The Country Register of Delaware & New Jersey March-April 19 Issue

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The Country Register of NJ & DE • March & April 2019 • Vol. 19 No. 6

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In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

–Mark T wain Twain

No matter the weather in March, it is never too early to start decorating for spring. The shops advertised here are displaying everything you will need to help you celebrate the new season. They all enjoy making this publication available to you free of charge as their gift to you for shopping with them. Please remember to let them know you appreciate it when you visit them. As we celebrate our 20th year of publishing YOUR Country Register with this issue, we are proud to be involved with the fine advertisers who bring you this publication FREE every issue with their advertising commitments. Many of them have been advertising the entire 20 years and they do so because The Country Register works! You pick it up and read it, then you visit the shops who advertise with us when you need a gift for Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduation, a wedding, or want to decorate for the season.

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Gardening Memories

by Gayle Cranford

When I was a child during World War II, nearly every family had a “victory garden.” Because certain foods and products were rationed during the war, having a family garden was nearly a necessity. All the women that I knew then spent hours and hours preparing the produce of their gardens for canning and preserving for the winter months. Mom “put up” tomatoes, green beans, beets, and purchased bushels of peaches, spending hours at our kitchen sink paring and slicing. My father, having spent childhood summers at his grandmother’s farm where his Uncle Mont taught him about animal care and gardening, knew what to do to create a successful garden for our family. Of course, much of the success depended upon the weather, but we usually had beautiful gardens. My brother, Dave, and I, wearing Dad’s required straw hats to deflect the hot sun, were recruited to spend hours weeding and picking beans and strawberries. Dad made “buckets” out of empty large cans so that Dave and I could also climb our cherry trees to harvest cherries for Mom to can. It was actually fun to climb up, secure our “buckets” with hooks on limbs and to see who could fill our buckets first. Dad’s garden wasn’t huge but it was large enough to have rows of corn, green and lima beans, lots of tomatoes, green peppers, radishes, several varieties of tender lettuce, beets, potatoes, cucumbers, squash, onions, etc. Always the teacher, Dad taught us how to plant and harvest them all. Harvesting what we had planted was sometimes back-breaking and Dave and I complained mildly. But we loved taking the salt shaker to pick and eat the juicy ripe and delicious tomatoes, still warm from the sun. And, fresh lettuce, white corn on the cob, and green beans cooked in bacon grease were so delicious. Potatoes prepared differently for each evening meal remain a favorite vegetable. When it was time to pick the beans, we did so carefully to avoid the fat yellow aphids that always appeared every summer. Whoever had come to visit us at that time would be employed to help snap beans under the grape arbor Dad had built. This was a wonderful activity when the chore and stories were shared. Of course, the large grape arbor produced enough grapes that, a few times, Dad decided to make grape juice. In order to do that, he had to buy some special equipment such as a gadget to tightly cap each bottle. The chore accomplished, he stored all the bottles in our fruit cellar. Occasionally, one or two bottles would apparently ferment and loudly pop the lids. Those that survived, we thoroughly enjoyed. Also, a serious and knowledgeable bee keeper, Dad made sure that we had gobs of honey, mostly consumed from the comb. All of us neighborhood children managed to get stung multiple times during the barefoot summer months through the years. Unfortunately, and because Dad always provided fresh produce from his own garden, as an adult, I never grew anything but flowers and an occasional potted tomato plant, myself. And, I regret not having learned the canning skill from my mother. But I do have wonderful memories of our family garden and the gardening participation with my parents, grandparents and other relatives. How I would love to be able to take a salt shaker and seek out a juicy tomato in that garden today.

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Advertiser Index

Events Listing

Shops are listed alphabetically by location. Cities & Shops

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Cities & Shops

New Jersey Cape May ............................. 15 Fiber Arts Yarn Shop Olde Pear Primitives Stitch by Stitch Elmer ................................... 12 Elmer Historical Society Peggy’s Country Gifts/Antiques Marmora .............................. 16 Dollard Baker Sew & Vac Mount Holly .......................... 6 The Village Quilter Morristown .......................... 14 Acorn Hall Mullica Hill ........................... 7 Craftsmen Home Show Creamy Acres Farm Needles & Pins Pedricktown ........................ 11 Heart Felt Designs Pitman ................................. 13 Simple Life Primitives The Scarecrow Factory Red Bank ............................. 14 Antique Center of Red Bank Salem ................................... 11 Cawman’s Antique Mall Suse-E-Q’s Cottage Tuckahoe ............................. 24 Craftsmen & Home Event Vineland .............................. 13 The Pin Cushion West Creek ......................... 8, 9 KC Creations

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Delaware Dagsboro ............................. 10 Serendipity Dover ................................... 10 Delaware Sewing Center Shady Lane Selections Georgetown ......................... 10 Ocean Waves Quilt Show Newark ................................ 10 The Blue Hen Quilt Shop Various DE & MD Towns ... 10 Shop Hop

PA/WV Kutztown PA .......................... 4 Brubakers Quilts Wooden Bridge Drygoods Lancaster PA ......................... 5 Quiltfest Quilt Show Oley PA .................................. 4 Ladyfingers Sewing Studio Stroudsburg PA ..................... 4 American Ribbon Washington PA ...................... 5 Three Rivers Quilt Show

Wanted: Budding Writers Interested in Visiting Shops Like Those Seen in TCR The Country Register is in search of folks who love shopping at just the type of shops and events advertised here on our pages. If you are a budding writer, or even one with lots of experience, we want your help! We need folks throughout the state who are available to visit shops in their spare time and write about their experience. Send an email with where you live and, if available, a sample of your writing. We will get right back to you. Email samples in a text file or MS Word doc to info@countryregisteronline.com.

Recipes From Breezy Manor Farm

Mom’s Quaker Sweet & Sour Cabbage

A delicious meal–any time of year.

