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, November 27, 2023
Monday, October 30, 2023
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.
Monday, August 28, 2023
NP - Great Basin
Monday, August 21, 2023
SP - Humboldt Lagoons
Another stop on my trip down the California Coast. This was probably my favorite sandy beach. It is near Patrick's Point and Prairie Creek State Parks
Visit Humboldt - Humboldt Lagoons
Monday, August 14, 2023
National Parks
This one was fun.....I saw the National Parks material and then used pictures from our travels through Sadona, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Smokey Mountains, Tahoe and more. The tear drop trailer is the one that I traveled in as a baby through the parks on the way to Minnesota. Of course I don't know what color the awning was as the picture was black and white, but it was striped.
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