CSP - Samuel P Taylor

The last of my 4th of July park visits, Samuel P Taylor State Park is in the coastal hills in Marin County.  It was crowded the day I visited, and I'm sure that if you want to camp you would need to make reservations way ahead.  There are also cabins that can be rented.  

Much as I love the ocean, this is my favorite terrain, creeks, ferns, trees .... lots of  green.  I couldn't resist a bit of a hike.

For Tim and Denise

This is another early quilt (1990) that I had totally forgotten about......It is on the bed in Tim's office now.


Like most of the early quilts it was pieced and then hand quilted.....a few were machine quilted using stitch in the ditch.

NHS - Fort Point

I started out planning to join  a City Guides walk across the Golden Gate.....but crowds are never my thing and it was looking crowded...so I walked from the bridge down to Fort Point. It was a grand day and a wonderful hike!!!

Fort Point, built between 1855 and 1863 by the US Army Corps of Engineers, was designed to protect the city's commercial and military installations from foreign attacks.

There is a small lighthouse on top of one of the fort's staircases.  Standing 28 feet high, it was built in 1863.  It was the third lighthouse on the site.  I will be honest I didn't see it at first, it is barely visible to the hiker.  But looking at pictures from our Bay to Bridge hike in 2014, I found a great picture of it,

Bay to Bridge Hike 2014

The websites below outline the history of both the fort and the lighthouse....but only walking will give you the feel for the area!!











NPS - Fort Point National Historic Site
Fort Point - Wikipedia

US Lighthouses - Fort Point

Lighthouse Friends - Fort Point 

Wikipedia - Fort Point

Pictures 2019 CAT

Roof of Fort Point- Taber #2811

Double Up

About ten years ago I had this great idea....I was going to do a double sided quilt and do all the quilting on my very small Janome Jem.  It was an experiment, I added rows and quilted as I went.  I turned out, a fun quilt but both the machine and I were worn out by the end.  I now rent a long arm for all LARGE quilts although I still do lap quilts on my home machine.


I kept this quilt and use it on my bed a couple months a year with one side up or the other.

Quilt Store: Country Lady - Roseburg Oregon

In all the years I've traveled through Oregon I had never stopped in Roseberg.  It had a wonderful downtown street and a great quilt store.  While some stores are fun to see once this is one I definitely could stop in again.

Country Lady Quilt Shop
611 SOUTHEAST JACKSON STREET
ROSEBURG, OR, 97470
541-673-1007
http://www.countryladyquiltshop.com/

Happy Halloween

The remains of an early cross stitch towel!

NP - Yosemite

1979

And I’ve been to the groves of Sequoia Big Trees, Where beauty and grandeur combine, Grand Temples of Nature for worship and ease, Enchanting, inspiring, sublime!

1979

(Galen Clark - The Big Trees of California- About Mariposa Grove)

"The greatest glory of nature....the union of the deepest sublimity with the deepest beauty" Frederick Law Olmsted


In 1855 James Mason Hutchings visited Yosemite, the first in a steady stream of visitors to the magnificent wonders found there. By 1864 the popularity of the site led to the introduction of a bill by Senator John Conness (CA) to give 60 acres to the state of California that would be forever dedicated to public use, resort and dedication.

Yosemite is a family favorite....with many visits over the years.  Here are some favorite pictures .

2004

2004

2004

1929

Yosemite from Mariposa Trail
Carlton Watkins #A1
bef 1878

1929

Stoneman House - Yosemite
Isaiah West Taber #3963

Yosemite: California's First State Park CA State Archives
Galen Clark - The Big Trees of California - 1907 (full publication)
Galen Clark - 1st Ranger of California State Parks
Frederick Law Olmsted  1865 report on Yosemite (suppressed until 1952)
Atlas Obscura Guide to Yosemite National Park
Barr, Nevada High Country (2004) 

More Pictures in Dropbox

1979

Inspiration

I had taken a few years off as I tackled things like the FGS treasurer's job.  Maura's strip kit gift in 2010 inspired me to get back to the sewing machine and I haven't stopped since.

  This is my Fall quilt!! There was enough to make a window seat cover to match.

CSP - Salt Point

Another park visited on the way home on 4th of July weekend, Salt Point State Park is also in Sonoma County, north of Sonoma Coast State Park.







Sweeping ocean views and campgrounds nestled in the trees make it a very inviting place!






Salt Point State Park

Emily Scott's Garden

The Tuffet

Greg was always excited when I found ways to use his old ties, and he had many, his one vanity!  I think he would have like the tuffet.