ELFRETH'S ALLEY

I had so much fun this weekend playing a tourist in my own city with Lindsay. We headed to the annual Elfreth's Alley Fete day which celebrates the country's oldest residential street. It was a treat to tour inside the beautiful, historic homes. And Maureen from the Philadelphia Calligrapher's Society was on hand with quills and parchment samples from Pergamena. In no particular order: quills, parchment, fife + drum (don't you love the red heart on the uniform?), doorknocker, tops sold in the giftshop, the terrific mix of patterns on the apron, shirt and skirt of a woman spinning yarn, her red foot, yarn, a hankie, an old oven.