AMANDA'S BASKETS: COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG

Life has been very busy lately with visits from family and lots of things to do like going to Busch Gardens (I walked 6.92 miles that day.) and the historic sites in this area.

For instance, Colonial Williamsburg is much larger with more things to explore that I realized. I thought one day would be enough...nope. Going to go back for another full day. I began at the Visitor Center and took the footbridge across the roads to the Revolutionary City, as it is called.

The first place I encountered was the Great Hopes Plantation with several buildings...

Livestock...

And vegetable gardens....

After a meandering walk on the path, the next place was the Governor's Palace. There is a tour of both the Palace and the Gardens (included with the ticket purchase) which give a lot of history about how folks lived.

The gardens...

Courtyard with kitchen...

Salt cellar, curing house and behind, the ice house...

Typical transportation of the time...

I explored the brick yard with demonstrations on how bricks were made...

The Courthouse with the stockades...

And the Everard House...

As I said, there's a lot more to explore and I will be doing that on Friday. Tomorrow, Jamestown!

I just had to stop at the bookstore in the Visitor's Center...

And, of course, I found a couple books to purchase...

The Lost Arts has a ton of different things from making Birch Beer to making simple brooms! Interesting reading. Good point - both were on sale for half price!

There's a new weekly prompt posted...check it out.

Well, I am back to watching the rain - yes, it is raining today.

Thanks for visiting...
Talk to you tomorrow...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.