Showing posts with label Richard Nixon Library. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Nixon Library. Show all posts

Tour Guide

Some of my cousins from Houston, TX are here for two weeks and I've been acting as tour guide in the last few days.

First stop  - The Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda.
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This is the house Nixon's father ordered and built (it was a kit) on their 9 acre ranch.  It's 900 square feet.
The beds had quilts!

They were used all the time.  Here is a basket block quilt with signatures in the master bedroom.

This one was crocheted - a log cabin variation.

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This is the flag embroidered by one of the POWs.

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 There was also Pat Nixon's garden.

and a 140 year old rose!

the Rose Parade (My two cousins went along for the ride.)
I would have taken more photos inside the exhibits, however my battery was running low. More later.

Progrees is Made

Progress is made, at least some.  More blocks were added to the baby quilt I was working on (see previous post). More scraps were used. I...