Had a fun discovery this week while visiting Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, MA. Lovely New England fall day, nostalgia in the air, leaves turning, Route Two beauty, mountains, antique homes, late summer flowers, it was a perfect day in my mind. Probably Seventeenth-Century Connecticut River Valley Blanket Chest at the Ashley House. We were making our way down "The Street" and we stepped into the historic Ashley House for a tour. I spied in the corner of the parlor a needle

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