Triangles Quilt

"Thousand Pyramids" Quilt

This is a quilt I made back in 1980.  My mother used it and more recently, my daughter has been using it.  I repaired it once, in 2015, replacing some of the torn patches and wrote about it, here.

Well, daughter brought it back down with her on this trip.  It's due for more repairs!

Worn and Torn

I don't know if cutting out more triangles and piecing them individually on top of the torn patches will work, this time around.  There are too many sections that have been worn and torn:

At least five patches need to be replaced in just this section

My daughter doesn't mind what the quilt design is; she only wants it to be soft!  

In the meantime, I've given her another quilt to take up with her.  It's one that I made in 1990, called Texas Star Quilt. 

What would you suggest I do?  Should I make a new quilt top and attach that over the existing quilt top?  Or, should I sew triangles to cover the torn ones?  What would you do?

Rain on Wednesday!

 

Tomatoes: How They Were on the Plant
Left Side in the Shade, Right Side in the Sun

The Shaded Side - Green

The Side that Faced the Sun

According to last night's weather forecast, we were supposed to get a thunderstorm and some rain early this morning!  We did receive about 10 drops of rain around 2:30 a.m., when I was getting ready for bed, but, then, it stopped and I thought that was that.  But, according to M, we did get lightening and thunder and some rain very early this morning!  I must have slept right through it!  It was cloudy when I woke up, but, the ground was dry.

M was here in the morning to tend to the garden.  He removed the tomatoes that were on the plant he gave me.  These tomatoes are about an inch in diameter.  You can see that they are still green on the sides that were not exposed to the sun and bleached white on the side that did receive the sun's burning rays.  I think it is accurate to say that the tomatoes got cooked on the plant!  We also harvested a handful of tiny potatoes - there were a total of five and they all fit into the palm of my hand!  I boiled them and my daughter and I had them with our dinner!

Daughter and I spent a pleasant afternoon painting!  First, we did some water color painting:  

Field of Poppies
(Daughter's Painting on Top)

I really like how she painted the sky.

Then an acrylic painting:

Field of Sunflowers
(Daughter's Painting on the Right)

My sunflower field obviously didn't get enough water!  LOL.  The acrylic paints were messy and by the time we finished painting, we were both covered with paint!  But, we had fun!

We had some of the fish rolls and fish filled pastries (called patties) from the Sri Lankan restaurant for our brunch and the leftover stringhoppers and pittu for dinner.

Today's daytime high was 91F; not too hot; it has cooled down to 81F now, at 9:00 p.m.  Tonight's low is supposed to be 67F.  It drizzled, again, around 7:00 p.m. - another 10 or 15 drops of rain!  It didn't wet the ground, but, we could hear the raindrops on the patio roof!  I went outside and I felt a drop or two of rain fall on my outstretched hand!    

Today, I am grateful for:
- Whatever rain we received
- M tending to the garden
- Painting with my daughter
- Yummy leftovers for our meals
- Today's garden harvest of tiny potatoes and two parboiled tomatoes!

Today's joyful activity was painting with my daughter.

Tomorrow is supposed to be another warm day with a high of 90F.  We are planning to have another relaxed day.

How was your Wednesday?  What are your plans for Thursday?

Mending on Saturday

One of the table cloths that I used during the almsgiving in January had developed a small hole.  I noticed it when I was ironing it, after I had laundered it.  I don't think the hole developed because the fabric was worn, even though the table cloth is one that we brought with us when we left Sri Lanka in 1973.  I think perhaps a piece of hot ash from one of the incense sticks I had burned during the almsgiving fell on the fabric and burned the small hole.  It's a small table cloth, just 32 inches square (we used to call them tea cloths, used to cover the tea table, etc.).  I decided to mend the hole:

Darned Hole

(Sorry, I didn't take a "before" photo)

The quality of the darning left a lot to be desired, even with the current trend for visible mending.  But, I wasn't too concerned, because the darning was just the beginning!  Step 1 of the mending process, if you like.

This was Step 2:

Cross Stitched "Rose Bud" (Sort of)

I selected some embroidery floss from my collection and did a free hand version of a cross stitched rose bud.  I didn't follow a pattern; I just wanted to cover up the darning.  Why cross stitch?  Well, the table cloth already has cross stitched roses and other flowers on it, already, along with some drawn thread work.   

