) - Prominently displayed in the central passage of Mount Vernon, is the key to the Bastille Lafayette gifted George Washington.
- [Finally we have the keys to our Virginia Fixer Upper](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/finally-keys-virginia-fixer-upper/) - Our real estate agent surprised us with a gift basket that contained Virginia goodies, including from Colonial Williamsburg! 
- [Fort William Henry: Grand Tour of Historic Waterways Part II](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/fort-william-henry-grand-tour-of-historic-waterways-part-ii/) - Visiting the location of the French and Indian War's infamous siege and massacre, immortalized in James Fennimore Cooper’s , The Last of the Mohicans. 
- [Historically playing in Brickyard Mud: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/historically-playing-in-brickyard-mud-colonial-williamsburg/) - Checking the progress of the clamp from the firing of bricks last weekend, where I got some great photos as they discussed the brick making process.
- [Becoming Leonardo da Vinci via Nature Journaling](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/becoming-leonardo-da-vinci-via-nature-journaling/) - The art projects included in this book taught us the art of keeping nature journals, like Leonado da Vinci, for our Renaissance unit.
- [Ladies' Jacket and Gowns Research: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ladies-jacket-and-gowns-research-colonial-williamsburg/) - Now that I’m caught up, at the present, with sewing historically accurate costumes for my kids, I wanted to do some research for me.
- [Becoming Ancient Egyptians](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ancient-egyptians-dialectic-becoming-history-presentation/) - Mom proclaims: This homeschool is not fluff! The rest of the family needs to come, and I'm going to tell them that. When is the next history presentation?
- [Publication of my Son's Flashback Paper in Updated TWSS: IEW](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/publication-of-my-sons-flashback-paper-in-updated-twss-iew/) - Inside the box, we found a gorgeously addressed envelope which announced that my son's paper had indeed been published in the new Second Edition TWSS!
- [Smuggler of Bibles behind the Iron Curtain: Brother Andrew](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/smuggler-of-bibles-behind-the-iron-curtain-brother-andrew/) - Now to hold the Bible in their hands, those repressed by communisim cried tears of joy…and stood at every public reading taught me much in my own life.
- [Dietrich Bonhoeffer's The Cost of Discipleship: Book Review](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-cost-of-discipleship-dietrich-bonhoeffer/) - A review of three books we studied for our 1930s rhetoric history studies, and how they tie together and bring depth to the problem.
- [Beautiful Saris and Tea Parties for Missionary Week](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/beautiful-saris-and-tea-parties-for-an-indian-missionary-conference/) - One year, the theme was India, and my daughter and I were asked to demonstrated are saris are wrapped for the children's ministry.
- [My daughter sang with Mwangaza Choir](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/daughter-sang-with-mwangaza-choir/) - The name Mwangaza is a Swahili word that means shining light, reflecting the gospel message they share through song. My daughter got to sing with them.
- [Growing my kids' Faith with Flannelgraph Bible Stories](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/growing-faith-flannelgraph-bible-stories/) - Mesmerized by pictures that stick to a board, they played with the felt figures themselves...a sensory integration activity that grew creativity.
- [Paper Quill Art with Jane Austen](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/paper-quill-art-jane-austen/) - Since the name is derived from the use of a quill to wrap the paper, we found a fancy quill for my daughter to use for her demonstration.
- [Becoming Vaudeville History Presentation 1900-1928](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/becoming-vaudeville-history-presentation-1900-1928/) - For the first quarter of the 20th century we portrayed the playful Teddy Roosevelt family, through vaudeville they portrayed their favorite personas.
- [1950s Quiz Show Becoming History Presentation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1950s-quiz-show-becoming-history-presentation/) - I told the story of the need to restore and redecorate the White House in a historical manner, and rescue nearby Lafayette Square from destruction. 
- [How I adapted Abeka to our special needs and interests](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-i-adapted-abeka-to-our-special-needs-and-interests/) - Since the hallmark of homeschooling is tailoring lessons to each student, I took advantage of that opportunity by using my toolbox of ideas which was both book-based and interactive.
- [If Walls could talk at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/if-walls-could-talk-at-thomas-jeffersons-poplar-forest/) - After Jefferson's death, Poplar Forest fell into the hands of other families who made the octagonal-shaped private retreat more utilitarian.
- [Snowy Gothic Architecture at Washington National Cathedral](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/snowy-gothic-architecture-at-washington-national-cathedral/) - Since Washington National Cathedral is the sixth largest in the world, it was the closest chance we'd ever get to European art history.
- [1824 Conversations with Lafayette and Jefferson in Lynchburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1824-conversations-with-lafayette-and-jefferson-in-lynchburg/) - This year, which happens to be the 200th anniversary of Lafayette's Grand Tour, Poplar Forest again hosted Jefferson and Lafayette in 1824 at a grand theater.
- [Victorian Charm, Great Shopping, and Guy Fieri in Ferndale](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/victorian-charm-great-shopping-and-guy-fieri-in-ferndale/) - Due to Ferndale's wealth brought in by the dairy farms and creameries, the many ornate Victorian buildings were dubbed, Butterfat Palaces.
- [Jeffersonian Classicism Abundance in Virginia and Beyond](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/jeffersonian-classicism-abundance-in-virginia-and-beyond/) - While perusing all the options, I discovered this gorgeous book: Thomas Jefferson Architect, which explores Jefferson's architectural influence on America.
- [Our Unique Elopement Dinner at The Inn at Willow Grove](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-unique-elopement-dinner-at-the-inn-at-willow-grove/) - At The Inn at Willow Grove we enjoyed another fancy elopement dinner, where they celebrated our elopement with a huge surprise!
- [Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village Palladian Inspired](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/thomas-jeffersons-academical-village-palladian-inspired/) - Begun in 1823, the Rotunda was near enough to completion to host Lafayette on his Grand Tour of America in 1824 and four hundred guests.
- [George Washington Outwitted by a Fox, or so Legend Says](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/george-washington-outwitted-by-a-fox-or-so-legend-says/) - Little did we know that we had already visited the site of another Marguerite Henry book, Cinnabar, the One O'Clock Fox. 
- [Napoleon of the West organizes Progressive Dinner 1900-1920](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/napoleon-of-the-west-organizes-progressive-dinner-1900-1920/) - Christy Huddleston, a teacher in the Smokey Mountains, Isabella Hagnar, first White House social secretary, and Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI Flying Ace.
- [Meeting Nathaniel Hawthorne, Concord Author](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/meeting-nathaniel-hawthorne-concord-author/) - As we approached the Wayside House, we saw a man in 19th century attire slowly strolling outside while reading a book. I soon learned he's a bit elusive.
- [Thomas Jefferson and Lafayette 1824](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/thomas-jefferson-and-lafayette-1824/) - While preparing lessons for the 1830 revolutions in Europe, I stumbled on another Conversation hosted by Thomas Jefferson, this time with Lafayette.
- [Our Legacy from a Dog with a Big Imagination](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-legacy-dog-big-imagination/) - Jordan Wall, a high schooler who portrayed Joe Talbot, Wishbone’s teenage boy, engaged with the children enrapt with every word he shared about the tv show.
- [Amazing book about Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/book-review-squanto-and-the-miracle-of-thanksgiving-by-eric-metaxas/) - As I flipped through the pages I was quite impressed. Beautifully illustrated, the book told far more of Squanto’s story than I had ever heard.
- [Creating our Lower Grammar Homeschool Curriculum](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/creating-lower-grammar-homeschool-curriculum/) - Since my daugter struggled with learning to read, due to undiagnosed vision issues, I found real books more helpful than the regimen of the pithy textbooks.
- [Instilling a Love of Reading in my Grammar Students](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/instilling-love-of-reading-in-grammar-students/) - The key to one's future is knowing how to read, which is the foundation of a classical education. Here are some things we did to help my struggling daughter.
- [Historical fiction book sightings in Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/time-travel-salem-williamsburg-charleston-chicago-santa-fe-books-christian/) - Published by Focus on the Family, this terrific book seires of the Hutchinson family spans major eras of American history, great for homeschool.
- [Sourcing our Unique Booklist](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sourcing-unique-booklist/) - Since I didn’t find a single curriculum booklist we needed/wanted, I simply edited and culled our own list. Many of our books were found at the used bookstore.
- [Becoming the Middle Ages with a Feast](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-becoming-history-medieval-feast/) - After learning about Lords and Ladies, Knights and Chivalry, Feasts and Entertainments, King Arthur and Robin Hood we invited our guests to a Medieval Feast.
- [Becoming Patriots of the American Revolution](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-dialectic-becoming-history-presentation/) - Presenting the 18th century with Martha Washington (myself), Abigail Adams (my daughter), and a boy from a plantation near Yorktown(my son).
- [Real-life Foils Lafayette and Benedict Arnold in Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/real-life-foils-lafayette-and-benedict-arnold-in-virginia/) - Real-life foils, Benedict Arnold and Lafayette came to life with their Virginia stories on our recent trip to Colonial Williamsburg.
- [The Best Books about Lewis and Clark](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-best-books-about-lewis-and-clark/) - These fascinating books inspired my son to create his own nature journal, as if he, too, was on the trail with Lewis and Clark.
- [Dining at Monticello…and my House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/dining-at-monticelloand-my-house/) - From dining room to French-inspired kitchen to terraced vegetable garden and orchards, Monticello uniquely tells Jefferson’s culinary history.
- [Becoming Jane Austen, Martha Jefferson, and Commodore Perry](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/early-19th-century-becoming-history-presentation/) - Wanting to be just like the historic interpreters at Colonial Williamsburg, my kids decided to remain in character for the entire presentation.
- [Homeschool Room Remodel: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-we-remodeled-our-homeschool-room/) - Having accumulated lots of informative books, I enthusiastically planned my dream French Country homeschool room with a touch of Texas.
- [National Treasure a Terrific Movie](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/national-treasure-a-terrific-movie/) - Secret clues to a hidden treasure, Knights Templar, Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington. All our favorite things! We were all-in!
- [Old to Slipper Kitty who Loved Teasing us in the House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/farewell-slipper-kitty/) - Because she was my constant companion, my kids called her Mom's Shadow. Likening her love to The Velveteen Rabbit, we relived happy memories.
- [Becoming Pioneers of the Manifest Destiny 1826-1850](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/becoming-pioneers-of-the-manifest-destiny-1826-1850/) - Presening the similarities of the American and Texan Revolutons. Also, my kids portrayed Davy Crockett and Narcissa Whitman.
- [Impressionist Art Lessons in our House and Garden](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/impressionist-art-lessons-in-our-house-and-garden/) - We are using a terrific book for this: Monet and the Impressionists for Kids, which includes terrific art lessons my kids used for their projects.
- [Our Misty of Chincoteague Island Vacation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-misty-of-chincoteague-island-vacation/) - Visiting the Beebe Ranch, the setting for the famous book by Marguerite Henry, we met the friendly Beebe family, who showed us where Misty lived.
- [Misty of Chincoteague, Newberry Award Winner 1947](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/misty-of-chincoteague-newberry-award-winner-1947/) - Lessons of love, courage, and loyalty abound in this touching fictional story of the Beebe family that is based on real people and events.
- [Speechlessly Meeting Astronaut Charlie Duke in Person](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/speechlessly-meeting-astronaut-charlie-duke-in-person/) - Several years ago, astronaut Charlie Duke autographed his book for me. What do you ask a man who has walked on the moon for Apollo 16?
- [Erie Canal: Grand Tour of Historic Waterways Part III](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/erie-canal-grand-tour-of-historic-waterways-part-iii/) - In 2004 we rode a historic 19th century canal boat pulled by mules along a towpath, at the Erie Canal Village in Rome, New York. 
- [Meeting Thomas Jefferson and King George III: Poplar Forest](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/meeting-thomas-jefferson-and-king-george-iii-poplar-forest/) - Announcing to the world that King George III was a tyrant, Thomas Jefferson became a traitor to the British Crown. Would the two ever meet on amicable terms?
- [Lafayette, the French Revolution, prison, and Napoleon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-the-french-revolution-prison-and-napoleon/) - Although President Washington tried to gain release from prison for Lafayette, he was treading on thin ice due to political tensions from abroad.
- [Teaching with largest Shakespeare Library in my Backyard](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/teaching-with-largest-shakespeare-library-in-my-backyard/) - I stumbled on the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC, while writing our homeschool rhetoric rhetoric literature studies on Shakespeare.
- [Rhetoric Literature Study: Shakespeare, did he or didn't he?](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rhetoric-literature-study-shakespeare-did-he-or-didnt-he/) - Not understanding the rigors of classical education, critics argue that Shakespeare did not write the plays, because he only had a grammar school education.
- [A Shakespearean Homeschool Mother's Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-shakespearean-homeschool-mothers-journal/) - Inspired by our current survey of the works of Shakespeare in our rhetoric homeschool studies, I reflected on life from the viewpoint of Shakespearean quotes.
- [Rhetoric Literature: Casually performing Romeo and Juliet](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rhetoric-literature-casually-performing-romeo-and-juliet/) - Shakespeare was meant to be performed, to hear the beautiful language with rhythmic iambic pentameter aka reading his plays is 2D but hearing them is 3D.
- [Critique of Revolutionary Book about 1750-1783](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/critique-of-the-revolutionary-period-1750-1783/) - This expensive book with no previews available was highly recommended by a classical homeschool curriculum. Buying the book, I was shocked by the errors.
- [Cato, Recitations, and Minuet at our Subscription Ball](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/cato-recitations-and-minuet-at-our-subscription-ball/) - Philip Vickers Fithian wrote in his journal: Virginians must dance or they will die. Thus, Virginians found a legal loophole around the "no frivolity" mandate.
- [Unique Napoleonic biography for rhetoric homeschool studies](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/unique-napoleonic-biography-for-rhetoric-homeschool-studies/) - This British author with a degree from Oxford, wrote this book in 1970 because of stunning new research that unveiled a different Napoleon than oft described.
- [Lafayette and his wife partner to end slavery](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-and-his-wife-partner-to-end-slavery/) - One of the amazing things I've discovered has been Lafayette's goal for freedom for all people, which grew his work in the abolitionist movement.
- [Adrienne joins Lafayette in prison during French Revolution](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/adrienne-joins-lafayette-in-prison-during-french-revolution/) - President Washington sought freedom for the Lafayette family, since Adrienne and her daughters freely chose to join Lafayette in prison.
- [Freedom for Catholics, Protestants, and Jews: Napoleon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/freedom-for-catholics-protestants-and-jews-napoleon/) - This extensive freedom of religion which was unique in Europe, was a first for the Jews since they lost their homeland of Palestine hundreds of years before.
- [French Republic success builds Coalition against Napoleon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/french-republic-success-builds-coalition-against-napoleon/) - We have been learning from this book that the oft told message is only one side of the story, the side the Coalition against France wanted us to know.
- [Spies, Explosion, Emperor and Empress: Napoleon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/spies-explosion-emperor-and-empress-napoleon/) - After much talk to make Napoleon an emperor, Napoleon consulted the public, then his generals, then his lawyers all approved, except Josephine.
- [William Wilberforce dines at home of Lafayette, Abolitionist](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/william-wilberforce-dines-at-home-of-lafayette-abolitionist/) - We read this great book about William Wilberforce who ended the slave trade in England, with the help of his good friend, William Pitt, the Younger.
- [Prison, Love, Divorce, Malmaison: Josephine Bonaparte](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/prison-love-divorce-malmaison-josephine-bonaparte/) - When Josephine fell from a balcony, tThe doctor didn't expect her to live, since her internal injuries were so severe, yet she healed.
- [Awaiting Napoleon with violets and hidden tricolors](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/awaiting-napoleon-with-violets-and-hidden-tricolors/) - Running towards Napoleon, the soldiers cheered and removed their tricolors from their coat pockets to boldly display on their hats.
- [Meriweather Lewis 1803 Regimental and Chapeau de Bras](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/meriweather-lewis-1803-regimental-and-chapeau-de-bras/) - The chapeau de bras (hat) was cleverly made by my son after much analysis of one at the Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center, tailor, and the book.
- [Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bonhoeffer-pastor-martyr-prophet-spy-by-eric-metaxas/) - Using Bonhoeffer for our rhetoric history studies, we learned how and why Hitler rose to power, and gleaned encouragement to take a stand in the midst of evil.
- [Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, and CS Lewis: WWII](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/chronicles-of-narnia-mere-christianity-and-cs-lewis-wwii/) - The most famous part of his book, Mere Christianity, is Lewis’ argument that Jesus is either liar, lunatic, or Lord...essential to apologetic's studies.
- [Virginia and Fashion History in Martha Washington Book](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/virginia-and-fashion-history-in-martha-washington-book/) - Patricia Brady wove the facts about Martha Washington into the worldview and lifestyle of Virginia society and the early Republic, for this informative book.
- [Growing up in the Shadow of Walton's Mountain](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/growing-up-in-the-shadow-of-waltons-mountain/) - The Virginia Blue Ridge author's memories impacted mine, while growing up in Texas through a popular television show that my mom loved.
- [Spencer's Mountain 1963 Movie Bombs for Critics and Family](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/spencers-mountain-1963-movie-bombs-for-critics-and-family/) - Although Earl Hamner, Jr. encouraged the director to tone things down, he was dismayed at the embarrassing misrepresentation of his family and neighbors.
- [Walton's Mountain Christmas in my Texas and Virginia Homes](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/waltons-mountain-christmas-in-my-texas-and-virginia-homes/) - Bringing our traditions of hot cocoa and sugar cookies while watching The Homecoming, we added the adventure of chopping down a Christmas tree, like John Boy.
- [Virginia’s Telegraph Road Parallels the Victorian Internet](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/virginias-telegraph-road-parallels-the-victorian-internet/) - Stumbling on Telegraph Road reminded me of a homeschool book my kids and I read, about the ‘internet’ world of the Victorian Era.
- [Visiting Military through the Ages at Jamestown Settlement](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-military-through-the-ages-at-jamestown-settlement/) - Greeted by this M*A*S*H styled signage, we journeyed to many of the units the marker directed us to, except we ran out of time to see everything.
- [Lake Ridge Apartment in Backwoods of 18th century History](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lake-ridge-apartment-in-backwoods-of-18th-century-history/) - Gunston Hall Plantation was the key to understanding the history of Woodbridge, Belmont Bay,Lake Ridge, and the Occoquan.
- [Cooking Holistic Food due to my Hubby's SIBO Agonies](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/cooking-holistic-food-due-to-my-hubbys-sibo-agonies/) - If we lived on two acres of land, growing and raising our own food, we’d wipe out most of the ADHD, aches, pains, and illnesses of the present day.
- [Exploring the Tide Pools and Geology of Point Loma](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/exploring-the-tide-pools-and-geology-of-point-loma/) - Since we'd be there in late autumn, the best time to see the tide pools, I put the Point Loma Tide Pools at the top of my list.
- [Experiencing the Fantastical World of Dr. Seuss](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/experiencing-the-fantastical-world-of-dr-seuss/) - I walked through the books of Dr. Seuss, inspired by unique plants of the area and the sites of La Jolla near San Diego, California.
- [Thomas Jefferson Books at the Library of Congress](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/thomas-jefferson-books-at-the-library-of-congress/) - When the books studied by Congress were destroyed in the War of 1812, Thomas Jefferson sold his 6000+ volumed book collection to Congress.
- [My Favorite Lafayette Book and Eulogy from Old Man Eloquent](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-favorite-lafayette-book-and-eulogy-from-old-man-eloquent/) - Upon first opening of this book, I entered the romantic knighthood mode of old France. When Lafayette passed, he received the same honors as General Washington.
- [Building Joyful Memories with Beloved Christmas Traditions](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/building-joyful-memories-with-beloved-christmas-traditions/) - Charles Dickens drew greatly from the powerful memories of his past to write A Christmas Carol: Traditions express love and mutual support among one another.
- [How do I Plan Becoming History Presentations? ](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-do-i-plan-becoming-history-presentations/) - After inviting extended family to join us, they better understood the value of our homeschooling. Impressed, they worried less and encouraged us more.
- [Impressionist Bluebonnets and Lafayette](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/impressionist-bluebonnets-and-lafayette/) - I noticed a beautiful impressionistic painting of bluebonnets in La Grange, Fayette County, Texas. A Texas town named for the Marquis de Lafayette!
- [French Renaissance Table for an Awana Club Banquet](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/french-renaissance-table-for-an-awana-club-banquet/) - The banquet theme was Around the World. The serving teens would wear elaborate costumes and provide coordinating table decorations.
- [Hurricane Tracking with NOAA and the Kitchen Sink](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/hurricane-tracking-noaa-kitchen-sink/) - Tracking hurricanes has been a fascinating study. We learned a lot about hurricanes, as well as learning how to use a grid, and even improved our geography.
- [DeMille’s Ten Commandments: Costumes, Characters, Action](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/cecil-demilles-ten-commandments-costumes-characters-action/) - Since studying the Bible, we saw that DeMille had done his research for the majority of the movie, which is really amazing for a Hollywood production.
- [How we found Hope for our Sensory Processing Journey](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/hope-for-our-sensory-processing-journey/) - Our journey through Sensory Processing Disorder with the help of our occupational therapist, her therapy dog, and horseback therapy riding.
- [Creatively Teaching Phonics despite Vision Struggles](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/creatively-teaching-phonics-vision-struggles/) - Learning phonics was a struggle for my daughter, who had undiagnosed vision issues. I taught her phonics by using several tricks out of my collegiate tool bag.
- [Great Falls of the Potomac, Washington, and a Canal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/great-falls-of-the-potomac-washington-and-a-canal/) - Convincing the state legislatures of Virginia and Maryland to create the Patowmack Company in 1785, Washington became president of the company.
- [Virginia Beach Waves and Aquarium, with Blue Angels Overhead](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/virginia-beach-waves-and-aquarium-with-blue-angels-overhead/) - Endeavoring to find vintage charm, we nailed it at Tautog’s Restaurant, a cute 1920s beach house quaintly styled as a coastal dining experience.
- [Survey of George Washington: Western Surveyor and Major](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/survey-of-george-washington-western-surveyor-and-major/) - Yesterday, the kids and I visited George Washington’s office in Winchester, representative of Virginia's western frontier.
- [Shirley Plantation: Oldest family business in North America](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/shirley-plantation-oldest-family-business-in-north-america/) - While on the tour I learned that several major historical figures touched the destiny of this land: Lord De La Warr, the Carters, and the Lees.
- [Thomas Jefferson, Tuckahoe, and a Hallmark Love Letter](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/thomas-jefferson-tuckahoe-and-a-hallmark-love-letter/) - After enjoying lovely peony gardens, I walked through the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson's boyhood, while imagining scenes one of my favorite time-travel movies.
- [Patrick Henry grandchildren named after Lafayette: Red Hill](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/patrick-henry-grandchildren-named-after-lafayette-red-hill/) - In his retirement, Henry relocated his family from Scotchtown near Richmond, to Red Hill in western Virginia, where he had Blue Ridge vistas to enjoy.
- [Oatlands Plantation and Gardens: George Carter I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/oatlands-plantation-and-gardens-george-carter-i/) - Every time we've driven past the plantation in the last few years, the tree lined drive beckoned me to the hidden mansion and the stories it had to tell.
- [Revisiting Yorktown Victory Center Inside and Out](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/revisiting-yorktown-victory-center-inside-and-out/) - I found myself most interested in the unique story Virginia brings to the American victory, due to the Marquis de Lafayette.
- [Artillery and Redoubts: Yorktown Battlefield Tour](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/artillery-and-redoubts-yorktown-battlefield-tour/) - Whereas we found the Napoleon cannons at Civil War battlefields in Virginia, today at the Yorktown Battlefield we found the Lafayette cannon.
- [George Mason, Gunston Hall, Virginia Declaration of Rights](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/george-mason-gunston-hall-virginia-declaration-of-rights/) - Mason's worldwide influence began in 1789 France, where Lafayette crafted a declaration of independence for his country that was on the precipice of revolution.
- [Becoming Bereans: Reading Dialectically through the Bible](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/becoming-bereans-reading-dialectically-through-the-bible/) - The Bible is a classical work and a primary source document. I encourage my kids to read the Bible themselves to learn God’s plan for their lives.
- [How we Made our Coat of Arms](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-we-made-our-coat-of-arms/) - Dating back to the Middle Ages, Coat of Arms were important to distinguish identity in battle. Also they are quite unique to the individual.
- [Our Memorial Day Civil War Becoming History Presentation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/crimean-war-and-civil-war-becoming-history-presentation/) - My daughter portrayed Florence Nightengale, I portrayed Clara Barton, and my son portrayed a Union colonel from the 9th New York Calvary Regiment.
- [Memorial Day Traditions at Arlington National Cemetery](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/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.
