{"id":5844,"date":"2019-10-21T10:26:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T16:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=5844"},"modified":"2019-10-21T10:26:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T16:26:20","slug":"oot-and-aboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/oot-and-aboot\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Oot and Aboot&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/13\/fairies-+-fairytales?fn=nl_20191019193514\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RUMAGPWT_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5846\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5846\" class=\"wp-image-5846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RUMAGPWT_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RUMAGPWT_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/125\/northwoods-camping-fishing-wildlife?fn=nl_20191019193514\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EBHIDEDG_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5845\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5845\" class=\"wp-image-5845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EBHIDEDG_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EBHIDEDG_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/267\/inspiration-+-wisdom-spiritual-+-religion?fn=nl_20191019193514\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KAINRORB_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5847\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5847\" class=\"wp-image-5847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KAINRORB_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KAINRORB_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave you ever been on\na trip where you hope for bad weather? Tonight I am writing to you from\nChurchill on Hudson Bay, where the temperatures are hovering just above\nfreezing. They should be below the freezing mark. We are hoping for lousy snowy\narctic weather and bone-chilling wind this weekend, because that&#8217;s what the\npolar bears like! Polar bears come out to play when the ponds and bay start to\nice over. If it&#8217;s -30F, we&#8217;d see a lot of happy bears, but it is still pretty\nwarm here. <br><br>\nThursday I was out and about in Winnipeg. (or should I say&#8230; Oot and\naboot!&#8230;.eh?) I had a free day to go to the Human Rights Museum (one of my\nfavorites) and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. One of the new policies I see all over\nCanada, is to acknowledge when a building or an event is being held on the\ntraditional lands of one or more indigenous tribes. I was first exposed to this\nat Quilt Canada in Ottawa last summer. <br><br>\nThe city got the other end of that crazy storm we had in Boulder a week ago,\nbut it was a heavy wet snow in Winnipeg and there was severe damage to the\ncity&#8217;s tree canopy. There are branches all over town, power was out for\nthousands, and in some cases I saw big old trees snapped in half. <br><br>\nLately I&#8217;ve been reading history books when I travel, and on this trip I am\nreading &#8220;The Woman&#8217;s Hour&#8221; which is about the struggle for Women&#8217;s\nSuffrage 100 years ago. Did you know that the women who fought for the right of\nwomen to vote, were consider radical fanatics? Did you know there were women in\nthe US who fought against the Women&#8217;s Vote, long after Europe&#8217;s women won the\nright to vote? It is hard to imagine today, how a woman could argue against her\nown right to vote. I know of 2 quilt exhibits in the next year that are\ncelebrating the centennial of the 19th Amendment in the US, so I want to read\nup on the topic. My daughter is chomping at the bit to vote next year, and I\ndon&#8217;t want her to take this right for granted. <br><br>\nI&#8217;ve brought a pile of quilting books\/magazines up here to Churchill. My friend\nwho works at the research center is also a quilter, and it is almost impossible\nto get quilting supplies up here. However there is a long tradiiton of sewing,\nbeading and embroidery among the local indigenous people &#8211; the Inuit and the\nMeti. At the museum here today, we heard about how precious needles were before\nmetal needles became available. The needles were carved from bone, and it was\nnot unusual for more than one village to share one precious needle. Sewing was\na utilitarian activity in these remote villages, and yet they managed to\nproduce artful beading and embroidery that transcended basic needs. Today we\nstill consider our sewing tools precious, but aren&#8217;t we lucky we have so many\nchoices now? <br><br>\nsharing your Passion for Fabric&#8230; <br>\nLuana and Paul <br><br><\/p>\n<strong>Share Post:<\/strong><br><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5844&#038;t=%E2%80%98Oot%20and%20Aboot%E2%80%99&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5844&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F10%2FKAINRORB_MD.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=%E2%80%98Oot%20and%20Aboot%E2%80%99\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5844&#038;text=Hey%20check%20this%20out\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-pinterest nolightbox\" data-provider=\"pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5844&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F10%2FKAINRORB_MD.jpg&#038;description=%E2%80%98Oot%20and%20Aboot%E2%80%99\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pinterest\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/pinterest.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-linkedin nolightbox\" data-provider=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5844&#038;title=%E2%80%98Oot%20and%20Aboot%E2%80%99\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"linkedin\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/linkedin.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever been on a trip where you hope for bad weather? 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