Mary, I always look forward to your newsletter every month and seeing the new patterns you have on your web site. Your site is the best and the patterns are so cute. Happy Autumn
Complete kit from The Posy Collection - includes 18 Ct. Aida, floss, needle, chart, instructions, and color photo of finished project - finished size is 7" x 10"
La Belle was one of four ships in a 1684 expedition led by the legendary French explorer Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687) under the aegis of King Louis XIV. La Salle was charged with establishing a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River, creating trade routes, and locating silver mines in Spanish territory to eliminate Spain’s chokehold on the Gulf and create a base from which to launch attacks on New Spain and seize control of its silver mines. Hardships plagued the French expedition as it was attacked by pirates, overshot the Mississippi River, and landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas shore. La Belle was wrecked in a violent storm and La Salle eventually was murdered by his own men. It was this French incursion into Spanish territory that became the catalyst for Spain’s renewed attention to the region that would become Texas and their ultimate settlement of the area.
