tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67661812598104423002024-03-14T07:23:24.373-05:00Loving Retirement!A blog about enjoying life including grandchildren, family, travels, quilting, knitting, and whatever else happens -- Everyday is exciting! -- We are very blessed. -- And we are Loving Retirement!Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.comBlogger1254125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-86843743554702987042024-03-09T12:28:00.005-06:002024-03-09T12:30:13.239-06:00Time Passes<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This finish happens at the perfect time since we turned our clocks ahead 1 hour late tonight or early tomorrow morning. I began this quilt in late December after reading a fictional quilting story that used a similar pattern. They used light with dark hourglass blocks of an unknown size, no sashing and arranged the dark triangles alternating between horizontal and vertical. I decided to use all kinds of scraps (I was definitely in scrap clean-out mode) and decided my quilt needed sashing. <i>Time Passes</i> is </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">donation quilt measuring 51" by 53".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrznYwxSz0YwmirY_VdBCXjYLTTVihaNU_Xycx_RBHcj6DKqMtKKHYTIXv1B4gzTmNyEqeqCbx5M-8QguylIbXoYzlpcO01Y9PaEGGdxLzoS_W9YsD2wYEu_VWP4JdsYKf_kSfOJJ6HErVm5iKjizi3Izz1DxmKwgrbwjjg1d_ZVAcKKnpiyUbC1M2yk/s640/IMG_4521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrznYwxSz0YwmirY_VdBCXjYLTTVihaNU_Xycx_RBHcj6DKqMtKKHYTIXv1B4gzTmNyEqeqCbx5M-8QguylIbXoYzlpcO01Y9PaEGGdxLzoS_W9YsD2wYEu_VWP4JdsYKf_kSfOJJ6HErVm5iKjizi3Izz1DxmKwgrbwjjg1d_ZVAcKKnpiyUbC1M2yk/w300-h400/IMG_4521.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Here's a closer photo.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4pdgzbmUIwxoQpiIjvWr4P0iDDFG1PIrM3XriypJEKKCgbWgjG-F02zWH5_dZttbi6reUBfRKYpax-dS-e2ZiFRMxFJ7lLslXu8WpF52ufMNTVz-k144RlmqJ9k1WgCsKgUaD2Wn_dllpjmj4pwuAWEXmCaXcpHBviawizUaEJh4v6lDjHP_Sa1ZBkQ/s640/IMG_4522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4pdgzbmUIwxoQpiIjvWr4P0iDDFG1PIrM3XriypJEKKCgbWgjG-F02zWH5_dZttbi6reUBfRKYpax-dS-e2ZiFRMxFJ7lLslXu8WpF52ufMNTVz-k144RlmqJ9k1WgCsKgUaD2Wn_dllpjmj4pwuAWEXmCaXcpHBviawizUaEJh4v6lDjHP_Sa1ZBkQ/w300-h400/IMG_4522.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I quilted this with spiral loops using Glide #17443 Bone thread on the back and #80607 Lemon Ice on the top. <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XSOsjzHyhHAITXCreLfQ8Cmn04HshHyLjrt3q4zqKcu4iWf7Ed4l6EZ1vBTncfKZtU68Ymfr9_DXOyDyOBvpBoQHUHbRNBuqGtq30Nbc8at4-L9mTTzeeiw6nyeFX5IFpUcOGqbwRc94mcOqq1um7fW-W94Q-HOyfN7zWjL2AHwiWfN9fuYDg5u0zgA/s640/IMG_4523.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XSOsjzHyhHAITXCreLfQ8Cmn04HshHyLjrt3q4zqKcu4iWf7Ed4l6EZ1vBTncfKZtU68Ymfr9_DXOyDyOBvpBoQHUHbRNBuqGtq30Nbc8at4-L9mTTzeeiw6nyeFX5IFpUcOGqbwRc94mcOqq1um7fW-W94Q-HOyfN7zWjL2AHwiWfN9fuYDg5u0zgA/w300-h400/IMG_4523.