½ cup water 5 cups shredded cabbage 1/3 cup cider vinegar 4 slices of bacon 1 small onion 2 T. brown sugar Salt and pepper 2 T. flour Cook cabbage in boiling water 7 to 10 minutes. Drain. Fry bacon, remove from skillet and crumble. Add sugar and flour to bacon fat, blend then add water, vinegar and seasonings. Cook til thick. Add chopped onion, bacon and cabbage, heat thoroughly. from: Donna Jo Copeland, Farmeress/Fiber Artist and owner of Breezy Manor Farm –Donna Jo Copeland, farmeress of Breezy Manor Farm, Mooresville, IN. Where she farms with her sheep and goats and bunnies.

March

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Quilts Around The Bay Shop Hop, Various Towns .................................... 10 Open House - Heart Felt Designs, Pedricktown ......................................... 11 Spring Open House - Simple Life & Scarecrow, Pitman ............................ 13 Quilt Show, Lancaster PA .................................................................................. 5

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1-30 6 6, 13 6, 13 26, 27

Anniversary Celebration - the Village Quilter, Mt Holly ............................... 6 Craftsmen & Home Event, Tuckahoe ............................................................ 16 Grand Opening - Olde Pear Primitives, Cape May ...................................... 15 19, 20 Hayride & Egg Hunt - Creamy Acres Farm, Mullica Hill ................. 7 Ocean Waves Quilt Guild Show, Georgetown DE ....................................... 10

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Craftsmen Home Show, Mullica Hill ................................................................ 7 Quiltfest, Lancaster PA........................................................................................ 5 Three Rivers Quilt Show, Washington PA ...................................................... 5

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Life on Breezy Manor Farm

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by Donna Jo Copeland

Spring, the End of a Hard Winter At my kitchen table this winter morning, wearing 4 layers of clothes, warming frosty fingers around a cup of hot tea, I marvel at sunshine dancing on snow cover. Icy diamonds twinkle in the breeze which is bringing 35 below zero wind chills, breaking records here. Late winter can be brutal on my farm, I have lost a rabbit and 2 chickens to the cold and fear for my more than 16-year-old sheep. I keep trying my best to take care. I am thankful for the firewood which keeps my woodstove burning. Of course, in this ancient farmhouse the heat is enjoyed best when setting beside the stove and not at the other end of the house. Through it all I am most thankful for my animals, my wee farm, my fiber work, my strength and my sense of humor. If I couldn’t laugh about my crazy hard life, I would drown in a sea of tears. A strong-willed woman who can face down a copperhead or coyote with her 22 rifle and still melt when I hold a new born lamb, Farmeresses have the best of both worlds, always have. There is an inner core which holds us to farm and life drawing the essences of those who walked before us. The many moods of March have bedazzled and tried the resolve of us for eons. When the red wing blackbirds come calling, I dash about opening windows, hang wool blankets and quilts on the clothesline to blow the stink off as Grandmother used to say. Then proceed to enthusiastically clean barns. Oftentimes morning sunshine and fresh breezes give way to snow by eventide. But the spring flowers pop their heads up, bees buzz, hearts fill with the wonder that is spring. April on my place means along with the Easter Bunny, sheep and goat shearing on what will be a fine sunny day. Hoping always for nice weather so the fleeces can be laid out on grids, skirted and admired. My flock always seem so proud of what they have spent a year growing. Of course, I want to keep and process them all myself but I also have to buy sheep feed and hay so some will be sold. And I get all giggly when someone shows me what they made with “our” fleece! I have a special sweater I wear to the barn all winter and on shearing day. It’s a shepherd’s sweater made from the suint washed fleece of Orion, a Blue Face Leicester/ Border Leicester wether. Suint washing is merely soaking the freshly shorn fleece in cold water for a week or two to remove the dirt, leaving the lanolin. Laid out on a mesh rack and left to dry. Rinsed by hose or rain water. It’s amazing that this simple procedure will clean the dirt but leave the lanolin. Then I handspun the wool into worsted weight yarn and knit a simple, boxy sweater which is not only warm but water and wind repellent as well. My sheep love it when I wear one of them! Mid-April is the annual fiber event in Greencastle where hundreds of wool lovers gather to buy and sell, laugh and learn. In addition to raw fleeces I will be working on roving and handspun yarns, hours of washing, dyeing and spinning. I have spent the winter learning rug braiding using discarded wool clothing. Who knew simple braiding could be so hard to master but I shall work diligently and have some for sale then? After more than 50 years of wool work I am still enthused by what we can make from this precious fiber our sweet sheep produce! May I have 50 more years!

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Spring Forecast

Riddley Riddley Ree

by Tammy Page

I See Something You Don't See As I write this on this bitter cold and snowy day where the sky is hazy and you can feel the dampness hanging in the air, I yearn for a sign of spring. The ground is covered with at least six inches of snow, the roads are glistening with salty ice and the draw of cozying up by the fireplace is stronger than ever. Christmas and New Years are but a memory soon to be forgotten and replaced with thoughts of only a few more months and we can make it to sunshiny warm days once again. Spring, the time when the first robins appear, and the air smells fresh and the sun is warm on our face, I look forward to spending time on my front porch. I love to sit on my settee with a cup of fresh brewed coffee, a new monthly magazine and am often covered with a soft, fleece blanket. With just a bite of cold air lingering, the blanket is a must. I also look forward to spending lazy Sunday afternoons on my porch swing with my grandchildren by my side. One of our favorite things to do, as I did with my own children, is play riddley, riddley ree. I see something you don’t see and the color is. Most people probably know it as the “I spy� game. I’m not sure how we started calling it by another name but I know it’s been played for many years with many children on our porch, in our car or sitting in the living room. Sometimes we can sit there for hours until all but the trees are left to guess. There have been a few times I’ve caught the little ones changing their items they’ve chosen and the game will go on even longer. That’s when I hear it from the older ones that someone is cheating and I have to take the reins back to start a new guess. Of course, the item chosen has to be in clear view of everyone on the porch, has to be big enough for all of us to see and can’t be a passing car, a flying bird or a single rock in a whole driveway. Oh, let me tell you, they’ve tried! As our daughters and son stop in and we all sit on the porch visiting and catching up, they too will often join in. That makes it even more fun as we shout out our guesses in unison. I hope they look back as fondly, just as I do, at the times we played riddley ree and are able to play it with their own grandchildren someday. -Tammy page lives with her family on a working farm in central Indiana. She enjoys collecting items remember from her youth, cooking and decorating her home.

