CSHP - Petaluma Adobe

A 2011 specialized tour of the adobe with the State Parks Foundation preceded the festivities of the annual sheep shearing.

It was a fun day.  I highly recommend a visit on sheep shearing day!

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park 
Petaluma Adobe - Wikipedia

Christmas Snowmen

In 2017 I made snowmen for all the grand kids, my friends grand kids..and one for me.  They were so much fun I turned them into my Christmas card and also into a picture on the kids Christmas pajama tops.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Joining them in the boxes were reindeer and Christmas pillows.

Christmas Medley

A duo of christmas quilts.  These were the last two that I had someone else actually quilt.  After this I either quilted on the small machine or rented a long arm.

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Christmas Cactus

One of the early ones.  It is at Jessica's house.

CSP - Jedediah Smith Redwoods

Traveling down the coast in 1980 from a visit to family in Washington, we stumbled on Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.  It was lovely, a great place to stay for a couple of days and an opportunity for some early fishing.







Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park















Jedediah Smith Redwoods -wikipedia


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Prayer of St. Francis

I made this hanging for my Mom an Dad and it hung over their table for many years.  Currently it is hanging in my kitchen.

CSB - Monterey

My first visit to Monterey was in 1976 with Maura and William for our 5th Anniversary  

I've been many times since with kids, with grandkids and just Greg and I.  

Monterey State Beach  

Monterey State Beach- Wikipedia

Transportation

Another of Nicholas' adopted quilts! 

It started with that center tractor that just didn't look right on his big quilt and grew with all the left overs from that quilt!!!

CSP - Prairie Creek Redwoods

A stop on my way down the coast from Portland in 2019. The route was one beautiful park after another!

1. Prairie Creeks Redwood State Park
2. Trail Posts: A Literary Exploration of California's State Parks  Stephen Sillett and Marwood Harris climb 120 feet up a giant redwood in this passage from Richard Preston's Wild Trees

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Music

When wandering down the coast last fall, I found a remnant that had instruments in squares.  I could see a couple of the squares incorporated into quilts I was envisioning, but then I had all the rest.  In the end I just double framed the squares and added an embellishment.  One of the quilts went to a friend of Andi's, the other Andi kept!

CSB - New Brighton

Camping with the Fischers 1978

We went to the beach in Santa Cruz many times over the years, but I think this was our only camping trip there!

2020

 New Brighton State Beach  - More Pictures 

Seaside Sun

This is the first of a series of quilts with a lighthouse.  I found a fun pattern on my trip down the coast last fall with lighthouses,  Never one to follow a pattern completely I deconstructed and have used parts in quilts each with a different color scheme.  

CSP - Castle Rock

Another favorite over the years. It is a great place for climbing and hiking! The pictures here are from 1979.  Andi had attitude even then. 

Castle Rock State Park 

Castle Rock - Wikipedia

Rose Garden

I began this quilt in 1996 after a trip to visit Mom and Dad.  I wanted to do a predominantly white quilt, and picked out some fabrics when I was there. 

I had just finished the cross stitch roses in the center and thought they would be a nice contrast.

Unfortunately, the quilt didn't go as planned.  I was nearly finished with the piecing, the white area was small pieced hearts, and was just beginning to quilt when I discovered a couple of the fabrics were unraveling.  Discouraged I put the quilt away for many years, eventually replacing the white hearts with white stripes and finishing it in 2014.




Eighteen years after it's beginning it became one of my favorites.  It spends much of the summer on my bed.

CSP - Humboldt Redwoods

A slight detour off of Highway 101 on the way from Oregon to Redwood City brought me through miles of magnificent redwoods and all the other treasures of a good redwood forest.

Humboldt Redwoods State Park

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Trail Posts: A Literary Exploration of California's State Parks Willam Leon Dawson, author of the 1923  Birds of California describes the spotted owl, who he likens to a "patriarchal gnome disturbed in his slumbers."

Mission - San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo

Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo
1882 Isaiah West Taber #118

Founded on 3 June 1770, Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo, the 2nd Alta California Mission,  was the headquarters of all Alta California Missions until 1803.   It was the personal favorite of Fra. Junipero Serra who was buried there following his death in 1784.

His dying wish, the Basilica was completed in 1797 by his successor Father Fermín Lasuén. 

With Mexican secularization in 1834 the mission was virtually abandoned for 30 years and was in a state of disrepair.  Today it is considered one of the most authentically restored missions in California.  However, with the current restoration work going on in other missions that might be contest.

The mission grounds are open to all.  The museum was filled with interesting displays and artifacts. 

 It appears to be a very active parish today.  I visited on a Sunday and the church was standing room only. 

National Historic Landmark
California State Landmark #135
3080 Rio Road, Carmel, CA 93923

 

• San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
• Map and Guide
• Carmel Mission - NPS.gov
• Historic Carmel Mission - See Monterey.com
• Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo   Wikipedia
• California Missions Foundation

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