Mended Table Cloth

The existing pattern is very symmetrical, but, I left my one rose bud on its own.  The lack of symmetry doesn't bother me. 

Then, I moved on to mending another items, but, I haven't finished doing that, yet.  

In between mending, I walked around the garden, took a few photos for the WPSH, watched the Olympics on TV, cooked a chicken curry for dinner (brunch had been leftover mac and cheese with fresh oranges to follow; sardines on toast for tea), ran the dishwasher, cleaned the litter box, and chatted on the phone with friend R.

Today, I am grateful for:

- A sunny warm day
- Fresh oranges from the tree
- My stash of embroidery thread
- Being able to see well enough to embroider
- Working appliances

Today's joyful activity was watching ice skating.

How was your Saturday?  What are your plans for Sunday?

Fresh Oranges in the New Fruit Bowl

January Decluttering

White Ceramic Snack Bowl

I'm trying to keep better track of new items coming into the house, this year, in addition to what is going out/being decluttered!  I am counting only what I am acquiring and household items, not what my daughter has been receiving!

Items Received:

- a scarf (New Year's gift),

- a pair of elastic knee support braces that my aunt insisted on sending to me (she thought that wearing them might help me not fall; shh, don't tell her, but, I haven't worn them yet!),

- two sweatshirts,

- two sweatpants,

- a white ceramic bowl which came filled with some packaged snacks.  My daughter likes the bowl, so, I am keeping it.  I think it can be used as a fruit bowl or, maybe, even a mixing bowl

- a set of 4 new food containers (gift from friend R).

That makes a total of 11 items (I'm counting the knee braces as one item!)

Decluttered items include:

1 wooden painted Santa box & poinsettia flowers (craft supplies; made into a decoration & gifted)

1 decorative container (filled with gifts and given)

3 nylon mesh exfoliating scrubbies (donated)

2 teacups & saucers (turned into candles and gifted)

1 plastic placemat (tossed)

4 bottles of lotion (donated)

2 books (donated)

1 pair holey socks (tossed)

2 pairs of dance shoes from back when I took dance classes (not likely to take dance classes again)

Jazz Shoes (Donated)

Ballet Shoes (Tossed)

The jazz shoes were in good shape and were set aside to be donated; the ballet shoes were tossed.  I did hold onto the leotard and the ballet skirt, though!  Don't ask me why!  I just wasn't ready to let go of them, yet!  

1 cone of novelty yarn (donated)

1 jar bath salts (donated)

1 scarf (donated)

A few food containers (given away with food and a note saying do not return!)

There were a few other items such as chipped glass jars, dried out acrylic paint containers, and such that also got tossed, which I haven't listed here, which put me over the 31 items I wanted to declutter this month.  There is also a huge trash bag full of clothes that my daughter decluttered from her closet, which I haven't included, as I am trying hard to concentrate on my stuff. 

I feel confident saying that I have decluttered 20 items more than what came in (without taking into account the stuff my daughter decluttered).  

My February decluttering goal will be 28 items.  

Did anyone else do any decluttering in January?  Anyone planning to join me in February?

Painting on Thursday

 

Our Paintings!

Today, in the evening, daughter and I took an art class offered online by one of the craft supplies stores!  It was a free class, probably sponsored by the company producing the acrylic paints they were using for the class, which was fine with me.  I have bought their paints before, although daughter and I used the cheaper store brand acrylic paints we already had on hand, today, mixing colors to get what we needed (red and white to get the pink, for example).  The class was good, but, just a tad too fast paced for me!  It lasted one hour and I worked on my painting for another 30 minutes or so before I was happy with it.  But, it was fun to do, especially since I was doing it with my daughter.  I have signed up to take another painting class, next Monday, but, that time will be without my daughter as she has an exercise class at the same time. 

The painting is supposed to be of birch trees against a sunset sky!  The technique being taught was reverse painting, using painter's tape to block off the areas we wanted to be our trees, then, painting the background colors.  Once the background was painted, and before the paint dried, we were told to remove the tape and paint the trees, using the edge of a plastic card dipped in paint and scraped across to get the lines.  We used cardboard and while daughter mastered the technique well, I struggled!  In the end, I cheated a bit and used my paint brush to get the markings on my trees!  LOL.