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The back is colored circles which was in my stash. Whenever I'm fabric shopping, I look at the wide backings. If there is something I don't often see or that I think I will use, it might come home with me. It's nice to have a good option in my stash.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEIqBCwvs5sF9iuok3p32aytVrQBa1sVf1p7fTy-sC2ZhxaAZDkktoMtYiBb9O7_y4LOwjBtqDn6ELG7gXAWsze3AhTMmJdPEOSNh4Bfi4oBGaDbPiAqQMs8wHzhTgoqWwz4EwHs-vvYixyaNJmUO7DrSwA_2XudGGG4F4BER6XPrlbSqHvioyUt7i54/s640/IMG_4524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEIqBCwvs5sF9iuok3p32aytVrQBa1sVf1p7fTy-sC2ZhxaAZDkktoMtYiBb9O7_y4LOwjBtqDn6ELG7gXAWsze3AhTMmJdPEOSNh4Bfi4oBGaDbPiAqQMs8wHzhTgoqWwz4EwHs-vvYixyaNJmUO7DrSwA_2XudGGG4F4BER6XPrlbSqHvioyUt7i54/w300-h400/IMG_4524.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I laundered the quilt and took photos. Then I saw a four spots where colors had run. Now the quilt has been laundered again after I treated the spots with Dawn detergent and all is well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Be sure to set your clocks ahead!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-65540299105026870552024-03-07T12:43:00.008-06:002024-03-07T12:49:14.213-06:00Finshes, Two-Coloured Mystery, Hockey Quilt<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I have a couple finishes. I think this is the end of the panels from my late friend Colleen.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Bright Animals</i> is 39" x 46". I wasn't sure what to do with this panel and I didn't seem to have anything to use for a border so I just added a back and quilted it with Glide Steel Blue #38201 thread on the front and Bone #17443 on the back.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtt-mJagtSQj4p4qRPIL0-aE6wyTiawWZSrweBsvu-pmsxknFlAEkZKGyPgAkiHZFBSdBwNo6JOAZRXrRcI0jdtj2OrnSIKezw03Mbfch4aQhAs8K7IYyg221ikJvpDqDlNJjOUtX-TgTg5JrsFftrS4YuWPLFo9Q1gpnDkJE1lOvvha_sAtK87C6UQtU/s640/IMG_4511.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtt-mJagtSQj4p4qRPIL0-aE6wyTiawWZSrweBsvu-pmsxknFlAEkZKGyPgAkiHZFBSdBwNo6JOAZRXrRcI0jdtj2OrnSIKezw03Mbfch4aQhAs8K7IYyg221ikJvpDqDlNJjOUtX-TgTg5JrsFftrS4YuWPLFo9Q1gpnDkJE1lOvvha_sAtK87C6UQtU/w300-h400/IMG_4511.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I quilted this donation quilt with a meandering motif. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihV8tGdMYMq2Y-q_5MeAYyqKuothEy7xnHVrNvOOkX-m5Lcl5OA5vflOcUFNLSlRl-tY-8B3MUTVJ0anMmYbnIDfO206OR3Nj9pgHoYuM8FWtFnELFLBwGHH2l4gwtC81_4GAi0VM9umSU5UEF-M5AHdcBSrOOFKo0mv_y4FVR5d3PFntJFPbVEuaj5Bc/s640/IMG_4513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihV8tGdMYMq2Y-q_5MeAYyqKuothEy7xnHVrNvOOkX-m5Lcl5OA5vflOcUFNLSlRl-tY-8B3MUTVJ0anMmYbnIDfO206OR3Nj9pgHoYuM8FWtFnELFLBwGHH2l4gwtC81_4GAi0VM9umSU5UEF-M5AHdcBSrOOFKo0mv_y4FVR5d3PFntJFPbVEuaj5Bc/w300-h400/IMG_4513.