Just when it seems winter has settled in as a permanent resident, a few signs – a sudden warm breeze, the sound of water dripping from eaves, the appearance of a few foolhardy pussy willows – begin to appear. Like bears, we quilters begin to emerge from hibernation, poking our noses out wondering what is trending and what’s new. This spring we will find some new products on the shelves of our favourite quilt shops. One such product is a semi-permanent fusible powder called Quilters Select Free Fuse. This powder can be used to fuse fabrics, batting and other textiles. It sounds versatile, and I can hardly wait to try it. Another fusible agent, although not new, is Misty Fuse, a close relative of Stitch Witchery which fashion sewists have been using for years. Misty Fuse is lightweight, available in black and white, and easy to work with. Although introduced at Quilt Market some years ago, in my experience it has not been widely available until now. Demand for laser-cut fusible appliques – such time savers – continues to grow, as does the demand for patterns of pixilated characters. If past experience is any indicator, laser-cut appliques may well be part of many shops’ Row by Row kits this season. The theme this year is “Taste the Experience,â€? so look for lots of foodie prints to appear. Stonehenge by Northcott will be celebrating its tenth anniversary (already?) with a new panel, new prints and contests. The promotion will culminate with a trip to England’s Stonehenge for a lucky winner. (Did you know that Stonehenge is just one of many henges scattered throughout Wiltshire and parts of Scotland?) But I digress. Quilters will love the new novelty fabrics this spring: metallic silvers and golds, glowin-the-dark and pearlescent fabrics as well as sewable cork and Kraft-Tex. Both cork and Kraft-Tex will be welcome additions to bag makers’ materials. According to craft pundits, we will see continuing interest in English paper piecing and hand embroidery; both are very portable and easy to take on holiday. They state the colour blue is “in,â€? (although Pantone says otherwise) and foresee increased interest in fabrics and quilts portraying the American south west. Those of us who were enthusiasts the first time may be slightly bemused that macramĂŠ is appealing to a new generation of crafters and gaining in popularity. So let’s throw off our winter-induced lethargy, get the quilt tops we’ve made this winter to a longarmer, and celebrate the season of new life and new projects by getting out there. Spring is calling. –Barbara Conquest writes her column from Blue Sky Quilting in Tofield, AB. Š Barbara Conquest.

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For 36th Three Rivers Annual Quilt Show Entries are needed and are being accepted now for the 2019 Three Rivers Quilters Annual Quilt Show. This year’s theme is “Circles” with two categories for theme quilts, along with 12 other categories, from appliqué to potpourri, and every type in between. The 36th annual Three Rivers Quilt show will be at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino on May 9-11. More than $5000 in prize money will be awarded, with Best in Show earning $300. First place in each category wins $150. Entry forms are due by Thursday, April 4. Please visit the guild’s website at www.threeriversquilters.org for details and submission forms. Email questions to Quiltshow@threeriversquilters.org. Raffle tickets are available for the 2019 Show Quilt. The quilt will be on display in area quilt shops.

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Town and Country Cooking The Perfect Pair Easter just might be the most chocolatey holiday of the year, thanks to the number of bunny-shaped chocolates delivered by the Easter Bunny. This holiday, let’s do those candies one better by pairing chocolate with coffee to create your own delicious mocha treats. A chocolate treat for grown-ups! Prove to everyone, including yourself, that a touch of coffee enhances anything chocolate. Chocolate Mocha Sauce can turn a simple dish of vanilla ice cream into a gourmet dessert. It also may be used as a fruit dip, a cake drizzle or a cookie dunk. Mocha Fudge Brownies represent an easy fusion of coffee and chocolate, while Chocolate Truffle Cake mimics the flavor and texture of its popular namesake confection. All of these desserts offer tasty proof that chocolate and coffee are indeed the perfect pair.

Mocha Fudge Brownies

Kissed Quilts

by Marlene Oddie

Every Day Recorded–Temperature Quilts Needing some new inspiration for a unique quilt? One you don’t need a pattern for? One you can put your own creativity into? One you record each day at least one piece of information? I recently noticed a trend of Temperature Quilts. What is a Temperature Quilt you ask? Basically the idea for Temperature blankets has been around a while—crochet or knit a row of color based on a legend for the temperature high of the day. Quilts have taken it to a whole new level. I’m loving the creativity, individuality and archiving of a year that this concept provides. Here are some key components that will get you started. Choose what you’re going to record, i.e., high and low temperature, your mood, whether today’s high is higher or lower than average, precipitation conditions, whether you get your steps in or not or how many steps you do, etc. Create a legend for the range of values that could occur. This legend should then correspond to the color/fabric you will use. (See photo.) ROYGBP is a common schema with a range of values, but you might go for one or two colors with an even more extensive set of values—choose something that will work wherever you want to use the quilt. Select a design—flying geese, circle in a square, squares, hexagons, triangles, rectangles, hearts—anything you can come up with. Consider continuous blocks or organize them by week/month segments with sashings or breaks between them. I’ve found a variety of images posted online, if you need inspiration. There is even a Temperature Quilt 2019 Facebook group. In some of the stories I’ve followed, it wasn’t just about January 1-December 31 … they chose the start date as the first year in a new home or at a new location. Maybe first year of marriage or your 10th or 25th. Others are doing it in a sort of ‘improv’ way or incorporating beautiful border settings that really make it a statement quilt. The possibilities are endless and yours will be one of a kind! –Marlene Oddie (marlene@kissedquilts.com) is an engineer by education, project manager by profession and now a quilter by passion in Grand Coulee, WA, at her quilt shop, KISSed Quilts. at www.kissedquilts.com.

