The First WalMart - or so they called it:
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| Looking southwest from the front door |
The Key's Ranch in Joshua Tree is a success story of an early pioneer of that area. In front of the house, they had what the ranger called the First Walmart of the area. William Keys was a rancher and miner and all around entrepreneur. In his front yard, he had a little bit of everything a miner or rancher might need to get it rich quick.
Keys was the closest thing to a store in the area. People would buy from him and go off to their holding. And Keys kept an eye on them. For once they gave up and left, he would go to their place and pick up all the things they abandoned and replenish his inventory - thus selling the stuff over and over (not that Walmart does that -LOL).
His wife got into the act by setting up a gift shop - but her sales were final - she sold soap, knic-knacks, snacks - not something you could recover. Here's her store: 
Stash Report/Design Wall Monday 1/16-17
I was gone this weekend, so I'm combining posts this time. I finished my secret block and changed out the 4 " squares on my 4 inchers on my yellow monochromatic challenge and used about 1/10 yd, so
So: Used/Donated this week: .10 yards
Used/Donated Yr to date: 4.1yards
Added this wk: - 0.0 yards
Total Yr to date added: -1.25 yards
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Total Used Yr to date 2.85yards
Hope to do better this week.
And now for design wall - it's still the same with the blocks although they are now the right size. I removed the 4" blocks and put 4 1/4" blocks and resewed them and now they are 8" like the rest. Hopefully I will have time to work on them, but I'm not optimistic as I have a treasurer's report and taxes to work on.
What's on you Design Wall?
So: Used/Donated this week: .10 yards
Used/Donated Yr to date: 4.1yards
Added this wk: - 0.0 yards
Total Yr to date added: -1.25 yards
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Total Used Yr to date 2.85yards
Hope to do better this week.
And now for design wall - it's still the same with the blocks although they are now the right size. I removed the 4" blocks and put 4 1/4" blocks and resewed them and now they are 8" like the rest. Hopefully I will have time to work on them, but I'm not optimistic as I have a treasurer's report and taxes to work on.
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