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First Vacation in a Very Long While
The kids and I are on a little vacation this week at Lake Tahoe. We aren't staying at my favorite place, but this will do. We are up on a hill overlooking Carson Valley, which is in Nevada. I feel like we are up in an airplane, we are up so high! Tomorrow we hope…
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Out and About
Just a quick note to tell you I will be out and about for the next couple of days. My sisters and other dear female relations are going to San Francisco for some shopping and dining adventures. Hope to take some photos to share when I return!
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Barn Quilts for Your Home
When I was tearing through the Road to California quilt show in Ontario last week, my heart nearly stopped when I came upon something I have wanted my entire grown up life. A barn quilt. There was a booth,hosted by "Classic Metal Company", who had displayed heavy weight steel "barn quilt" blocks to use as…
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Where in the World Was I?
Palm Desert, California, is where I spent the past week. The photos I posted were all taken at the Living Desert Zoo and Botanical Garden. Thanks to all of you who played along and guessed where I was. Barbara L. was the first person to guess correctly. She and I have been in touch and…
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Copperopolis
Nothing much happening around here. I am keeping occupied by getting the binding stitched on to the Blissful Blossoms quilt that I recently received from Linda. Just a bit more to go and it will be ready to turn over to Sara. Today Sara and I drove over to Copperopolis, a nearby town with an…
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It Was a Fine Weekend
I took a road trip this past weekend! My first stop on Saturday, was to visit my sister Andrea and her husband Rick in Granite Bay. As always, Andrea made me feel completely at home, and cooked a fabulous dinner for us to enjoy. She made a shrimp and orzo salad that was an Ina…
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Milagro Cross
I did buy one thing at the festival. This is a milagro cross. Milagro means a miraculous surprise. Remember the Robert Redford movie The Milagro Beanfield War? That title was in reference to the miraculous greening of a long fallow bean field. The custom of collecting tiny metal votive figures and attaching them to a…
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Getting There
Not much to share. Just lots of progress being made on Christmas happenings. Today was my major shopping day. I just about finished everything up. And when I got home, I even wrapped my purchases. It went like this. One present for Sara. One present for Ahren. Two presents for Sara. One present for Dad. …
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Getting There
Today was a major shopping day. I left the house early, list in hand and hit the mall. I pretty much finished up my Christmas shopping , woo hoo. Then I came home and started wrapping the gifts. It sort of went like this: A present for Sara. A present for Ryan. Two presents for Sara. …
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Union Square at Christmas
We spent Sunday in San Francisco! We went to Union Square, saw the Christmas tree, shopped til we dropped, had an amazing lunch, and finished things off with drinks at the Grand Hyatt. The tree was great. Every year I wonder how they got such a huge tree erected in the middle of a big…