Having one day to change my mind-set from a quilting retreat to a visit to Alaska to see DS & DIL-to-be, I took a deep breath and got on the plane.  A full day of travel from Sacramento to Seattle to Anchorage, saw DH and I landing in the "land of the midnight sun".  Actually that should read "land of the 3:00 a.m. sun!"  It never got dark there and it was hard for us to get into sleep mode at our usual bedtime.  

We were staying in a great B & B in Chugiak that had a…

Seriously you would think I would know better!  And I deserve the extra work.

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I had a fabulous time babysitting DGS--but--there is a reason we have our children when we are younger. That little guy ran us ragged. But fun too. We, he and I, had a confrontation one day. He elected to stay in his naughty corner rather than concede. He is his father's son. I can still remember having a similar stand off with his daddy at about the same age. The battle of wills might still be going on if his granddad hadn't brought home some watermelon. Surrender. (Thank goodness). All…

What a week! Julie brought this quilt of Barbara's to Vintage Stitchers on Thursday:

She had finished the quilting. Barbara inherited it from a friend who passed away.

Barbara also showed us this lovely confection she had just finished piecing/appliquéing.…

Well, today is day one of our road trip plane trip to North Carolina.  I so wanted to take the motorhome and spend a month on the road but DH reminded me how tiring some days can be so he pushed his weight around and now we're flying.  I guess it's better than having the roof blow off the motorhome again, or the door trip to flap in the wind again, or the windshield wipers to quilt again, or the batteries to fail, again.  Things I don't…

On Sat my DS and I went to Minnesota Quilt Show in Duluth.  It was fabulous!  Very inspiring, overwhelming, etc.  My favorite quilt was the best in show titled "America Let It Shine".  A fabulously patriotic quilt; it sent chills to my spine as I read the description.  I wish I had taken notes of what it represented including 13 Colonies, 50 states, Pledge of Allegiance, Gettysburg Address, Constitution.  It had 5,121 Swarovski crystals representing the number of words in the Constitution. …

Our baby robins arrived about 4 days ago.  Someone asked how high in the tree the nest is; it is only about 2 feet off the ground.  Thank goodness our dog has not located the nest; sometimes he is oblivious to what is going on around him.  Here is a photo of the babies.…

Just returned from the Minn Quilt show in Duluth. What an incredible collection of quilts! I was inspired and overwhelmed at the same time to walk around and look at all of the quilts and the high caliber of quilting represented. It has become an annual event to share time with a quilting friend who enjoys quilting as much as I do - we take a class, check out all the new gadgets and ideas in the quilting world. Explore and find fun little cafe's along the way. Back to the real world tomorrow…