Good Morning. It's 52º here and very foggy AGAIN! I can't see the sky to tell if there are any clouds, but a quick check of the radar doesn't show any rain near-by.
A few more Underground Railroad quilt patches. Be sure to read yesterday's post to see why I'm putting these on.
It is believed that in order to memorize the whole code, a sampler quilt was used. The sampler would include all the patterns arranged in the order the codes would appear. Stitches and knots also played a role in the code. Stitches were placed to represent maps, and knots indicated a scale in miles. The messages remained hidden in plain view until everyone planning to escape had completed the signaled task.
All this information is from "Hidden in Plain View- A Secret Story of Quilts & the Underground Railroad". by J. L. Tobin & R. G. Dobard PhD.
The Flying Geese pointed the direction to travel with a solid color band. The Shoe Fly signaled a place to find clean clothing and take a bath.

The Bear Paw signaled a purposed safe trail through the Appalachian Mountains.

The Bow Tie meant there was a "safe church" in the area.

My first Gladiola. Another sign of the disappearing summer season.

A couple of my blue-egg laying chickens.

A large flock of Crows landed in this tree in our back yard. They were making a terrible racket almost trying to out do each other with their LOUD caws! This only shows a few. There were many more, and they kept up the noise for about 10 minutes!