Can you guess which painting is whose?  I'll give you a hint - daughter is better at blending her colors than I am!  Yes, that's her painting on the right of the photo (closer to the back cushion of the sofa) and mine on the left (closer to the edge of the seat).   

Daughter placed them together and we discovered that they fit together nicely to form one painting!  I just need to practice my blending a little more!

Together They Make One Picture!

In addition to painting, I cleaned my bathroom, did a couple of loads of laundry, and ran the dishwasher, today.  I also walked in the drive way for 15 minutes (a shorter length of time than yesterday, but, at a slightly faster pace while being very careful not to fall!).  Afterwards, I walked around the garden, taking some pictures and picking a few things: two oranges, three lemons, five peapods, and a handful of Japanese purple mustard greens:

Today's Harvest

Daughter and I had the oranges for a late afternoon snack.  The peapods were added to the bag I have in the fridge to make a stir fry, tomorrow.  Daughter cut up and sauteed the mustard greens in a little sesame oil, soy sauce, and mirin to have with our dinner.  Daughter had quinoa with the last of  the chicken she had cooked earlier, and the sauteed mustard greens; I added the mustard greens to my bowl of spaghetti and meat sauce.  I've remembered to put a chicken breast to thaw for a chicken stir fry, for tomorrow's dinner.

Today, I am grateful for:

- The new pharmacy notified me that they have mailed one of my medications and provided me with a tracking number
- Free online art classes 
- Working appliances 
- Garden harvests
- Not falling when I walked!

Today's fun activity was taking the painting class with my daughter!

Plans for tomorrow include - taking down that Christmas tree!  If I keep it up any longer, I might have to decorate it with hearts and call it a St. Valentine's Day tree!  LOL!  M will be here, tomorrow evening, and I will have him take the Christmas bins to the garage for me.  Other than that, it will be a relaxed day.

How was your Thursday?  What are your plans for Friday?  Have you taken any online art classes?  

Sunday Fun

 

Cranberry-Almond Mini Tarts

An early morning (7:30 a.m.) phone call from cousin P woke me up, this morning.  Not an emergency; she just wanted to know if today was when the donations pick up was scheduled.  No, it is scheduled for Monday morning.  Later in the morning, she called again to apologize for waking me up so early!

I made blueberry pancakes for brunch and chatted with neighbor T (our regular Sunday phone call).  In the afternoon, I did some laundry (the sofa slip covers).  Later, daughter and I did a craft project together, using a melt and pour soapmaking kit she had received as a gift several years ago.  That was fun and we enjoyed quite a few laughs in the process.  I took some pictures, but, they are for another post.

Then, I got the donations ready for pick up in the morning, boxing up 50 manga/anime books and 25 DVD my daughter decluttered along with some other items of hers, which were not included in my monthly decluttering totals.  I decluttered several additional items to be donated.  They included:

Clock Radio 

This was a gift I received back in 1982, at one of my jobs, from my coworkers.  I've used it every day, since then, as my bedside alarm clock.  But, I have another, battery operated alarm clock and I don't need two clocks.  

Painted Wooden Letter Holder

Sideview Showing Clothespin Holder

This was a little gift from my half sister, one year.  It's cute and I used it to hold a cat-themed card she had given me.  But, I decided it was time to let it go.

It was also time to let go of the little piano player doll that I had bought for my daughter one Christmas when she first started playing the piano - she didn't much care for it and I had it displayed on my shelf:

Piano Player Doll

I had displayed it in the original box, which had kept the doll dust free.  I used to put my daughter's hair in ringlet curls like that!  

And it was time to let go of these two dolls, too, which still had their original boxes:

Seated Native American Doll

Standing Native American Doll

All in all, there were seven bags and three boxes ready to be donated this time around:

Donations

Dinner was rice, shrimp curry, moringa curry, dhal, and broccoli.  For dessert, daughter and I baked mini cranberry-almond puff pastry tarts!  We used frozen puff pastry and some homemade cranberry sauce I had in the freezer.  The cranberry sauce ran all over the baking tray, as you can see from the picture on top, but, the little tarts are delicious!  

Today, I am grateful for:

- Enjoying doing a crafts project with my daughter
- Baking with my daughter
- Getting the donations ready for pick up
- Phone calls and texts with cousins, neighbors, and friends
- What I was able to accomplish

Today's joyful activities included doing crafts projects and baking with my daughter.