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The back is from my stash.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbqhM7J9iM5ZUjLnQcnEIkTZ69oguBn6-Sp3WKYMlhgSd_n8ZqZlz-jUassX6YGl908Q7EWRcq2y8AeTY3tPyrlAnjhF59kmMaSOowZbjB0JXTo7LqLkCT9BapxxIbOdcE1SbcFsETIjwBk9R0q02HaEeeIh7uDijhML_AXhmABzg5IK-O4NnOWeo0qc/s640/IMG_4512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbqhM7J9iM5ZUjLnQcnEIkTZ69oguBn6-Sp3WKYMlhgSd_n8ZqZlz-jUassX6YGl908Q7EWRcq2y8AeTY3tPyrlAnjhF59kmMaSOowZbjB0JXTo7LqLkCT9BapxxIbOdcE1SbcFsETIjwBk9R0q02HaEeeIh7uDijhML_AXhmABzg5IK-O4NnOWeo0qc/w300-h400/IMG_4512.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>ABCs</i> is another donation quilt and finished at 37" by 49".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDbhkQC7aj63nUZZ0rv-pBl2NeWeBwV0LiOsojaynmT02CBzRqFtIwYD-ACuoZD3Uzv0itXX65dyWqluRDYBcwAu43wDQyubYx5syf0mKgrpuiIFwRw0HFfMO-z9exnerhuLaP_LFU66JLhJ3tNfER_9etZZA-536dIhmnv9FFlIEy-Fa4szbjQWlSSM/s640/IMG_4514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDbhkQC7aj63nUZZ0rv-pBl2NeWeBwV0LiOsojaynmT02CBzRqFtIwYD-ACuoZD3Uzv0itXX65dyWqluRDYBcwAu43wDQyubYx5syf0mKgrpuiIFwRw0HFfMO-z9exnerhuLaP_LFU66JLhJ3tNfER_9etZZA-536dIhmnv9FFlIEy-Fa4szbjQWlSSM/w300-h400/IMG_4514.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I used light turquoise #32975 Glide thread to quilt this with a loop de loop design. I did figure eights on the ends. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TX5YnIFb-nS-ln99YawoorfyjaECvpvgbiQHlOcTtHphGAnBU-CBQ_w68yZ_yE1lRNm141g1sgzeP-Tmv3tm-JSxACVJg8HR8eiiQbgjjbow8me4gAnIyoNa0QLoVTGYXOGRJhlkA_P45KU2pVbT9mqVAetaljbYKoPSL_I8SaOaFFU91q5ZWOonkA4/s640/IMG_4516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TX5YnIFb-nS-ln99YawoorfyjaECvpvgbiQHlOcTtHphGAnBU-CBQ_w68yZ_yE1lRNm141g1sgzeP-Tmv3tm-JSxACVJg8HR8eiiQbgjjbow8me4gAnIyoNa0QLoVTGYXOGRJhlkA_P45KU2pVbT9mqVAetaljbYKoPSL_I8SaOaFFU91q5ZWOonkA4/w300-h400/IMG_4516.jpg" width="300" /></span></a><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MgOARNwdQSVCfP-uEnm116WxtQHMbNxK85xGgRigBUHss_jmiuKK_nsDZhCxsT_kgqMkWgvADxZ9FdmaTGTzTgD7bD9EDXrXdGld2KUFtLE23_D0ML-xei47nWOnsc-GHdkh4SKqoCw0wdkPG9UagvkpFjpRQ4Yy-XeuZIxdNvhfZdeI0EMB4R7b6U4/s640/IMG_4517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MgOARNwdQSVCfP-uEnm116WxtQHMbNxK85xGgRigBUHss_jmiuKK_nsDZhCxsT_kgqMkWgvADxZ9FdmaTGTzTgD7bD9EDXrXdGld2KUFtLE23_D0ML-xei47nWOnsc-GHdkh4SKqoCw0wdkPG9UagvkpFjpRQ4Yy-XeuZIxdNvhfZdeI0EMB4R7b6U4/w300-h400/IMG_4517.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The back is a multi-colored pattern from my stash.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwUM8aLOL0x-iOkZy5LUT4ukR6xHIYoVcZmZIgMpKZtX0Ej5uDyJHkJeiy22wswZlLa9_vMy1mSVYeY2dVahVRR1KuagYQWwTtDxcg2WMThXHf59GPRwH8t8wW0u7Zqba0_9GeIJjCC2WGknqgW19AzkQUW0xVYaAzzDfJWr55QQMROQ_WnV-hiNdj4I/s640/IMG_4518.