Snow in Wyoming

Evanston, WY snowing!

Homeward Bound

We said our good-byes to Adam, Tessa, and her mom this morning. First north to Sacramento, then east on I-80 heading towards home. Elevation 5-6 thousand feet in the Sierra Nevadas.
















After a 5 minute walk this morning, Skipper settled down to sleep. He will be staying with us until Adam and Tessa are settled in her first assignment.

Fisherman's Wharf

We had a delicious lunch at Crabby Jim's on Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey to celebrate Tessa's 25the birthday.
















Lots of  sailboats!

Quilted and gifted

I finally finished the quilting at 9 pm Pacific time Friday night. Too tired to stitch the binding on, I set the alarm for 6:30 am. By 7 am,  the quilt was trimmed and  I was stitching. It was a 3 hour drive to the party in Vacaville, just enough time to hand sew the binding and attach the label.






June is holding the quilt as I snapped a photo of Adam, Tess, Bob, and her. Unfortunately, any photos of the entire quilt will have to wait til I return home, as I didn't take any with my phone.

Pacific Grove

While Adam was in class, DH and I went to Pacific Grove south of Monterey. I remembered that there was a quilt shop there, Back Porch Fabrics. Pull out the phone, search google maps, and 0.8 mile away. To drive or walk? Walking it was, after so much sitting in the car, it was good to stretch out legs. The quilt shop was bright, cheerful, and very friendly. I found something special to take home for Wes.











Our return walk was along the bay. Nice breezes and sunshine.

Laundry

Some moms are good at cooking for their children. Some moms are good at soothing booboos. Then, there are some moms who are good at doing laundry. Guess which one I am?

California Bound

We left Tucson at 3:30 am with the temperature at 86 degrees. By 10:30am we crossed into California.

Now, we're in the Mojave Desert, 93 degrees and sunny. Little dots of vegetation growing on the hills.
I have finished 3/4 of the quilting on the gift for DH's uncle. I hope the sores on my fingertips heal!
Til next time,
Mary

Traveling through West Texas

This is what surrounds us as we drive on US 20 through west Texas on our way to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. The temperature is 91 and dry. I am continuing to hand quilt the lap quilt, but sore fingertips make it a slow process.
Til next time,
Mary

Lousiana

We were on the road to Louisiana at 6 am. Car time has been good for hand quilting and crocheting. I have been working on a lap quilt for DH's uncle, who will be 90 this month. It is a modified version of Darlene Zimmerman's Hummingbird pattern. A little more than 1/4 of it is done so far.


I am crocheting doilies to give as gifts to family that we are visiting.






2:30 pm eastern time... Louisiana!

Atlanta Botanical Gardens

Sunday was a perfect warm, sunny day to visit the botanical gardens in Atlanta, GA. The special exhibit was mosaicculture: Fish, a dog, an ogre, earth goddess, and cobras.