Recipes From Barbara Floyd Quilter’s Crockpot Stew

This recipe did not turn me into being a quilter but it did come in handy at times like newspaper deadlines 1 large can of chicken drained or use left over roasted chicken. Stir together in your crockpot and simmer 2 cans of Mexican stewed tomatoes on high for three hours. Garnish with 1 can of corn crushed tortilla chips, grated cheese, 1 can of pinto beans undrained avocado and diced green onions if 1 small can diced green chilies desired. 1 package of taco seasoning mix

Brownies: package fudge brownie mix Vegetable oil Eggs Brewed coffee ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans Mocha frosting: 1½ cups powdered sugar tsp baking cocoa tsp instant coffee powder tblsp unsalted butter, softened 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 to 4 teaspoons milk Following package instructions, combine brownie mix with appropriate amounts of oil, eggs and brewed coffee. (Substitute coffee for water.) Fold in nuts. Spread batter in sprayed or buttered baking dish. Bake according to package instructions. Cool. To make frosting, stir cocoa and coffee powder into powdered sugar. Combine with very soft butter. Beat in vanilla extract and 3 teaspoons milk. Mix until smooth, adding extra milk as needed. Frosting will cover 8- by 8-inch pan of brownies. If making larger batch, double frosting recipe

–A trained journalist, Janette Hess focuses her writing on interesting foods. She is a Master Food Volunteer with her local Extension service and enjoys collecting, testing and sharing recipes.

by Janette Hess Chocolate Truffle Cake

Cake: 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate (chips or baking squares) 1 cup unsalted butter 1 cup sugar 4 eggs 1 tablespoon flour ½ cup brewed coffee ½ teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract (if not available, regular may be substituted) Pinch of salt Topping: cup heavy cream ounces cream cheese, softened ¼ cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon instant coffee powder Fresh strawberries or raspberries for garnish In large, heavy saucepan or microwavable bowl, slowly melt chocolate and butter. Stir in sugar; set aside to cool to room temperature. When cool, beat in eggs, coffee and flour. Line 9-inch spring-form pan with foil; lightly butter interior. Spoon batter into pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 33 to 35 minutes, or until thin crust forms on cake. Cool and then refrigerate overnight. Before serving, remove rim and peel away foil. To make topping, whip cream in chilled bowl until soft peaks begin to form. Beat in soft cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and coffee powder. Serve thin pieces of truffle cake with topping and, if desired, fresh berries. (For an extra impressive presentation, drizzle with Chocolate Mocha Sauce.) Makes 12 servings.

Chocolate Mocha Sauce 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate (chips or baking squares) ½ of a 13-ounce jar (6 to 7 ounces) chocolate hazelnut spread ¾ cup heavy cream ¼ cup sugar ¼ cup brewed coffee In heavy saucepan, melt chocolate and chocolate-hazelnut spread over very low heat, stirring frequently. Add cream and sugar. Bring just to boil over medium to medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat. Cook, uncovered, for 8 minutes, stirring frequently. Just before removing from heat, stir in coffee. Cool to room temperature and then chill in refrigerator. Reheat in microwave oven before serving. Makes approximately 1½ cups sauce.

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Gloucester County Craftsmen & Home Show Gloucester County Craftsmen & Home Show Show,, returns on Saturday Saturday,, May 4th The 9th annual Gloucester County Craftsmen & Home Show, returns on Saturday, May 4th from 10am to 4pm. This one day event will feature 150 vendor booths full of handcrafted items, home décor, flowers, garden plants, home improvement services, health and beauty products, pet supplies and baked goods. The Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds, located at 275 Bridgeton Pike, Mullica Hill, NJ, will host this largest single day Spring Craft & Home event in South Jersey. Visitors to the event will find wreaths, baskets, quilts, ceramics, jewelry, candles, lotions, glassware, wood working, bird houses, country flags, stepping stones, flowers, baked goods, painting, spring home furnishings and decorated wine glasses. Over 30 Home Show companies representing hundreds of products and services will be on hand to help you make your spring home renovation ideas come to life! You’ll find everything you need for inside and outside the home from kitchens to backyard patios, to complete basement remodeling services. Come out and talk to the professionals about your next home improvement projects. In addition to shopping the event will show case the Spring Dog Parade & Contest, Little Miss & Mister Springtime Pageant, $500 gift card give-away, Painted Spring Rock

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www .Cr eamyAcr es .com www.Cr .CreamyAcr eamyAcres es.com Hunt, Farm Produce, Home Based Businesses, baked goods, pony rides, face painter, garden plants, fabulous food court and picnic style dining. The Gloucester Craft & Home Show is a pet friendly event. Visitors are ask to donate a can of pet food for area shelters and can be dropped off at the fairgrounds gazebo. Tell your friends and plan to attend! If case of rain the event will be held on Sunday, May 5th from 10am to 4pm. Vendors are being sought. Details and the show schedule are available at www.gloucestercraftfair.com or call Kathy Wright, event organizer at 856-765-0118. Artists and craftsmen from many states attend year after year. Shop from over 100 craftsmen offering everything handmade. Bring mom and spend the day with us on May 4th, 10am to 4pm.

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DEL AWARE DELA

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Declutter

by Jeanne Quinn

Treasures To Be Found While it's not yet warm enough to open the windows and let in the Spring breezes, it's never too soon to start 'decluttering', which seems to be in vogue right now. The question is, where to begin–the attic of course. Boxes and boxes, things not seen for years, so why not start there. And in the clutter, 'treasure', Great Aunt Emily's cookbook, or as it says on the tattered cover, Logbook 1919. Great Aunt Emily was a marvelous cook. She used butter and cream as though she lived on a farm and owned her own cow, instead of the fact that she lived in the heart of a city. The recipes, or in her words, the 'receipts', are not original but were cut from newspapers and magazines. The paper is brittle and yellowed with age, the scotch tape holding them in place has lost its glue, but the type is as plain as ever and range from peach catchup (not ketchup) to roast chicken to blackberry brandy, of which she was known to indulge in frequently. But there is one recipe in particular that must have come from prohibition days. It is See recipe on following page... here verbatim:

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PEDRICK TOWN - SSALEM ALEM PEDRICKTOWN

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Great Aunt Emily Recipe Collection Lobster ala Tom Thumb Probably from prohibition days.