- [Looking for the Lees amongst the Ruins of Leesylvania](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/looking-for-the-lees-amongst-the-ruins-of-leesylvania/) - Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered these artillery positions on the grounds of his ancestral home, since the river meandered from Washington DC.
- [Our Charlottesville Elopement in Shadow of the Blue Ridge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-charlottesville-elopement-in-shadow-of-the-blue-ridge/) - Planning an elopement resulted in major stress, until the doors opened at Prospect Hill Inn, which promised 18th century charm, tranquility, and ease.
- [Our Elopement Cottage at Charlottesville's Prospect Hill](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-elopement-cottage-at-charlottesvilles-prospect-hill/) - In the shadow of the Blue Ridge, the open gates beckoned us to drive through the traditional 18th century boxwood to Prospect Hill Inn, established in 1732.
- [Benedict Arnold as Thomas Jefferson's Guest at Poplar Forest](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/benedict-arnold-as-thomas-jeffersons-guest-at-poplar-forest/) - Whenever anyone in the audience gave Benedict Arnold credit for the victory in Saratoga, he agreed with them and thanked them most profusely.
- [Learning Napoleonic Perspective](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/napoleonic-perspective/) - While Europe allied against Napoleon to prevent revolutions in their countires, the lower classes cheered Napoleon. The Napoleonic Code brought new freedoms.
- [Jefferson's Retreat, Poplar Forest, Newly Restored](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/newly-restored-poplar-forest-jeffersons-retreat/) - The morning after meeting with Thomas Jefferson and Lafayette of 1824 at one of the Lynchburg theaters, I suggested we visit Poplar Forest.
- [1600-1750 British Mercantilism Rhetoric History Presentation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1600-1750-british-mercantilism-rhetoric-history-presentation/) - We did a great deal of research on mercantilism so that we could create an interactive opportunity to experience mercantilism, set in various 1750 world ports.
- [Picnic at First Battle of Manassas, Napoleon, and Taps](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/picnic-at-first-battle-of-manassas-napoleon-and-taps/) - Ccertain that this battle would result in a quick Union victory, we left Washington DC this lovely morning to Manassas to watch the battle during our picnic.
- [The Custis Ruins at Reagan National Airport](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-custis-ruins-at-reagan-national-airport/) - Wanting to see the Custis ruins at Reagan National Airport, I also wanted to find the secret gate with a different view of Mount Vernon, outside the property.
- [Texas, George Washington, Lafayette: Virginia State Capital](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/texas-george-washington-lafayette-virginia-state-capital/) - The Virginia General Assembly commissioned that a marble statue of General Washington be made, as well as a marble bust of the Marquis de Lafayette.
- [John Rolfe of 1621 shares capitalism success: Jamestowne](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/john-rolfe-of-1621-shares-capitalism-success-jamestowne/) - Recently we visited Historic Jamestowne on the anniversary of Bacon’s Rebellion in 1677, later in the day. First we met with John Rolfe of 1621.
- [Governor Berkeley and Bacon’s Rebellion 1676: Jamestowne](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/governor-berkeley-and-bacons-rebellion-1676-jamestowne/) - The mists of time blew our way again as we re-entered the church, this time to 1676 as we met Governor Berkeley, who dealt with a local rebellion.
- [My son reenacts first House of Burgesses 1619 Jamestowne](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-son-reenacts-first-house-of-burgesses-1619-jamestowne/) - Three pages of laws debated by the 1619 burgesses for a week were distributed among us, while my son led discussion with one of the pages.
- [Brickyard fires bricks for Jamestowne: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/brickyard-fires-bricks-for-jamestowne-colonial-williamsburg/) - During Under the Redcoat at Colonial Williamsburg, the kids and I visited our first brick burn on two different nights, which was a neat evening program.
- [William Strachey, Shakespeare's The Tempest, and Jamestowne](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/william-strachey-shakespeares-the-tempest-and-jamestowne/) - Strachey's story had me on the edge of my seat, intensely caught up in his word choice that made the drama come alive...resulting in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
- [Bell Tower restored with recently fired bricks: Jamestowne](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bell-tower-restored-with-recently-fired-bricks-jamestowne/) - Some of the Colonial Williamsburg brickmakers are reconstructing the bell tower at Jamestowne with the same bricks we recently saw fired.
- [Thomas Jefferson's Toast to Lafayette at UVA Rotunda](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/thomas-jeffersons-toast-to-lafayette-at-uva-rotunda/) - At the invitation of President James Monroe, Lafayette traveled over 6000 miles to each of America's twenty-four states from 1824 to 1825.
- [Lost grill en route to Virginia so we Texas-fied our new one](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lost-grill-en-route-to-virginia-texas-fied-our-new-one/) - For him, that was a happy problem, because he just used that grill on roadside stops to grill his dinners…better than truck stop fare! Hey, a kindred spirit!
- [Johnny Tremain tour of Battles of Lexington and Concord](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/johnny-tremain-tour-of-battles-of-lexington-and-concord/) - Through the eyes of Johnny Tremain, and Virginians Mann Page and Patrick Henry, touring the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
- [Louisa May Alcott, Concord Author at Orchard House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/louisa-may-alcott-concord-author-at-orchard-house/) - Then we visited Orchard House, where Louisa May Alcott's wrote Little Women, inspired and based on the Alcott family adventures next door.
- [Acting Like Little Women, Thinking Like Transcendentalists](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/acting-like-little-women-thinking-like-transcendentalists/) - I'm in good company with the experts, who argue among themselves as to the meaning of transcendentalism of the literary authors in Concord, Massachusetts.
- [Fading away: The Manse, Walden Pond, and Transcendentalism](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/fading-away-the-manse-walden-pond-and-transcendentalism/) - Too late in the day for our hoped for tours of The Manse and Walden Pond, we discoursed on the fading away of the esoteric transcendalism over dinner.
- [Concord grapes intermingled with famed literary authors](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/concord-grapes-intermingled-with-famed-literary-authors/) - Henry David Thoreau planted the Concord grape in Ralph Waldo Emerson's garden, which today emanates a luscious fragrace from vines entwined about the trellis.
- [USO Radio Show for the Troops Becoming History Presentation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/uso-radio-show-for-the-troops-becoming-history-presentation/) - Rosie the Riveter with her children, dressed for a school presentation later that evening, a USO radio show with Glenn Miller and other personas.
- [Yard of the Month and Quarter at Sheppard AFB](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/yard-of-the-month-and-quarter-at-sheppard-afb/) - Before I owned a house, I dabbled in gardening any way possible from college dorms, to apartments, and then base housing, where I won numerous awards.
- [1660 royal blue gown embellished with gold and pearls](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1660-royal-blue-gown-embellished-with-gold-and-pearls/) - My research began with the Janet Arnold Patterns of Fashion 1 for a 1660 extant gown bodice, since the petticoat and overskirt no longer exist.
- [Sewing, Packing, and Planning amid Cherry Blossoms](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sewing-packing-and-planning-amid-cherry-blossoms/) - I closed out the Lake Ridge chapter of my life at the nearby grove of elegant cherry blossoms, wafting ethereal shades of pink and white about me.
- [Choo Choo Colorado Appliqued Quilt for my Son's Birthday](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/choo-choo-colorado-appliqued-quilt-my-sons-birthday/) - After painting the walls of my sons room to look like the Colorado Rockies, I knew he'd like a quilt to match. I couldn't find any patterns I liked on-line, so I designed my own. Using some of the same techniques I did for creating the mural, I created all the parts of the applique,
- [Our Alpine Vacation Hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/hiking-nymph-dream-emerald-glacial-lakes-rocky-mountain-national-park/) - We spread most of our time among a couple of hikes, visiting gorgeous waterfalls, taking the main road over the mountains, and taking in all the elk.
- [Travel Secrets from Colorado Springs to Estes Park](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/travel-secrets-from-colorado-springs-to-estes-park/) - We took a steep downward exit that bordered a rapidly flowing stream spilling over rocks and stones, twisting and turning through the mountains.
- [Singing America the Beautiful at Pikes Peak](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/singing-america-the-beautiful-at-pikes-peak/) - For miles we saw a patchwork quilt of tans and greens on the ground far, far below. Overcome by the view, we sang America, the Beautiful.
- [My kids became voice talent with Adventures in Odyssey](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-day-we-became-part-of-the-action-with-adventures-in-odyssey/) - The door was shut to block outside sound, the theme song cheerfully played and the voices of Kris, Connie and Whit sounded as we read our parts.
- [High Altitude Vacation in Colorado Springs](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/high-altitude-vacation-colorado-springs/) - Geology and history from Pikes Peak, Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Cave of the Winds, Seven Falls, Focus on the Family, Flying W Ranch, and Garden of the Gods.
- [Learning how to Swing Dance During College Break](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/learning-how-to-swing-dance-during-college-break/) - We might not be the quality of the fun Dancing with the Stars, but we had fun learning and that's what counts! Just call us, Dancing with the Collegiates!
- [Who is the Pharaoh who let God’s People Go](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/who-pharaoh-let-gods-people-go/) - Archaeology suggests different pharaoh due to large numbers of Semitic slaves, sudden devastation in the land, and a sudden departure of the Semitic slaves.
- [Becoming Leonardo da Vinci](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/becoming-leonardo-da-vinci/) - Recreated were the very machines Leonardo da Vinci imagined and sketched on paper, most of which were never actually made until decades, even centuries later. 
- [Mystic Seaport where seaworthy literature comes alive](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mystic-seaport-where-seaworthy-literature-comes-alive/) - At Mystic Seaport we climbed boats, hoisted rigging, built canals, and more, bringing to life all the sailor books we've read. 
- [Visiting the Star-Spangled Banner](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-the-star-spangled-banner/) - In between restorations World War II caused Smithsonian curators to safely store national treasures, such as the Star-Spangled Banner, in Luray, Virginia.
- [Mother of the Bride Dress: Audrey Hepburn, Givenchy, Sabrina](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mother-of-the-bride-dress-audrey-hepburn-givenchy-sabrina/) - I was excited my daughter and I would both be wearing vintage styled dresses, inspired by Givenchy fashions Audrey Hepburn wore in her movies!
- [Engaged to be Married at Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/engaged-to-be-married-at-gadsbys-tavern-in-alexandria/) - Since we both like reading, writing, and history, conversation turned to the historic events that transpired at Gadsby's, including Washington and Lafayette.
- [Engagement Photos at Westridge Pond in Lake Ridge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/engagement-photos-at-westridge-pond-in-lake-ridge/) - Knowing each other for a few years, W became a great friend and confidante during some trials in my life, similar to what he, himself, had previously faced.
- [Mother of the Groom Gown Shopping for a July Barn Wedding](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mother-of-the-groom-gown-shopping-for-a-july-barn-wedding/) - Surprisingly, the super sweet young gal cheerfully attended my requests by bringing me gorgeous sleeveless navy blue gowns...that looked youthful!
- [Sewing a Buttoned Bustle for a Wedding Gown](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-button-and-a-bustle-for-a-wedding-gown/) - My son's fiancee asked me to fix the awful alteration sewn by the bridal shop onto her gorgeous lacy wedding gown, that was about to fall apart.
- [My Son's Rustic Barn Wedding with his Sweetheart](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-sons-rustic-barn-wedding-with-his-sweetheart/) - As they began to say their vows, raindrops fell but only for the briefest of showers...so the ceremony continued and they became Mr. and Mrs. to our great joy!
- [Saying Goodbye to our Beloved Bristow House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/saying-goodbye-to-our-beloved-bristow-house/) - This week the kids and I are moving our stuff into storage units, one for each of us, then my daughter gets married while my son and I look for a place to live.
- [Wedding Dress: Givenchy, Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/wedding-dress-givenchy-audrey-hepburn-funny-face/) - When my daughter couldn't find her dream wedding dress on-line, I told her I could sew a bespoke gown like Audrey Hepburn's.
- [My Daughter’s Spring Wedding on an Autumnal Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-daughters-spring-wedding-on-an-autumnal-day/) - The last few years have been exceedingly troubled for my family. Yet through it all they fell in love, he proposed, and she said yes.
- [Creating Reception Centerpieces for my Son's Barn Wedding](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/creating-reception-centerpieces-for-my-sons-barn-wedding/) - A couple of weeks before their wedding, we created the reception centerpieces, which they carefully planned with deep meaning for their relationship.
- [Creating Silk Floral Bouquets for my Son's Wedding](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/creating-silk-floral-bouquets-for-my-sons-wedding/) - Learning how to make bouquets, corasages, and boutonnieres from a friend when my brother got married, I used the same techniques when my daughter got married.
- [Horsing Around Rocky Mountain National Park](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/horsing-around-rocky-mountain-national-park/) - Playing in the distant meadow, we saw 2 coyotoes, a mom and pup. In the peaceful setting the chipmunk, perched on the boulder nearby, curiously watched us.
- [Rocky Mountain National Park Alluvial Fan created by Flood](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rmnp-alluvial-fan-created-by-1982-flood/) - In 1982 a dam burst at Lawn Lake. Within minutes a deluge of water poured down into this area and the landscape was forever changed.
- [Bear Lake Hike at Rocky Mountain National Park](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bear-lake-hike-rocky-moutain-national-park/) - With rain showers looming, we spent the afternoon walking around Bear Lake while exploring with a field trip booklet I had purchased at the book shop.
- [The Unconquerable Pikes Peak](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/unconquerable-pikes-peak/) - Amazed by the majestic blue mountains in the distance, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike journeyed to the majestic snowcapped peak that would forever bear his name.
- [Hiking High in the Sky at Rocky Mountain National Park](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/hiking-high-in-the-sky-at-rocky-mountain-national-park/) - Hiking a new trail to some waterfalls and beyond, how high would we go? With a day this great, we expected to see many lovely views.
- [Exploring the Tundra via Trail Ridge High-Way](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/exploring-the-tundra-via-trail-ridge-high-way/) - We toured the Trail Ridge Road, which allows us to climb over 4000’ as we journey to the sky on the longest and highest continuous paved highway in the world.
- [Hiking up Seven Falls on Cheyenne Mountain…with a Bear](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/hiking-up-seven-falls-on-cheyenne-mountainwith-a-bear/) - The narrow road into this stunning box-type canyon lies between massively high pink granite walls. And there are 224 thigh burning steps up the 181’ waterfall,.
- [Singing Cowboys at the Flying W Ranch](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/singing-cowboys-at-the-flying-w-ranch/) - We always get there early because they are like a 1950s amusement park from the cowboy days unique from any location we’ve ever visited.
- [The Intriguing Red Rocks of the Garden of the Gods](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-intriguing-red-rocks-of-the-garden-of-the-gods/) - Famed for its sedimentary rocks in ranges of deep red, pink, and white, representative of sandstone and limestone, the rocks extend past the park.
- [Meeting William Lee and the Iroquois: Prelude to Victory](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/meeting-william-lee-and-the-iroquois-prelude-to-victory/) - Cornwallis...Yorktown...Lafayette...Comte de Grasse...Battle of the Capes...Washington...Rochambeau...espionage...timing...Providence... Prelude to Victory.
- [Texas Independence with Tocqueville, Lafayette and Napoleon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/texas-independence-with-tocqueville-lafayette-and-napoleon/) - I portrayed a founder of an 1837 Texas town named La Grange, the county, Fayette, and the streets, Washington, Lafayette, Jefferson, and Madison.
- [How we met Lafayette on a Grand Tour](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-1824-grand-tour-america/) - In 1824, Lafayette received an invitation from President Monroe and the United States Congress, to travel the 24 states of America as the nation’s guest.
- [Son's Lafayette Journey Full Circle: Homeschool Graduation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sons-lafayette-journey-full-circle-a-homeschool-graduation/) - After his sister's graduation dinner, my son excitedly announced he wanted to return to Restaurant Lafayette for his graduation, so yesterday was the day!
- [Christmas Trip to Norway, via Union Station in Washington DC](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/christmas-trip-to-norway-via-union-station-in-washington-dc/) - Near the tree comes the charming sound of clickety clacks and choo-choos from a fun train display set in Norway, another gift from the embassy.
- [Breezy Yellow Embroidered Gingham Dress in Washington DC](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/breezy-yellow-embroidered-gingham-dress-in-washington-dc/) - Since I wanted to use one of my favorite fabrics for something I could wear on any day, I chose a remnant I've always loved to practice my couture sewing.
- [Looking for the Washington DC Cornerstone in Alexandria](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/looking-for-the-washington-dc-cornerstone-in-alexandria/) - To great fanfare on April 15, 1791, the southernmost cornerstone for the Federal City was placed at Jones Point, Washington DC's first monument.
- [How Texans Beat the Heat](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-texans-beat-heat/) - As Texans, we know how to make the most of summer despite the heat: hand-cranked ice cream, Sea-World, evening gardens, Blue Bell, beaches, Schlitterbahn.
- [Currituck Beach Lighthouse and its Surrounding Views](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/currituck-beach-lighthouse-and-its-surrounding-views/) - First flashing a three-second white light every twenty seconds in 1875, this 158 foot tall tower has 214 steps rising to the top for amazing views.
- [Serenity at the Outer Banks with Corolla Horses on the Beach](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/serenity-at-the-outer-banks-with-corolla-horses-on-the-beach/) - While my hubby totally hung out at the pool or the beach with his electronic devices, I did a little of everything at leisurely moments.
- [Exploring Roanoke Island's 16th Century History](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/exploring-roanoke-islands-16th-century-history/) - It was here that Sir Walter Raleigh brought the first English colony to America in 1585 in the name of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- [Texan Homemade Sleds in 20” Blizzard: Northern Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/texan-homemade-sleds-in-20-blizzard-northern-virginia/) - We are already reaching depths of snow that top the top 5 December snowfall accumulations, none of which are in my lifetime...until now! 
- [Colonial White Christmas in Virginia with a taste of Texas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/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.
- [Surely the Weatherman Jests…60 inches of snow this winter](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/surely-the-weatherman-jests60-inches-of-snow-this-winter/) - We arrived in Virginia a year ago feeling like Texans. A year later we feel like Alaskans, instead of Virginians with 3 record breaking blizzards.
- [Lafayette's boot fills with blood at Brandywine](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayettes-boot-fills-with-blood-at-brandywine/) - Arriving in Philadelphia to offer his services without pay, 19 year old Lafayette receives his commission to major general on July 31, 1777.
- [Antique Ice Cream Crème de Lafayette: Historic Philadelphia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/antique-ice-cream-creme-de-lafayette-historic-philadelphia/) - While touring Philadelphia, I wasn’t surprised to keep running into Lafayette, our French hero from the American Revolution, while we saw great iconic sites!
- [Impressionistic Vineyard Quilt Debuts with Pomona Painting](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/impressionistic-vineyard-quilt-debuts-with-pamona-painting/) - To coordinate with my husband's family picture of the West Coast, we hung one of my quilts. Then I proclaimed that painting was of the Currier Ranch in Pamona.
- [How a Family Painting led us to the Currier Ranch in Pomona](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-a-family-painting-led-us-to-the-currier-ranch-in-pamona/) - We spent that night in Pomona at the easternmost end of the former Currier Ranch, owned by my husband's Great Uncle Alvan T. Currier from 1869-1921.
- [Fifties Fun, Amish Country Train Ride, Biking Valley Forge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/fifties-fun-amish-country-train-ride-biking-valley-forge/) - Suggesting we enjoy dessert indoors to experience that vibe, we ordered 50s style ice cream sodas...and saw all the wait staff in costume.
- [Most Amazing Tropical Spa Experience in Florida](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/most-amazing-tropical-spa-experiece-in-florida/) - Since I chose a tropical scrub treatment, the masseuse entered with a tray of tropical florals, tahitian vanilla, etc wafting through the room.
- [Luxuriating at Cape Rey Carlsbad Beach Hilton Resort](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/luxuriating-at-cape-rey-carlsbad-beach-hilton-resort/) - My hubby sent me to the spa to experience a coconut scrub with apricot seed powder folllowed by massage with lotion and exotic tropical oils.
- [Feasting in a Garden under the Shadow of the Redwoods](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/feasting-in-a-garden-under-the-shadow-of-the-redwoods/) - We enjoyed a deliciously imaginative lunch surrounded by potted gardens full of sunflowers, tomatoes and zinnias, while overshadowed by Redwoods.
- [Japanese Tea Garden Memories](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-a-rock-quarry-became-a-japanese-tea-garden/) - A tranquil tea garden sunk into a rock quarry through which one could meander across bridges came to a halt for a Japanese family during World War II.
- [Visiting a few of my Favorite Places in Central Texas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-a-few-of-my-favorite-places-in-south-central-texas/) - While visiting my family for the first time in years, we visited some of my favorite places included great shopping, eating, and touring!
- [Our Relaxing Resort-like Beach Vacation on a Budget](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/relaxing-resort-like-beach-vacation-on-budget/) - As we drove onto the causeway from Port Isabel to the island, the water sparkled under the sun in various shades of magenta and aqua.
- [John Denver and climbing rigging of a giant ship: SeaWorld](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/john-denver-memories-sea-world/) - As much as we enjoy SeaWorld nextdoor to our home, my memories of how SeaWorld used to be, including enjoying a John Denver concert, come to mind.
- [Chocolate Making and Civil War: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/chocolate-making-and-civil-war-colonial-williamsburg/) - After watching the making chocolate from scratch, we listened to a Civil War talk on the Battle of Williamsburg. Cinco de Mayo was mentioned in both talks.
- [Charles Lindbergh, San Antonio, Lafayette…and Napoleon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/charles-lindbergh-san-antonio-lafayetteand-napoleon/) - Since we’re Texans from San Antonio, we especially enjoyed the opening scene of Charles Lindbergh’s arrival to Brook's Field in San Antonio, Texas, after WWI.
- [Rough Riders Movie Review and San Antonio Sites](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rough-riders-movie-review-and-san-antonio-sites/) - The men liked training in San Antonio, "in the city where the Alamo commemorates the death fight of Crockett, Bowie, and their famous band of frontier heroes."
- [Uniquely Historic San Antonio Zoo](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/uniquely-historic-san-antonio-zoo/) - Uniquely built into an abandoned quarry, this zoo led the incorporation of natural surroundings, including the San Antonio River for the animals.
- [Santa Anna is Coming...to the Alamo Reenactment](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/santa-anna-is-coming-to-the-alamo-reenactment/) - On the anniversary of the siege on the Alamo, we saw a reenactment. While residents of La Villita danced the Fandango, Santa Anna arrived with his troops.
- [Trying out my First Digital Camera at Sea World](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/trying-out-my-first-digital-camera-at-sea-world-for-my-new-blog/) - Living next door to Shamu requires yearly passes to Sea World, which requires one's own digital camera to take photos of all the amazing sites.
- [SeaWorld for my Daughter's Birthday](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/seaworld-daughters-birthday/) - On my daughter’s birthday we visited SeaWorld, where she chose her favorites: kissing sea lions, feeding lorikeets, and playing on the giant nets and tubings
- [Plate Tectonics and Rift Valleys at the Red Sea and Zoo](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/plate-tectonics-rift-valleys-red-sea/) - The geology of the Great Rift Valley of the Sinai Peninsula by the Red Sea via zoos that group their animal collections around ecological zones.
- [Sunset Views from Bluemont Winery of Loudon Wine Trail](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sunset-views-from-bluemont-winery-of-loudon-wine-trail/) - Family owned, the winery recently opened in 2007, after years of dreaming of the mountainside acreage's vineyard potential as they operated a farm below.
- [Safely Viewing Solar Eclipse with Telescope in San Antonio](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/safely-viewing-solar-eclipse-with-telescope-in-san-antonio/) - When my son and his wife told us about the solar eclipse on his birthday in San Antonio, we journeyed down...where they also announced a big surprise.
- [From 17th century to Roaring Twenties and Stock Market Crash](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/from-17th-century-to-roaring-twenties-and-stock-market-crash/) - My daughter portrayed the 18th century, my son was Charles Lindbergh, and I represented a lady married to a Wall Street broker...to bring the 1920s to life!
- [Souvenirs, Andy Griffith, and Finding the Lost Colony](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/souvenirs-andy-griffith-and-finding-the-lost-colony/) - Excited to return to the Outer Banks for another vacation, we want to see Hatteras Island and the evidence of the discovery of the Lost Colony.
- [16th Century Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/16th-century-elizabethan-gardens-on-roanoke-island/) - Constructed by the Garden Club of North Carolina, this two-acre garden represents one that might have existed if the Roanoke Colony succeeded.
- [Water: 2015 Row by Row Quilt Won the Prize](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/water-2015-row-by-row-quilt-won-the-prize/) - Part of the fun is discovering new quilt shops while enjoying lovely scenery, smelling the roses, and enjoying patio lunches…staycation-style!
