Raquelle's 5th Birthday

This is the quilt that I made for Raquelle's 5th birthday. She is all about fairies right now, and after being convinced that it wasn't a rug she loves it. (She loved it when she thought it was a rug too.)

Of Fabric and Finishing Things

I went on a quilt shop hop last Saturday with two of my friends. Ruth normally drives, but she worked all night so she was sleeping in the back. Caroline flatly refused to drive, so that left me. So, given that I not only had to be awake during the day, but also drive in Portland and Eugene, (I figure we are all alive and no close calls,) I did pretty good. However by the end of the day, I must have been off my rocker... I bought brown fabric. No, not just one brown fabric, but three. They weren't even warm colors, or golden brown... so how come I like them so much? Besides proof of my insanity, I am also including pictures of things I finished this week. One is a little kids/baby blanket that I donated to the hospital, this was made of leftover scraps from another project. The second item is a doily I have been working on for awhile, I really like the wheat pattern, and I love the feel of it. It is very soft, and made of 100% bamboo thread. In fact I like it so much I didn't even have it off the stretching board before I was taking pictures of it.

Should have been posted in July

I went to the beach in July, but I am a little late with the post, as I am sure you can see... Anyway, my mother heard all about the light house, the giant spruce tree and the Devil's Churn. So here is some photo documentation of my exploits. (Note for the tree picture, I am 5 ft, 6 in.)

Life in the Fish Bowl, part 1

So my Birthday was Tuesday and to celebrate, Thad and Becky and the kids took me out to Newport. We stopped at Glenn Small's church for the morning service, then headed to the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Raqelle wanted to show me the sea lions and the sharks, Titus added "in the water." We saw jelly fish (much better in smaller viewing, blurry if you enlarge), and giant crabs. You should see these crabs, they are HUGE. They are called Japanese Spider Crabs, and according to the sign can grow to have a 13ft leg span. The ones we saw had about a 4-5ft legs span, and they were still huge. (Note for size comparison 3yr old Raquelle in the bottom left hand corner of photo of rear facing crab.) We also saw a sea otter investigating us through the window.

Life in the Fish Bowl, part 2

My favorite part of the visit was watching them feed the sea lions. They were all trained to do tricks and on command would clap, wave at the audience, bark or do flips. Raquelle was very insistent that I see the sea lions and the sharks. So I have included a very blurry (please do not enlarge) photo of a shark and a sting ray to prove that I saw them. What can I say, the lighting was horrid for photography and speed of the sharks made it very difficult to get a picture that was actually recognizable. Raquelle held my hand the whole time we were watching the sharks so I wouldn't get scared.

Life in the Fish Bowl, part 3

Family Fun

Birdy

Sorry, forgot to put the parrot up. (Also part of the zoo installment.)