Melt a piece of butter the size of an egg. Add 1 teaspoon finely chopped onion and 2 tablespoons chopped mushrooms. Fry together for 3 minutes, moistening with 1/2 glass of wine. (Of course you can get wine. Don't be silly!) Now put in your lobster, finely chopped, adding 3 tablespoons bread crumbs and 1/3 pint of cream. Simmer until thick. Serve on toast. Dance your head off after you have eaten it!

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Country Farmhouse Style

by Dave Emigh

This past fall, we dedicated a large room to a Rustic Farmhouse Style display at Shady Lawn Antiques. This was accomplished by starting with several large pieces of farm painted 100+ year-old furniture. With these pieces as the anchor, we were able to add smaller pieces to build the display. Actually, our friend Lori Richmond was excited to help us develop this new area. Not only does Lori have a great eye for design and display but she also has been decorating her farmhouse this way for years. Lori says, "I like the stories that these old pieces are trying to tell us. I also love to see the way the old paint on these pieces has drips and runs…" There really is no reference that says “Farmhouse Style is…” but there are some common threads. Those include some combination of: front porches, exposed beams, white (or cream) painted rooms and furniture, wood plank floors, glass cupboard doors, galvanized metal, open shelves, wooden bowls, fruit jars and anything else that might be found in an old farmhouse. Perhaps the word “modern, southern, or rustic” before Farmhouse Style is the most important descriptor. For example, “Modern Farmhouse Style” probably implies clean lined new construction that includes farmhouse elements such as a big sink, exposed beams, etc., with some authentic farmhouse accent pieces. Perhaps I am parsing words here but “Rustic Farmhouse Style” seems to imply that the majority of the pieces are actual (authentic) farmhouse pieces. At least that is our take at Shady Lawn so our Rustic Farmhouse Style furniture pieces feature original farm painted finishes, bare weathered wood or a combination of both. Our rustic furniture is ‘farm found’ but it is not presented in an ‘as found’ condition. We repair our farmhouse furniture so that it is structurally sound and it is not loose or wobbly. Our process involves the use of old nails, slot-headed screws, period appropriate hide glue, and plenty of clamps. We also make sure that all of the doors and drawers function properly. Each rustic piece is then thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned until it is ready to use. Lori provided the standard for our restoration. She said, ‘When you are done, the piece should still look rustic and no one should be able see what you have done. Can I sand this just a little bit? ... (Politely) no!’ Lori’s take on Rustic Farmhouse Style has added a ‘new’ dimension to our inventory. It blends very well with our other farmhouse pieces such as an 1870-80s step-back kitchen cabinet with its original varnish finish. –Dave Emigh and his wife Jill are the owners of Shady Lawn Antiques in Walla Walla, WA, perfectly located in the 1870s wood frame creamery buildings that Dave’s great-grandfather purchased in 1897. A professionally trained woodworker, Dave, specializes in the restoration of oak furniture. Shady Lawn, has become a regional destination for oak furnitureand rare and unique “small” antiques.

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ELMER

The Greater Elmer Area Historical Society Serving Elmer Borough, Pittsgrove Township, & Upper Pittsgrove Township

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Located at 117 Broad Street, Elmer NJ 08318 Established 1987

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Select Items on Sale! Easter & Spring Decor! Handmade-All Natrual “Cherokee Pride Soap Company” Kitchen Kettle Jams, Jellies and more! Old Shutters Flexible Flyer Wagons LIGHTED PICTURES • DECORATED OLD CHAIRS Candles & Homespun Material Potpourri • Legacy greeting cards Lots of Seasonal Items • 3 w. Bulbs, also Brown wire lights Decorated trees & tree decorations • Bella Taylor Handbags Crossroads Candles • Thompson Tarts ANTIQUES: Crocks, Jugs, Butter Churns, Coffee Grinders, Kitchenware, Yelloware, Wood Advertising Boxes, Benches, Buckets, Water Cans, Old Sleds, Cupboards - late 1800-1900’s, Enamel top tables, Milk Bottles - New Jersey, Old Quilts, Cookie Jars, Vintage Doilies, & More! NOW OPEN! Military Ellm er St & Park Av Avee Building Military WWII 203 E items, We buy and sell! Elm er, N J 08318 Bldg open Fri & Sat. 856 856--358 -2310 (When shop is open)

Easter Basket Surprises by Susan Baldani

Easter is a time of deep meaning for Christians all over the world. It is, of course, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. However, as children, our focus was probably more on the Easter Bunny and what he would leave in our baskets come Easter morning. Spotting those baskets full of goodies would make our faces light up with joy. So why can’t we celebrate both the true meaning of the day and still have some of the fun we remember as kids? After all, adults appreciate surprises as well. Once my stepchildren grew out of the whole Easter Bunny and basket tradition, I still found myself filling one every year for my husband. I enjoy finding unique and exciting foods and other items for him to wake up to on Easter. Instead of candies and toys as I used to buy for the kids, in his basket are bags of trail mix and protein bars, flavored popcorn, maybe a book or movie, and possibly even some clothes. Of course, I still get him a chocolate Easter bunny since it wouldn’t be a true and complete Easter basket without one. How about doing an Easter basket for a special adult in your life? If you have a best friend or partner who loves to knit or crochet, fill it with yarn, needles, some patterns, or even a gift certificate to their favorite shop here in The Country Register. If your favorite someone likes wine, fill up that basket with a couple of bottles and maybe some gourmet cheese and crackers, a whimsical wine stopper and a bottle opener. If there’s room for more, include a couple of festive wine glasses and candles. For those who like to read, books, magazines, colorful bookmarks, and a book light can easily fill a basket. Have a sports nut in the house? How about some beer and delicious snacks for that upcoming game on ESPN, or an autographed picture or jersey of their favorite player? Tea lovers would appreciate an oversized colorful mug, a tin of fresh tea leaves and a tea strainer. If you want to go fancier, there are a ton of pretty tea pots and cozies. Many of these items can be found right in your local stores. Give the adults in your life a wonderful surprise to wake up to on Easter morning. However, they may love the basket so much that you’ll have to do one for them every year. But that’s okay; they’re worth it. And if you’re lucky, maybe you’ll wake up to your own basket of specialties next year. –Susan Baldani writes articles about small town life, decor and food for various magazines across the country and Canada. You can contact her at suebaldani@yahoo.com or through her website at www.mywritingwall.com.