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwUM8aLOL0x-iOkZy5LUT4ukR6xHIYoVcZmZIgMpKZtX0Ej5uDyJHkJeiy22wswZlLa9_vMy1mSVYeY2dVahVRR1KuagYQWwTtDxcg2WMThXHf59GPRwH8t8wW0u7Zqba0_9GeIJjCC2WGknqgW19AzkQUW0xVYaAzzDfJWr55QQMROQ_WnV-hiNdj4I/w300-h400/IMG_4518.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The second clue of the Two-Colour Mystery came out this morning. Joanne gives some tips each week. This week she talked about checking for an exact seam allowance. I hadn't stopped and checked mine for a while so I checked this morning. All's good!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tWOrYVeEHSev6ugINmFMCErpOKFAjsLZsZQ1_nkrg7aqbll6iUt8LlQWPhW3KmQcY2gHGLtRKR06Odu7UtK9UUW9mSA1tSLfTMyYz4nIjHnmjfrQ6dky-McpfWpuqf02nc4kLK8G1xWnP3htipoSyJDQCUmJeAYXWvXScXTzdT1qljJ1ELQ73jXJ0qc/s640/IMG_4519.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tWOrYVeEHSev6ugINmFMCErpOKFAjsLZsZQ1_nkrg7aqbll6iUt8LlQWPhW3KmQcY2gHGLtRKR06Odu7UtK9UUW9mSA1tSLfTMyYz4nIjHnmjfrQ6dky-McpfWpuqf02nc4kLK8G1xWnP3htipoSyJDQCUmJeAYXWvXScXTzdT1qljJ1ELQ73jXJ0qc/w300-h400/IMG_4519.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This clue was easy and the pieces went together quickly. I have everything finished for the week but of course, I'm only making a lap size quilt. The instructions are really clear and easy to follow.</span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BZ60HsnwlBJepZLNPlmRz1j_5kzyBoMlxZ-Ouy7Q5gP9Yj70umuCl1y-w4v1t4bZdhF05FdX2zNuZnsYddlPIQK35Ri9g0GJ6Ng9ZDu4dHdGsw_KZtBK06f36c_4PusOevWJfJo4pBXyIGpIg6fd5VJlmOeqTUg3IoeYfyk6dDgZnrHZFG0SE90PViA/s640/IMG_4520.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BZ60HsnwlBJepZLNPlmRz1j_5kzyBoMlxZ-Ouy7Q5gP9Yj70umuCl1y-w4v1t4bZdhF05FdX2zNuZnsYddlPIQK35Ri9g0GJ6Ng9ZDu4dHdGsw_KZtBK06f36c_4PusOevWJfJo4pBXyIGpIg6fd5VJlmOeqTUg3IoeYfyk6dDgZnrHZFG0SE90PViA/w300-h400/IMG_4520.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Now I'm drawing some diagonal lines on a few pieces - Joanne said we could get a head start on some future weeks since this clue was a faster one. If you still want to join, click <a href="https://www.canuckquilterdesigns.com">here</a> or type in <a href="https://www.canuckquilterdesigns.com/">https://www.canuckquilterdesigns.com/</a>. You need to sign up before April 11 to get all of the clues for free.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Work is progressing on the hockey quilt. Bet you can't guess the favorite hockey team! The letters are all pieced from my own patterns. My requirements were 1) each letter finishes at 4"x7" and 2) all parts of the letter are 1" wide. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNU3pG9Og3NN7Ek8kqWIC3VPVAXfxQP9ir5WcR104VmB5-GoEX0FXgvG8abR4SunTu4qohqWtlGv2qb6FjvbUYDgbL5mUoJrv1QKceEo9fJFq6_E4GQ3f29sMnyXAElEgA45b1vTr9iDOC39nYmsWfgy1TezLXTb3YF_dEgqTn7xyJ7bbyUDD9Dn3xCA/s640/IMG_4509.