- [Home Sweet Home: 2016 Row by Row Quilt won a Prize](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/home-sweet-home-2016-row-by-row-quilt-won-a-prize/) - Enjoying the buttons that came with the picnic and glamping rows, I further embellished the quilt from my ribbon and button collections.
- [A Quilt that tells the story behind the Pentagon's Shape](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/washington-dc-pentagon-and-jinny-beyer-quilt-row/) - Assuming the Pentagon's shape reflected the five services: army, navy, marine, air force and coast guard, I learned it was more complicated than that.
- [Seasons: 2014 Row by Row Quilt Consolation Prize](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/seasons-2014-row-by-row-quilt-consolation-prize/) - my kids asked me to represent the houses in my row in snow to tell our story of living in Virginia where we were hit by blizzards galore our first winter here.
- [Red, White, Blue Lightening Streak Quilt and Duffel Bags](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/red-white-blue-lightening-streak-quilt-and-duffel-bags/) - When my son took his star quilt to college, I sewed a lightening streak quilt which had lots of energy and movement yet looked quite easy.
- [Rufflicious Pink and White Flannel Quilt with Minky Backing](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rufflicious-pink-and-white-flannel-quilt-with-minky-backing/) - Since the kids and I are flying to San Antonio and will see my niece, I sewed a pink and white ruffled quilt with soft minky backing for her.
- [Toddler’s All Boy Red, White, and Blue Transportation Quilt](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/toddlers-all-boy-red-white-and-blue-transportation-quilt/) - Details of a simple Winnie the Pooh quilt for my nephew when he was a baby, then a transportation quilt for his toddler years.
- [Snuggly Pink and White Quilt for my Yankee Doodle Dandy!](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/snuggly-pink-and-white-quilt-for-my-yankee-doodle-dandy/) - The year 2020 brought me someone new to love, my granddaughter! Amazingly born on Independence Day, she’s a Yankee Doodle Dandy! She's so sweet!
- [My Daughter Learns to Quilt: Vision Therapy](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-daughter-learns-to-quilt-vision-therapy/) - While joining me to collect free Row by Row patterns at various quilt shops in Virginia the last two years, my daughter became interested in quilting.
- [Jinny Beyer 2015 Block of the Month Quilt](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/jinny-beyer-2015-block-of-the-month-quilt/) - Inspired by the 18th century garden in her backyard, Jinny Beyer designed this quilt of meandering paths through an assortment of flowers.
- [French Country Styling sans paint in my Apartment](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/french-country-and-sewing-room-organization-at-lake-ridge/) - Well, I've done enough teasing about decorating my small apartment without paint, so now that I'm moving, I should share a few of my favorite things...
- [Sewing Autumnal Blue Ridge and Pumpkin Quilt Tops](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sewing-autumnal-blue-ridge-and-pumpkin-quilt-tops/) - Shortly after moving into my apartment last autumn, I happily began working in my new little sewing room filled with bright lights.
- [Hand-stitched Autumnal Purples for a Harlequin Quilt](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/hand-stitched-autumnal-purples-for-a-harlequin-quilt/) - Laying out my stash of autumnal fabrics, I chose this lovely batik with multiple shadings of purple for my focus fabric. of the harlequin quilt.
- [Waving Red, White, and Blue American Flag Quilt](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/waving-red-white-and-blue-american-flag-quilt/) - While auditioning the border fabric from my stash, I decided to create patriotic Ohio Star cornerstones to offset the waving bargello flag.
- [Music, Ann Wager, and Side Saddles: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/music-ann-wager-and-side-saddles-colonial-williamsburg/) - Philanthropist Dr. Thomas Bray organized schools to teach black children (boys and girls) to read, slave and free, in the British North American colonies.
- [Using a Sextant to Measure the Height of the House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/using-a-sextant-to-measure-the-height-of-the-house/) - Our recent studies have been interspersed by sailors who sight the stars for navigation. My son made a sextant to determine the height of our two story house.
- [Jefferson Vineyards' Italian Heritage near Monticello](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/jefferson-vineyards-italian-heritage-near-monticello/) - Mazzei wrote: t...the best wines in the word will be made there...I do not believe that nature is so favorable to growing vines in any country as this.
- [Gorgeous Pippin Hill Farm Vineyards - Monticello Wine Trail](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/gorgeous-pippin-hill-farm-vineyards-monticello-wine-trail/) - The scenery for this vineyard on the Monticello Wine Trail was everything I hoped for: stunning Blue Ridge Mountains, vineyards, and flowers!
- [Thomas Jefferson's Legacy on the Monticello Wine Trail](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/thomas-jeffersons-legacy-on-the-monticello-wine-trail/) - Hailed as America's "first distinguished viticulurist", Jefferson's vineyard cultivation journey was apparently marked more by struggles than successes.
- [Tea green transforms rooms to Monet-like Impressionism](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tea-green-transforms-rooms-monet-impressionism/) - Having a lovely collection of tea accessories destined for display, I found a tea green paint chip evoking calm with a touch of happy brightness.
- [Impressionistic Starry Night Quilt in the Style of Monet](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/impressionistic-starry-night-quilt-in-the-style-of-monet/) - I used lots of batiks with shadings of light and dark with blues and purples, allowing the light to bounce off in interesting ways depending on the time of day.
- [Widows mob Senate to claim rights: Becoming Ancient Romans](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/widows-mob-senate-to-claim-rights-becoming-ancient-romans/) - Playing out manifestations of power, boldness, drama, and intrigue, I created the script, below, based on historical accounts we studied in our homeschool.
- [Under the Redcoat Journal 2011: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/under-the-redcoat-journal-2011-colonial-williamsburg/) - Thus, I present to you, my dear Readers, an accounting of what I experienced while the quiet town of Williamsburg, in 1781, was occupied...Under the Redcoat.
- [Historic Victorian Inn from late 19th Century in Ferndale](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/historic-victorian-inn-from-late-19th-century-in-ferndale/) - Arriving in early evening, we drove past many Victorian homes and storefronts, then arrived at the crown jewel of the town...the stunning Victorian Inn.
- [Another Rainy Independence Day for Grilling Texas Fajitas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/another-rainy-independence-day-for-grilling-texas-fajitas/) - Laying a tarp on top of the deck, we could hand crank ice cream below while listening to the rain drops falling around us.
- [Hand-Cranked Ice Cream, Fireflies, Fireworks:  Independence](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/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!
- [Gingerbread Architects easily using Graham Crackers](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/gingerbread-architects-easily-using-graham-crackers/) - When they were quite young, I found a terrific article in a woman's magazine about how to easily make gingerbread villages with graham crackers.
- [Marching Drummer's Call Style 2011: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/marching-drummers-call-style-2011-colonial-williamsburg/) - Returning to the Visitor Center, we walked by the pond behind the Randolph House, where even the frogs get into the spirit of Drummers Call!
- [More snow at President’s Day Weekend: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/more-snow-at-presidents-day-weekend-colonial-williamsburg/) - This was a great way to celebrate President’s Day, talking to each of the presidents from Virginia who also spent time in Williamsburg.
- [Saratoga Battlefield: Grand Tour of Historic Waterways Part V](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/saratoga-battlefield-grand-tour-historic-waterways/) - British General John Burgoyne took advantage of the 17th century French trade route from Canada, to arrive at Saratoga to fight the Continental Army.
- [Napoleonic tea, gowns, swords, and gardens: Hillwood Estate](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/napoleonic-tea-gowns-swords-and-gardens-hillwood-estate/) - Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens exhibit, The Style that Ruled the Empires: Russia, Napoleon and 1812, featured two amazing court gowns.
- [French Onion Soup as Historically Made by the Peasants](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/french-onion-soup-as-historically-made-by-the-peasants/) - Recently I cooked the most amazing French Onion Soup…without beef broth! Instead I only used onions, water, and seasonings, with croutons and gruyere.
- [Crepes, Cremes Brulees, and Sabrina on Bastille Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/crepes-cremes-brulees-and-sabrina-on-bastille-day/) - Using Alton Brown's tips for crepes, my first batch were easier to make than I thought they would be. Then for dessert I had the perfect touch.
- [Driving through Ancient Greece](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/driving-through-ancient-greece/) - When we toured the Focus on the Family facilities, the tour guide raved about Drive Thru History as an excellent resource, especially for homeschoolers.
- [Bristow: A Forgotten Virginia town with 17th Century Origin](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bristow-a-forgotten-virginia-town-with-17th-century-origin/) - Because Robert Bristow was a loyalist, the Commonwealth of Virginia confiscated his portion of 7500 acres during the American Revolution.
- [Pret-a-papier, Faberge Eggs, and Napoleon at Hillwood Estate](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/pret-a-papier-faberge-eggs-and-napoleon-at-hillwood-estate/) - Today we visited the Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens to see Pret-a-papier, an exhibit of stunning historic gowns and accessories made from paper.
- [Gowns, Dancing, Christmastide: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/gowns-dancing-christmastide-colonial-williamsburg/) - This year we partook of our favorite colonial Christmastides on the days between Christmas and New Year’s…which is historically accurate.
- [I won American Heritage Chocolate and a French Pie Dish!](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/i-won-american-heritage-chocolate-and-a-french-pie-dish/) - When I received a surprise delivery from a Fed Ex Truck the day before Thanksgiving, I recalled entering a contest. Apparently, I won!
- [Under the Redcoat 2013 with the Singing, Dancing Hessians](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/under-the-redcoat-2013-with-the-singing-dancing-hessians/) - After heartily singing various tunes to the accompaniment of musicians, the Hessians gathered everyone for a Virginia Reel.
- [How we made our first Buche de Noel for Christmas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-we-made-our-first-buche-de-noel-for-christmas/) - Last year when I was at my kids' Chick-fil-A Christmas party, I determined that I would make my first Buche de Noel for this year's party!
- [Tamales and Colonial Williamsburg Gingerbread Village Production](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tamales-and-colonial-williamsburg-gingerbread-village-production/) - Now my kids are working on the gingerbread village while I make the tamales for our Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve dinners.
- [Lacy Gingerbread Cookies from our Christmas Cookie Factory](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lacy-gingerbread-cookies-from-our-christmas-cookie-factory/) - Showing him a page from a magazine I had cut out years ago, I showed him my dream cookies. Would he be willing to decorate the cookies in this style?
- [Properly Dressed Gingerbread Cookies from 1608 to 1823](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/properly-dressed-gingerbread-cookies-from-1608-to-1823/) - My son has been influenced by my historical sewing after he and his sister asked for historically accurate clothing after we first moved here two years ago.
- [Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis: Gold Mine of Blue Jeans](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/levi-strauss-and-jacob-davis-gold-mine-of-blue-jeans/) - Less than 30 years after gold was discovered in California, the iconic symbol of ruggedness and individuality of blue jeans began.
- [Bespoke Blue Jeans with Floral Pocket Lining: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bespoke-blue-jeans-with-floral-pocket-lining-sewing-journal/) - Although they were always on my daunting "I could never do that" list, I discovered they are much easier to sew than expected.
- [Bespoke Vignettes from Historical Styles to Vintage Flair](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bespoke-vignettes-from-historical-styles-to-vintage-flair/) - While organizing my closet, I noted the bespoke wardrobe I'm sewing, from the historical past to vintage flair, which I grouped into various categories.
- [Shopping at Timbuck II Shopping Village in Corolla](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/shopping-at-timbuk-ii-shopping-village-in-corolla/) - Found these gorgeous hollyhocks in front of the Cotton Gin, which was a massive shop that kept going and going, upstairs and downstairs and around the corner.
- [Enjoying a Colonial Williamsburg Christmas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/enjoying-a-colonial-williamsburg-christmas/) - All in all, introducing my youngest sweetheart to a Colonial Williamsburg Christmas in the evening candlelight was the best part of the day!
- [Garden Tours and Dancing: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/garden-tours-and-dancing-colonial-williamsburg/) - I danced with the colonel, who with a thick Scottish accent talked in my ear, to either chit chat or give me direction and twirling me about.
- [Johnny Tremain, Lafayette, and Boston’s Freedom Trail](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/johnny-tremain-lafayette-and-bostons-freedom-trail/) - Not seeing Johnny Tremain, I imagined him walking through the streets, looking for a job after he injured his hand, and running errands for the Sons of Liberty.
- [How I sewed window treatments for French patio doors](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-i-sewed-window-treatments-for-french-patio-doors/) - I've been sewing costumes for Becoming History presentations, for the kids to wear to Colonial Williamsburg, and also window treatments for our new house.
- [Picture Taking Twist at Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/picture-taking-twist-at-colonial-williamsburg/) - Mistaking my kids for employees, guests often ask them questions about the historic area, and also take pictures of them and with them!
- [Decoding Shakespeare led to War Cryptography: Spy Museum](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/decoding-shakespeare-led-to-war-cryptography-spy-museum/) - In 1957, Friedman and his wife wrote The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined, where they revealed flaws in Gallups work, debunking her premise.
- [Hollywood, James Bond, Intelligence Work: Spy Museum](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/hollywood-james-bond-intelligence-work-spy-museum/) - At the end of the day when I plugged in my code from my lanyard, I found a surveillance video of my cautiously walking through Berlin. ;)
- [Pfaff sewing machine wobbles after Texas move to Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/pfaff-sewing-machine-wobbles-after-texas-move-to-virginia/) - Circumspect when the movers carried a rather squished moving box into the door of our new house, I grimaced when I saw that it was labeled: sewing machine.
- [Ode to the demise of my Pfaff sewing machine](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ode-to-the-demise-of-my-pfaff-sewing-machine/) - The repairman said that the alignment is off in my machine, requiring the base to be replaced, costing more than the current value of the machine.
- [Feeling tense regarding tension fiddlies with my new Pfaff](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tense-about-my-new-pfaff-fiddly-tension-settings/) - My son proclaims: Mom, you’re just not a gadget gal! He’s right! I don’t want to fiddle with things. Instead, I want to accomplish things!
- [Sewing Tote Bags Galore from Pastels to Black and Blue](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sewing-tote-bags-galore-from-pastels-to-black-and-blue/) - From practical stash busting and usage for packing in a future move, these will also add lovely vintage flair while out and about.
- [Sewing a Breezy White Blouse in Embroidery of Pink](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sewing-a-breezy-white-blouse-in-embroidery-of-pink/) - Thinking the fabric would pair well with my pale pink embroidered capri pants, I imagined its cuteness on journeys out and about with vintage flair.
- [A Breezy Red and White Striped Dress for a Summery Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-breezy-red-and-white-striped-dress-for-a-summery-day/) - Envisioning a light and airy sundress for an Independence Day picnic, I attempted to enlarge a small pattern and update the old style to vintage flair.
- [Lavender Embroidered and Sequined Dress: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lavender-embroidered-and-sequined-dress-sewing-journal/) - While planning her graduation photo op with the muslin that turned out well, I whipped out this more formal dress for upcoming events!
- [Why Teach Cursive Writing in Kindergarten?](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/cursive-writing-in-kindergarten/) - Counseled by my daughter's occupational therapist to teach her cursive, not print, in kindergarten, I learned lots of tips that wroked beautifully.
- [George Washington and Thomas Jefferson at Natural Bridge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/george-washington-and-thomas-jefferson-at-natural-bridge/) - After seeing a gorgeous rendering of the famous Natural Bridge of Virginia, and learning that Thomas Jefferson owned it, I've wanted to visit with the kids.
- [Winterthur Inspired Jacqueline Kennedy's White House Style](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/winterthur-inspired-jacqueline-kennedys-white-house-style/) - In May of 1961, Mrs. Kennedy visited Mr. Du Pont at Winterthur to gain a sense of turning a home into a museum with American collections.
- [An Epoch, Lafayette Restaurant, Homeschool Graduation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/an-epoch-lafayette-restaurant-homeschool-graduation/) - My daughter loved the evening, exclaiming it was far better than a cap and gown ceremony or a party, sighing, "I feel just like Anne of Green Gables."
- [Bringing The Crucible to life for College Literature Class](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bringing-the-crucible-to-life-for-college-literature-class/) - When my daughter was frustrated by her mid-century modern assignment for her 17th-19th century literature class, I had an idea.
- [Lafayette Returns to Philadelphia on 1824 Grand Tour](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-returns-to-philadelphia-on-1824-grand-tour/) - Portrayed by Mark Schneider of Colonial Williamsburg, Lafayette arrived at Independence Hall in a carriage with a French dignitary, who spoke to the crowd.
- [Shane Confectionery Candy Tour 1911 Style](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/shane-confectionery-19th-century-candy-tour/) - Wanting to first take a tour of the Shane Confectionery, we learned the tours were free that day, due to the big anniversary of their sister shop.
- [Eisenhower Home and Rose Garden in Gettysburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/eisenhower-home-and-rose-garden-in-gettysburg/) - Having lived on many military posts in 38 years, then the White House for 8 years, Mamie said in 1978: We had only one home: our farm.
- [19th Century Civil War Cyclorama at Gettysburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/19th-century-civil-war-cyclorama-at-gettysburg/) - The tragedy of the Civil War transformed the cyclorama from the art form of entertainment to memorial, because veterans wanted to tell their story.
- [President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on Remembrance Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/president-lincolns-gettysburg-address-and-remembrance-day/) - Remembrance Day commemorates the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, when President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
- [Lafayette and Baron von Steuben at Valley Forge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-and-baron-von-steuben-at-valley-forge/) - Washington's Guard lived in these huts overlooking his headquarters, a tradition that continues today at Arlington National Cemetery at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
- [Touring Wild Corolla Horses in a Hummer Jeep](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/touring-wild-corolla-horses-in-a-hummer-jeep/) - Descended from 16th century Spanish horses that washed ashore after shipwrecks, these Banker horses have stocky bodies, short legs, and fluffy fur.
- [Lifesaving Station Restaurant in Duck - Outer Banks](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lifesaving-station-restaurant-in-duck-outer-banks/) - Opening in 1985, the Sanderling Resort turned this former lifesaving station into their restaurant, featuring Southern Style cuisine.
- [Tragic theater, fall of democracy, Alexander the Great: Becoming Ancient Greeks](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tragic-theater-fall-of-democracy-alexander-the-great-becoming-ancient-greeks/) - Picking up the broken pottery, he tried to decipher the word. While in character as Ancient Greeks, we said it wasn't important and moved him on.
- [Singing the Star Spangled Banner at Fort McHenry](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/singing-the-star-spangled-banner-at-fort-mchenry/) - As many visitors left during the anthem's opening, I boldly put my hand on my heart and sung the anthem, hoping that I wouldn't get terribly off key.
- [Our Theodore Roosevelt Adirondack Train Ride](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-theodore-roosevelt-adirondack-train-ride/) - Famous for enjoying time in the wilds, Theodore Roosevelt was vacationing in Vermont when he heard that President McKinley had been shot.
- [Gilded Age Vanderbilt Seasonal Mansion on the Hudson](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/gilded-age-vanderbilt-seasonal-mansion-on-the-hudson/) - Feeling as though I had stepped into Pride and Prejudice, I looked for Mr. Darcy and his horse. Jane Austen books were even on sale in the mansion’s gift shop!
- [Fort Ticonderoga: Grand Tour of Historic Waterways Tour Part I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/fort-ticonderoga-historic-waterways-tour-part-i/) - Built on land that juts into Lake Champlain, the Mohawks called the land upon which the fort sits Ticonderoga, meaning a place between the great waters.
- [Singing God Save Great Washington: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/singing-god-save-great-washington-colonial-williamsburg/) - The surprise flash mob led to some research on the lyrics: To our famed Washington, Brave Stark at Bennington, Glory is due. Peace to Montgomery’s shade
- [West Point: Grand Tour of Historic Waterways Part VI](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/west-point-grand-tour-historic-waterways/) - Accepting cash only, we all dug through our pockets, wallets, bottom of my purse, inside the car, to find enough money to take a two-hour tour of West Point.
- [Champlain Canal: Grand Tour of Historic Waterways Part IV](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/champlain-canal-grand-tour-of-historic-waterways-part-iv/) - While steering the boat, Captain Bob chatted about the local lore, while pointing out flora and fauna and regaling the wonders of the waterways of New York.
- [Seasons of Life after one year in Lake Ridge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/seasons-of-life-after-one-year-in-lake-ridge/) - After owning gorgeous homes in Texas and Virginia, apartment life isn't what it used to be, however here are a few pictures of some of the best parts.
- [Tumbling Ancient Egyptian Walls](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tumbling-ancient-egyptian-walls/) - Imagine you are in the depths of one of those dark mysterious pyramids when you suddenly hear a lot of rumbling, then the walls start shaking...
- [My turn to be mistaken as an employee: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-turn-to-be-mistaken-as-an-employee-colonial-williamsburg/) - Since my gown attracted them, it opened conversation where they became interested in purchasing the Queen Charlotte Pearl Drop earrings and an EFT subscription.
- [Christmastide merriment, music, mirth: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/christmastide-merriment-music-mirth-colonial-williamsburg/) - In proper 18th century style, our visit included greetings from many friends of history and Colonial Williamsburg, which interspersed our merry making.
- [Mount Rushmore presidents come to life at the Smithsonian](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mount-rushmore-presidents-come-to-life-at-the-smithsonian/) - What would you think about an opportunity to meet the Mount Rushmore presidents and have them come to life to tell you about their presidencies?
- [My Second Granddaughter Arrives on Mother's Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-second-granddaughter-arrives-on-mothers-day/) - Born four weeks early, Little Miss E was born 4 pounds 15 ounces, which is two ounces heavier than her daddy, a preemie born six weeks early.
- [Our Medieval Feast and Alchemy Show for Thanksgiving Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-medieval-feast-and-alchemy-show-for-thanksgiving-day/) - Since our Becoming History presentation fell near Thanksgiving, the Medieval Feast lends itself so well with our traditional Thanksgiving, I combined the two.
- [Military History Bedroom for a Teen: House Remodel](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/military-history-bedroom-for-a-teen-house-remodel/) - Over the bed are gorgeous reproduction maps of Virginia in 1781 when Lafayette chased Cornwallis, resulting in the French-American Alliance victory in Yorktown.
- [Machiavelli's misunderstood treatise of The Prince](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/machiavellis-misunderstood-treatise-of-the-prince/) - Reading this book in context of history, I don’t agree with the commentaries that I read about The Prince, accosting Machiavelli for his evil, ruthless spirit.
- [Former capitol for the nation: Maryland Statehouse](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/former-capitol-for-the-nation-maryland-statehouse/) - It served as the nation’s capital, at the end of the American Revolution, from November 26, 1783, to August 13, 1784, under the Articles of Confederation.
- [Renaissance Masquerade Games, Intrigue, Spies, Danger](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/renaissance-masquerade-games-intrigue-spies-danger/) - Representing 1469, 1484, 1513, 1572, 1587, and 1598, I'll let you keep guessing who we are, since this is a masquerade. Then we will reveal who we are.
- [Rosewell Plantation Fanciest 18th Century Virginia House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rosewell-plantation-fanciest-18th-century-virginia-house/) - Built in the early 18th century, Rosewell was the finest house in Virginia, and twice as large as the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg.
- [Longhorn, Train, and Cowboy Music - Fort Worth Stockyards](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/longhorns-train-cowboy-music-fort-worth-stockyards/) - My kids loved the train ride on the Tarantula. Especially fun was the longhorn cattle drive. Then the cowboy shopping was a whole new world.
- [The President's Own, Thomas Jefferson, and John Philip Sousa](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-presidents-own-thomas-jefferson-and-john-philip-sousa/) - Marine Corps band history from John Adams, to Thomas Jefferson, John Philip Sousa, and Alice Roosevelt caught our eye at the USMC museum near Washington DC.
- [Ice Skating amidst Inaugural Preparations in DC](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ice-skating-amidst-inaugural-preparations-in-dc/) - Wearing a skirt and sweater set under my wool coat, I felt a bit 1950-ish to coordinate with Frank Sinatra's singing at the National Gallery of Art Ice Rink.
- [Our new house with great bones: Texas-French Hill Country](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/french-texas-hill-country-dreaming/) - And then we moved back to San Antonio where we bought our first house to call our own. I can't wait to create a French inspired Texas Hill Country appearance!
- [Master Bathroom Remodel: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/master-bathroom-remodel-texas-french-hill-country-house/) - Designing our master bathroom, my goal was two-fold: French Country style with more practicality than the builder left us.
- [Collegiate Shabby Chic Bedroom for Daughter's Birthday](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/collegiate-shabby-chic-bedroom-for-daughters-birthday/) - After I pulled out ten yards of gorgeous floral shabby chic fabric from my stash, I proposed the idea to my daughter, which she loved.
- [New furniture arrival for homeschool room and kitchen](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/new-furniture-arrival-for-homeschool-room-and-kitchen/) - Sadly leaving behind perfect furniture in Texas, I was elated to find some lovely French Country options that we needed.
