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The Search for Hall’s Violet

in 1871 Illinois botanist Elihu Hall took the train to Oregon to collect botanical specimens. Sometime in the 1850’s Hall had discovered there was a market for specimens of native plants from the west…plants that had never been collected or identified. His first collecting trip was in 1862 to Colorado, accompanying Dr. Charles Parry (the […]

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October 2, 2013bonniehull

Oregon Capitol Has a Birthday!

On April 25, 1935, our stately old Capitol building burned, alas.  To the ground. A new building was built, a cornerstone was installed in a big ceremony… and a statue of a golden pioneer was placed atop the building… 75 years ago…and this is birthday week.  We heard the capitol building was decorated like a […]

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Trying to be Modern
Trying to be Modern
Violet's quilt
Ugly fabric challenege
Ugly fabric challenege
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travel quilt 1
V of G/VFW
V of G/VFW
Spring
Spring
travel quilt 2
SRH
The babyshower quilt...each guest brought some fabric and I put it together...
The babyshower quilt…each guest brought some fabric and I put it together…
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SPRIING DETAIL
Turbulence
For getting born
For getting born
Lennart's quilt
For Sidney/Dreamtime
For Sidney/Dreamtime
Hull10
quilt stack
Hendrica's lost quilt
Hendrica’s lost quilt
Red wood
detail Matisse
detail Matisse
Rose
Rose
Grace's quilt
For Emma
For Emma
Colette
Colette
Spring
Italian red and white
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