Ghosts of Fredericksburg

There's a Ghosts of Fredericksburg tour here on Friday & Saturday nights that I've been wanting to go to. If I would've thought of it before now then I would've asked Mike's mom to watch the kids so he and I could go. I don't know that I do or don't believe in ghosts. I guess I'm undecided. There sure are a lot of people around here that believe in them though. I've encountered several people downtown that own businesses in the historic part who like to tell me ghost stories and tell me about places there that are haunted. We spent some time downtown the other day. While there we stopped off to show Mike's mom the Confederate Cemetery. I don't usually make a habit of taking pictures of them but I'm really fascinated with this one and thought some of you might be too. It's very well kept up and I like reading or trying to read the tombstones and wonder about the people who are buried there.

I especially wonder about all of these guys here who died in the Civil War.

And this guy here who fought in the war of 1812.

If there really are ghosts in Fredericksburg, I would think there would be some lurking about in here. If only those trees could talk.

We had a really good week with my MIL. We did a lot of fun things and hate that she's leaving tomorrow. The week really flew by. I hate goodbyes and I really stink at them. It was nice having someone from home around. I really miss not having any family nearby. She's already making plans for her next visit. She's actually the only person at all from TX who expresses any interest at all in visiting. I'm really missing my mom today. I'll get to see her in a couple of weeks.

I did manage to finish stitching a little Christmas piece this week. It's the Christmas Motif Sampler from JBW Designs. I stitched it in Blue Spruce Weeks thread on a really light green piece of linen that was hiding away in the corner of my fabric box. I really like how it turned out. I think this one wants to be a pillow.

I also got word that my Christmas in July partner received the ornament that I stitched for her so I can post a pic of it now too. I sent to Kathy and stitched a piece from the Prairie Schooler's Cranberry Christmas chart for her. I really like that chart and this piece just looked like it needed to be on her tree.

So how many of you went and had a look at the panda cam? How addicting is that?! Or maybe it's just me LOL! I've been finding myself checking to see what they're doing just about every time I get online. I find them very fascinating and wouldn't mind being one of those people who stay up all night watching them. I'll be looking forward to seeing them in person again. Next time we'll go when we have an all day metro pass so we can just hop off the train and not have to worry about parking or paying to park.

We're off to D.C. again in the morning to take my MIL to the airport. While we're there I think we may check out a museum or two that we've not visited yet. I got to see the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington on Tuesday for the first time and that was really neat.