- [I sewed a blue floral on yellow valence for the kitchen](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/i-sewed-a-blue-floral-on-yellow-valence-for-the-kitchen/) - Beginning my search for fabric I liked at JoAnn and Hancock, I also shopped at G Street Fabrics near Washington, D.C., as was highly recommended.
- [Peach floral on cream valences for the living room](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/peach-floral-on-cream-valences-for-the-living-room/) - Despite my struggles, I conquered, and I love the look! I selected the backing contrast color to coordinate somewhat with the new chair we had purchased.
- [New kitchen appliances delivered day before Thanksgiving ](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/new-kitchen-appliances-delivered-day-before-thanksgiving/) - With this fancy stove I had a bit of learning curve in preparing Thanksgiving dinner, but it was the best meal we had the entire time in the house.
- [Master closet remodel rescues historical costumes](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/master-closet-remodel-rescues-historical-costumes/) - And then...my clothes rack full of my dresses and our historical costumes fell off the wall of the master suite clothes closet.
- [Deck remodel with new lighting and hand rail](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/deck-remodel-with-new-lighting-and-hand-rail/) - Not wanting an orangy look, I chose this dark walnut for the stain, which brings out great contrast and richness, complementing all those gorgeous trees.
- [Our Patrick Henry-Thomas Jefferson Homeschool Room](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-patrick-henry-thomas-jefferson-homeschool-room/) - Our study area is named the Patrick Henry Room, after the 18th century homeschooler who became the firebrand of the American Revolution.
- [Presenting the kitchen remodel aka The Dolly Madison Room](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/presenting-the-kitchen-remodel-aka-the-dolly-madison-room/) - Now that we’ve remodeled the kitchen, our friends who have kindly complimented are work are now inspired to do a few projects with their kitchen, too.
- [Painting sunshine in a gloomy pink mocha basement](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/painting-sunshine-in-a-gloomy-pink-mocha-basement/) - After five days of unpacking, I was overcome by dreadful paint colors on dirty walls. Tackling the worst room first, I walked into the basement with a shudder.
- [Transforming my son’s dismal pink mocha room to sunshine](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/transforming-my-sons-dismal-pink-mocha-room-to-sunshine/) - Bemoaning the paint can we found in the garage declaring the walls of his room and the basement as pink mocha, my son couldn't wait to remedy that travesty.
- [Painting sunshine on my daughter's drab lavender grey walls](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/painting-sunshine-on-my-daughters-drab-lavender-grey-walls/) - Since purple is her favorite color, I pulled out a remnant from her Regency gown to create a sheer, sparkly window treatment for her.
- [Painting a bloody bathroom sage green for a garden theme](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/painting-a-bloody-bathroom-sage-green-for-a-garden-theme/) - Wanting to replicate my garden themed powder room from Texas, I anticpated the French Country birdhouses and wrought iron for the room.
- [Paint samples, new crepe myrtle, planting entryway urns](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/paint-samples-new-crepe-myrtle-planting-entryway-urns/) - Since the main floor is open-concept, I reached the point of not being sure where I wanted creamy yellow to end and sage green to begin.
- [Auditioning paint colors and finding Lafayette](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/auditioning-paint-colors-virginia-house-remodel/) - Perplexed I looked around…and realized the sunshine was coming from the yellow paint, which had finally overtaken the old cave pink salmon of gloom and doom.
- [Painting Lafayette walls, creamy kitchen, and my kids on PBS](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/painting-lafayette-walls-creamy-kitchen-and-my-kids-on-pbs/) - This time, our Becoming History presentation presented the Gilded Age, while debuting the heroically regal Lafayette golden-green. What a perfect combination.
- [Painting Colorado Rocky Trains for my son's Bedroom](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/painting-colorado-rocky-trainss-son-bedroom-walls/) - HGTVs decorating show with Matt Fox and Shari Hiller motivated me that I, too, could paint theme room murals. My first attempt was in my son's room.
- [Painting a Colorful Under the Sea Bathroom for my Kids](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/painting-an-under-the-sea-bathroom-mural-for-my-kids/) - Not long after painting the train mural in my son's room, I painted an Under the Sea mural for my kids' bathroom inspired by our vacation at South Padre Island.
- [Painting a Flower Garden Mural in my Daughter's Bedroom](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/painting-floral-garden-mural-daughters-bedroom/) - I turned my daughter's room into a flower garden by painting murals, quilting, and sewing curtains as well as a bedskirt overlayed with flowers in netting.
- [Kitchen Remodel Journal: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/kitchen-remodel-for-our-texas-french-hill-country-house/) - Journal of our kitchen projects over the years: paint, tile, wrought iron, tapestry, seeded glass, beadboard, and new kitchen island table.
- [Remodeling Journal: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/journal-of-our-texas-house-becoming-french-country/) - Because of the cookie cutter houses around here, we have potential to sell high and quickly, despite the recession, since we created a unique and lovely home.
- [Sold in 7 hours if...: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/we-sold-the-texas-house-in-7-hours/) - After preparing the house to sell by purging, pruning, painting, and polishing, we sold it in 24 hours for asking price, despite the deep recession.
- [Easily Hanging my French Country Vignettes](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/easily-hanging-my-french-country-vignettes/) - Whenever I hang a vignette of many small pieces of wall art on the wall, I've learned to use butcher paper to help me expedite the process.
- [Autumnal Decor and Thanksgiving: French Country Style](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/autumnal-decor-and-thanksgiving-french-country-style/) - Looking for a fireproof plate for a candle arrangement on the Thanksgiving dinner table, I finally found a lovely one for only a couple of dollars.
- [Rustic Beach Retreat for our Master Bathroom Renovation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rustic-beach-retreat-for-our-master-bathroom-renovation/) - Since the guest bathroom is French Country, I designed the master bathroom rustic beachy, to employ marble and Mid-century modern elements my husband likes.
- [Reframing Colonial Williamsburg Prints to Let them Sparkle](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/reframing-colonial-williamsburg-prints-to-let-them-sparkle/) - My prints from famed Virginia artists, Don Cannvaro and Caesar Monturano, were custom framed by an amazing team, who willingly worked with my vision.
- [Writing our Book: How to NOT Do-It-Yourself Part I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/writing-our-book-how-to-not-do-it-yourself-part-i/) - Too many times our fixer upper renovation caused us to feel like we were in a Carey Grant movie, Mr. Blanding's Dream House.
- [Renovated Marble Fireplace in my new Sewing Room](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/renovated-marble-fireplace-in-my-new-sewing-room/) - Of the three companies we interviewed, Bromwells in Falls Church, Virginia let us experience the amazing benefits of a gas insert fireplace in their showroom.
- [Massive Cutting Table Workspace for my new Sewing Room](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/massive-cutting-table-for-my-new-sewing-room/) - Easily fitting into my basement sewing room with dimensions at 58" wide and 82" long, this large table top enables me to cut large lengths of fabric.
- [Water Intrusion Ends: Flashing, French Drain, Garden Removal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/water-intrusion-ends-flashing-french-drain-garden-removal/) - As strategic advisor I told Mr. Bachelor that garden had to be removed, because it probably causes water intrusion, but the home inspector disagreed with me.
- [How I Glammed an IKEA PAX Wardrobe for our Townhouse](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-i-glammed-an-ikea-pax-wardrobe-for-our-townhouse/) - We assembled two basic IKEA PAX units that were only available in dark grey, that I glammed up with chalk paint and removable peel and stick wallpaper.
- [Chalk Painting a Notions Curio Cabinet for my Sewing Room](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/chalk-painting-a-notions-curio-cabinet-for-my-sewing-room/) - While waiting for Jolie chalk paint to dry on my IKEA PAX wardrobe makeover in the master suite, I decided to chalk paint my notions cabinet for my sewing room.
- [Strategically Advising Paint Colors for a Townhouse in NoVA](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/strategically-advising-paint-colors-for-a-townhouse-in-nova/) - When a friend discovered how much I knew about remodeling houses, he asked me to be his strategic advisor as we hunted for a townhouse in Northern Virginia.
- [Spicy Gingerbread Cookie Factory in my New Kitchen](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/spicy-gingerbread-cookie-factory-in-my-new-kitchen/) - ‘Tis the season for the annual gingerbread cookie factory...which I try to make increasinlgy more efficient but fun each year.
- [Lafayette paint inspires patriotic names on Bastille Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-paint-inspires-patriotic-names-on-bastille-day/) - While prepping to paint the Lafayette color in the our new Virginia house, I had an idea. Why not name the rooms after Lafayette and his American friends?
- [Kitchen remodel commences: new microwave and display shelf](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/kitchen-remodel-commences-new-microwave-and-display-shelf/) - At the suggestion to raise the cabinet over the stove to the proper height for adding a microwave underneath, I saw pros and cons.
- [Beachy French Country-Styled Guest Bathroom Remodel](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/beachy-french-country-styled-guest-bathroom-remodel/) - Arriving with my paint chip palette of a wonderful range of blues for inspiration, Larry guided me through the selections in his display room.
- [Organizing and Wallpapering Furniture for a new Sewing Room](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/organizing-and-wallpapering-furniture-for-a-new-sewing-room/) - Wow! I love how the updated 18th century design transitions between the stark white of my sewing wall and the stark black of my library.
- [Finally Conquering Decks, Patio, and Front Steps, Oh My!](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/finally-conquering-decks-patio-and-front-steps-oh-my/) - Grab the $500 rebate code from my blog for Prince William Home Improvement, who addressed every problem we had to give us an amazing outdoor living space!
- [Digging up a Rock Garden that I Shared with my Neighbors](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/digging-up-a-rock-garden-that-i-shared-with-my-neighbors/) - Finding a million and one rocks, pavers, and flagstone in my new garden area, I spent weeks laboriously digging them up, then employed my Nextdoor App.
- [Beachy Shabby Chic Powder Bathroom in the Basement](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/beachy-shabby-chic-powder-bathroom-in-the-basement/) - While looking at floor tile, I found this stunning Shabby Chic look which would be perfect, since my sewing room comprises the bulk of the basement floor plan.
- [Rustic Beach Laundry Room with Sink in the Basement](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rustic-beach-laundry-room-with-sink-in-the-basement/) - Probably the greatest transformation we've made in this house has been in the laundry room, a space I wanted to address in the beginning.
- [French Country-fying my Kitchen and Office](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/french-country-fying-my-kitchen-and-office/) - The guest bedroom began as hot pink, then became grey and modern. After we married, I inherited it as my office which I'm turning to French Country.
- [Remediating our Lack of Townhouse Storage](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/remediating-our-lack-of-townhouse-storage/) - As a result of improving four different inefficient areas of the house, we've significantly improved our storage in this townhouse.
- [Floating Desktop for my Sewing Machine Nook](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/floating-desktop-for-my-sewing-machine-nook/) - My new sewing nook is everything I've dreamed, with great lighting and a floating tabletop that fills the space so no fabric falls to the ground.
- [Painting my Steel Front Door without Sanding or Priming](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/painting-my-steel-front-door-without-sanding-or-priming/) - Since I wanted to paint my front door, which is made of steel, I was elated to stumble upon a water-based paint that promised no sanding or priming.
- [Easily Painting a Powder Room Bath into Beachy Fun](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/easily-painting-a-powder-room-bath-into-beachy-fun/) - Using great paints from two different companies, I easily and quickly redecorated my powder bath without sanding, priming, or sealing.
- [Strategically Advising Front Courtyard for NoVA Townhouse](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/strategically-advising-front-courtyard-for-nova-townhouse/) - When spring came, W wanted a garden in the front, but when he stuck a shovel in the ground, the dirt was only two inches deep, because of plywood underneath.
- [French Country Style Patio Furniture for our Deck](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/french-country-style-patio-furniture-for-our-deck/) - Wanting to bring a bit of the ocean to our deck, I leaned towards aqua colors to coordinate with the metallic blue heron I had purchased for the garden.
- [Surprised by Mele Kalikimaka and Del Mar's Bing Crosby](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/surprised-by-mele-kalikimaka-and-del-mars-bing-crosby/) - Driving past Bing Crosby history from Del Mar to Rancho Bernardo while listening to him croon Mele Kalikimaka on the 24/7 Christmas dedicated radio station.
- [Arrested at Under the Redcoat 2009: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/arrested-at-under-the-redcoat-2009-colonial-williamsburg/) - Suddenly the Redcoat engaged his rifle and told my kids to halt! Where were their passes? Passes? What passes? My son proclaimed, "I'm only 13!"
- [Hollywood Cantina, Spying in a French Museum: WWII](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/hollywood-cantina-spying-in-a-french-museum-wwii/) - Presenting my son who portrayed a West Point grad, I portrayed Rose Valland helping the Monuments Men, and my daughter portrayed one of the Andrews sisters!
- [Visiting the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-the-getty-villa-in-pacific-palisades/) - Loved the Getty Villa, a recreated Roman villa from the first century, overlooking the ocean, with ancient art displayed throughout as the Romans often did.
- [Becoming the Gilded Age with Impressionist Art ](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/becoming-the-gilded-age-with-impressionist-art/) - My son portrayed a Texan cowboy/ Rough Rider. My daughter was Anne of Green Gables. I played Queen Liliuokalani and a lady in an impressionist painting.
- [Alleluia Adonai, Hebrew Feasts, and God-fearing Egyptians](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/alleluia-adonai-hebrew-feasts-and-god-fearing-egyptians/) - Moses recorded in Exodus 12:38 "Many other people went up with them..." which inspired the story of God-fearing Egyptians.
- [Helping my Daughter Prepare to Homeschool her  Daughter](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/helping-my-daughter-prepare-to-homeschool-her-daughter/) - As we shed tears after our last homeschool day, my kids asked me to write everything down, so they can recreate their homeschool experience with their own kids.
- [Mary Randolph Receipt Book Inspires Canning Peach Preserves](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mary-randolph-receipt-book-inspires-canning-peach-preserves/) - Peaches from Carter Mountain Orchard near Monticello inspired canning peach preserves, similar to a receipt by Mary Randolph, cousing of Thomas Jefferson.
- [Presenting The Odyssey Recitations, Journey, and Feast](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/presenting-the-odyssey-recitations-journey-and-feast/) - Presenting Andromache from The Iliad, and Odysseus and Penelope from The Odyssey. Our costumes are based on research on the Ancient Greek Mycenaean culture.
- [Yorktown celebrates the French-American Alliance Victory](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/yorktown-celebrates-the-french-american-alliance-victory/) - Standing near reserved seating for special guests, we saw many French-American alliance pins, Lafayette scarves, and French- American alliance sashes. 
- [Apollo, Saturn V, and Launch Pads at Kennedy Space Center](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/apollo-saturn-v-and-launch-pads-at-kennedy-space-center/) - At the entrance we found the historic countdown clock perched a top the hill, once used for actual launches, now relocated at the entrance for guests!
- [Visiting Cocoa Beach to find I Dream of Jeannie](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-cocoa-beach-to-find-i-dream-of-jeannie/) - While the popular tv show, I Dream of Jeannie, was shot in California, one special episode was shot at Patrick AFB in Cocoa Beach.
- [A Young Gent's Guide to Proper Tying of 18th Century Cravats](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-young-gents-guide-to-proper-tying-of-18th-century-cravats/) - How long does it take to put on a costume? F-o-r-e-v-e-r when your son has a cravat! He's now shortened his time to tying the cravat to a mere 5 minutes!
- [Virginia Statesmen on President’s Day: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/virginia-statesmen-on-presidents-day-colonial-williamsburg/) - Attending the unique President's DAy weekend programs of the Virginia presidents, I’ve gleaned deeper understanding of our country as we explore their lives.
- [Two Lafayettes at Prelude to Victory: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/two-lafayettes-at-prelude-to-victory-colonial-williamsburg/) - Insisting on taking his Lafayette costume, my son said he outgrew his old costume. Um, isn’t that going to attract attention? Mom, I’ve grown over 5 inches!
- [Black Cockade for a 1775 Tricorn Hat: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/black-cockade-for-my-sons-tricorn-hat-sewing-journal/) - While preparing for our American Revolution Becoming History Presentation, my son requested a new cockade, representing the years before the French Alliance.
- [My first lesson En Plein Air with Bluebells at Stone Bridge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/en-plein-air-my-first-lesson-at-manassas-battlefield/) - Today I attended a free event at Manassas Battlefield for a Nature Journaling class, taught by their first Artist in Resident, watercolorist, Roxanne Steed.
- [Nature Journal Class with Buttercups at Stone Bridge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/class-on-nature-journaling-en-plein-air-at-stone-bridge/) - This morning my daughter joined me in attending a Nature Journaling class at Manassas Battlefield, with their second Artist in Residence.
- [1862 Battle of Williamsburg weekend: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1862-battle-of-williamsburg-weekend-colonial-williamsburg/) - Last weekend Colonial Williamsburg broke with tradition to offer a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862.
- [Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Autobiography](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-autobiography/) - One of the books my son and I read for our rhetoric 20th century studies was the autobiography, Clarence Thomas: My Grandfather's Son.
- [Boats and Whataburger Flagship Store on the Bay](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/boats-whataburger-flagship-store-bay/) - Eating lunch on the rooftop of Whataburger overlooking the Corpus Christi Bay on a sunny day, who knew Hurricane Brett was on the way?
- [Redwood Forest Views while Driving Length of California](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/redwood-forest-views-while-driving-length-of-california/) - As a result of the unique conditions along the Northern California coastline we were experiencing that morning, Redwoods are the tallest of any other trees.
- [Redwood Forest Drive Thru and Fairy Tale Village](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/redwood-forest-drive-thru-and-fairy-tale-village/) - However, my husband's greatest goal was to arrive at Myers Flat to drive through a tree...a tradition that has beckoned tourists as far back as the Model T Era.
- [Visiting American Grafitti, Mel's Drive-In, and Route 66](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-american-grafitti-mels-drive-in-and-route-66/) - While sitting in our booth, I noticed a picture from the George Lucas film, American Graffiti of the original Mel's Drive-In, in San Francisco.
- [Finding Redwood Trees at Pomona College in Claremont](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/finding-redwood-trees-at-pomona-college-in-claremont/) - In the 1920s, landscape architect Ralph Cornell, transformed the Quad into a retreat for students, reminiscent of Thomas Jefferson's University of Virginia.
- [Highrise Views of San Diego Bay and Seafood Dinner](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/highrise-views-of-san-diego-bay-and-seafood-dinner/) - Before nightfall we were again seated around a table at C Level Lounge on Harbor Island, looking over the bay, awaitig a fabulous dinner.
- [Point Loma's Old Lighthouse and WWII Coastal Defense](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-point-lomas-old-lighthouse-and-wwii-defense/) - Finding odd structures on the hillside of Point Loma facing the Pacific Ocean, I learned they were part of the WWII coastal defense system.
- [Feeling the Need to Tour San Diego 'Top Gun' Style](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/feeling-the-need-to-tour-san-diego-top-gun-style/) - Joking about the Top Gun movie sites that might be somewhere in the area, I crafted a list of must see sites...not realizing that I had planned a Top Gun Tour.
- [Hollywood History at La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/hollywood-history-at-la-valencia-hotel-in-la-jolla/) - Driving down the twisty winding roads from Mount Soledad, we arrived at the seaside to La Valencia Hotel, which is nicknamed The Pink Lady of La Jolla.
- [Visiting Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill: Bully!](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-theodore-roosevelt-at-sagamore-hill-bully/) - As a young boy, Theodore Roosevelt’s (TR) father took him to his grandfather’s vacation home so he could experience fresh air in the beautiful outdoors.
- [Gloucester Point, Redoubts, Battle of the Hook, October 1781](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/gloucester-point-redoubts-battle-of-the-hook-october-1781/) - Literally digging in, the British built fortifications (like redoubts) on each side of the York River, in both Yorktown and Gloucester Point.
- [Monroe Doctrine, Great-Granddaughter, End of an Era](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/monroe-doctrine-grand-granddaughter-end-of-an-era/) - Inspired by ladies at a tea party who queried the meaning of the Monroe Doctrine, the author’s great-granddaughter had much to say of this important document.
- [Interviewing Monroe about Lafayette and John Quincy Adams](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/interviewing-monroe-about-lafayette-and-john-quincy-adams/) - Is it possible that Lafayette's abolitionist stance on his 1824-1825 Grand Tour of America helped John Quincy Adams win the presidential election?
- [Texas-style Independence Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/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.
- [Snow, Tackett’s Mill, Lake Ridge, and George Washington](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/snow-tacketts-mill-lake-ridge-and-george-washington/) - When the Lake Ridge area formed in 1971, parts of Tackett's Mill was brought to this site to become the focal point for the central shopping area.
- [WWII Slip in eyelet, lace, and satin ribbon: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/wwii-slip-in-eyelet-lace-and-satin-ribbon-sewing-journal/) - Wanting to replicate a vintage slip for historic and contemporary wear, I found a free pattern download with feminine charm.
- [Amish food, quilts, train, covered bridge, apples: Lancaster](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/amish-food-quilts-train-covered-bridge-apples-lancaster/) - Entering the restaurant, I remembered vacations to north-central Pennsylvania where my mom grew up. The cooking and scenery were the same as my memories.
- [Updating my Ancient Greek chiton to a Fortuny Delphos Gown](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/updating-my-ancient-greek-chiton-to-a-fortuny-delphos-gown/) - Knowing the connection between Classical Greece and Fortuny's gowns, I bought enough fabric for a chiton with plans to convert it to a Fortuny Delphos gown.
- [Rough Riders, Biltmore House, Gilded Age 1877-1898](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rough-riders-biltmore-house-gilded-age-1877-1898/) - Presenting Rough Rider David Leahy, Mrs. George Washington Vanderbilt, and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt from the Gilded Age, at the end of the 19th century.
- [Petticoated Dress in Blues and Pinks for Baby Photos](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/petticoated-dress-in-blues-and-pinks-for-baby-photos/) - When my daughter wanted a fancy dress for the baby to wear for her first official photo shoot, I found this adorable pink petticoated dress with sheer blue overlay.
- [First Great Awakening prepared colonies for Independence](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/first-great-awakening-prepared-colonies-for-independence/) - To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical [imaginary] idea. -James Madison
- [Napoleon: Power and Splendor Museum Exhibit in Richmond](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/napoleon-power-and-splendor-museum-exhibit-in-richmond/) - Explaining the purpose behind the elegance, and the connection to the Roman Republic, this exhibit proved Napoleonic, especially in the throne room
- [George Washington, a Canal, and a College: Richmond](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/george-washington-a-canal-and-a-college-richmond/) - Here in Richmond, the General Assembly created the James River Company in 1784, for which Washington was elected the first president.
- [Sewing a dress, rosebuds set in cream, homeschool graduation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sewing-a-dress-rosebuds-set-in-cream-homeschool-graduation/) - With time at a premium, we found fabric with a tiny rosebud pattern with soft draping, which she loved. If I'm careful, she might get two dresses.
- [A Blue and White Sun Safe Hat Trimmed in Lavender and Pink](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-blue-and-white-sun-safe-hat-trimmed-in-lavender-and-pink/) - Since I’m smitten with the fashionable hats, I'm always looking at them in the stores and imagining them on me, then debating on whether to purchase or not.
- [Trimming a Black and White Hat in Polka Dots and Gingham](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/trimming-a-black-and-white-hat-in-polka-dots-and-gingham/) - Choosing the gingham for the main sashing, I cut an appropriate length to allow for wrapping around the base of the crown, which I tied off into a bow.
- [Trimming a Straw Hat with Sage Silk Ribbon and Pink Roses](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/trimming-a-straw-hat-with-sage-silk-ribbon-and-a-pink-rose/) - As we were about to embark on a time-travel voyage to meet the French frigate l'Hermione, I set about to trim a new hat for the grand occasion.
- [When employees mistake my kids as employees: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/when-employees-mistake-my-kids-as-employees-colonial-williamsburg/) - One of the employees thought the kids were also employees because theycarried themselves so well, she thought my son was part of the fife and drum corps.
- [Upholsterer Tour of Governor’s Palace: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/upholster-tour-of-governors-palace-colonial-williamsburg/) - The governor had his own upholsterer, who puts up and repairs wallpaper! Surprisingly, I learned that some of painted walls were actually wallpaper.
- [Inaugural Gowns of the First Ladies at the Smithsonian](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/inaugural-gowns-of-the-first-ladies-at-the-smithsonian/) - The collection began in 1912 with the dream of two ladies, one of whom was the great-granddaughter of President James Monroe, Rose Gouverneur Hoes.
- [Visiting Versailles via the Getty Center in Los Angeles](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-versailles-via-the-getty-center-in-los-angeles/) - While I savored each scene of the Versailles exhibit, I learned more about how the Ancient Greek and Ancient Romans influenced French art.
