Lancaster Traditions

March 2016 Update: Mud Sales, First Fridays, and the Quilt Show

As I mentioned in last month’s update, mud sales are the place to be for bargain shoppers! Not bargain as in always the lowest price,...

Handiwork Passed Down

Earlier this month I wrote about my own collection of Amish and Mennonite Quilts, and the role they play not only in Lancaster...

Lancaster Quilts: A Legacy Passed from One Generation to Another

Lancaster County is famous for its Amish and Mennonite quilts. In mid March theAmerican Quilters Society will fill Lancaster with avid...

An Amish Funeral

It was a quiet day and the weather was cold cause it’s winter. There were so many buggies lining our road … going to the cemetary on Eby...

Lancaster County Thanksgiving

This is the time of year that feels like you could blink too long and the end of the year would arrive. Part of it is that there is so...

Harvest Preserves

We love the summer time of year here in Lancaster County. There is so much produce and fruit and garden specials to be enjoyed and picked...