Precision Museum, Windsor, Vermont

According to the introductory video Windsor, Vermont and this armory turned into a gun manufacturing plant is where the American method of manufacturing was born. A need for rifles made quickly led to a method of manufacturing that created interchangeable parts and machines run by water power to speed up the time required to make them.

A subsequent show of this method at the Crystal Palace in London - the first World's Fair - had people convinced that a new age of precision was born.

I know you've heard of Silicon Valley, but before that there was Precision Valley starting in Windsor.

The Precision Museum is one of those small museums that packs a lot into it. The focus is machines that made manufacturing and subsequently life easier for all of our ancestors and us, too.

 

There is quite a collection of machines and at least one below, a gift, no one knows what it did.

The one above was a small one.  The one below is a large one and it's use is known I just didn't note what it was.

It was a blue sky cold morning on Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday when we visited.

Here are more of the collected machines.

These are facts I didn't know.

If you visit Vermont make this one of your stops.

I had to take this photo of the rear of the building. It looks like other buildings once were attached and all that's left are the ghost marks.

To end let me share this photo and video. It's a case of miniature machines.

You push a button and the machines start working.

Card-Making Class

 Last Sunday I had the opportunity to finally meet the woman who I've been ordering Stampin Up card supplies from since I moved to NH in 2020.  Lorraine lives about 50 minutes south of me and when she offered this Sunday class I readily signed up.

Lorraine has the entire basement devoted to her crafting. Here is the table all set for the class.

I couldn't capture it all but had to admire all the sample cards including this one I plan to replicate twice for the 10 year birthday of granddaughter #1 and the 2 year birthday of granddaughter #4.

We made three cards together, two birthday cards and a Valentine.

The one below was my favorite.  Before I mail this one off to a birthday recipient I need to make some more.

Lorraine is on the right below.  I'm in the back holding a card over my head.

A good time was had by all.

If you want to see what Lorraine is up to, visit her website HERE.

Groaners

 

Storm

This is our neighbor's tree along our driveway.  So glad it fell towards her backyard.  The other way would have been on our house.

We had quite high winds last night into early this morning.  Lots of rain too. 

I had planned to post this Saturday morning but as I sat to write the power went out.  It just came back on 10 minutes ago - 7 pm Saturday.

Dan was called by fire department (he's a volunteer) at 5 am because of  downed wires on the road south of here.  He didn't get home until 9:30.

We are glad we put in the woodstove.  It kept us warm and I used it to warm soup for supper.