- [Flooding, damage, and fungi: Tropical Storm Lee](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/flooding-damage-and-fungi-tropical-storm-lee/) - As we crossed the Susquehanna River on our return to Virginia from Lancaster County, light rain pelted the car by Tropical Storm Lee, soon to bring destruction.
- [Mulching my Garden after Rain Galore Created a Jungle](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mulching-my-garden-after-rain-galore-created-a-jungle/) - Propelling me was the knowledge that mulch keeps weeds at bay, while holding in moisture to prevent the need to continually water the plants through the summer.
- [Christmas Eve Decorations and Treats with Candlelight](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/christmas-eve-decorations-and-treats/) - My favorite Christmas scenes in our home, on Christmas Eve while surrounded by candlelight...and a few desserts for our favorite movie.
- [Trying Crazy Turkey Recipes and Fun Thanksgiving Crafts](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/trying-crazy-turkey-recipes-and-thanksgiving-crafts/) - After roasting a Black Lacquered Turkey, then years of flipping turkeys, I fell in love with spatchcocking a turkey! And we have a new turkey craft tradition!
- [1930s Dinner at Chartwell House, home of Winston Churchill](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1930s-dinner-at-chartwell-house-home-of-winston-churchill/) - My son was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, I portrayed Winston Churchill's daughter, Mary, and my college daughter became Anna, daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
- [Fashioning my 1812 Empire Ball Gown with Opera Gloves](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/fashioning-my-1812-empire-ball-gown-with-opera-gloves/) - All the fairy dust made me feel like Cinderella, who is perhaps early 19th century, set in a Regency novel by Jane Austen, soon to meet that longed for gent.
- [Meriweather Lewis, Bonapartes, and Lafayettes](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/meriweather-lewis-bonapartes-and-lafayettes/) - Since the kids were happy to invite Napoleon to our rhetoric Becoming History presentation, we each shared part of his story, mingled with others.
- [1950s Hawaiian BBQ, Enigma Quiz Show: End of Homeschool Era](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1950s-hawaiian-bbq-enigma-quiz-show-end-of-homeschool-era/) - After we shed tears, my kids proclaimed that I need to write everything down, so they can recreate their homeschool experience with their own kids someday.
- [Creating Illuminated Manuscripts](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/creating-illuminated-manuscripts/) - We kept our illuminated manuscripts far simpler since my kids had not the 6+ hours a day to bend over beautiful artwork that the monks did.
- [Becoming Queen Elizabeth I, Portia, and a musketeer](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/renaissance-dialectic-becoming-history-presentation/) - Presenting Queen Elizabeth I and her royal subjects: Portia, from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, and D’Artagnan of the Three Musketeers.
- [Refashioning a Plain Linen Skirt to Ruffle-licious](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/refashioning-a-plain-linen-skirt-to-ruffle-licious/) - While purging my closet of clothes I don’t like, I realized I could easily revitalize them by infusing a touch of flair learned from my historical sewing.
- [Fencing, gardens, games, bindery: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/fencing-gardens-and-games-colonial-williamsburg/) - Prompting our visit was the EFT premier which my son recently acted for, as aide-de-camp to General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 in New Orleans.
- [The day George Whitefield preached in Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-day-george-whitefield-preached-in-colonial-williamsburg/) - On George Whitefield’s twenty-fifth birthday, he preached to a packed Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, on December 16, 1739.
- [Painting Frescoes like the Ancient Minoans](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/painting-frescoes-like-the-ancient-minoans/) - Because frescoes were such an important art form, we decided to make our own, to better understand and appreciate the process.
- [How we Created Bronze Age Art like the Ancients](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-we-created-bronze-age-art-like-the-ancients/) - We've since seen art from the Bronze Age in museums from Washington DC to the Getty in California. Because of this study, we have a greater appreciation for it.
- [Creating Stained Glass for a Feast](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/creating-stained-glass-feast/) - For our upcoming Medieval Feast, I helped my daugher create stained glass out of tissue paper to decorate our Grand Hall aka our living room.
- [Floating 19th Century Style on the C&O Canal in Maryland](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/floating-19th-century-style-on-the-co-canal-in-maryland/) - Often taking canal rides, we rode our first 19th century boat in the historic 19th century manner as we were towed by mules and used 19th century locks.
- [Historic Alexandria, Gadsby's Tavern, and Carlyle House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/historic-alexandria-gadsbys-tavern-and-carlyle-house/) - Upon my first visit many years ago, I yearned to explore the Georgian townhouses with quaint gardens and 13 starred flags.
- [Favorite House, Friends, and Gardens: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/favorite-house-friends-and-gardens-colonial-williamsburg/) - Tucked away from the busy-ness of the town, secluded among the horses and the trees, resides one of my favorite Virginia colonial houses.
- [Watching Dallas Cowboy Training Camp in 110 Degree Heat](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/dallas-cowboys-110-degree-heat/) - Owner Jerry Jones proclaimed that the Cowboys needed to train in hot conditions, like 110 degrees in Wichita Falls! My kids were more impressed with Rowdy!
- [My Son's Basketball Experience with a San Antonio Spur](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/basketball-camp-experience-san-antonio-spur/) - Amazingly, a San Antonio Spur came from my old high school. Later he hosted a basketball camp, at our hold highschool, that my son attended.
- [The WWII story of my Relative at Arlington National Cemetery](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/beyond-the-weeping-willow-at-arlington-national-cemetery/) - The story of my mom's cousin who volunteered for a dangerous mission in the WWII South Pacific, so he could visit his wife by their wedding anniversary.
- [1925 Apron Made from a Gent's Shirt: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1925-apron-made-from-a-gents-shirt-sewing-journal/) - Originally written by Margaret Murrin, for Inspiration in 1925, Men's Shirts Put to Feminine Use presented directions for sewing an apron from a man's shirt.
- [How my sewing took daily wear to Vintage Flair](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-my-sewing-took-daily-wear-to-vintage-flair/) - More and more I'm sewing 1950s dresses for daily wear, especially when sightseeing, which has resulted in many compliments.
- [Vintage Aloha Dress for a Hawaiian Themed Bridal Shower](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/vintage-aloha-dress-for-a-hawaiian-themed-bridal-shower/) - The fabric for both the sundress and the jacket were 1950s styled Aloha fabrics from the Gertie line that sold at JoAnn a few years ago.
- [Floral Sunset Circle Skirt Dress: Sewing Vintage Flair](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/floral-sunset-circle-skirt-dress-sewing-vintage-flair/) - Encouraged by the 18th century and couture sewing, I ventured into sewing contemporary garments again. Thus, my new dress that reflects the 1950s circle skirts.
- [Thomas Jefferson: Colonial Williamsburg Religion Month](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/thomas-jefferson-colonial-williamsburg-religion-month/) - Since April is Religion month at Colonial Williamsburg, I wanted to ehar Thomas Jefferson speak about his role in bringing religious freedom to Virginia.
- [Debut of my first draped and handstitched gown: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/debuting-first-draped-and-handstitched-gown-sewing-journal/) - Meeting a kindred spirit recently, this kind blog reader taught me to drape, which she promised would solve all my historical sewing woes.
- [Embellishments for my Chintz Robe à l'anglaise Gown](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/embellishments-for-my-chintz-robe-a-langlaise-gown/) - After wearing the simple version of this gown at Under the Redcoat, I created embellishments to fancy up the gown for other occasions.
- [White floral on blue robe à l'anglaise gown: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/white-floral-on-blue-robe-a-langlaise-gown-sewing-journal/) - When we purchased the fabric from Colonial Williamsburg's Mary Dickenson store last March for her birthday, she wasn't too certain of this 18th century print.
- [Yellow white striped robe à l'anglaise: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/yellow-white-striped-robe-a-langlaise-sewing-journal/) - In the manner of sewing 18th century gowns, I'm impressed with how little was cut, then draped with tucks and pleats which brought definition and beauty.
- [Draping my gown with the Colonial Williamsburg Mantua Maker](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/draping-my-gown-with-the-colonial-williamsburg-mantua-maker/) - After learning each technique, we tried our skills on each other with a piece of muslin. Then the mantua maker checked our attempts.
- [Auditioning stays, bum roll, silk gown: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/auditioning-stays-bum-roll-silk-gown-sewing-journal/) - Lots of finessing with massive research yielded another photo shoot today, auditioning the look of combining the bum roll with the new stays and gown.
- [Draped and Handsewn 18th Century Pink Gown: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/draped-and-handsewn-18th-century-pink-gown-sewing-journal/) - While I handsewed the gown, this fabric reminded me of pink soda-licious frothiness. Of course, all the pink works for Valentines Day!
- [New gown, new stays, underpinning dilemma: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/new-gown-new-stays-underpinning-dilemma-sewing-journal/) - Trying to decide between a bum roll or rump pad for my gown and stays from Burnley and Trowbridge workshops. Also finessing cause of pain with the stays.
- [My Yellow and White Sundress Amidst Roses in Purcellville](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-yellow-and-white-sundress-amidst-roses-in-purcellville/) - While my son set up his camera for engagement photos for his sister and her fiance, she took pictures of my dress with my phone.
- [My sage silk covered hat with cream organza trim and pearls](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-sage-silk-covered-hat-with-cream-organza-trim-and-pearls/) - After perusing my homework from the Costume Design Center, I decided to finish covering a straw hat blank with silk, which I began in class.
- [Blue rococo trim and green bow for my 18th century hat](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/blue-rococo-trim-and-green-bow-for-my-18th-century-hat/) - That night in the hotel room, I trimmed this hat based on ideas gleaned from a hat trimming class I took with the Costume Design Center last year.
- [Sage green silk fabric for my gown: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sage-green-silk-fabric-for-my-gown-sewing-journal/) - When the fabric sample arrived, it seemed a perfect complement to the sage green silk hat that I trimmed last summer with pearls and cream ribbon.
- [Blue rococo trim with green ruched ribbon: 18th century hat](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/blue-rococo-trim-with-green-ruched-ribbon-18th-century-hat/) - As much as I like this hat now, I've envisioned a few additions. Why not? Deconstructing and reconstructing is an 18th century period accurate thing to do!
- [18th Century Cap with Sage Green Trim: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-cap-with-sage-green-trim-sewing-journal/) - The sage green ribbon will work nicely with my gown sewn with Colonial Williamsburg floral-vined reproduction fabric, and the yellow and white striped gown.
- [An 18th Century Aqua Silk Hat with Organdy Trim and Pearls](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/an-18th-century-aqua-silk-hat-with-organdy-trim-and-pearls/) - Like inspiration hats seen at Colonial Williamsburg, I decided to poof lots of organdy ribbon at the top of the hat, through which I incorporated pearls.
- [18th Century Cap with Purple Satin Ribbon: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-cap-with-purple-sation-ribbon-sewing-journal/) - For my daughter's new cap, I used a 100% cotton windowpane fabric remnant from my Civil War reproduction gown and my 1930s blouse.
- [Two La Mode Illustree 1912 Batiste Blouses: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/two-la-mode-illustree-1912-batiste-blouses-sewing-journal/) - Seeing the completed toile, my daughter asked if she could wear it for our upcoming Becoming History presentation to portray Christy Huddelston of Cutter Gap.
- [Drafted 1902 Faux Fur Muff and Capelet: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/drafted-1902-faux-fur-muff-and-capelet-sewing-journal/) - Finding a fashion plate from December 1902 of a glorious full length cape with three tiers and three graduated collars, I decided to replicate the collars! 
- [Pleating a yellow skirt of 1900 to 1910: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/pleating-a-yellow-skirt-of-1900-to-1910-sewing-journal/) - Whie watching Anne of Avonlea, I was inspired by the creamy yellow skirt and white blouse, which Diana Barry and Anne each has a version of. 
- [Rococo Trimmed Silk Workbag finis: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rococo-trimmed-silk-workbag-finis-sewing-journal/) - I completed a project form one of my historic sewing classes offered by the Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center...a silk workbag for knotting.
- [Handstitched blue on white chintz 18th century jacket for me](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/handstitched-blue-on-white-chintz-18th-century-jacket-for-me/) - During the Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center's Open House last October, I was fitted in a muslin for one of their patterns.
- [Lavender Floral Toile 18th Century Jacket: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lavender-floral-toile-18th-century-jacket-sewing-journal/) - My daughter thanked me profusely, while she daintily touched and admired it she repeated, "It's so pretty. The colors are nice. They all go so nicely together."
- [18th Century Pink Floral on Blue Jacket: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-pink-floral-on-blue-jacket-sewing-journal/) - Taking measurements off her previous lavender jacket, I then used a drafted pattern from Costume Close-Up which practically fits my daughter "as is."
- [My son’s new regimental waistcoat: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-sons-new-regimental-waistcoat-sewing-journal/) - Since my son outgrew his regimental waistcoat, I took the opportunity to sew a more historically accurate version, sewn completely by hand.
- [A new Handstitched 18th Century Blue Waistcoat for my son](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-new-handstitched-18th-century-blue-waistcoat-for-my-son/) - My son outgrew last year's blue waistcoat with buff lining, so he requested a new blue waistcoat with white lining that he first wore a few weeks ago.
- [Stomacher Embellishment Sewing Class: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/stomacher-embellishment-sewing-class-colonial-williamsburg/) - The Costume Design Center taught us historically accurate stomacher embellishments for 18th century gowns, in this seventh class of nine in the series.
- [Revolutionary Handstitch Sewing Class: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/revolutionary-handstitch-sewing-class-colonial-williamsburg/) - Discovering that Colonial Williamsburg's sewing class on 18th Century hand stitches while incorporating Diderot's Encyclopedia, I immediately signed up! 
- [Blue on White 18th Century Short Gown: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/blue-on-white-18th-century-shortgown-sewing-journal/) - I've recently completed an 18th century short gown for myself prompted by necessity on the advent of my attending a Burnley and Trowbridge workshop.
- [Newest handstitched 18th century shirt for my son](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/newest-handstitched-18th-century-shirt-for-my-son/) - Hand sewn with linen thread, hand sewn button holes and dorset buttons, that I learned to make at the Costume Design Center in Colonial Williamsburg.
- [Bigger Ruffles for 18th Century Shirt #3: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bigger-ruffles-for-18th-century-shirt-3-sewing-journal/) - Crushed when shirt #2 and shirt #2 didn't pack that 18th century flourish of grand ruffles, he requested bigger ruffles this time to look more period accurate.
- [Frock coat pattern drafting: 18th Century Sewing Diary](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/frock-coat-pattern-drafting-18th-century-sewing-diary/) - Then I looked at frock coats in Costume Close-up: Clothing Construction and Pattern 1750-11790, written by Colonial Williamsburg's Linda Baumgartner. 
- [Paper doll frock coat from the Tailor: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/doll-paper-frock-coat-from-the-tailor-colonial-williamsburg/) - When I told the tailor that I messed up the new frock coat I sewed for my son from a drafted pattern in Costume-Close Up, he asked what I was talking about.
- [How I drafted and hand sewed my son's green linen frock coat](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-i-drafted-and-hand-sewed-my-sons-green-linen-frock-coat/) - This new coat is completely hand sewn, with twenty-two fabric covered buttons, another first for me to complete for an outfit.
- [A proper 18th century cloak for my daughter: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-proper-18th-century-cloak-for-my-daughter-sewing-journal/) - As the sun began to set in the late afternoon, the chill of the air caused my kids to don their winter cloaks, sadly of the 19th century.
- [Blue Ruffled Silk 18th Century Short Cloak: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/blue-ruffled-silk-18th-century-short-cloak-sewing-journal/) - Completely hand sewn, I even hand stitched as quickly as I could on the Duke of Gloucester Street in Colonial Williamsburg last spring to wear the next day. 
- [18th Century Deep Red Cloak with Faux Mink Fur Trim for me!](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-deep-red-cloak-with-faux-mink-fur-trim-for-me/) - Finally, I have completed an 18th century cloak for myself. To keep me warm, it has a vest like one of the cloaks in the CW collection has.
- [18th Century Cross Stitched Needle Case: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-cross-stitched-needle-case-sewing-journal/) - When I first saw this kit at Poplar Forest, I recognized the similarity to an extant needle case I saw in Gail Marsh's 18th Century Embroidery Techniques. 
- [Martha Washington White House Gowns Sewing Kit Finis](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/martha-washington-white-house-gowns-sewing-kit-finis/) - According to a label attached to the case, the fabrics for Martha Washington's sewing kit came from the gowns she wore in the White House from 1789 to 1797.
- [Pocket homework Costume Design Center: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/pocket-homework-costume-design-center-colonial-williamsburg/) - I have finally completed my 18th century chintz pocket from my class over a year ago at the Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center!
- [Embroidered 1786 Wedding Pocket: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/embroidered-1786-wedding-pocket-sewing-journal/) - Learning that the New England laid stitch economically filled large areas while creating an interesting pattern, I got lots of practice!
- [Knotting Fly Fringe Sewing Class: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/knotting-fly-fringe-sewing-class-colonial-williamsburg/) - Our class began with the history of this passementerie, followed by gorgeous examples of fifteen intricate variations. Then we made our own fly fringe by hand!
- [Peacock Blue Petticoat for my Chintz Gown: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/peacock-blue-petticoat-for-my-chintz-gown-sewing-journal/) - Quickly whipping one up for our recent American Revolution Becoming History Presentation, I also tried out a sampling of bum rolls to kick out the skirts.
- [Red wool mitts for my daughter's Christmas: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/red-wool-mitts-for-my-daughters-christmas-sewing-journal/) - After our last trip down to Colonial Williamsburg which turned snowy, my daughter asked for mitts to keep her arms warm! 
- [Immersion Experiences at Military through the Ages 2026](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/immersion-experiences-at-military-through-the-ages-2026/) - Along with the immersion experience, I appreciate how these military units connect us to our personal experiences so we can better appreciate our history.
- [Costume Design Center Pattern Fitting: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/costume-design-center-pattern-fitting-colonial-williamsburg/) - Remembering us from last year’s open house and the nine sewing classes I took with them this year, they gave us excited greetings and hugs!
- [Buckled Military Stock for Christmas: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/buckled-military-stock-for-christmas-sewing-journal/) - When we visited the Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center Open House last year, my son and I held a military stock in our hands. My son's eyes shone!
- [A new 18th Century Black Wool Cloak for my son: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-new-18th-century-black-wool-cloak-for-my-son-sewing-journal/) - I followed the instructions for item #21 in the book, Costume Close-Up by Linda Baumgartner, based on examples from the Colonial Williamsburg collection.
- [18th Century Silk Breeches for young boy: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-silk-breeches-for-young-boy-sewing-journal/) - My breeches from the Burnley and Trowbridge workshop with the Colonial Williamsburg tailors, Mark Hutter and Neal Hurst are finally done!
- [Debut of my son’s new market wallet in Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/debut-of-my-sons-new-market-wallet-in-colonial-williamsburg/) - One of the CW employees pointed out my son should not be using a market wallet because he's dressed as a gentry boy. Only the middling were known to use these.
- [Bags and pockets sewing class: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sewing-a-ladys-sewing-kit-and-more-colonial-williamsburg/) - We took an 18th century sewing class on market wallets, work bags, and pockets for the 75th anniversary of the Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center. 
- [18th Century Hunting Frock for my Son: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-hunting-frock-for-my-son-sewing-journal/) - Researching What Clothes Reveal and the hunting frocks in the historic area, I figured out how to sew one for my son without a pattern or directions.
- [18th Century Short Cloak in Black Wool: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-short-cloak-in-black-wool-sewing-journal/) - Now that I'm quite chilly on Virginia spring and autumn mornings, I removed the damaged taffeta and finished sewing it to wear it as a black wool short cloak.
- [Sewing Dorset and Death Head Buttons: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sewing-dorset-and-death-head-buttons-colonial-williamsburg/) - The Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center taught us how to make Dorset and Death Head thread buttons in our 18th century sewing class.
- [Using a Quill, Ink, and Sealing Wax](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/using-a-quill-ink-and-sealing-wax/) - Because his persona wrote a famous letter, my son decided to recreate it with his souvenir quill, ink, ink well, parchment paper, sealing wax, and stamp.
- [Lace Gown over rustly Spring Green Taffeta 1899](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lace-gown-over-rustly-spring-green-taffeta-1899/) - In my mind I imagined Anne of Green Gables in the Anne of Avonlea movie, where her skirts so beautifully kick out as she walks.
- [Organdy Ruffled Petticoat 1890-1910: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/organdy-ruffled-petticoat-1890-1910-sewing-journal/) - I wanted to replicate Anne of Green Gables' creamy yellow skirt which kicked about as she walked, revealing peaks at the petticoat underneath.
- [My 1860s Sheer White Reproduction Gown from the MET](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-1860s-sheer-white-reproduction-gown-from-the-met/) - For my daughter's art history class paper, she interviewed me about how I researched and sewed my 1860s sheer gown based on an extant gown in the MET.
- [1836 Romantic Gowns: One in Yellow and another in Lavender](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1836-romantic-gowns-one-in-yellow-and-another-in-lavender/) - An analysis of glamorous styles of gowns galas in 1830s Texas, for my yellow Romantic Era gown as I represent a Texas pioneer who founded La Grange, Texas.
- [Sheer Yellow Regency Gown with White Ribbon: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sheer-yellow-regency-gown-with-white-ribbon-sewing-journal/) - Inspired by gorgeous styles of 1995's Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, I designed a style I liked, with sheer overlay and sleeves.
- [Brandenburg Military Style 1812 Spencer in Black Velvet](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/brandenburg-military-style-1812-spencer-in-black-velvet/) - The Victoria and Albert Museum states that military fashions were popular in Britain during the Regency Era due to the Napoleonic Wars, perfect for my spencer.
- [Sheer 1812 Empire Gown, Napoleon, and Josephine](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sheer-1812-empire-gown-napoleon-josephine/) - After Napoleon was exiled to Elba, Bonapartists wore the color purple and carried violets to covertly show their support of him...and his promise of springtime.
- [Early 19th century short stays: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/early-19th-century-short-stays-sewing-journal/) - While in researching stays to make for my gown, I learned of the short stays from the Sense and Sensibility Short Stays pattern, so I decided to try it myself.
- [Early 19th Century Bodiced Petticoat: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/early-19th-century-bodiced-petticoat-sewing-journal/) - In my research I found a pattern from Period Impressions for a bodiced petticoat that I simply fell in love with. This is completely handsewn.
- [My Renaissance Venetian Gown of 1495: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-renaissance-venetian-gown-of-1495-sewing-journal/) - Researching the proper look for my persona, I especially liked a gown I found in Two Venetian Women, a 1495 rendering by Albrecht Durer.
- [Meeting Napoleon on Trafalgar Day: Colonial Williamsburg!](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/meeting-napoleon-on-trafalgar-day-colonial-williamsburg/) - Napoleon introduced himself as: Emperor of France, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, etc, etc, etc.
- [Ancient Greeks amid President’s Day: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ancient-greeks-amid-presidents-day-colonial-williamsburg/) - During President's Day weekend we analyzed our Ancient Greek studies with those who established the framework of America's representative government! 
- [In the beginning: Genesis Young Earth Timeline and Resources](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/in-the-beginninggenesis-young-earth-timeline-and-resources/) - We were frustrated with our Christian classical history curriculum’s timeline dates of millions of years, the antithesis of Young Earth Creationist viewpoint.
- [The Texas 2002 Flood, Mount St. Helens, and Noah's Flood](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/texas-2002-flood-mount-st-helens-noahs-flood/) - While living in San Antonio in 2002, the massive downpours created unforgettably massive destructive flooding of quick geological changes.
- [How we use Latin Road to English Grammar](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-we-use-latin-road-to-english-grammar/) - Liking the reputation of Latin Road to English Grammar: clear and thorough for the teacher, I was sold. Following are the details of how we use the program.
- [Celebrating dialectic classical history studies completion](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/celebrating-dialectic-classical-history-studies-completion/) - After changing from our costumes, we gathered for an interview of the impact four years of dialectic classical history study had brought to us.
- [Discovering Patrick Henry College en route to Harpers Ferry!](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/discovering-patrick-henry-college-en-route-to-harpers-ferry/) - One day when my kids were little, I received a newsletter informing me of Michael Farris' latest idea…Patrick Henry College, a liberal arts Christian college.
- [Renaissance Masquerade, Commedia dell ‘Arte, and our Masks](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/renaissance-masquerade-commedia-dell-arte-and-our-masks/) - At a CW program, I asked him about the history of masquerade, where I learned about Commedia dell ‘Arte, which had its origins in 16th century Italy.
- [Graduating Awana Club, a Speech, Lafayette, Cheesecake](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/graduating-awana-club-a-speech-lafayette-cheesecake/) - Last night she received her Citation Award, given to graduating seniors IF they complete the requirements: one handbook a year for 10 years, from grades 3-12.