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A Cozy Quest

by Cathy Elliott

Stories by a Writer and Closet Collector

Tea cozy (USA) or cosy (UK)? Either way it's spelled, cozies have a firm place in the tea-loving home & add a lot of personal style to the setting. Growing up, we never used one, though my mom was known to brew a pot of tea now & again. But cozies were mentioned in the historical fiction romances I practically inhaled. Thus, it seemed to me the proper way to cross a tea. It is said that when the Duchess of Bedford made afternoon tea fashionable in 1840. However, its use was not documented until 1867. Still, I wondered what kind of cozy the Duchess used for her intimate tea parties? Did they match her dress? One can find myriad cozies fashioned to look like animals, beehives, cottages, cupcakes or even a bouquet of flowers. AKA - a posy cozy? They might made from any sort of fabric like: brocade, velvet, wool, linen, cotton, patchwork, or felt. Or knitted from sturdy yarn to fit like a wee hat over the pot. When I see one of those, I remember Dobby, the house elf, who wore a tea cozy hat in the Harry Potter books. Still, I had no desire for a cozy for my teapot...until...I saw a Martha Stewart video online, "How to Make a Tea Cozy." Monogrammed, no less. It was elegant & it was Martha. I filed the cozy idea in my mental filing cabinet & flagged it. When I took afternoon tea at my friend's house, I noted her red transferware pot covered with a cozy out of something linen rich, one side decorated in needlepoint. Gorgeous! Plus, it really did keep the tea hot. And...it was gorgeous. My friend tried to remember which site she had ordered it from - a store in Bath, England? We couldn't find the link. Now, I was on a cozy quest. I haunted Etsy & eBay, my usual hot-spots, putting several choices on my "Watch" page. Though hearting other pretties, none were right. After the needlepoint cozy, my standard was high. Then I found some charmers on eBay, handmade out of vintage materials. One of white linen with antique trims. One cut out of an old Christmas table cloth. The last crafted from vintage tapestry material depicting a genteel scene with two ladies & a gentleman caller. What bounty! How could I decide between them? I couldn't. I bought them all, secretly assuring myself that one or more would be a gift for another tea-taking fan. But will that actually happen? Shhh. That's a cozy secret. –Cathy Elliott is a picky antique collector, an avid quilter, a musician, and ardent reader. Crafting cozy mysteries and more, Cathy enjoys all aspects of the writer journey. Especially late in the evenings, when she turns into "Night Writer!" Books: A STITCH IN CRIME, A VASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, MEDALS IN THE ATTIC Visit her website & blog at: www.cathyelliottbooks.com

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PITMAN - VINEL AND VINELAND

Simple Life Primitives Raji & Ray and... The Scarecrow Factory

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Observations and Confessions

Quilting Inspiration Can Be Found at by Deb Heatherly Advertisers on These Pages Is your quilting mojo in a rut? Do you need inspiration for your next project? Here are a few ideas that you may not have thought of. The Garden Center: As winter ends and spring begins, stop by your local garden center. The rich greens and vivid colors of the new plants, will help jumpstart your color senses. Take note of the flowers that really grab your eye and which flowers look great when placed next to each other? Look for those colors in fabric at your local quilt shop and then incorporate them into your next project. Surrounding yourself with the colors you love will help lift your spirits in a way that nothing else can. Your local Quilt Shop: Plan an afternoon to spend time perusing the books, patterns, and displays in your favorite store. Something is sure to grab your eye and the staff there can help you choose everything you need to get started. Take a friend and make it a girl’s day out. Shopping with a friend is always more fun that shopping alone. It might be just what you need to not only jumpstart your creativity, but to also refresh your inner self. While there, ask for a list of their upcoming classes. Sometimes taking a class and learning a new technique is just what you need to get going again. Antique Stores: I love to browse antique stores and sometimes it’s just what I need to spark an idea. I love to unfold and take a close look at the antique quilts, reflecting as I do, on the quilters that came before us. I marvel at what they accomplished with limited supplies. Thinking about them cutting out all those pieces with just scissors and templates make me very thankful for rotary cutters and acrylic rulers. Suddenly cutting does not seem like such a chore and many times I’m ready to rush home and get busy. Thrift Shops and Garage Sales: While a thrift store or garage sale might not seem like the place to get inspired, don’t count them out. On more than one occasion I’ve come across an old magazine that contained an article that caught my eye. At 10-25 cent each, this type inspiration is a bargain. Mark the pages that make you stop and smile, and ask yourself why they do. Is it the color, the pattern, or both? Perhaps your new project is hidden somewhere between the pages of this simple find. Home Decor & Gift Shops: : I used to tell hubby to go to these type stores without me when shopping for gifts for me. But I realized that while he is picking that perfect gift for me, I’m busy browsing the beautiful displays. I’ve found that the colors and designs on the rugs, table linens and curtains can take on a whole new perspective when you

Declutter. Simplify. Focus. Organize. Essentialism. Minimalism. Big buzz words for 2019. Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing has now spawned a popular television series as well as other decluttering books. Just reading the following titles will make you want to dive in, dump out, and declutter you junk drawer. • It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff • Banish Clutter Forever: How the Toothbrush Principle Will Change Your Life • The Joy of Less: a Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life • Getting Rid of It: The Step-by-step Guide for Eliminating the Clutter in Your Life • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less I’ve cluttered the column with too many titles, but focus on this: Less IS more. Minimalism is BIG. A clutter-free home helps us focus on what is truly important. The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life asks viewers to post their motivation. So my bathroom mirror reads: Mess = Stress = Embarrass & Get rid of the junk to see the jewels. Now my family is reaping the rewards of finding treasures we didn’t remember we had and ridding ourselves of the things that hid them. I love everything about all the cleaning and donating and discovering--except for taking out the trash after a purge. But one Trash Day I was rewarded when I spotted jewels as I took out the junk. Across the gravel road from our pile of trash, spun beneath the branches of a nearby tree, was a spectacular dew-dropped spider web sparkling against the sun. A picture is worth 1,000 words so I went back to the house for a camera. With dew glistening on the web, the sunrise in the East, and a hayfield and farm in the background, this artistic display was an amazing juxtaposition to my morning chore. I’m glad I caught it that day as I haven’t seen it since. Marie Kondo, talk about sparking joy! Enjoy the PROCESS as well as the PRODUCT. If the item doesn’t spark joy, let it spark joy by donating it and freeing the space for something that does. What will you spot today as you declutter? In this new year, revisit, recycle, and renew you, and take out the trash so you see what’s on the other side of a new year! © 2019 Ann Stewart, Ann’s Lovin Ewe. No reprint without permission.

