Continuing our series of quests for folly (towers), we visited Mount Greylock in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, because of Covid, we were not able to go inside the War Memorial tower, but…
Jane's Folly Posts
I have never felt so much satisfaction winning a video game before. As the credits rolled across the screen, playing the theme music in a lively piano variation, I watched…
After looking at a bunch of patterns, I created my own variation for a knitted pumpkin. I think it’s great to have decor that you can drop on the floor…
I’m thinking about designing some felt costume masks for Etsy, which made me go looking for the sugar skull mask I made for my son years ago. That one doesn’t…
Next on my quest for folly towers is Bancroft Tower in Worcester, Massachusetts. This impressive structure was built in 1900 in memory of George Bancroft. This one did not require…
I went on a quest for folly and found it on a haystack in Connecticut. To clarify, to start off my travel-based quest for folly towers, I started with the…
I’ve decided to have a new travel based quest, so that I can get my family out of the house in a relatively safe way. I thought about finding waterfall…
My (college-aged) daughter and I were discussing life skills, A.K.A. “adulting”. I realized that they have changed a little bit since I was starting out in the world. For example,…
I created a book house out of a 1996 world almanac. I took out the center and created a replacement base out of cardboard and decoupaged book pages. I then…
We are living in interesting times. I’d usually have most of my summer planned out already, filling my Saturdays with magicians, scientists and themed parties, teen gatherings one weeknight, elementary…