- [Homeschool graduation photos at Lafayette Stepping Stone](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/homeschool-graduation-photos-at-lafayette-stepping-stone/) - Leaning on the Lord, and with a kind heart of service as Lafayette had, standing on his famed Stepping Stone is a metaphor for stepping up into the world.
- [Homeschool graduate diagnosed with eye tracking difficulties](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/homeschool-graduate-diagnosed-with-eye-tracking-difficulties/) - He said she is such a sweet girl and must be a genius, to have had such horrible eye tracking issues all these years and yet still be successful in school.
- [Canning and baking with apples from Amish Country](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/canning-and-baking-with-apples-from-amish-country/) - From one of the farms in Lancaster County, I bought some apples one that were so fresh, they had dewdrops and raindrops on them from the Tropical Storm Lee.
- [After failure, we found a credentialed vision therapist](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/after-failure-we-found-a-credentialed-vision-therapist/) - After an eye doctor took our money to set my daughter up for vision therapy, he did nothing. Our journey to find a credentialed vision doctor and therapist.
- [Watergate, Prison Fellowship, and Breakpoint: Chuck Colson](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/watergate-prison-fellowship-and-breakpoint-chuck-colson/) - Innocent of Watergate, but guilty of lesser crimes, Colson was influenced by CS Lewis' and Dietrich Bonhoeffer's books, resulting in salvation and ministry.
- [Earning Awana Citation Award at McLean Bible Church Manassas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/earning-awana-citation-award-at-mclean-bible-church-manassas/) - Initially the director told my son to have a story ready, which the pastor heard, who had my son tell the story during each of the church services. 
- [Our Homeschool Story begins with Lone Support](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-homeschool-story-begins/) - Beginning our homeschool journey with the support of our pediatrician, when everyone else voiced concerns.
- [Inspiring Patriotism with stories, songs, and example](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/inspiring-patriotism-stories-songs-example/) - My happy first grade memories recall reciting the pledge and singing a patriotic anthem while holding the American flag high at the beginning of the school day.
- [Writing our Texas History Curriculum for Grammar Students](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/writing-our-texas-history-curriculum-grammar-students/) - That summer I researched the history of San Antonio and Texas, visiting all the sites possible. I learned more about my home than I ever learned in school.
- [Inspired by Patrick Henry to become a Classical Homeschool](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/inspired-by-patrick-henry-to-become-classical-homeschool/) - At the age of 10 Patrick Henry began his classical studies with his father who had been classically trained in Britain before coming to America.
- [How my kids named our Homeschool: Bluebonnet Ridge Academy](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/naming-homeschool/) - Since beginning our homeschool journey in 1998, I’ve pondered naming our little homeschool, but to no avail...so I asked the kids.
- [College Geology Field Trips for Homeschool](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/homeschool-geology-field-trips/) - My fascination for geology began in college field trips to the Hill Country where I took my kids for our homeschool science studies.
- [Engine-building with a Smithsonian kit for Science](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/engine-building-with-a-smithsonian-kit-for-science/) - Recently my son built a model engine from a Smithsonian science kit. Then he watched a Magic Schoolbus episode about engines.
- [Pumpkin Carving Gospel Metaphor](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/pumpkin-carving-gospel-metaphor/) - Our traditional pumpkin carving assimilates an assortment of various Bible lessons my kids have learned over the years. Here is the step by step process.
- [I've Been Interviewed by Anne of Green Gables: Part I](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ive-been-interviewed-by-anne-of-green-gables-part-i/) - The blogger from Sullivan Productions interviewed me after she found my recent blog post about the Anne Shirley wedding dress pattern that I purchased!
- [I was interviewed by Anne of Green Gables: Part II](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/i-was-interviewed-by-anne-of-green-gables-part-ii/) - Part I of the interview was published last week, which focused on the historically accurate costumes in the movie. Earlier today part II was posted.
- [Religion Month Programming: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/religion-month-programming-colonial-williamsburg/) - After Thomas Jefferson debated Patrick Henry over a religion bill, we visited Baptist and Presbyterian preachers seeking religious freedom.
- [He bought a ring at Drummers Call 2019 Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/he-bought-a-ring-at-drummers-call-colonial-williamsburg/) - Remembering 2004 when I led my young children on their first journey through the historic area, I had fun watching my kids carry on the tradition.
- [A bit of l'Hermione, Historic Sewing, and Cheese Shop](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-bit-of-lhermione-historic-sewing-and-cheeseshop/) - After visiting Lafayette's frigate, l’Hermione, in Yorktown, we took a quick jaunt to Colonial Williamsburg to visit the milliner! Why not?
- [Drummers Call 2014 in Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/drummers-call-in-beautiful-springtime-colonial-williamsburg/) - Since they are now of age, my kids will march to the beat of the 18th century while pursuing their future in this crazy post-modern world.
- [Walking through the First Oval Office: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/walking-through-the-first-oval-office-colonial-williamsburg/) - Numerous trades at Colonial Williamsburg recreated the tent, including the weaver who wove the fabric the tailors sewed.
- [Drummers Call 2013 and Meeting Benedict Arnold](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/drummers-call-and-benedict-arnold-colonial-williamsburg/) - In between Drummer's Call events, we saw the sewing of the First Oval Office, Washington's marquee tent, and Benedict Arnold called my son to the stage.
- [President’s Day Weekend Photo Journal: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/presidents-day-weekend-photo-journal-colonial-williamsburg/) - Colonial Williamsburg has a new James Madison, who spent months in study, deeply immersed in documents and research. The results of that was great!
- [Costume debut, snow, and publication in the Virginia Gazette](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/costume-debut-snow-and-publication-in-the-virginia-gazette/) - Unbeknownst to us, a photographer from the Virginia Gazette took a picture of us as we neared Bruton Parish church, to which a friend alerted me!
- [Milliner of a Million Assortments: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/milliner-of-a-million-assortments-colonial-williamsburg/) - Listening to the milliner was great fun, as she wove a fascinating tour of fashionable delights in such a fun way that exceeded any that I recall!
- [Armoury, Theater, and Springtime: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/armoury-theater-and-springtime-colonial-williamsburg/) - After touring the grand opening of the Armoury project, part I, we toured the gorgeous gardens and watched a hilarious program with the Playbooth Theater.
- [Tea and Games for Grand Illumination: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tea-and-games-for-grand-illumination-colonial-williamsburg/) - The more rounds he rolled the dice, the more numbers he flipped down, and his score kept lowering, winning every round...the interpreters were flabbergasted!
- [Costume Vignettes, Governor's Palace, Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/costume-vignettes-governors-palace-colonial-williamsburg/) - Still grinning, he pulled out his camera and said, "Since you are waiting for your picture to be taken, I will take it for you."
- [My newly sewn gown, jacket, and hat debut in historic area](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-newly-sewn-gown-jacket-and-hat-debut-in-historic-area/) - After two years of research and sewing for my kids, I finally sewed my own attire to debut atUnder the Redcoat to begin our 18th century family adventures.
- [Receiving a costume high-five: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/receiving-a-costume-high-five-colonial-williamsburg/) - When I explained that we were guests like her, she asked where the costumes came from. When I replied that I sewed them, exclamations of surprise sounded.
- [Milliner offering spring season hats: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/milliner-offering-spring-season-hats-colonial-williamsburg/) - We were certainly tempted to place an order with the milliner with these spring-like hats that looked quite fashionably fun to wear.
- [Teacups in a Palace Garden with Fashionable Frolicks](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/teacups-in-a-palace-garden-with-fashionable-frolicks/) - Despite my first costume attempt fail, I absolutely did have fun being out and about with all our skirts swirling and swishing through the historic area.
- [Christmas Grand Illumination Parties: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/christmas-grand-illumination-parties-colonial-williamsburg/) - Then all exclaimed: Naaawww, we'd rather be cold in Colonial Williamsburg during Grand Illumination! There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world!
- [Becoming dragoons Under the Redcoat: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/becoming-dragoons-under-the-redcoat-colonial-williamsburg/) - The kids and I were captured by the Redcoats and they seemed to be targeting me! We also attended dragoon bootcamp to spy for the Continental Army.
- [Pomp, Parade, and Illuminations:  Colonial Williamsburg ](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/pomp-parade-and-illuminations-colonial-williamsburg/) - Where else to celebrate our country's birthday than the very place that was instrumental in the formation of our country?
- [Drummer's Call 2009: Colonial Williamsburg  ](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/drummers-call-2009-colonial-williamsburg/) - After Drummer's Call Tattoo we walked by the pond where we heard the deep bass of the bullfrogs in harmony with the higher croak of the smaller frogs.
- [Charleton’s Coffeehouse 1765 Stamp Act Riot: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/charletons-coffeehouse-1765-stamp-act-riot-colonial-williamsburg/) - After a long day at the capitol, burgesses met at Charleton’s Coffeehouse to further discuss issues of the day, over a cup of coffee...or even wine. 
- [How the Renaissance inspired a Colonial Revival Christmas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/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.
- [Maps, Lafayette, Colonial Williamsburg Restoration](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/maps-lafayette-colonial-williamsburg-restoration/) - This beautifull and massive map of Virginia was specifically designed for Lafayette when he was chasing down Cornwallis in Virginia in 1781.
- [My Son the Apprentice Bootmaker](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-son-apprentice-bootmaker/) - My son, who wanted to be Robin Hood for the Medieval Feast, made his own bow and arrow...and his own boots. Meanwhile I made the rest of his costume.
- [Fifes and Drums beat Independence Day: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/fifes-and-drums-beat-independence-day-colonial-williamsburg/) - We were surprised with the march and performance of all the Alumni, Junior, and Senior Fife and Drum Corps playing together for their 55th anniversary.
- [Acting and Reenacting with friends: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/acting-and-reenacting-with-friends-colonial-williamsburg/) - Enlisting as a soldier in the Continental Army for three years, giving up all my rights, learning to work as a unit, while ready to endure hardship...
- [Waiting in line to take a picture of my kids](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/waiting-in-line-to-take-a-picture-of-my-kids/) - Stopping under a blooming crepe myrtle, I perfectly positioned my kids for a grand photo op of them wearing their newest costumes. Apparently many others agreed!
- [Costume fitting and dress rehearsal: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/costume-fitting-and-dress-rehearsal-colonial-williamsburg/) - Since my son got a part for an upcoming EFT, we drove to Colonial Williamsburg for him to be measured by the Costume Design Center for his character’s costume.
- [The Walking Statue 18th century play: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-walking-statue-18th-century-play-colonial-williamsburg/) - I've always wanted to see one of Colonial Williamsburg's evening play, where they have full costume and scenery for a full 2 hour production.
- [Helping stitch 1813 Star-Spangled Banner Reproduction Flag](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/helping-stitch-the-reproduction-1813-star-spangled-banner/) - Today my kids and I helped stitch a reproduction of the 1813 American flag of 15 stripes and 15 stars that flew over Fort McHenry in battle.
- [James Armistead spies for Lafayette: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/james-armistead-spies-for-lafayette-colonial-williamsburg/) - The amazing story of General Lafayette and the spy whom he helped achieve freedom, becoming his namesake after the American Revolution.
- [Building Gabion Earthworks at Prelude to Victory](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/building-gabion-earthworks-at-prelude-to-victory/) - My son helped build gabion earthwork fortifications, the results of which can be seen today at Yorktown Battlefield from two wars.
- [Drummer’s Call 2012: Military Tattoo History](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/drummers-call-military-tattoo-history-colonial-williamsburg/) - Before evening retreat was called, the fife and drum corps marched past the taverns, beating out the signal to "turn off the taps." which assimilated to tattoo.
- [Drummers Call 2025 at Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/drummers-call-2025-at-colonial-williamsburg/) - Since it was Armed Forces week, Drummer’s Call celebrates the military history of the Fife and Drum Corps units, essential for battlefield communications.
- [Exploring DNA at the Witte Museum](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/exploring-dna-at-the-witte-museum/) - The kids got to interact with DNA, see how it spirals, match pairs, and see all the various parts at the Witte Museum exhibit in San Antonio.
- [An Invitation to Becoming History](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/an-invitation-to-the-treasure-trove-of-becoming-history-presentations/) - Amazed by all the things we learned with our classical dialectic history studies, that we invited our extended family to join our presentation.
- [Couture for home seamstress reflects my 18th century journey](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/couture-for-home-seamstress-reflects-my-18th-century-journey/) - Frustrated with contemporary sewing patterns, I have found reverting to home seamstress couture aka 18th century techniques much easier!
- [Duckies Supervising New Year's Eve Game and Snack Night](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/duckies-supervising-new-years-eve-game-and-snack-night/) - After all the greetings, I discovered a row of my granddaughter's duck collection on the counter, n our traditional New Year's Eve Game and Appetizer Night!
- [Meeting CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien at Museum of the Bible](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/meeting-cs-lewis-and-jrr-tolkien-at-museum-of-the-bible/) - The rift betwe JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis when Joy Davidman Gresham sought Lewis's affections with her two sons in tow, while she was married to another man.
- [Sewing my Blue Embroidered Gingham 1960 Dress](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sewing-my-blue-embroidered-gingham-1960-dress/) - Despite two previous lives, first as my first non-accurate Civil War Era gown for my daughter, and second, as a 1952 Walkaway dress, neither worked.
- [1957 Pink Roses on Cream Dress at Bear's Den Overlook](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1957-pink-roses-on-cream-dress-at-bears-den-overlook/) - After I sewed a 1957 Horrockses dress in vintage turquoise and red, I sewed another with pink roses on cream, which I wore to a photo shoot in the Blue Ridge.
- [Merry Christmas Dress with Red Bows from 1952](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/merry-christmas-dress-with-red-bows-from-1952/) - While watching Holiday Inn, I noted two of the gowns designed by Edith Head that had sweetheart necklines: the Valentine’s gown and the French Court gown.
- [Sewing my Autumnal Vintage Floral Red Jumper](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sewing-my-autumnal-vintage-floral-red-jumper/) - Since October was coming, I sadly put aside all my summer sewing to welcome autumn with a new 1950s outfit that would keep me warm in the chill.
- [A 1957 Horrockses Style Dress in Vintage Red and Turquoise](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-1957-horrockses-style-dress-in-vintage-red-and-turquoise/) - In 1953, Queen Elizabeth I packed cotton dresses from specialist wholesaler Horrockses for her six-month tour of the Commonwealth from 1953 to 1954.
- [1957 Changeable Red-Black Silk Taffeta Dress](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1957-changeable-red-black-silk-taffeta-dress/) - The dress drew positive attention at the Christmas party, where a guest asked me about the style, my sewing, and the rest of my historical sewing.
- [1950s White Blouse and Black Circle Skirt: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1950s-blouses-and-circle-skirts-sewing-journal/) - When my kids excitedly came home from work at Chick-fil-A, they had news that there was going to be a Sock Hop in two weeks with a costume contest!
- [My 1952 Walkaway Dress Meets 18th Century: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-1952-walkaway-dress-meets-18th-century-sewing-journal/) - When I ran out of large enough pieces of fabric for the skirt pattern, I pieced remnants together, which is 18th century...and I learned is also 1952 accurate.
- [1956 Spring Sorbet Dresses in Peach and Pink: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1956-spring-sorbet-dresses-in-peach-and-pink-sewing-journal/) - While my daughter chose the peach silk, I’m excited about my gingham which reminds me of a party dress worn in the 1958 movie Houseboat starring Cary Grant.
- [Our World War II Dresses and a Flowered Hat: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-world-war-ii-dresses-and-hat-sewing-journal/) - Even though Hollywood movies made during the war might seem to break all the rules, they were allowed to reuse old costumes and fabric. 
- [Vintage Notions: dressmaking, millinery, fashion, and more](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/vintage-notions-dressmaking-millinery-fashion-and-more/) - In her book, Amy Barickman revived the works of one of America's first home economists, Mary Brooks Pickens, full of sewing directions, recipes, and more.
- [Romantic 1928 Robe de Style with Panniers: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/romantic-1928-robe-de-style-with-panniers-sewing-journal/) - "Modern clothes need a certain romantic feel," explained Jeanne Lanvin who created a lovely alternative to the 1920s boyish flapper dresses.
- [Princess Slip 1912 La Mode Illustree: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/princess-slip-1912-la-mode-illustree-sewing-journal/) - I am participating in an international project testing patterns from the French fashion magazine, La Mode Illustree from 1912, Vintage Pattern Lending Library.
- [Ode to Costume Vignettes in the Governor's Palace Gardens](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ode-to-costume-vignettes-in-the-governors-palace-gardens/) - The best years of our lives were the historical journeys in historical clothing in the historic area, and the tailors and milliners who helped us dream.
- [Snow dusted Colonial Williamsburg for our Costume Renderings](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/snow-dusted-colonial-williamsburg-for-our-costume-renderings/) - Although the first regimental for my son began humbly, the Colonial Williamsburg tailor sencouraged me to to go period accurate...to my son's utter delight!
- [Gowns, flowers, and a 500 year tour: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/gowns-flowers-and-a-500-year-tour-colonial-williamsburg/) - Joining friends for a merry day wearing proper attire in the historic area, we inspired many guests to take pictures of the five of us, yet we forgot our own.
- [Costume Vignettes at Independence Day events: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/costume-vignettes-at-independence-day-events-sewing-journal/) - It's the four year anniversary of their request for me to sew historically accurate clothing for them to wear in the historic area.
- [Pfaff sewing machine a family tradition for me and Gromes](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/pfaff-sewing-machine-a-family-tradition-for-me-and-gromes/) - After hearing of my purchase, my Mom pointed to her sewing machine that was once her mom’s…a Pfaff from the 1950s that her aunt's sister sold to my grandmother.
- [Pinball Sewing Class: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/pinball-sewing-class-colonial-williamsburg/) - While attending the final sewing class in celebration of the Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center’s 75th anniversary, I learned all about pinballs.
- [Ode to Missy Dog who Loved Playing with the Kids](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bye-bye-missy-dog/) - Missy found Miss Dolly in the bedroom, picked her up in her mouth, went to the sunroom where my daughter was, and dropped Miss Dolly in my daughter's lap.
- [Ode to our Sweet Siberian Fluff Ball who died in my Arms](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/grieving-our-siberian-fluff-ball-cat-who-died-in-my-arms/) - Now when Miss M visits, she looks high and low then asks with hand gestures: Where kitty? Where cat go? Despite my explanations, she keeps looking.
- [Inspired to sew by historic clothing: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/inspired-sew-historic-clothing-colonial-williamsburg/) - When my son announced he had outgrown the breeches I had hand sewn last spring, I whipped out another pair which he gleefully proclaimed as the best fit ever!
- [Learning to Trim Hats: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/learning-to-trim-hats-colonial-williamsburg/) - During Drummer's Call weekend, my daughter and I took a class with the Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center on trimming hats. 
- [Sewing Class Special Edition UTR: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sewing-class-special-edition-utr-colonial-williamsburg/) - I got to bring my 18th century sewing projects to an individual consultation with the Costume Design Center staff to ask questions. How cool is that?
- [Martha Washington Sewing Kit Class: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/martha-washington-sewing-kit-class-colonial-williamsburg/) - Making the class more fun, tavern owners Jane Vobe, Christiana Campbell, and her daughter. Molly, also attended, while bantering tavern humor.
- [Breeches, Colonial Williamsburg Tailors, Burnley Trowbridge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/breeches-colonial-williamsburg-tailors-burnley-trowbridge/) - Led by the tailors of Colonial Williamsburg, they present the history, photographic evidence, and provenance of our project.
- [Stays, Colonial Williamsburg Tailor, Burnley and Trowbridge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/stays-colonial-williamsburg-tailor-burnley-and-trowbridge/) - Tailoring is an apprenticed trade that requires years of study to learn all the techniques, tips, and tricks, from which we benefit in this class.
- [My son’s third Lafayette Regimental Finis: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-sons-third-lafayette-regimental-finis-sewing-journal/) - When the director of the Costume Design Center heard of coat #2, she handed me proper wool samples, encouraging me to get broadcloth wool for the next one. 
- [Don’t you want to be Lafayette?](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/dont-you-want-to-be-lafayette/) - It was time to plan costumes for our next history presentation. When I saw the cover of the Jean Fritz book about Lafayette, I wanted to recreate his regimental. Wouldn’t my son look great in that? Alas, he wasn’t interested. He wanted to design his own costume as a boy from Yorktown, emulating one of
- [Seeking the perfect Lafayette Hat: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/seeking-the-perfect-lafayette-hat-colonial-williamsburg/) - While my son searched for more historically accurate attire, guests mistook my kids as CW employees. The hilarious interchange satisfied one particular guest.
- [A French American Alliance Cockade for the Lafayette Hat](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-french-american-alliance-cockade-for-the-lafayette-hat/) - In researching the Lafayette hat my son is creating, I stumbled upon the background of the French American Alliance cockade.
- [Lafayette Hat Soon Available in Colonial Williamsburg Shops](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-hat-soon-available-shops-of-colonial-williamsburg/) - Now that I created a French American Alliance cockade, my son took it to our favorite bespoke artist to properly attach it to his bespoke Lafayette.
- [Mom, I need a more accurate Lafayette Coat](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mom-i-need-a-more-accurate-lafayette-coat/) - My son's dream has come true...at least one of them. He now has a second Lafayette coat that is more accurate than the first.
- [Brass Buttons for my Son's Lafayette Coat: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/brass-buttons-for-my-sons-lafayette-coat-sewing-journal/) - When the Colonial Williamsburg tailor saw the look-alike modern buttons, he told me that brass buttons would look great! My son beamed!
- [Mom, will you sew an 18th century gown for me?](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mom-can-you-sew-me-a-gown-the-next-time-we-come-to-colonial-williamsburg/) - All throughout town we also noticed children, who were guests, in costumes rented from Colonial Williamsburg. So my daughter wanted a gown too.
- [Mom, we need historically accurate clothing. You do, too!](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mom-we-need-more-authentic-costumes-you-need-one-too/) - My kids campaigned for me to sew proper attire for themselves and for myself, so we could experience being an 18th century family in Colonial Williamsburg.
- [Historical Sewing Diary of a former Costumer](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/historical-sewing-diary-of-a-former-costumer/) - After my kids’ pleas for historically accurate attire, I put needle to fabric while puzzling through agony, confusion, and woes.
- [Handsewn breeches #2 best fit: 18th century sewing journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/handsewn-breeches-best-fit-18th-century-sewing-journal/) - After my son barely squeezed into his four month old breeches, he announced he had outgrown them. Quickly I handsewed breeches #2 which were the best fit ever.
- [Draped and handstitched chintz gown for me: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/draped-and-handstitched-chintz-gown-for-me-sewing-journal/) - I finally sewed my first 18th century gown for myself, with reproduction chintz from Colonial Williamsburg, based on a gown in their collection.
- [18th century stays in autumnal green: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-stays-in-autumnal-green-sewing-journal/) - Now that I have a set of stays to wear, I fiddled with adjustments for a second set of stays for my dress form, and hopefully attain a better fit.
- [Patching son’s breeches while surrounded by Continental Army](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/patching-sons-breeches-while-surrounded-by-continental-army/) - My frustrated son showed me his breeches with a huge 6" rip across the top of the knee, with 2 dangling buttons, one of which he fixed with a straight pin.
- [In time for New Years, Wool Breeches: Sewing Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/in-time-for-new-years-wool-breeches-sewing-journal/) - Since my son wanted some wool breeches and waistcoat to go with his Lafayette coat, I thought I'd whip some up before Grand Illumination!
- [18th century letters regarding my son's breeches #4](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/18th-century-letters-regarding-my-sons-breeches-4/) - In essence, the fictional letters hold much truth between my son and I because I sewed new breeches to replace his threadbare breeches.
- [My handsewn 18th Century Lavender Stays from B&T Workshop](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/my-handsewn-18th-century-lavender-stays-from-bt-workshop/) - Drafted for my body at the B&T workshop with tailor guidance, these are completely hand sewn. Only the inside layer is left to complete.
- [Lafayette 1824 Exhibit at Winterthur in Delaware](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-1824-exhibit-at-winterthur-in-delaware/) - The du Pont family members were friends of Lafayette, in Paris, then welcomed him into their Brandywine homes in 1824 when Lafayette visited Wilmington.
- [Lafayette's 1824 Return to Yorktown 200th Anniversary](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayettes-1824-return-to-yorktown-200th-anniversary/) - Amidst following Lafayette's 1824 Grand Tour of America reenactments, excitement built as he arrived in Virginia where he left his greatest legacy.
- [Yorktown Day 2024 Host Lafayette with French Flyover](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/yorktown-day-2024-host-lafayette-with-french-flyover/) - After welcoming Lafayette 1824 style the day before, we returned to Yorktown for the big parade celebrating the French-American Alliance victory.