look at them with quilting on your mind. Even the colors in wreaths and candles can provide inspiration. (I often ending up finding a little “gift” for myself.) Your Local Guild: If you are lucky enough to have a local quilting guild it might be just the place to get you back in the groove. There, you can make new friends, learn new techniques, and take advantage of the guest speakers who bring with them a wealth of knowledge and ideas, as well as great quilts to show. Most guilds also host annual or biannual quilt shows. Take the time to go. One can’t help but get inspired by the quilts and vendors at a show. In a nutshell, I guess what I’m saying is that inspiration is all around us. You just have to take the time to look. I challenge you to do just that, and I guarantee you that it won’t take long until you have a new project in mind. Watch out world. Let the cutting and stitching begin! –Deb Heatherly is a designer for r Creative Grids® rulers and tools. When not in her studio, she is on the road doing Creative Grids® lectures and workshops for guilds and shops across the country. She is the designer of the Creative Grids Cat’s Cradle tool, Strippy Stars tool, Turbo 4 Patch, Ultimate Flying Geese tool, and the new Cat’s Cradle XL. She is the author of the books ‘Cat’itude, Strippy Stars, 4-Patch Panache, The Ultimate flying Geese Book, and Catitude XL. Visit her website at www.Debscatsnquilts.com. You can contact her at Debscatsnquilts@aol.com.

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MORRISTOWN - RED BANK Daily 11-5pm Sundays 12-5pm

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195 West Front St. (732) 842-3393

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Appliqué Needle Felting Instructions

by Deb Stratton

Become Inspired

by Annice Bradley Rockwell

Decorating, Entertaining and Living in the Early American Style – The Promise of Spring After the season of winter which is often remarkably cold and gray, the slow and subtle transition to spring can be appreciated deeply when we take the time to observe. As the small changes in our world begin to unfold before our eyes, we become filled with hope over nature’s promise of spring. The once frozen earth begins to soften and its signature scent of spring is one that conjures up a feeling of newfound freedom. We become grateful for upcoming days when we can work in the herb garden and feel the warmth of the sun as it makes its way to us through a cutting March wind. If we look closely enough we can see wonders all around us. Tiny spires of new growth breaking through the earth and the colorful transition from a bleak, brown landscape to a joyful triumph of green gives our soul a much-needed lift. It is nature’s way of reminding us to be patient and that with this patience we will reap a reward worth waiting for. Blessings of a Country Life The season of spring brings with it a sense of spirited freedom. We are naturally beckoned out-of-doors to enjoy the embrace of a warmer day when we are more free to explore and excited to create. One of the early traditional tasks in spring is to work to prepare one’s garden to create a space that is not only useful, but beautiful. Kitchen herb gardens were often close to the homestead where herbs could be clipped for culinary as well as medicinal use. Herbs such as parsley, thyme, marjoram and lovage can be planted either right next to the back steppingstone of our home or can be arranged in a small but efficient raised bed. Tending to our herbs and anticipating the joy that they will bring us is one of the sacred blessings of leading a country life. The time spent caring for our hardy herbs is always returned to us when we taste their essence on a summer salad or in a fall stew. A Soulful Bond Other traditional spring chores can be equally rewarding. Tending to our yards after the long season of winter brings us somehow closer to our deep sense of home. As we rake up sandy bits of earth that have crept into our lawns, or as we repair a primitive picket from our pasture’s country fence, we are doing more than just working. We are reinforcing our bond with our home and connecting with it. We are showing pride for what it soulfully gives us. And in the season of spring our outdoor efforts give us a sense of our own vitality and strength as we and as all of nature reawakens to begin again. As the season of winter slowly drifts away to be replaced by happy spring, take time to notice the spectacular beauty that it brings. Feel the warm blessings that come with your hard work on that first often-magical spring day when nature’s promise is finally revealed. –Annice Bradley Rockwell is an educator and owner of Pomfret Antiques. She is currently working on her book, New England Girl. NewEnglandGirl2012@hotmail.com

1) Start by laying down the base fabric over the needle felting mat, positioning the area to be appliquéd. If appliqueing on a sleeve, you may have to cut a smaller piece of foam work surface to fit up sleeve. 2) Decide what design you would like to start with. Tracing out your design on the base fabric with a Vanishing fabric marker or using a tracing tool like a shaped cookie cutter may be helpful. 3) Lay down your carded wool/roving, that you want to attach, onto the base fabric in the orientation you like. Starting out with smaller amounts of wool and adding more wool as you need to it is better and give you more control with your design. 4) Using the needle felting tool, or a single needle, start poking the needles down through the carded wool/roving into and through the base fabric. The needles have barbs that catch the fibers from the appliqué piece and push them down into the base fabric. You may need to lift your project off your work surface periodically so as not to “felt” your project to your foam work surface. Make sure to cover the whole piece with needling, paying attention to edges so they don’t pop up. 5) Enjoy your felt appliqué! – ©Deb Stratton of Emma‘s Garden Primitives which can be found at Wool-ology: 242A Greenfield Rd, South Deerfield MA 01373; 413-350-5158; info@woolology.com; www.woolology.com or via facebook as wool-ology. Wool-ology is building community through fiber art as a natural fiber shop and maker space.

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Use this pattern for embroidery, wool applique, punch needle or rug hooking, painted projects or whatever your imagination can dream up! Reduce or enlarge pattern as desired.