Plans for Monday include, donations being picked up, putting the washed slip covers back on the sofa, and my regular Monday cleaning routines.

How was your Sunday?  What are your plans for Monday?

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September Decluttering:  I am continuing to declutter at least one item a day in September, too.

9/1 - 1 Crossword book, completed (recycled)

9/2 - 1 T shirt (daughter's; to be donated)

9/3 - 1 knitting book (to be donated)

9/4 - unused cards (to be donated)

9/5 - 1 participation medal (daughter's; tossed)

9/6 - 1 seashell necklace (to be donated)

9/7 - 3 copper bowls (to be donated)
      - 3 text books (daughter's; recycled)

9/8 - 1 text book (daughter's; recycled)

9/9 - 2 metal spare parts that are no longer needed (recycled)

9/10 - 1 CD (chemistry lecture supplement; daughter's; tossed)

9/11 - 1 bag of small plastic toy reptiles and amphibians (3 snakes, 4 frogs, and 4 lizards; to be donated)

9/12 - 2 crocheted shawls

9/13 - 1 ice bucket printer paper tray

9/14 - 1 homemade iPad cover

9/15 - a set of 4 stem glasses (to be donated)

9/16 - 3 books (daughter's; to be donated)

        - 1 handbag/purse (daughter's; to be donated)

        - 2 telephone directories (recycled)

        - 3 magazines (recycled)

        - 1 knitted shrug (to be donated)

        - 2 zippered plastic covers that bedding came in
        - 2 storage boxes 

9/17 - 1 jacket (to be donated)

9/18 - 3 disposable food containers (given with food)
        - 1 hooded sweatshirt (to be donated)
        - more old make up (eye liner that was dry! Tossed)

9/19 - 1 old wash cloth that was torn in the middle  (tossed)
        - 1 wooden cat shaped letter holder
        - 1 clock radio
        - 3 collectible dolls
        - several posters (daughter's; recycled)

Granny Square Blanket on Thursday

 

The Granny Square Blanket

I finished tidying yarn ends of the Granny Square blanket, today, and washed it.  It is big enough to cover the top of a twin sized bed.  Considering the fact that it was made from leftover yarn, I think it turned out quite well.  I told my daughter that it will be my birthday gift to her!  Well, along with the video games I am ordering for her.  It fits her bed, nicely, and, when she goes back to Berkeley, she can take it with her to use on her sofa, if she likes.  Who knows, maybe it'll become a family heirloom!  

It's been a good day - sunny and warm.  I did some housework (dusting and vacuuming), watered the back garden, hand washed a few clothing items, practiced the piano, chatted on the phone with friend R and friend A, cooked a stir fry for dinner, and spent the evening singing some old songs with my daughter - my mother's favorite song (Whispering Hope), my step-father's favorite song (Danny Boy), etc.  We also put in an order of groceries to be picked up, tomorrow afternoon, and another order of some household items to be delivered.

Today, I am grateful for:

- Completing the granny square blanket 

- Singing with my daughter

- Phone calls with friends

- Water for the garden

- What I was able to accomplish 

Today's joyful activity was singing with my daughter.

Plans for tomorrow include picking up groceries, doing some gardening with M, and deciding which work in progress to finish, next!

How was your Thurday?  What are your plans for Friday?

Decorating the Tree on Saturday

I woke up, once, at 6:00 a.m., this morning, and considered getting up for the day.  But, I had gone to sleep after 4:00 a.m. and knew that two hours of sleep wouldn't be enough.  So, after going to the bathroom, I went back to bed and slept till practically noon!  Oops!  But, I got eight hours of sleep!

After a brunch of scrambled egg, bacon, and toast, I started on decorating the tree.  I don't have a theme or a color scheme when it comes to decorating my Christmas tree.   My ornaments are a varied collection of colored glass balls I bought one year (1980) during an after Christmas sale (the first Christmas ornaments I bought), dollar store finds that reflected daughter's interests, and gifts from family and friends.  

Music Notes (the year daughter began piano lessons

Ballerina (year daughter began dance lessons)

Ceramic Angel from my mother

Snowflake from a friend

Light Bulb Cover 

It took me almost four hours to decorate the tree!  It reminded me of why I don't put up the tree every year!  LOL.  I did take a break to have a cup of tea and start sewing the seams on my new sweater.  I watched news and a couple of holiday specials on TV while I decorated.  