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNU3pG9Og3NN7Ek8kqWIC3VPVAXfxQP9ir5WcR104VmB5-GoEX0FXgvG8abR4SunTu4qohqWtlGv2qb6FjvbUYDgbL5mUoJrv1QKceEo9fJFq6_E4GQ3f29sMnyXAElEgA45b1vTr9iDOC39nYmsWfgy1TezLXTb3YF_dEgqTn7xyJ7bbyUDD9Dn3xCA/w300-h400/IMG_4509.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It took a little work to make the B and the W. And then it took a lot of work and chocolate to make the K and the S. I'm so glad they all look okay (at least they do to me!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0muQljohEemFfkejKRgyio0Oa_CALZDDHhpc6y53haQybvK7c4pgtrFQLGAIGmb_GHYnt3R4yPXF3PU60oLy0beiSfdh7FHuyBm8kXczpgu0XrVfnqu7BP-ONIuzxeW2RD13f_zNzZo0CRXEnk6ggE9Ia5OpNJp4Mx5G97BivBdnxM6mJeZvw9IGXYVE/s640/IMG_4502.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0muQljohEemFfkejKRgyio0Oa_CALZDDHhpc6y53haQybvK7c4pgtrFQLGAIGmb_GHYnt3R4yPXF3PU60oLy0beiSfdh7FHuyBm8kXczpgu0XrVfnqu7BP-ONIuzxeW2RD13f_zNzZo0CRXEnk6ggE9Ia5OpNJp4Mx5G97BivBdnxM6mJeZvw9IGXYVE/w400-h300/IMG_4502.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">My plan is to have the words on the sides and ends of the quilt. The top will be a hockey rink. I have my plans drawn to scale and I now have all the fabrics, I think. Guess it's time to begin on the rink...</span></div></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-5661260325187561042024-03-03T20:25:00.001-06:002024-03-04T06:54:47.407-06:00Hello March and a New Mystery Quilt Along<div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It sure doesn't seem like March with temps in the 70s today although it's been very windy. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />I've done some quilting. This quilt top is now finished. If I had a back, it might be on the frame.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjraXdbzBzTkonPXdthDF5mSSNcHOJZDK_cRI1ybhwbQ1hNYa6itU9bbClEMFFf0pRa0Pf0E3aRgBHjVoQ5K36x08Q91Z9xlFqQcwRQV_Xq3u_4sIz1kKfBRg0ov43nFVN35gF6mMnlLjOnIIsHUk0K0DPWJGwF-i7k_y7ii1H0L_vNBKOzL6mvwWi4QwU/s640/IMG_4473.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjraXdbzBzTkonPXdthDF5mSSNcHOJZDK_cRI1ybhwbQ1hNYa6itU9bbClEMFFf0pRa0Pf0E3aRgBHjVoQ5K36x08Q91Z9xlFqQcwRQV_Xq3u_4sIz1kKfBRg0ov43nFVN35gF6mMnlLjOnIIsHUk0K0DPWJGwF-i7k_y7ii1H0L_vNBKOzL6mvwWi4QwU/w300-h400/IMG_4473.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>This quilt top is finished and I recently bought some backing. I just need to put it on the frame and quilt it.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismcfY7vUMqpNacNz_5OGDZT37I5LxxNQsE8LKU-te1fIwNhQuUqxf97b5US7R8Z1EAQfq4ZDCrEZCrLqqmHUeRi2dB3XOPHVF_Itan4NVkkH5il7naaE4-k5jwY0pCrZ-8ldYCyU8mcex6rY2hSK-IwhyNu3jd-UVyiFYf59-io90ejwJ_rYnUVgmFpU/s640/IMG_4466.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismcfY7vUMqpNacNz_5OGDZT37I5LxxNQsE8LKU-te1fIwNhQuUqxf97b5US7R8Z1EAQfq4ZDCrEZCrLqqmHUeRi2dB3XOPHVF_Itan4NVkkH5il7naaE4-k5jwY0pCrZ-8ldYCyU8mcex6rY2hSK-IwhyNu3jd-UVyiFYf59-io90ejwJ_rYnUVgmFpU/w300-h400/IMG_4466.