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March & April 2019

CAPE MA Y MAY We are back! New location...

St i tc h B y St i tc h

Olde Pear Primitives 523 Lafayette Street Cape May, NJ 08204 Telephone: (856) 269-4730

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Please join us April 6th from 10am-6pm at our NEW location in the beautiful and historic Cape May for our ... Grand Opening Celebration and Spring Fling Open House! Then mark your calendars and hop on in because the celebration continues April 13th from 10am-6pm! Stop in for any last minute hostess gifts you may need! We will have a pick an egg for a discount for that day Plan on visiting Olde PPear ear PPrimitives. rimitives. rimitives... a destination for the best in local hand made and home decor! Browse...shop...relax and enjoy some light refreshments this

OPEN EVERY DAY 10AM - 5PM (Please Call First: 609-898-9606 or 866-563-5399)

at our new location! We hope to see you soon!

Washington Commons • 315 Ocean St., Unit 9 Cape May, NJ 08204  Cross Stitch & all the “goodies”  Needlepoint We will be having classes.  Custom Framing Please call for information.  Punch Needle

April 6th and April 13th

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Hours: Tues-Sat 10-5; Closed Sun & Mon Check us out on FACEBOOK & Instagram to stay up to date on local happenings and specials!

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Classes: Learn to Knit, Crochet, Needle Felt, Spin & Weave

Planting A Garden of One’s Own by Kerri Habben This is the nineteenth spring I have tended our land, though it is the forty-first I have lived upon it. When my Dad died in 2001, it became my privilege and responsibility to take care of our yard. It became mine in name last year at the end of my mother’s life. Yet, I never consider the land to be mine. Its’ spirit also belongs to all who came before me. Last year was my first year to enjoy the garden by myself. I recall that it was an exquisite spring, and that our irises bloomed extra vibrantly. However, in retrospect, I see that I only went through the motions of planting a garden. We usually buy about four flats of flowers, but I purchased one. I did plant some perennials, including chrysanthemums, a lily, and a hydrangea given to me in memory of Mom. These have all returned, as well as the new rosemary plant I added to the herb garden. Every summer I always look forward to making small bouquets for the house and the back porch, usually a simple arrangement in a mason jar or pitcher. Last year I barely fixed any. I still appreciated the garden’s gentle grace, but somehow it just wasn’t imperative without someone to share it with. This was one of the first lessons I learned after Mom’s passing. It takes time to love yourself with the same devotion you love others. This year I know that the garden I plant needs to be more about my own growth than it is about keeping traditions. My family no longer needs an earthly paradise; they have heaven. In the spring of 2001 I hoped to tend the land with the integrity Dad had applied to it. In doing so, I found mowing the lawn to be an optimum cure for grief. That autumn I wrote the poem at the close of this article. Since March 2018, it has again been a year of planting seeds in the soil of a different life. It has been a time of turning over the earth, uprooting, and tending. What new nutrients now feed this precious life I live? What flowers are emerging within and around me as I truly tend my own garden? –Kerri Habben is a writer, photographer, and crochet instructor living in Raleigh, NC. An avid crocheter and knitter, she learned these skills from her grandmother and mother. Many of her yarn creations she donates to those in need. Kerri has gathered a decade of essays she is working to publish and can be reached at 913jeeves@gmail.com.

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• Cape May Fiber Company Hand Dyed Yarns • Sundays - Technique Class at 1pm • Mondays - Open Knit Group at 1pm • Thursdays - Knit Technique Class at 6pm

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Mowing the Lawn by Kerri Habben My yard is a plethora of weeds grown wild, interspersed with patches of real blades of grass. But the rabbits dine on the clover and the violet leaves gather round the cedar stump from after the hurricane. It is land where cows once grazed, and a big boulder of a rock graces the front yard as an altar completes a cathedral. My yard is a plethora of memories gone to seed, rooted in ubiquitous Carolina clay intermingled with fertilizer and lime. And there is the vegetable patch and the flower patches, built up with timbers by the man who became the father I loved. He mowed the grass, edged the walkways, and on the deck stairs, there are penciled lines, steady and true as he was when he lived. My yard is a plethora of responsibilities become sacred, walking where he walked, back and forth, uphill and downhill, to the rhythm of motor and blade. I mow around the big boulder of a rock and the vegetable patch and the flower patches. I walk and I feel the grass and the weeds beneath me, and the words pulse through sweat and skin, muscle and cartilage, to bone and marrow: and now it is my turn.

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The Country Register of New Jersey and Delaware

MARMORA - TUCK AHOE TUCKAHOE

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Spring in Tuckahoe Signs of Spring will be showcased at the Spring in Tuckahoe Craftsmen & Home Show event! Visitors will find everything they need for Spring decorating and home remodeling Tuckahoe, New Jersey, April 6th, 2019 10am to 4pm: The Spring in Tuckahoe Craftsmen & Home Event is coming to the Upper Township Community Center, 1790 Route 50, Tuckahoe, NJ, on April 6th, from 10am to 4pm.This one day gathering of artists, craftsmen, home improvement and direct sales vendors has something for everyone. Over 80 vendors are expected to participate, and the event is held indoors. Visitors to the show will find wood furniture, doll clothes, pet treats, bird houses, painted stemware, ceramics, glass arts, photography, outdoor furnishings, watercolors, spring wreaths, hand crafted jewelry and country crafts, Direct sale companies and Home Show companies will be on hand offering savings on hundreds of

products and services. Get a jump start on your spring home improvements and decorating needs by visiting this 4th annual show. Whether you are seeking a gift or in need of something special for yourself, you’ll find everything you are looking for at the Spring in Tuckahoe Craftsmen & Home Event. Shake off the winter blues and discover the signs of spring at the show. This event offers free shopping bags, free plant seeds, great food, bake sale, give a-ways and more. General admission free with a pet food donation or a $1.00 donation for the Beacon Animal Rescue. Stop by their booth when you visit the show. Save the dates, invite your friends and plan to attend. Vendors seeking to participate can call Kathy Wright 856-765-0118.

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