Summertime

This is another construction of multiple pieces...the bird is the end result of my week at Asilomar, the three cross stitch pieces have been hanging around for over thirty years, they were framed and had various homes.  The paper-pieced leaf and star, were technique trials.

I finished a few days before the start of summer and as I walked around the house to stretch I found a surprise box from my sister on the porch a wonderful construction of cherry summer plants that so wonderfully filled the empty pot by the front steps!!

SMCP - Crystal Springs Regional Trail

Many a walk or run took place on this trail over the years. 

Most likely our most visited County Park, well maybe after Edgewood!  Actually I'm sure that Greg visited this one the most, especially after he realized running the Edgewood Trails could be dangerous.

Thus ... it seemed the logical choice for a memorial bench for Greg.







Unfortunately, we chose the new section of the trail that we had first walked with the SMC Parks Foundation in 2014.  It had been slated to open later that year, and then again by the end of 2015, but complications with the dam held up the opening until January of 2019.  

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CSP / CSHM - Hearst San Simeon

A Trip up the coast after dropping Andi off at PCPA in 1992 included a stop at Hearst Castle. We probably stopped in the Park at that time, but I don't remember.  We spent a fun night in Cambria.

The park pictures are nearly twenty years later on a visit to Cambria with Maura and William.

• Hearst San Simeon State Park
• Hearst San Simeon Historical Monument
• Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument- Wikipedia

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Trail Posts: A Literary Exploration of California's State Parks Read this description of Hearst's Ranch from Samantha Barbas' The First Lady of Hollywood. 

Experiments in Glass

About the same time I took up quilting I took a stained glass class.  I was never really good at it, somehow, I couldn't get the hang of soldering.....but with Greg's design help here are some results....

These living room windows are now gone, years of stress left mutiple cracks and old windows needed a more efficient alternative

This is the back door windbreak

Fused glass came a lot later when we took a class after Greg retired.  This is my only piece!