Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Visiting Marjorie Norton in Blacksburg, VA


Nat's cousin George and his wife Marjorie live on top of a hill overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains in a big house George designed 13 years ago. It was beautiful...and full of an amazing doll collection that Marjorie has so tastefully displayed in their home. We had a nice visit and then went out to a local spot for dinner. I encourage my other cousins to come here to visit!

George is in Bangladesh and so we missed him. He is an Agricultural Economist. He does International Development-not using pesticides. He has grants from the Gates Foundation and the EPA. Their son, John, lives in Seattle.We might be able to visit with him too.
Many of the dolls she has are from countries George has visited in his work. Others are antiques.
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Some dolls, like this Last Supper scene, are from craft fairs.

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