- [College of William and Mary Honors Lafayette in 1824](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/college-of-william-and-mary-honors-lafayette-in-1824/) - Established in 1693, the College of William and Mary feted Lafayette on October 20, 1824 with a special surprise while on his Grand Tour of America.
- [Williamsburg Welcomes Lafayette on his 1824 Grand Tour](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/williamsburg-welcomes-lafayette-on-his-1824-grand-tour/) - While cannons blasted on the ground, the Lafayette Squadron from France flew overhead to celebrate Lafayette and the French-American Alliance.
- [Illumination of the Taverns Christmas: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/illumination-of-the-taverns-christmas-colonial-williamsburg/) - Last year, snowflakes wafted down, during the firing of guns, the lighting of cressets and the playing of the fife and drum corps, stopping at each tavern.
- [A peek into Christmastide: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/peek-into-christmastide-colonial-williamsburg/) - Even though many decorations are up by Thanksgiving, the decorators have until Grand Illumination to finish hanging all the wreaths, which is another week away.
- [Burgesses served Virginians and Americans: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/burgesses-served-virginians-and-americans-colonial-williamsburg/) - Keeping warm and dry, we visited the first three presidents from Virginia throughout their lifetime at various events, for President's Day Weekend.
- [Rain, Umbrellas, Horses, Independence: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/rain-umbrellas-horses-independence-colonial-williamsburg/) - Thankfully the rainy days of September dwindled to a drizzle, allowing lots of umbrella strolls through the drippy historic area.
- [Independence pomp, parade, and a play: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/independence-pomp-parade-and-play-colonial-williamsburg/) - For the first time we saw the great live performance of Jefferson and Adams: The Stage Play at the Kimball Theater, which previously we've seen on DVD.
- [Making Beguiling, yet Historical, Turkish Delight](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/making-beguiling-yet-historical-turkish-delight/) - For a literature cooking challenge, I immediately considered CS Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, due to intriguing references of Turkish Delight.
- [Colonial Spiced Grilled Chicken with Scuppernong Sauce](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/colonial-spiced-grilled-chicken-with-scuppernong-sauce/) - 16th century explorers have written of the massive abundance of grapes in North Carolina, known at Scuppernongs. Harvested in August, I thought I'd experiment.
- [Hand-cranking Boozy Prohibition Era Ice Cream](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/hand-cranking-boozy-prohibition-era-ice-cream/) - While I was preparing the base, my son was flabbergasted when he saw 4 oz of lemon and vanilla extracts poured into the mixing bowl.
- [Thomas Jefferson reveals Declaration of Independence Secrets: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/thomas-jefferson-reveals-declaration-of-independence-secrets-colonial-williamsburg/) - Jefferson told us to go to Washington City, knock on the door of one of his cabinet members, and they'll show us the Declaration of Indpendence.
- [Ancient Romans, Fireworks, and Gowns: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ancient-romans-fireworks-and-gowns-colonial-williamsburg/) - That evening we settled in front of the Governor’s Palace to await a special evening program in the refreshing cool of the evening.
- [Dorothy's Ruby Slippers in Christmasy Old Town Alexandria](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/dorothys-ruby-slippers-in-christmasy-old-town-alexandria/) - To my complete surprise, one of the first things I saw while window shopping was a pair of Dorothy's ruby slippers from the orginal Wizard of Oz movie!
- [Our Elopement Dinner in the Shadow of Monticello](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-wedding-night-dinner-in-shadow-of-monticello/) - After our Thomas Jefferson-esque elopement, we enjoyed dinner at a Charlottesville restaurant, also with Thomas Jefferson connections.
- [Precutting Wool Batting, Backing, and Binder for my Quilts](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/precutting-wool-batting-backing-and-binder-for-my-quilts/) - With this easy display of precut quilt sandwiches, I added some color to the dining area while freeing up lots of space in my small apartment.
- [Milliner, Horses, and Gardens: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/milliner-horses-and-gardens-colonial-williamsburg/) - After leaving the milliners, I shopped at the Prentis Store, then visited Mann Page and James Madison, who saw me as they rode by on their horses.
- [American Revolution Game Night on New Year's Eve](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/american-revolution-game-night-on-new-years-eve/) - Whoever wins the game writes their name in the lid with the year, which creates great memories. Then the winner gets to choose a new game.
- [Vision Therapy Proven Successful: New Years Eve Game Night](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/vision-therapy-proven-successful-new-years-eve-game-night/) - For the first time, my daughter was highly competitive with every game, which has everything to do with her eye tracking difficulties.
- [New Year's Eve Snack Food, Movie, and Game Night](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/new-years-eve-snack-food-movie-and-game-night/) - When the winner puts his/her name in the box lid next to the year, it becomes a fun record to look at each year when we pull the games out again.
- [Christmas Fun Singing, Decorating, Baking, and Cooking](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/christmas-fun-singing-decorating-baking-and-cooking/) - All the kids heard me talk about before attending Michael W. Smith's Christmas concert, was how popular he was when he began his career when I was a teenager.
- [Assisting 1859 photographer with baseball team picture](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/assisting-1859-photographer-with-baseball-team-picture/) - The midninteenth century photgrapher put me to work as his assistant, as he photographed the baseball team comprised of Colonial Williamsburg employees.
- [Mantua Makers Sew a Gown in a Day: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mantua-makers-sew-a-gown-in-a-day-colonial-williamsburg/) - First we went to the milliner to see the one event that would encompass most of our day…watching the draping and hand sewing of an 18th century gown in one day!
- [Antique Cars at Fairfax Parade for Independence Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/antique-cars-at-fairfax-parade-for-independence-day/) - Amidst all the busy, we carved out some time to bring some Independence Day to our lives, so I decorated everything I could.
- [Low Maintenance Garden Blooms while I help with Grandbaby](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/low-maintenance-garden-blooms-while-i-help-with-grandbaby/) - On a rare night at home, while eating dinner on our deck last week, I spied flowers cheerfully peaking over the edge of the decking at me.
- [Shooting Longbows while Imagining the Hundred Years War](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/shooting-longbows-while-imagining-the-hundred-years-war/) - Learning from a highly informative gent that ongbows were distinctly English and decidedly effective, he invited us to a longbow tournament in Williamsburg.
- [Blue Ridge views of Carter Dynasty, Monticello, and Peaches](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/blue-ridge-views-carter-dynasty-monticello-peaches/) - The entrance road is right before Michie Tavern and goes up, up, up, winding, twisting, curving, switchback roads through a dense, lush forest.
- [Children’s Books beguile at Victorian Boston Public Garden](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/childrens-books-beguile-at-victorian-boston-public-gardens/) - By choice, my students, wrote newadventures for Louis and Serena, the trumpeter swans…who find love in the Boston Public Garden among the swan boats!
- [Welcome to my Garden of Sewing and Time-Travel Journeys](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/welcome-to-my-garden/) - Picture teatime set out in my garden. Come and sit with me while I share my historical sewing and our time travel adventures.
- [Crepe myrtle mockingbird nest in our yard: Nature Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/nature-journal-of-a-mockingbird-in-our-crepe-myrtle-her-babies-and-a-hurricane/) - Throughout the entire storm Mamma bird sat on top of those birds in that nest, bracing herself while the winds furiously blew, and the rain poured down. 
- [Stimulus Package as per Patrick Henry: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/stimulus-package-as-per-patrick-henry-colonial-williamsburg/) - When asked about today's government stimulus package, he told us about the stimulus packages of his day, known as the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and the Tea Act. 
- [Warning: Colonial Basketweaving 101 more Difficult than any Collegiate Class](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/warning-colonial-basketweaving-101-more-difficult-than-any-collegiate-class/) - We had basketmaking kits with all the parts! We had my son, the engineering-artist who problem solves everything! What could go wrong?
- [Finding Baby Boom in Autumnal Manchester, Vermont](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/finding-baby-boom-in-autumnal-manchester-vermont/) - When I told him I had often visited Manchester, Vermont over the years with my kids, , he told me that his family's vacation cottage was very near Main Street.
- [Advent, Snacks, and It's a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/advent-snacks-and-its-a-wonderful-life-on-christmas-eve/) - When my son was born, my dad bought a Christmas train set for him, so we could carry on a tradition I grew up with...a train under the Christmas tree.
- [Clove Studded Oranges for our Advent Candle Arrangement](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/clove-studded-oranges-for-our-advent-candle-arrangement/) - Now that we live in a colonial-inspired house in Virginia, I wanted to incorporate Colonial Williamsburg style into our Christmas décor.
- [Historic Christmas Radio Messages from English Royalty](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/historic-christmas-radio-messages-from-english-royalty/) - The tradition from her father and grandfather continues today with a profound, timely message from Queen Elizabeth II who wrote her own speech.
- [Christmas Eve Snacks, Gown, and Candlelit House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/christmas-eve-snacks-gown-and-candlelit-house/) - Inspired by a recent visit to the Pret-a-Papier exhibit of historical gowns created from paper, I decided to do the same with mine. Why not?
- [Christmas Cheer Woven through our busy School Days](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/christmas-cheer-woven-through-our-busy-school-days/) - Since I was portraying the Napoleon of the White House, this looked elegant enough to serve for our White House Christmas Progressive Tea Party.
- [A Fancy Party Dress amidst Christmas Preparations](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-fancy-party-dress-amidst-christmas-preparations/) - For the remainder of the week, we'll likely play lots of games by day and watch Christmas/New Year's Eve combo movies each night...can't get enough of it. ;)
- [Cutting down our tree, Decorating, Baking for Christmas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/cutting-down-our-tree-decorating-baking-for-christmas/) - When my kids found an abandoned bird's nest in one of the trees, they insisted that was the tree for us, just like Mary Ellen Walton's in The Homecoming.
- [Our Holiday Cooking Traditions for Christmas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-holiday-cooking-traditions-for-christmas/) - This year we have hung on to God through lots of new experiences, but He has given us lovely respites during Independence Day and again during Christmas.
- [Game Day extends from Christmas to New Years' Eve and Beyond](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/game-day-extends-from-christmas-to-new-years-eve-and-beyond/) - Wrapping the huge box, I hid it as much as possible under the tree with my declaration it must remain last to be opened, because it would be the hit of the day.
- [Napoleonic Strategy on New Years’ Eve Game Night](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/napoleonic-strategy-on-new-years-eve-game-night/) - Tonight represented the best of Napoleonic strategy while we played Risk and Uno, which helped us remember a strategic auction purchase.
- [Culpeper Cheese Company for our New Year’s Eve Game Night](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/culpeper-cheese-company-at-new-years-eve-game-night/) - Last summer while window shopping in the historic area looking for a great lunch spot, the Culpeper Cheese Company reined us in!
- [Americana and Hand-Cranked Ice Cream for Independence Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/americana-and-hand-cranked-ice-cream-for-independence-day/) - As my kids' lives became ever busier with work and college, they were glad to settle with old family traditions for Independence Day.
- [Celebrating Independence Day with a week of Festivities](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/celebrating-independence-day-with-a-week-of-festivities/) - Two fireworks shows, three picnics, games galore, and handcranking homemade ice cream with a recipe from Mount Vernon for a weeklong Independence Day.
- [Lake Ridge Winter Wonderland after Ten-inch Nor'easter](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lake-ridge-winter-wonderland-after-ten-inch-noreaster/) - Learning that it was a nor'easter that dumped all the snow, I wondered exactly what that was, since I'm more familiar with Texas weather.
- [Reframed Baby Cross Stitches for my Pregnant Daughter](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/reframed-baby-cross-stitches-for-my-pregnant-daughter/) - When I was pregnant with my daughter many years ago, I cross stitched several pieces to hang in her room, which I thought I would regift with updated framing.
- [Stock Markets, Coffeehouses, London, Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/stock-markets-coffeehouses-london-colonial-williamsburg/) - 17th century businessmen spent so much time at the coffeehouses, that they frequently used the address of their coffeehouse of choice as their point of contact.
- [Organizing my Apartment Sewing Room French Country Style](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/french-country-styling-my-apartment-bedroom-sewing-room/) - After moving into my new apartment nearly two months ago, I quickly unpacked and organized a sewing space in my bedroom...since my son is in the other bedroom.
- [Doll House duplicate of Milliner Shop: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/doll-house-duplicate-milliner-shop-colonial-williamsburg/) - For the first time I recognized the offerings in the doll house. Each of the clothing items were duplilcate miniatures of theitems in the shop!
- [Millinery petticoats and short cloak: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/millinery-petticoats-short-cloak-colonial-williamsburg/) - Of special interest to me was the sheer plaid organza short cloak, now that I've completed sewing one. The milliner allowed me to look at the stitching.
- [1955 Williamsburg Award becomes the Winston Churchill Bell](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1955-williamsburg-award-becomes-the-winston-churchill-bell/) - One such bell rung forth from the halls of Parliament in England during the dark days of Hitler's terrifying advance through Europe.
- [Flying over Cascade Volcanoes of the Pacific Northwest](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/flying-over-cascade-volcanoes-of-the-pacific-northwest/) - As we neared Portland, three of Washington's volcanoes came into view...with one from Oregon to my left. I had entered the Cascade Mountain Range!
- [Driving up to a Volcano to Peek into Crater Lake](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/driving-up-to-a-volcano-to-peek-into-crater-lake/) - Crater Lake, an extinct volcano that has filled with water of the clearest crystal blue, was at the top of my sight seeing list.
- [How we Made a Model of the Israelites' Tabernacle](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-we-made-a-model-of-the-tabernacle/) - Reacreating the tabernacle would be incredibly valuable to understanding how it foreshadowed Christ as detailed in Hebrews.
- [Lord Dunmore Fights Virginia at Battle of Great Bridge 1775](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lord-dunmore-fights-virginia-at-battle-of-great-bridge-1775/) - Tenuous from the start, unlike other royal governors, Dunmore created a rift when he dissolved the House of Burgesses on May 26, 1774.
- [Following the Lewis and Clark Trail from Virginia to Oregon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/following-the-lewis-and-clark-trail-from-virginia-to-oregon/) - While flying west, I had a bird's eye view of much of the land that Lewis and Clark saw from the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains.
- [Revolutionary Lafayette Treats at Liberty & Co](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/revolutionary-lafayette-treats-at-liberty-co/) - My phone popped advertisements from an American Revolution gift shop that is treating guests to free treats on this 200th anniversary of Lafayette's Grand Tour.
- [Promise of Staying at Hotel Monaco in the Lafayette Building](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/promise-of-staying-at-hotel-monaco-in-the-lafayette-building/) - A few years ago, my husband said he'd bring me back to Hotel Monaco at the Lafayette Building. When he heard of the Lafayette reenactment, he booked a room.
- [Beach Club at Whalehead our Outer Banks Lodging](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/beach-club-at-whalehead-our-outer-banks-lodging/) - Our rental at the Beach Club at Whalehead in Corolla had great beach decor, lots of comfort, a great kitchen, was super convenient to everything, and quiet!
- [Wright Brothers' Test Flights at Kitty Hawk](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/wright-brothers-test-flights-at-kitty-hawk/) - We learned about the Outer Banks islanders who recommended this site while befriending and helping the Wright Brothers make history.
- [Ghost Crab Takes me to her House at the Outer Banks](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ghost-crab-takes-me-to-her-house-at-the-outer-banks/) - After walking from this spot up to the Corolla Horses then back, while collecting sea shells, we had spent all morning on the beach and walked three miles!
- [The 1781 British Raid on Mt Vernon Reenactment](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1781-british-raid-mt-vernon-reenactment/) - This reenactment is based on actual documentation on events in April of 1781, when the British arrived at Mount Vernon from the Potomac.
- [Christmas Train Displays throughout Washington DC](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/christmas-train-displays-throughout-washington-dc/) - Parking at Union Station, we walked through the lobby where we discovered an amazing train display gifted by the Norwegian Embassy!
- [White House Christmas of Timeless Traditions and Lafayette](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-a-white-house-christmas-of-timeless-traditions/) - After checking into our hotel in Washington DC, we walked on...City sidewalks dressed in holiday style to the White House to see all the outdoor decorations.
- [Campeche Chair: Rome to Spain to Mexico to Thomas Jefferson](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/campeche-chair-rome-to-spain-to-mexico-to-thomas-jefferson/) - Recently I sent my mom a postcard of the Colonial Williamsburg Thomas Jefferson relaxing in a campeche chair on the porch at Poplar Forest.
- [The Many Faces of George Washington: Book Review](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-many-faces-of-george-washington-book-review/) - In 2005, scientists studied the Houdon, to scientifically work backwards in time to get as accurate a rendering as one can possibly have of George Washington.
- [1781 Battle of the Hook Reenactment near Gloucester Point](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/battle-of-the-hook-reenactment-near-gloucester-point/) - Lt. Col. Tarleton and his legion, who had been sent by Gen. Cornwallis to defend Gloucester Point, were shocked when the French arrived by sea.
- [Bookbinding Class at James Monroe Museum in Fredericksburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bookbinding-class-at-james-monroe-museum-in-fredericksburg/) - On the blank pages of this journal, I want jot and sketch momentos in honor of James Monroe, who practiced law office at this site.
- [Bookbinding the Lewis and Clark Nature Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/book-binding-lewis-clark-nature-journal/) - Then he bound all the papers together by stitching them together, similar to what he had seen by the Colonial Williamsburg book binder.
- [1824 Lafayette, Tailor, and Spring: Colonial Williamsburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1824-lafayette-tailor-and-spring-colonial-williamsburg/) - In this new program reenacting Lafayette's Grand Tour of America in 1824, he told more of his lesser-told story, of how he survived the French Revolution.
- [2016 Gardens in my French Country-Styled Colonial Home](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/2016-gardens-in-my-french-country-styled-colonial-home/) - Although perennials are more expensive than annuals, perennials return each year, so for the same amount of money I'm enlarging my garden with new options!
- [Profusion of Spring Blooms of my French Country Garden](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/profusion-of-spring-blooms-of-my-french-country-garden/) - Although I've always loved the abundance of springtime, I've never seen it in such profusion until I moved to Northen Virginia from Texas.
- [Lord De la Warr, Halberd, Longbow: Historic Jamestowne](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lord-de-la-warr-halberd-longbow-historic-jamestowne/) - Recently my kids and I visited Historic Jamestowne for a reenactment of Lord De La Warr's arrival 400 years ago on June 10, 1610.
- [British Invasion of Monticello Reenactment June 4, 1781](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/monticello-invaded-by-british-reenactment-june-4-1781/) - On June 4, 1781, as Jack Jouett rode furiously to Monticello with blood streaming down his face, to warn Jefferson to flee for his life.
- [Our Elopement Tour of Madison's Montpelier](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-elopement-tour-of-madisons-montpelier/) - While at Montpelier, my number one goal was to locate the new historical marker from the Lafayette Trail, proclaiming my hero from France!
- [Lafayette Sighting at Montpelier](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-sighting-montpelier/) - At Montpelier we toured the final touches to the recent restoration from the DuPont home to the former James Madison home, and where we found Lafayette!
- [Walking in the footsteps of the British surrender: Yorktown](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/walking-in-the-footsteps-of-the-british-surrender-yorktown/) - Fighting back angry tears of humiliation, the British army marched between two lines of soldiers, the Americans on one side and the French on the other.
- [Patrick Henry’s Home 1771-1778: Scotchtown](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/patrick-henrys-home-1771-1778-scotchtown/) - Patrick Henry, who says he's from the backwoods, has a simpler plantation home than the grandness of Mount Vernon, Monticello, or Montpelier.
- [Visiting James Monroe’s Highland near Charlottesville](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-james-monroes-highland-near-charlottesville/) - Surprisingly we learned more about Lafayette and Napoleon at Monroe's country home near his friends, Jefferson and Madison.
- [A 1775 Walk to the John Marshall Birthplace in Germantown](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/a-1775-walk-to-the-john-marshall-birthplace-in-germantown/) - On the “edge of the American frontier” in Germantown of Fauquier County, we walked to the birthplace of a future Supreme Court Chief Justice.
- [Visiting Walton's Mountain...Home of Earl Hamner](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-waltons-mountain-home-of-earl-hamner/) - While following the Rockfish River through the woods and further up the mountain, I easily imagined that we were actually driving John Walton’s 1923 Ford Truck.
- [Autumnal Fox Chase, George Washington, and Mount Vernon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/autumnal-fox-chase-george-washington-and-mount-vernon/) - Today I attended my first fox chase, which quite intrigued me because of all the influence I see here in Northern Virginia, especially in Middleburg.
- [Attending The Lafayette Trail Marker Unveiling in Yorktown](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/attending-the-lafayette-trail-marker-unveiling-in-yorktown/) - Following the Frenchmen, I got to see Lafayette celebrated by another young Frenchman who is telling America's story so well with these events.
- [Mount Equinox and Manchester Village in Autumnal Vermont](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/mount-equinox-and-manchester-village-in-autumnal-vermont/) - This time we planned that if W was too busy with the house, I could simply walk a couple of blocks to the village to window shop to my heart's delight!
- [Crafting Purple Dye like the Ancient Phoenicians](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/crafting-purple-dye-like-the-ancient-phoenicians/) - Phoenicia, famed for Cedars of Lebanon used to build Solomon's Temple. was also famous for purple dye extracted from murex shells sourced in their harbor.
- [Celebrating the Feast of Purim with Groggers and Masks!](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/celebrating-feast-purim-groggers-masks/) - After studying Esther in the Bible, we reenacted the Feast of Purim like the Jews do, which coincided with the actual celebration.
- [Drive Thru History at Museum of the Bible in Washington DC](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/drive-thru-history-at-museum-of-the-bible-in-washington-dc/) - For the making of the History of the Bible exhibit film, Dave Stotts drove a jeep which perfectly captured his explorations that began in Israel.
- [Gardens at the Capitol and Smithsonian Castle](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/gardens-at-the-capitol-and-smithsonian-castle/) - For America's bicentennial in 1976, the Smithsonian Castle installed the parterre, inspired by a print of Philadelphia's exposition one hundred years before.
- [Visiting the World's Largest Shakespearean Library](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-worlds-largest-shakespearean-library/) - After studying Shakespeare in our homeschool, we’ve wanted to visit the famous Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC. At last, that day came.
- [How we made our Genesis Creation Flip Books](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-we-made-our-creation-books/) - While studying creation last year, I thought the kids would enjoy doing a mixed media type art project, using odds and ends from their craft boxes.
- [How we make Salt Dough Maps with a Fool Proof Recipe](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-we-make-salt-dough-maps-with-a-fool-proof-recipe/) - I have heard complaints from many about dough that never dries. The proportion of water to flour was incorrect. Here are the easy steps to ensure success.
- [Ancient History Memory Books](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ancient-history-memory-books/) - Because of so many creations into which my kids invested much time and energy, they created memory books that contain encouraging notes from extended family.
- [An Economics Lesson for us to heed, from the Pilgrims](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/an-economics-lesson-for-us-to-heed-from-the-pilgrims/) - The Pilgrims were funded by a joint-stock company, just like the Jamestown Colony...that failed due to it's socialistic structure.
- [Studying Latin with many thanks to Patrick Henry](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/studying-latin-with-many-thanks-to-patrick-henry/) - Known as the Firebrand of the American Revolution, Patrick Henry learned Latin from his father who had classically studied in Scotland.
- [Decoupage History, Project, and Gift](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/decoupage-history-project-gift/) - After creating his own 18th century project, for Mother’s Day my son surprised me with a decoupaged memory box of my own!
- [Organizing Homeschool Assignments](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/organizing-homeschool-assignments/) - Very simply, my kids keep clipboards for the week, but use 3-ring binders for cumulative information. At the end of the year they create a memory book.
- [Why we chose Teaching Textbooks for Math](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/why-we-chose-teaching-textbooks-for-math/) - With the books come all the CDs needed to have a math tutor at hand to explain the lessons and every single math problem.
- [Charcoal Sketching Art Lessons](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/charcoal-sketching-art-lessons/) - The Phonics of Drawing CD taught us how to draw with charcoal utilizing perspective, light and shadow...then we sketched teddy bears.
- [Tea for Two, Fashion, and Gardens: Hillwood Estate](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tea-for-two-fashion-and-gardens-hillwood-estate/) - As we toured Marjorie Merriweather Post's couture gowns from 70s years of the 20th century, Hillwood Estate revealed where fabulous lives.
- [Visiting Lafayette's l'Hermione at Yorktown and Mount Vernon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-lafayettes-lhermione-at-yorktown-and-mount-vernon/) - I imagined myself walking aboard this ship in 1780, stepping over ropes, walking under riggings, while imagining Lafayette's point of view.