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I began a Mystery Quilt - I think I mentioned it in my last post,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/canuckquilter/dhr223fr72" style="color: #33aaff;">Leap Into the Two-Colour Mystery Quilt-Along</a>. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #333333; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">Joanne, of Canuck Quilter Designs, has released the first clue and everything is very clear and easy to follow. It's not too late to sign up. If you are interested. the link is </span><a href="https://www.canuckquilter.com/2024/02/leap-into-two-colour-mystery-quilt-along.html" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #888888; letter-spacing: -0.2px; text-decoration: none;">here</a><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); letter-spacing: -0.2px;">. The first clue came out on Leap Day and we've been asked not to release any measurements so I covered my cutting mat with white fabric to show some of my cut pieces. This is a two color quilt so now you know what my two fabrics look like; I guess my two colors are blue and multi-colored!</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglipoJuFGjjUcwISnxlEEDwgW4Pt3faTHBtbnozgWnv6fFnme-qKpQ-4PKak9f1kbrscUVTmjJ2GjKATyO7cVtQdjVWFzPGbeGoDGTZeWPN6zQw3SS9fS0x28monSdlNfatn33srq-xTbB7XqIxl9FNh52CMOoecz5VHJoCuVQT5rTWWmwOiQAa5s8yi4/s640/IMG_4480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglipoJuFGjjUcwISnxlEEDwgW4Pt3faTHBtbnozgWnv6fFnme-qKpQ-4PKak9f1kbrscUVTmjJ2GjKATyO7cVtQdjVWFzPGbeGoDGTZeWPN6zQw3SS9fS0x28monSdlNfatn33srq-xTbB7XqIxl9FNh52CMOoecz5VHJoCuVQT5rTWWmwOiQAa5s8yi4/w300-h400/IMG_4480.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">I've finally started a Chicago Blackhawks quilt. This has been in the works for some time but It's taken a while to assemble the various fabrics. I began with making the letter C. The 34 letters on the front of the quilt will be pieced and 6 of them are 'C'. It's an easy letter to piece and is black on red.</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaGMVclfcMRqc1gJ7C2vvTdXV_9HJDk0Cv4X6bEqmIbUOUESay0ZegSl7yfXQ5bfL36MmudvwUccCv0hUKvDf4eaBj_iI8LuCUnzdfgCb1HvL03W9w30RQD134gemdVMiTNPDME_3nQpcSqBN_AnKGBsvTA41Gs0_M2IAYp6TtOTmeUYo-5y4MJt_pdg/s640/IMG_4493.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaGMVclfcMRqc1gJ7C2vvTdXV_9HJDk0Cv4X6bEqmIbUOUESay0ZegSl7yfXQ5bfL36MmudvwUccCv0hUKvDf4eaBj_iI8LuCUnzdfgCb1HvL03W9w30RQD134gemdVMiTNPDME_3nQpcSqBN_AnKGBsvTA41Gs0_M2IAYp6TtOTmeUYo-5y4MJt_pdg/s640/IMG_4493.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaGMVclfcMRqc1gJ7C2vvTdXV_9HJDk0Cv4X6bEqmIbUOUESay0ZegSl7yfXQ5bfL36MmudvwUccCv0hUKvDf4eaBj_iI8LuCUnzdfgCb1HvL03W9w30RQD134gemdVMiTNPDME_3nQpcSqBN_AnKGBsvTA41Gs0_M2IAYp6TtOTmeUYo-5y4MJt_pdg/s320/IMG_4493.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">I'm hoping to make lots of progress in the next month.