Today, I am grateful for:

- Being able to sleep in!

- My collection of ornaments

- Holiday traditions

- Memories

- Chatting with my daughter

Today's joyful activity was decorating the Christmas tree.

Assuming you put up a tree, do you have a color scheme or a theme for your tree?  Or, do you, too, have a collection of ornaments gathered over the years?

Tuesday

Tuesday was a somewhat productive day.  I woke up earlier than I have been waking up and, after I had my cup of tea and replied to blog comments, I read a few blogs.  Then, had French toast for breakfast.  Afterwards, I called and rescheduled a couple of my medical appointments.  Then, I practiced the piano, went though the last folder of medical papers and brought in the trash cans as soon as the garbage trucks emptied them (three different cans - yard waste, recycling, trash - and three different trucks to collect them!).

In the afternoon, after lunch (salad and 1/2 pastrami sandwich), I tidied and dusted the living room and the dining area.  I put away the household supplies that were delivered, earlier, and updated my inventory.

Then, I went through my cookbook shelf to see if I could declutter it a bit further and pulled out a book that had belonged to my mother (published in 1959).  But, it contained some old and, in my opinion, more authentic recipes for certain dishes from my childhood, including a recipe for love cake that calls for 25 eggs for 1 lb. semolina!  In comparison, the recipe I've used, which I copied down from another cookbook my mother had, calls for 18 eggs for the same amount of semolina, and the later, revised version of that book, which my mother bought for me, calls for 10 eggs.  The last time my daughter made the cake, she compromised and settled for 12 eggs.  Halfway through reviewing the recipe book, I called friend R and we reminisced about our families making some of these dishes.  Somehow, I couldn't bring myself to declutter that book, so, I put it back on the shelf!  It isn't a very big book and there is room for it on the shelf.  

I did declutter the broken tea cup that I had blogged about, here.  I know I debated about gluing it together and repurposing it, but, I decided that I can't declutter if I repair and keep everything!  

In the evening, I had my piano lesson.  I didn't get any stickers, today, because I need to practice a lot more!  

Dinner tonight was the last of the slices of roast beef I had cooked and frozen, made over with broccoli, carrots, and potatoes:

Beef "Stew"

I was going to add onions and tomatoes to it, but, I forgot!  Oops!  I had an orange for dessert.

Afterwards, I washed the dishes, emailed a friend, and video chatted with my daughter.

Today, I am grateful for:

- What I was able to accomplish

- Old cookbooks

- Being able to reminisce with a friend

- Piano lessons

- The technology that enables us to do so many things online

Today's joyful activity was going through the old cookbook and reminiscing with my friend.

I have been doing abbreviated To Do lists since I hurt my toe, as walking and standing for any period of time has been painful.  But, the toe is getting a little better, so I am going to make a list for tomorrow; some of these are from Tuesday's list, which I didn't do!

Wednesday's To Do List:

- Dust family room and my bedroom

- Water the garden, back

- Water the house plants

- Paperwork/filing

- Put away the pantry stock up items

How was your Tuesday?  What have you planned for Wednesday?

Killing Two Birds with One Stone

There is an idiom in English that says, "To kill two birds with one stone", meaning accomplishing two goals or objectives with one action.

The Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt has two prompts - #11 Something you need to throw away and #15 Something inherited.

Even though I didn't intend to take photos for either of these prompts when I washed the dishes, last night, that is exactly what happened! 

I like to use a couple of my favorite tea cups when I drink my tea.  I usually alternate between the two.  The morning tea is drunk in the cup I showed earlier, in the Old Country Roses pattern:

Old Country Roses Tea Cup and Saucer

The evening tea is drunk in a cup from a tea set I inherited from my step-father's mother.  At one time, it must have had at least six cups and saucers, along with the teapot, creamer, and sugar bowl.  By the time I received it, there were only two cups to go with the six saucers and the sugar bowl had lost its lid!  For the longest time, the remnants of the set sat in my china cabinet, on display, rarely used, although I remember using them daily when we were back in Sri Lanka.  Then, a few years back, I decided that I was going to use the good china for daily use, again, instead of keeping it only to be disposed of after my death (at the time, my daughter wasn't interested in the old china, although, she now says she will probably keep the old tea sets!).