- [The lovely Colonial Williamsburg Artwork of Caesar Monturano](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-lovely-colonial-williamsburg-artwork-of-caesar-monturano/) - The friendly Mr. Monturano has also provided art for the National Archives, the Kennedy Center, and Christ Church in historic Alexandria, Virginia.
- [Gilded Age grandness at Hildene in Manchester, Vermont](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/gilded-age-grandness-at-hildene-in-manchester-vermont/) - Outside the town of Manchester, which I love to visit, we finally visited Hildene, the summer home of Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln.
- [Caroline Bonaparte unlocks secret door of Pompeii](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/caroline-bonaparte-unlocks-secret-door-of-pompeii/) - Napoleon's sister, Caroline, married one of his generals and together they ruled parts of Italy, including the land upon which Pompeii was secretly buried.
- [Napoleon revitalizes France after the Revolution](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/napoleon-revitalizes-france-after-the-revolution/) - I highly recommend chapter 13, Rebuilding France, which analyzes how Napoleon flipped around a new government that failed under several previous leaders.
- [French Revolution, Robespierre, Napoleon Steps Away](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/french-revolution-robespierre-napoleon-steps-away/) - Napoleon wrote down his conflicted feelings in the form of a dialogue, which he copied and distributed to hopefully end the civil war, but nothing changed.
- [Scarlet Pimpernel, Kidnapped King, and the French Revolution](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/scarlet-pimpernel-kidnapped-king-and-the-french-revolution/) - This movie was great! It takes the side of the Royalists during the dark days of terror under the Rule of Twelve, headed by the dreaded Robespierre.
- [Adventurous-lee Driving with Lee: Washington DC](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/adventurous-lee-driving-with-lee/) - We chose the voice of Lee, and we were on our way...to parts unknown had it been left to Lee. Honest-lee, didn't he know about the highway? Learning to GPS.
- [Sewing Colorful Duffel Bags for our Colorado Trip](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sewing-duffel-bags-for-our-colorado-trip/) - Deciding to squish large duffel bags into the stuffed van, the kids and I shopped for fabric so I could customize duffel bags they’d enjoy using.
- [House Hunting for a Patriotic Street and Lafayette](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/house-hunting-for-a-patriotic-street/) - Mom, I hope we move to a house on a street named after Lafayette. If not Lafayette, then George Washington. If not George Washington, then Patrick Henry.
- [Blooming Pinks, Purples, and Yellows: Spring Garden Journal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/blooming-pinks-purples-and-yellows-spring-garden-journal/) - Seeking to overcome the lateness of full spring, I carefully selected my favorite colors of spring flowers last autumn, as I purchased some bulbs.
- [Spring arrives: bluebird, tree guillotine, and herb garden](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/spring-arrives-bluebirds-tree-guillotine-and-herb-garden/) - After a record breaking 60" of snow from repeated blizzards from December through February, we were beginning to wonder if the snow would ever melt.
- [Tenth year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tenth-year-garden-journal-at-my-texas-house/) - Suddenly it occured to me I needed to check the Mountain Laurel! Was the first sign of spring blooming? Yes! And what a beauty to behold...one last time.
- [Ninth year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/ninth-year-gardening-journal-at-my-texas-house/) - Gardening with butterflies and hummingbirds fluttering near me, and the old toad waiting patiently to be dripped by the faucet, are some of my favorite things.
- [Eighth year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/eighth-year-gardening-journal-at-my-texas-house/) - While window shopping in Gruene, I bought a Texas flag holder for our Texas flag, and also a funny historical marker set in 1836.
- [Seventh year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/seventh-year-gardening-journal-at-my-texas-house/) - The beauty of spring starts early in Texas, when the heady grape fragrance of purple Mountain Laurel wafts through the air in March.
- [Sixth year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/sixth-year-gardening-journal-at-my-texas-house/) - While window shopping in Gruene, I found this great Texas star flag holder, perfect for our front post to hold the American flag.
- [Fourth year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/fourth-year-gardening-journal-at-my-texas-house/) - We enlarged the front garden and planted another Live Oak tree near the original to create a Texas Hill Country style I love seeing everywhere.
- [Third Year Garden Journal: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/third-year-gardening-journal-at-my-texas-house/) - And then we built a split rail fence for the front yard to add that Texas Hill Country flair, in front of which I planted small bushes.
- [Second year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/second-year-gardening-journal-at-my-texas-house/) - And then spring sprung in our Texas gardens, when the amaryllis bulbs from my mom's garden bloomed, and again in summer with blue plumbago, cannas, gladiolas.
- [First year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/establishing-gardens-at-a-cookie-cutter-house/) - But now that I have a blog with a garden theme, a metaphor for things I love, I should tell some of my gardening story, right?
- [Taking a peek into the reproduced clothing of Dolley Madison](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/taking-a-peek-into-the-reproduced-clothing-of-dolley-madison/) - Variations of white muslin gowns were on display, from the first decade of the 19th century, my favorite of which was paired with a royal blue velvet spencer.
- [Anne of Green Gables Wedding Dress Pattern](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/anne-of-green-gables-wedding-dress-pattern/) - The dress was designed by award winning costume designer, Ruth Secord, whose focus was of a completely different era from the previous Anne movies.
- [How to Make Napoleon a Fun Learning Experience](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/how-to-make-napoleon-a-fun-learning-experience/) - And who should they invite from America to portray Napoleon? Mark Schneider, the actor who portrays the Marquis de Lafayette for Colonial Williamsburg!
- [Tour of the unpacked Virginia house and redesign plans](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tour-of-the-unpacked-virginia-house-and-redesign-plans/) - Missing the house we left in Texas, we want to do many of the same projects in this house. Although it has good bones, it has awful paint colors.
- [Bluebirds, peonies, and the outside of our Virginia house](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/bluebirds-peonies-and-touring-the-outside-of-our-house/) - From the first day I saw this neigborhood I exclaimed it was like being in Colonial Williamsburg, and was my favorite neighborhood of any we toured.
- [Our Texas House Shed Tears as I Left](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-texas-house-shed-tears-as-i-left/) - Tear drops the size of Texas dripped from the two upstairs windows, like sad eyes, wishing me to stay. But the job was no longer in Texas, but in Virginia.
- [Lafayette in the French Revolution](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-in-the-french-revolution/) - What happened to Lafayette during the violent French Revolution, which began a few years after he helped America secure liberty?
- [Gruene Texas for my Birthday](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/gruene-texas-birthday/) - River House Tea Room is unlike any other tea room I’ve visited. Real meals are served, although with the deftly creative and award winning chef, Carol Irwin.
- [Snoopy, Red Baron, and Lafayette: Smithsonian](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/snoopy-red-baron-and-lafayette-smithsonian/) - Then we saw some old movies from the 30's, about the dog fights in WWI, which included Carey Grant and Fred Astaire in different movies!
- [The English Brothers Chuckwagon Musical Show in New Braunfels](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/the-english-brothers-chuckwagon-musical-show-in-new-braunfels/) - We saw Wes English perform in 2001 at the Flying W. Now he’s bring the legendary style of Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers to Texas with his brothers.
- [Climbing a Pink Lava Dome: Enchanted Rock](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/climbing-pink-lava-dome-enchanted-rock/) - That pink dome is the batholith (inner lava chamber) of an old volcano, now exposed and dominating its surroundings. It’s the largest of its kind in the US.
- [Palo Duro Canyon, Texas Outdoor Musical, and XIT Ranch](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/palo-duro-canyon-texas-outdoor-musical-and-xit-ranch/) - Excitedly we awoke the next morning to explore the nearby geological feature, Palo Duron Canyon, the next largest canyon in America after the Grand Canyon.
- [Luxery Retreat at Texas Hill Country Regency Resort](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/luxery-retreat-texas-hill-country-resort/) - Staying overnight at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort...living in the Hill Country with French-Country Texas charm became my hope.
- [Comal Springs Geology at Landa Park](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/landa-park-trains-beautiful-comal-springs-and-fascinating-geology/) - Bubbling up from the aquifer below, the fresh water from the Comal Springs forms the Comal River with a constant year-round temperature of 68-72 degrees.
- [Visiting Extinct Volcanoes in the Land of Enchantment](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/visiting-extinct-volcanoes-in-the-land-of-enchantment/) - Every time we drive through the northeast corner of New Mexico, I am enchanted. Velvety green fields, intermittently filled with unusual mountains abound.
- [Patriotic Rail Fence Quilt with Prairie Point Edging](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/patriotic-rail-fence-quilt-prairie-point-edging/) - Due to its simplicity I decided to again use the Rail Fence block. Since the block is so versatile, I simply changed up the style and fabric choices.
- [My First Quilt as Inspired by my Homemaking Teacher](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/first-quilt-inspired-homemaking-teacher/) - Sharing my high school quilt class story, which helped me sewed my first for my daughter. Using florals and lace I sewed the Rail Fence blog on the diagonal.
- [Double Irish Chain in the Garden Quilt for my Daughter](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/double-irish-chain-in-the-garden-quilt-for-my-daughter/) - Now that we bought a house, I painted a garden mural in my daughter's bedroom. Then we chose floral fabrics for a quilt to coordinate.
- [Memories of Unique Brackenridge Park](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/memories-brackenridge-park/) - Full of attractions and an oasis of beauty in the bustling city, many of my happy memories are of the picnics at Brackenridge Park.
- [Lafayette Sighting in Washington DC](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/lafayette-sighting-washington-dc/) - Scrambling to see everything in a day, we enthusiastically conquered a lot! Understanding the unique layout to the city, I strategically planned our route.

## Pages

- [Homeschooling](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/our-homeschool-journey/) - When my kids asked me to write everything we did so they could duplicate that for their kids, I began purging our old books...and recreated this resource page.
- [Homeschool Costuming](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/becoming-history/) - Since I learned so much during my historical sewing journey, I challenged myself to sew our Rhetoric homeschool costumes as historically accurate as possible.
- [Vintage Flair](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/vintage-flair-vignettes/) - Learning the construction of 18th century garments helped me understand how to sew what I loved for everyday clothes:a touch of vintage flair.
- [Welcome](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/contact-me/) - Inspired by gardens as a time portal, join me with a cup of tea as I share our adventures in historically accurate clothing, I've handsewn.
- [Sewing Historically](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/1770s-sewing-journal/) - Mom, we need more historically accurate clothing, and you do, too. Will you sew them so we can have fun as an 18th century family in Colonial Williamsburg?

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- [Diderot's Encyclopedia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/diderots-encyclopedia/)
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- [Johnny Tremain](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/johnny-tremain/)
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- [Texas - Gruene](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/gruene/)
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- [Code Napoleon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/code-napoleon/)
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- [Thermopylae](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/thermopylae/)
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- [l'Hermione](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/lhermione/)
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- [wet-plate photography](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/wet-plate-photography/)
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- [seasons - winter](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/snow/)
- [Twelfth Night](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/twelfth-night/)
- [gingerbread house](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/gingerbread-house/)
- [Lord Dunmore](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/lord-dunmore/)
- [Oliver Cromwell](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/oliver-cromwell/)
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- [CW - Tarpleys](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/tarpleys/)
- [draping](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/draping/)
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- [Marty Maher](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/marty-maher/)
- [Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/virginia-statute-for-religious-freedom/)
- [my Bristow Virginia gardens](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/my-virginia-flower-gardens/)
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- [Architecture - Queen Anne](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/queen-anne-architecture/)
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- [Styling Texas Hill Country](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/texas-hill-country-style/)
- [quotes](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/quotes/)
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- [Hook 'em Horns](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/hook-em-horns/)
- [seasons - spring](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/spring/)
- [cross stitch](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cross-stitch/)
- [Cur non?/Why not?](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cur-non-why-not/)
- [chintzware](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/chintz/)
- [tea cups](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/tea-cups/)
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- [scope for the imagination](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/scope-for-the-imagination/)
- [I'm not a gadget gal](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/im-not-a-gadget-gal/)
- [colonial bird bottle](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/colonial-bird-bottle/)
- [drafting patterns](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/drafting-patterns/)
- [James Armistead Lafayette](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/james-armistead-lafayette/)
- [American Revolution - Major James McHenry](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/major-james-mchenry/)
- [parade](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/parade/)
- [French American alliance](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/french-american-alliance/)
- [Taps](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/taps/)
- [American Revolution - Battle of Yorktown](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/battle-of-yorktown/)
- [American Revolution - British surrender](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/british-surrender/)
- [American Revolution - Comte de Grasse](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/comte-de-grasse/)
- [American Revolution - General Rochambeau](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/general-rochambeau/)
- [American Revolution-Dr. Joseph Warren](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/dr-joseph-warren/)
- [cressets](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cressets/)
- [George Whitefield](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/george-whitefield/)
- [CW EFT](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cw-eft/)
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- [The Carters of Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/the-carters-of-virginia/)
- [Mary Randolph](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/mary-randolph/)
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- [Governor Berkeley](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/governor-berkeley/)
- [1676 Bacon's Rebellion](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/bacons-rebellion-1676/)
- [CW evening program](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cw-evening-program/)
- [American Revolution - Tench Tilghman](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/tench-tilghman/)
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- [militia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/militia/)
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- [CW Illumination of the Taverns](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/illumination-of-the-taverns/)
- [Montesquieu](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/montesquieu/)
- [Machiavelli](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/machiavelli/)
- [della Robbia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/della-robbia/)
- [letters](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/letters/)
- [George Washington Lafayette](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/george-washington-lafayette/)
- [Bodleian Plate](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/bodleian-plate/)
- [Frenchman's Map](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/frenchmans-map/)
- [Washington DC - Folger Shakespeare Library](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/folger-shakespeare-library/)
- [David Garrick](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/david-garrick/)
- [printing press](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/printing-press/)
- [Dorothy Sayers](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/dorothy-sayers/)
- [Oxford](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/oxford/)
- [1337 - 1453 Hundred Years War](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/hundred-years-war/)
- [recitations](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/recitations/)
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- [CW Armoury Complex](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/armoury-complex/)
- [CW - colonial nursery](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/colonial-nursery/)
- [CW Playbooth Theater](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/playbooth-theater/)
- [Washington DC - Udvar Hazey](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/udvar-hazey/)
- [Robin Hood](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/robin-hood/)
- [GPS aka Adventurously Driving with Lee](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/gps-aka-adventurously-driving-with-lee/)
- [Virginia - National Museum USMC](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/national-museum-usmc/)
- [vintage planes](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/vintage-planes/)
- [1642-1651 English Civil War](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/english-civil-war/)
- [CW Prentis Store](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/prentis-store/)
- [Virginia planter](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/virginia-planter/)
- [Virginia - Berkeley Plantation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/berkeley-plantation/)
- [Washington DC - Hillwood Estate](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/hillwood-estate/)
- [Washington DC - Hay Adams Hotel](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/hay-adams-hotel/)
- [CW magazine](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/magazine/)
- [John Page](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/john-page/)
- [St. George Tucker](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/st-george-tucker/)
- [CW weaver](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/weaver/)
- [National Anthem](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/national-anthem/)
- [representative government](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/representative-government/)
- [Oliver Hazard Perry](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/oliver-hazard-perry/)
- [1787 Constitutional Convention](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/constitutional-convention/)
- [Francis Scott Key](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/francis-scott-key/)
- [tattoo](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/tattoo/)
- [Frances Tasker Carter](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/frances-tasker-carter/)
- [Cato](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cato/)
- [English Country Dancing](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/english-country-dancing/)
- [farms](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/farms/)
- [earthworks](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/earthworks/)
- [Pompeii](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/pompeii/)
- [Jewish history](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/jewish-history/)
- [Merriweather Lewis](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/merriweather-lewis/)
- [CW maze](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/maze/)
- [Washington DC - Smithsonian](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/smithsonian/)
- [Monroe Doctrine](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/monroe-doctrine/)
- [Rose Gouverneur Hoes](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/rose-gouverneur-hoes/)
- [Lafayette Grand Tour 1824-1825](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/lafayette-grand-tour-1824-1825/)
- [1689 English Bill of Rights](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/english-bill-of-rights-1689/)
- [Magna Carta](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/magna-carta/)
- [Virginia Gazette](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/virginia-gazette/)
- [Tocqueville](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/tocqueville/)
- [CW First Oval Office](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/first-oval-office/)
- [CW wigmaker](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/wigmaker/)
- [CW brickyard](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/brickyard/)
- [telegraph](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/telegraph/)
- [Vanderbilts](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/vanderbilts/)
- [UVA Academical Village](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/academical-village/)
- [The Lees of Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/lee-family/)
- [Lighthorse Harry Lee](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/lighthorse-harry-lee/)
- [CW - stage theater](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/18th-century-theater/)
- [art history](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/art-history/)
- [American Revolution - Battle of the Hook](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/battle-of-the-hook/)
- [chess](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/chess/)
- [La Mode Illustree Patterns](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/la-mode-illustree-patterns/)
- [Cinderella](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cinderella/)
- [CW James Geddy Foundry](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/james-geddy-foundry/)
- [Winston Churchill](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/winston-churchill/)
- [1945-1991 Iron Curtain](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/iron-curtain/)
- [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)
- [CS Lewis](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cs-lewis/)
- [Hollywood](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/hollywood/)
- [Monuments Men](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/monuments-men/)
- [Washington DC - Watergate](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/watergate/)
- [Chuck Colson](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/chuck-colson/)
- [fashion history](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/fashion-history/)
- [Memorial Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/memorial-day/)
- [Michael W Smith](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/michael-w-smith/)
- [historical cooking](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/historical-cooking/)
- [underpinnings](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/underpinnings/)
- [Bastille Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/bastille-day/)
- [1945-1991 Cold War](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cold-war/)
- [Virginia - Alexandria](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/alexandria/)
- [Virginia - Gadsby's Tavern](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/gadsbys-tavern/)
- [sewing needle case](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/needle-case/)
- [swing dance](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/swing-dance/)
- [Styling Shabby Chic](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/shabby-chic/)
- [suttler](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/suttler/)
- [lightning bugs](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/lightning-bugs/)
- [Christopher Newport](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/christopher-newport/)
- [Virginia - Washington and Lee University](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/washington-and-lee-university/)
- [Washington DC - Georgetown](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/georgetown/)
- [Virginia - Red Hill](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/red-hill/)
- [1774 - Day of fasting humiliation and prayer](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/day-of-fasting-humiliation-and-prayer/)
- [Virginia - Natural Bridge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/natural-bridge/)
- [Joshua Fry](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/joshua-fry/)
- [gold](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/gold/)
- [Pfaff](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/pfaff/)
- [The Washingtons of Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/the-washingtons-of-virginia/)
- [The Custises of Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/the-custises-of-virginia/)
- [The Dandridges of Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/the-dandridges-of-virginia/)
- [ruins](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/ruins/)
- [Colonial Revival Christmas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/colonial-revival-christmas/)
- [Queen Elizabeth II](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/queen-elizabeth-ii/)
- [Washington DC - Union Station](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/union-station/)
- [Virginia 18th century plantation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/virginia-18th-century-plantation/)
- [Virginia - Vint Hill Farm Station](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/vint-hill-farm-station/)
- [Earl Hamner](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/earl-hamner/)
- [Virginia - Gunston Hall](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/gunston-hall/)
- [Virginia - Occoquan](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/occoquan/)
- [Virginia Land Grant](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/virginia-land-grant/)
- [Virginia - Culpeper](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/culpeper/)
- [Virginia - Belmont Bay Marina](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/belmont-bay-marina/)
- [Virginia Fall Line](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/fall-line/)
- [bluebells](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/bluebells/)
- [Virginia - Garden Club](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/garden-club-of-virginia/)
- [The Waltons](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/the-waltons/)
- [sewing refashion remake](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/refashion-remake/)
- [keeper of the keys](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/keeper-of-the-keys/)
- [keys](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/keys/)
- [sewing - fabric stash busting](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/fabric-stash-busting/)
- [Virginia - W&OD Trail](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/wod-trail/)
- [The Pages of Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/the-pages-of-virginia/)
- [Virginia - Gloucester](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/gloucester/)
- [Virginia - Purcellville](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/purcellville/)
- [Audrey Hepburn](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/audrey-hepburn/)
- [fox hunt](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/fox-hunt/)
- [Virginia - Middleburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/middleburg/)
- [George Washington Parke Custis](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/george-washington-parke-custis/)
- [1440 - Gutenberg Printing Press](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/gutenberg-printing-press/)
- [knights](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/knights/)
- [armour](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/armour/)
- [Virginia - Bristow](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/bristow/)
- [James Bond](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/james-bond/)
- [Horrockses](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/horrockses/)
- [weddings](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/wedding/)
- [Fairfaxes of Virginia](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/fairfaxes-of-virginia/)
- [Lord Fairfax](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/lord-fairfax/)
- [Knights of the Golden Horseshoe](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/knights-of-the-golden-horseshoe/)
- [Givenchy Fashion](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/givenchy-fashion/)
- [shoes](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/shoes/)
- [Virginia - Lake Ridge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/lake-ridge/)
- [Virginia - Woodbridge](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/woodbridge/)
- [Virginia - Prince William County](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/prince-william-county/)
- [Fairfax County](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/fairfax-county/)
- [quilting - embellishments](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/embellishments/)
- [Washington DC - Pentagon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/pentagon/)
- [spatial reasoning](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/spatial-reasoning/)
- [Tex-Mex](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/tex-mex/)
- [Virginia - Northern Neck Proprietary](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/northern-neck-proprietary/)
- [garden patio gardening](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/patio-gardening/)
- [Wizard of Oz](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/wizard-of-oz/)
- [elopement](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/elopement/)
- [cherry blossoms](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cherry-blossoms/)
- [Virginia - Charlottesville](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/charlottesville/)
- [Lafayette Trail](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/the-lafayette-trail/)
- [Southern Living Hotel Collection](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/southern-living-hotel-collection/)
- [National Trust](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/national-trust/)
- [Jen Fariello Photography](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/jen-fariello-photography/)
- [Florida](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/florida/)
- [spa](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/spa/)
- [astronauts](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/astronauts/)
- [Winterthur](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/winterthur/)
- [sewing room](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/sewing-room/)
- [Styling Beachy Shabby Chic](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/beach-style/)
- [Purple Heart](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/purple-heart/)
- [Quarter Farms](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/quarter-farms/)
- [vineyard](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/vineyard/)
- [Filippo Mazzei](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/filippo-mazzei/)
- [John Blair](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/john-blair/)
- [Benjamin Harrison](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/benjamin-harrison/)
- [John Tyler](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/john-tyler/)
- [Architecture - Federal Style](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/federal-style/)
- [Virginia - Fredericksburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/fredericksburg-virginia/)
- [tall ship](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/tall-ship/)
- [Pacific Ocean](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/pacific-ocean/)
- [California - Currier Ranch](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/currier-ranch/)
- [Sam Motter](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/sam-motter/)
- [flag trees](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/flag-trees/)
- [Architecture - Breaux Arts Style](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/breaux-arts-style/)
- [faith](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/faith/)
- [Virginia - Lynchburg](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/lynchburg/)
- [family](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/family/)
- [Outer Banks](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/outer-banks/)
- [William Randolph Hearst](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/william-randolph-hearst/)
- [1585 - Roanoke Colony](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/roanoke-colony/)
- [coat of arms](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/coat-of-arms/)
- [orangery](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/orangery/)
- [knot gardens](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/knot-gardens/)
- [parterre](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/parterre/)
- [roses](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/roses/)
- [holistic health](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/holistic-health/)
- [Virginia's Historic Triangle](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/historic-triangle/)
- [Delaware](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/delaware/)
- [Lafayette Escadrille](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/lafayette-escadrille/)
- [geology - plate tectonics](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/plate-tectonics/)
- [geology - Ring of Fire](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/ring-of-fire/)
- [Washington](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/washington/)
- [Oregon](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/oregon/)
- [California](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/california/)
- [Architecture - Italianate](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/italianate/)
- [Architecture - Victorian](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/victorian-architecture/)
- [fairies](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/fairies/)
- [Convention of States](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/convention-of-states/)
- [Virginia - Shenandoah Valley](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/shenandoah-valley/)
- [CW milliner](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cw-milliner/)
- [homeschool graduation](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/homeschool-graduation/)
- [Lafayette Stepping Stone](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/lafayette-stepping-stone/)
- [Patrick Henry College](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/patrick-henry-college/)
- [Traditions - Independence Day](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/independence-day-traditions/)
- [boardgames](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/boardgames/)
- [Traditions - New Year's Eve](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/new-years-eve-traditions/)
- [Traditions - Christmas](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/christmas-traditions/)
- [Traditions - meaning of traditions](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/meaning-of-traditions/)
- [CW Alexander Purdie](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cw-alexander-purdie/)
- [CW George Whitefield](https://teacupsinthegarden.com/tag/cw-george-whitefield/)
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