</div></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-33488508501054994382024-02-10T13:23:00.003-06:002024-02-10T13:23:21.983-06:00A Good Week!<div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It's been a good, fun week. One day we went to Madison, WI and donated quilts to American Family Children's Hospital (UW Children's Hospital). That is always a rewarding trip for me. I took 20 quilts this time. I have more finished but I decided that since I've slowed down a bit, I'd make sure I'd leave a couple for the next trip too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwobCA_b7oAeKQJtxuCVAjczyztS18b5proXHHUvJYMuUcLonmGaPo3cuXF2AmPKnAlV0Ko0d5TLlc4fb_1F5QRzxw7RVuukYgGVr4fAvVXO0p6BdrOe-mXfTTv5uMKH3QRgYFDo0HBoVYH_D0HhR6cQE09E2M9FQAbFymRF-XOHbdwq9Hn-AE3w1Fto/s449/IMG_4450.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="449" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwobCA_b7oAeKQJtxuCVAjczyztS18b5proXHHUvJYMuUcLonmGaPo3cuXF2AmPKnAlV0Ko0d5TLlc4fb_1F5QRzxw7RVuukYgGVr4fAvVXO0p6BdrOe-mXfTTv5uMKH3QRgYFDo0HBoVYH_D0HhR6cQE09E2M9FQAbFymRF-XOHbdwq9Hn-AE3w1Fto/w400-h271/IMG_4450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUHko5XxzNQL6MeJtOY4iu-FzGu0Xz6jGaX-Q9k8lTJsapXszUAfweBtdn6Y8B41A8cPBCmtSJG1zzSlFnYLTxmYt5qT6-5zILZx2dCtWQqp0tAznd5VuGNKFWBb6MzrzQKhCG-RbpLshznAfMOzzd7rRbDuKEap3RxdP0WAPng0E2kJBCqSs1xEgv3M/s509/IMG_4451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="509" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUHko5XxzNQL6MeJtOY4iu-FzGu0Xz6jGaX-Q9k8lTJsapXszUAfweBtdn6Y8B41A8cPBCmtSJG1zzSlFnYLTxmYt5qT6-5zILZx2dCtWQqp0tAznd5VuGNKFWBb6MzrzQKhCG-RbpLshznAfMOzzd7rRbDuKEap3RxdP0WAPng0E2kJBCqSs1xEgv3M/w400-h249/IMG_4451.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">On the same day, Ray bought a new laptop computer and a monitor. Now we are in the process of figuring out how to move all his photos (RAW format) to the iCloud. This hasn't been a favorite part of my week but it is necessary. I think Ray still thinks he has his own computer expert. Ha!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Earlier in the week, I made a Mashed Potato Pie and it was good! It did not taste like potatoes - it tasted like a custard pie! I saw the recipe on Facebook, I think, and it is from a 1914 Methodist Church Cookbook from Hamilton, OH.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Irish Potato Pie</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Unbaked pie shell (this wasn't mentioned in the recipe)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">2 c boiled mashed potatoes (leftovers)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">1 c cream (I used 3/4c milk and 1/4 c melted butter)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">1 c sugar</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">3 egg yolks</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">dash nutmeg</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Mix well.