Stocking # 3 and Our Backyard

Yesterday I just finished my last Christmas stocking with this really fun fabric. This one is two-sided.  I think I mentioned that my quilt group makes these for the Ronald MacDonald House in Seattle.

                   

 

Lately, we've had some interesting things in our backyard, including a Steller's Jay that loves to eat peanuts whole and some very interesting mushrooms.

                                                                           

Do you know what these mushrooms are?

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                                         Enjoy this day and have a great weekend!

Two Finishes!

Well, we didn't have one trick-or-treater because of the rain, and it's still pouring this morning! But I have 2 Christmas stockings finished with one more to go before our next quilt meeting. We make them for the Ronald MacDonald house in Seattle. Can you tell the difference in these 2?

Have a nice weekend!

Happy Halloween!

Have fun!

A Fun Couple of Days and Another Finish!

Last week we went to Port Angeles, WA, which is one of our favorite places. Near the ferry terminal we saw lots of cormorants.

We also did some walking on one of the trails where you can see Mount Baker in the distance.

The next day we walked on a trail near Lake Crescent.

There's lots to see on this trail which used to be part of the railroad, and there's a very long tunnel where you have to use a flashlight! However, this time we didn't get that far.

And I also finally finished this pair of short socks that were a bit challenging.

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Hope you are having a nice Sunday!

 

Finally a Finish

 It's been a couple of busy months, but I finally finished another pair of socks. The pattern is for toe-up socks, and I did it from the top down adding my style of heel instead of the short row one on the pattern.

The pattern is called Slip into Fall.https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/slip-into-fall-toe-up-socks

Have a nice weekend!

Block Party Quilt Show

 Good Morning! If you live anywhere near Seattle and like quilts, you might want to visit the Block Party Quilt Show in Issaquah. It's open today and tomorrow from 10-5.  Here are a few of the quilts:

 

Here's my favorite!

 The hand stitching on this one is amazing!

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Have a great weekend! 

Busy August!

 We have done some traveling lately. In July we went to Palo Alto, CA, to celebrate the Fourth with Dick's brother and family and right after that to Boulder, CO, for a funeral for Dick's long time friend, Art.  Then just this past week, we went to Mount Baker on our anniversary. We stayed in Sumas, WA, at a very interesting hotel Sumas Mountain Lodge. The rooms there were decorated with antiques and located above a nice restaurant.  Besides antiques, the walls of our room had lots of pictures of Loretta Young because "How the West Was Won" in which she was one of the stars was filmed in Sumas! 

Taken by a friendly hiker at the visitor center.

This is our oldest grand son who's leaving tomorrow to study animation in Ireland! We also celebrated early in August so the whole family could be there. School for his two siblings started on August 13th!

Old skis hanging on the wall!

The bed with a quilted fabric that wasn't truly a pieced quilt!

Despite the busy days, I have finished a couple pairs of socks

and this hat.

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That's all for now. I need to go work in the yard and then maybe work on some socks that have been fighting me.  Enjoy the last few days of August!