Grandma’s Influence Family history influences various aspects of our lives. In my case, it inspired my guest room décor. I have a Grandmother Tribute room! The pattern of the bed quilt is aptly named “Grandmother’s Flower Garden”, more aptly because my paternal grandmother hand-stitched together all those 2-inch hexagons. Her artistic talents burst through in

    A Family History Rose Bush? As I look out my kitchen window and see the signs of spring, I also see a special rose bush that reminds me of a great-grandmother I never knew. Soon that rose bush will burst with pink blooms.Annie Chisholm, born in 1864, was the daughter of Thornton Chisholm, the blazer

        The northern shore of San Francisco Bay boasts homes and shops well over a century old. Some of these homes and shops were originally houseboats that docked long-term in a bay inlet. Really long term! The water was drained, and foundations were constructed around the bottoms of the houseboats. There is a