I usually wash the tea cups first and put them away before I washed the rest of the dishes.  Yesterday, I got lazy and relaxed.  I kept the soaped tea cup on the edge of the sink and went to take a long handled serving spoon to wash next and the handle knocked the cup off the edge and this was the result:

Broken Tea Cup

As far as I know, this pattern has no name.  This is the scene that is painted on all the pieces - I'm showing the saucer, here:

A Japanese Landscape with Mt. Fuji in the Background

The cup has no marking on the back, but, the saucer and all the other pieces have a mark:

Crown and Cross Mark on the Back

The crown and cross mark has been used by many china manufacturers, but, I have not been able to identify this particular mark, especially with the "hand painted" written beneath.  I am not sure where it was made, but, it was obviously made for export.

What makes it extra special is the secret it holds - at the bottom of the inside of the cup, there is an imprint of an image of a geisha:

Imprint of A Geisha on the Inside Bottom of the Cup

Well, what's so special about that?

Raise the cup to the light and this is what you see:

Hand Painted Image of Geisha

An image of the geisha appears as if by magic! 

I don't know exactly when my step-father's mother received this tea set as a gift from one of her daughters, but, it is safe to assume that it was sometime before her death in the early 1960s.  I am now left with one cup in the set.

And this photograph that meets the criteria for both SPSH prompts #11-Something you need to throw away and #15-Something inherited, thus "killing two birds with one stone":

Broken Inherited Tea Cup!

The old saying in Sri Lanka, when some china or glass breaks like that is that all the "vas" (ill will/evil eye) left the house!  It's a good way to justify the breakage, I suppose!  Not to mention one way of decluttering!

I guess I had better return the last tea cup back to the china cabinet and find another tea cup for my afternoon tea! 

From Beaded Moccasins to Glittery Gloves

Native American Beaded Moccasins

One of the things that interested me the most were the items of clothing and other dress accessories that were on display at the museum.   They were garments worn by the various inhabitants of the west, by those who portrayed the west in shows and movies, and others.

Cahuilla Sandals made from yucca, before 1934

I photographed what appealed to me, but, didn't always take careful notes about the items I photographed.

Fringed Collar and a Woman's Moccasin Boots (Cheyenne, 1800s)

Beaded Collars

The beaded collars were part of regalia traditionally worn during ceremonial occasions by the Native Americans in the West.

Chilkat (Tlingit) Dancing Blanket, circa 1875 

Dancing blankets were part of the regalia worn during ceremonial occasions.

Two of Three Chief's Blankets on Display

Part of the Description of Chief's Blankets

Native American Clothing: Red dress with rows of elk teeth, Crow, date unknown; Blue flannel dress with cowrie shells, Arapaho, collected circa 1932.

Child's Dress made of Hide/Leather

Infant's "Naming and Blessing" Dress

Woman's Dress Front

Woman's Dress Back

Officer's Uniform and Sword

Buckskin Coat worn by Captain Jack Crawford  

Captain Jack Crawford (1847-1917).  Union soldier in the Civil War, wounded four times as part of the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteers; moved to the Black Hills region of Dakota Territory, the first newspaper correspondent there.  Later, chief of scouts in Custer's Indian campaigns, and carried news of the battle of Little Big Horn 350 miles in three and a half days.  Ended his frontier career as an agent for the Department of Justice, charged with arresting bootleggers who sold alcohol to North American Indians.  He later joined William "Doc" Carver's wild west show.

Jackets worn by Canadian Traders

Saltillo Serape and Sombrero

Belonged to Governor Pio Pico, mid to late 1800

Woman's Two Piece Outfit, Circa 1885 - Front

Woman's Two Piece Outfit - Back

One of the galleries was devoted to costumes worn by various stars in movies and performers:

Costumes worn by Rex Allen

Costumes in Movies

I am not that much of a movie enthusiast, especially Westerns, so I didn't take a lot of pictures of the movie costumes.

But, I couldn't resist taking a picture (a rather blurry one, I'm afraid) of this display - costumes worn by Michael Jackson, part of a display titled, "How the West was Worn":

The Glittery Glove, the one worn on the cover of Vivo, the last time it was worn

That was my visit to the Auntry Museum, in several posts!  I really enjoyed my visit.  As I said to one of my friends, where else can you find Native American artifacts and Michael Jackson's glittery glove under the same roof? 

Hope you enjoyed visiting the Autry Museum with me.