Doreen, the lady in the middle, stopped by the job site this morning to show us the "Dear Jane" quilt she made. She made the entire quilt by hand, not machine, (close to 5,000 pieces), all the fabrics are different (most are reproduction fabrics from the Civil War period), it took her 19 months and the work is absolutely beautiful (and, believe it or not, she is not bonkers!). Another lady in their quilt group made one in 9 months and two other ladies are nearing completion of their tops. So if you wondered what women do in Mason besides make monkeys....
Just down the road (within a mile) of Mason is Koochsville. (Loved the name.) It doesn't look like Kooch's old store is being used but it is a beautiful building although I'm not sure why he needed two front doors within a couple feet of each other. Thought I might find a clothesline but only free range chickens were "hanging out".
And, playing a bit of catchup, Monday is cattle auction day in Mason and the auction yard in only 3 or 4 blocks from where we're building the house. When someone stopped by to make sure we went down for a few minutes if we'd never been there, I thought I'd better go. Obviously, if you don't drive a pickup with a deer-catcher attached to the front, you're just not with it. This was a real auction where you couldn't understand a thing the auctioneer was saying. (What's happening with auction attire? Some of the guys were wearing baseball caps instead of cowboy hats! Honestly, what is Texas coming to?)
One of those white pickups with a deer catcher drove by our campsite this evening and the teenagers in the back yelled out the window, "We love your hippie van!" Tillie sat up a little straighter.
