Taking a break

It seems odd to being doing this, but I am taking a break from reenacting the 18th and early 19th century.  Other than maybe an event or two for the kids to attend (they LOVE this and I love that they do this), I will be attending little to nothing of public events.  For a variety of reasons, I need a break from it.   I will definitely still be indulging my inner history nerd, but I plan on doing this on my terms here at...

Bison Bling

Over the summer, I made a trade/deal with my friend, Kelly and for my part of the trade; I was to paint her buffalo robe.   Kelly works for the Meskwaki Department of Natural Resources and manages their bison herd (among other duties).  For the design, she chose a very bison related design from an old robe that is currently at the Musee Quai Branly in Paris.  I decided to make a somewhat simplified version of this design but...