Monday, December 25, 2023

Monday, December 18, 2023

CSP - Andrew Molera

 


Andrew Molera SP is where we held Mom's Memorial after her death in 2011


Last Week Sean and I paid a visit at pretty much the same time of year.  It is still beautiful.  I don't remember there being Monarchs there before, however.  They were happily hanging around Cooper Cabin. 






Sunlight was dancing across the branches of this tree which is partially submerged in the water......unfortunately even with video I didn't manage to capture the mesmerizing effect.



 

Monday, December 4, 2023

Flying Hearts

 

 



Hearts flying around everywhere....... the red box is emptying out!



Monday, November 27, 2023

Window

 





A combination of  a wool project and cleaning out the box of purple scraps.  I had fun with this project which I quilted with lots of flowers.





Monday, October 16, 2023

Hearts and Flowers


 Time to clean out the material boxes that Maura gave me.  I had stuffed my small stash pieces in as well and they are too full.  I started with the red, pink purple box....so here is Harts and Flowers in Pink

Monday, October 9, 2023

Halloween Thru the Years

 



I combined  projects from the 1970s thru 2020 and some material that Maura gave me into one lap size quilt.  

Monday, October 2, 2023

CSB - Montara

Both a state beach and a state marine reserve, Montara and it's lighthouse was another stop on our Bay to Bridge Hike in 2014.  The pictures here were taken the day we visited the beach, but some were along the way to getting there.  

Montara Lighthouse Hostel


 

Monday, September 25, 2023

SP - McNee Ranch

 


Also on our Bay to Bridge hike in 2014 we left the beach in Montara and went over Montara Mountain to get to Pacifica.  Although the mountain looked daunting to begin with, it was in fact a easy hike up with beautiful views. The McNee Ranch which dates back to the 1860s was originally part of the Ranch San Pedro Mexican Land Grant.  It joined the state park system in the 1980s.


McNee Ranch State Park



McNee Ranch State Park - Wikipedia




More Pictures




 

Monday, September 11, 2023

CSHP - Pigeon Point Lighthouse


We attended a  State Park Foundation event here which included a talk by Joanne Semones, author of a number of books on lighthouses and California coast history.


Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park

 "After a struggle to secure property at the point, Congress appropriated a sum of $90,000 in March 1871 for a first-class lighthouse and fog signal on Pigeon Point. The fog signal and Victorian fourplex were completed first, and the twelve-inch steam whistle, with four-second blasts separated alternately by seven and forty-five seconds, was fired up for the first time on September 10, 1871. Torrential rains and difficulty in assembling the spiral staircase, which had been fabricated by Nutting & Son in San Francisco, contributed to delays in completing the tower. After the lantern room was in place atop the tower, the delicate lens was assembled inside, and the light was exhibited for the first time on November 15, 1872, over fourteen months after the fog signal was completed. At sunset that evening, Keeper J. W. Patterson started the brass clockwork ticking, ignited the lard oil in the lamp, and soon the lighthouse according to Patterson was “exchanging winks and blinks with its neighbor of the Farallones.”

https://www.us-lighthouses.com/pigeon-point-lighthouse\


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_Point_Lighthouse


https://www.coastsidestateparks.org/PPLH-restoration 


Monday, September 4, 2023

NM - Oregon Caves

This was another stop on our 1980 trip to Washington.  We camped at Trails End in Cave Junction.  When I looked for that online now, I didn't find it, so either renamed or gone at this point.