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Sunday, April 21, 2024

Festa Della Terra 2024

For the past four years, our friend (and the wonderful realtor who helped us find our current home), Natalie Marrone, has been holding Festa Della Terra. It’s an “artful food drive” held around Earth Day that benefits PORCH, a local organization with programs that distribute fresh and non-perishable food to families, pantries and schools. This year we set our goal to feed over 600 families in our community for a full month! It was held this past Saturday in Natalie’s backyard, featured artists, musicians and refreshments. People were invited to come and to bring bags of food or a cash contribution. 

It was lovely to see all the art hanging and displayed amidst the trees in their fresh green spring leaves. 

Looking to buy or sell a home in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro/Hillsborough/Durham NC area? I highly recommend Natalie as a realtor! You can find her here: https://www.nataliemarronehomes.com/

 

Anatolii Tarasiuk

Deenie & Flip

David Hinkle

R. Scott Horner

Natalie Marrone

Will Ridenour

My display

Talking to visitors

My work hanging amid the trees

My work on the treehouse

4 comments:

  1. I just saw a Facebook post of yours, maybe for the first time. I love your work, inspired by nature’s creations. I’m from Shipshewana, IN… a large Amish, Mennonite community and I share my collection of the “ great grandmother” Amish quilts with groups in a trunk show venue. I am curious about your Brubaker Knapp family names. Do you have any Amish or Mennonite heritage? I enjoyed your cicada photo 😊

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    1. Hi, Rebecca! Yes, my Brubaker name is Swiss (probably Bruppacher originally) and they were German-speaking Mennonites who came to Lancaster County PA in 1717 to escape religious persecution. My ancestors came west across Pennsylvania, to Berlin/Somerset County and then on to Beaver County. I grew up in Pittsburgh.

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  2. are you okay ?? Suddenly you are not on Saturday AM PBS Quilting Arts. No explanation so there is some concern. thank you

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    1. I caught Covid right before the shoot, so I couldn't host. I'll be back next series!

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