on detective work…
long time, no posts! It’s been busy, my head full, and very little seems to even connect to quilting or art type stuff I normally write about. I am homeschooling again, so our days are full… but I am happy to say, the change out of public school has been a blessing. I fought it, but knew it was going to happen, and am pleasantly surprised with how it is going!
Anyway…
Every year when I polish my mom’s tea set, I wonder what the makers mark means. This comes from a bread basket dish/piece/whatever that belonged to one of my great great grandmothers. So, I google every year to see if a maker’s mark comes up that is similar, but haven’t found a match yet.
Any silver types that have an idea? I am also wondering if it really is silver, but maybe pewter. it doesn’t oxidize like the silver tea set, which makes me wonder. I think I have rubbed off the old patina that it may have come with… or maybe the silver content is so small it doesn’t oxidize? I don’t know.
Thoughts?
Welcome to my blog--it is mainly craft related, but it is a mixture of miscellaneous happenings as well. I live in the great Pacific Northwest, happily, rain and all! I am a multi-tasker by trade, enjoy quilting along with some beading, knitting, and general fiber art when I get a wild hair. I am also a homeschooling parent, but will likely not write much on that here. Enjoy! 
Sorry to but in on an unrelated post, but I just came across your discussion of ski boots for overweight people and I was wondering if you felt you’d solved your problem. I’ve been having trouble with rental boots, and I can’t be sure if it’s just because I don’t have enough thigh muscles to hold the stance that ski boots naturally put you in, or because I’m too heavy for the boot, or what, but I can’t get halfway down the mountain or halfway up the chairlift without having to stop and unbuckle my boots so I can stand up straight. My calves hurt, my thighs hurt, and I know I used to make it down the mountain without holding a picture perfect deep knee bend agressive stand. So…I loved coming across your blog, and I was hoping to get some more words of wisdom.
Signing off!