Ocean Views

Some other views on the way home.

On the Way Home

We accidentally got to see part of the Kinetic Sculpture Race as we passed through Ferndale on the way home Memorial Day.

Uncle Red

While in Ft. Bragg we visited with my uncle, Red Burke, who enjoys restoring old cars, scooters, and anything else mechanical that he takes a liking to. He is in his 90's now and still working each day at his home shop.

Ft. Bragg Quilt Show

Memorial Day weekend we traveled to Ft. Bragg, California, in Mendocino County, to a quilt show. It was held in three different buildings downtown and we met some very nice people during out stay there.

The quilt on the left is Linda's sample quilt and the one on the right is Kristen's.

Linda Ballard Retreat

The first week of April, my daughter, Kristen, flew up from Los Angeles and we attended a Linda Ballard quilting retreat here in Weaverville. I decided I would pick my fabrics from my "stash" which was great, but I didn't have enough. Thank goodness for e-bay! I found more of the fabric I needed there and was able to make my blocks at the retreat. Unfortunately, after I had all of my blocks made I decided to double the size of the quilt I was making so I had to double the number of blocks. Needless to say, the blocks aren't done yet. Yes, one more half done project waiting to be completed.

Roseburg Quilt Show

On April 17, 18, & 19 we (my husband the fish man and I) traveled to my hometown, Roseburg, Oregon for the lovely quilt show they had there at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. We were impressed by the quilts on display and enjoyed visiting with the lovely ladies putting on the show and the other vendors. The weather was quite exciting. . . we had sunshine, rain, hail and snow during our stay. Allen would go check the weather every hour just to see what was happening at that particular moment.

Sleeper on the Couch

My youngest daughter sacked out on the couch Friday, still wearing her pioneer dress. The sixth graders had a "In the Old Days" dress up day at school. What 12 year old girl doesn't like to dress up?

Snow Days

We had a total of about two feet of snow here, which packed down to around 6 inches and then stayed and stayed and stayed. It was cold and dry for a week, so it wasn't melting off very quickly. I woke up this morning to a new dusting of snow and tiny flakes falling from the sky. Of course the weather report said we would have high clouds and no precipitation. I spoke to my older sister in Montana and she told me it was snowing heavily and they have had snow on the ground since Thanksgiving. We discussed skiing, the price of snowshoes, and feeding the wild turkeys that have moved into town looking for sustenance. My business partner and I have started the first of three Electronic Marketing classes through the "local" college. They are internet classes so we don't have to drive all the way to the college campus to take them. So far, so good. We hope to get our website (for Textile Traditions, our quilt/fabric shop) set up for business as soon as possible. Check us out at TextileTraditions.com. Here are some more snow pictures of our town.