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Fold in beaten egg whites.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Bake at 375 degrees 50 minutes or until set (Mine took 65 minutes). Watch closely so it doesn't burn - may need to cover with foil. Refrigerate - this is a custard pie.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tjV-pqkXjPtQoVfkCJNwWFATgX9ZpOvW6YYOv-vPXxwG41Hi3_NPTO02WBXd5Hf49gXKxUVjVqgxXuJ2-drX__Qf3jbQiHbz-fWvO9kmop6iFhj5WM_6Bj156iDLWILyqYv4N318Ayz7e_L8-S-9H6TvNgrbEdCLYiWPFkGGIADwfwAnUdKpBSi0pCY/s640/IMG_4443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tjV-pqkXjPtQoVfkCJNwWFATgX9ZpOvW6YYOv-vPXxwG41Hi3_NPTO02WBXd5Hf49gXKxUVjVqgxXuJ2-drX__Qf3jbQiHbz-fWvO9kmop6iFhj5WM_6Bj156iDLWILyqYv4N318Ayz7e_L8-S-9H6TvNgrbEdCLYiWPFkGGIADwfwAnUdKpBSi0pCY/w300-h400/IMG_4443.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We also dipped some strawberries in chocolate. I don't ever remember doing this before. It was easy and our strawberries are huge. These are so good!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhYOf3juJUGxBcZ8Bz4iTH3R24sv1YIBmAaK25ba7A5q9U-bzGYULyV3mMFilkSk_sI0rISBMbO5qgaLQCFCVASJzeYfxJ4p6tsTJX_gHbGlAZKuRxCbaUfvx9ch8OQuRwP2RsE5zgS_x0H57Hsg9FAm_FtMa-bJ_kHAkUzlyo8R4k8rt3Ztc6IuVUYI/s640/IMG_4458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhYOf3juJUGxBcZ8Bz4iTH3R24sv1YIBmAaK25ba7A5q9U-bzGYULyV3mMFilkSk_sI0rISBMbO5qgaLQCFCVASJzeYfxJ4p6tsTJX_gHbGlAZKuRxCbaUfvx9ch8OQuRwP2RsE5zgS_x0H57Hsg9FAm_FtMa-bJ_kHAkUzlyo8R4k8rt3Ztc6IuVUYI/w300-h400/IMG_4458.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I have one quilt finish - <i>Whale and Octopus</i>. It's another panel quilt (I think I'm just about finished with the panels - there may be one more.) I sewed the three borders using a chain stitch on the serger because I wanted to try that. Using serger thread, which is lighter in weight, there isn't even a bump where the seam is. I was impressed. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4OQEmQp6aWlHc5jeoJ3cJh1El3W-CPNKMsTZzP87wESP3nGb4eF9ihH7IqKWVb5cUedVhqkQW8g05SbRlRclpdfKDlcIu-3z3i-wUEgjkN2gV22YRGoaah7LbIqE1tPmccR79Y6z2UNIxYHJzzXsT38zVsFkVdHnINfSufM3g9_CuFcpL5jHE2CHCoeM/s640/IMG_4460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4OQEmQp6aWlHc5jeoJ3cJh1El3W-CPNKMsTZzP87wESP3nGb4eF9ihH7IqKWVb5cUedVhqkQW8g05SbRlRclpdfKDlcIu-3z3i-wUEgjkN2gV22YRGoaah7LbIqE1tPmccR79Y6z2UNIxYHJzzXsT38zVsFkVdHnINfSufM3g9_CuFcpL5jHE2CHCoeM/w300-h400/IMG_4460.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">The quilt finished at 45" by 55". I quilted this with a meander stitch using Aurifil 40-wt #32975 light turquoise thread. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOXMWB9IWnp5pcWss_liYbzCar1hiZWHoEggnLUQQycbFt8H4yYiaC61zinYglWKaYy8xw0ilHPTXL6b3pkKZXD9Gau3XIJ57CjB-RfgUyvl55yLXZLHkPnchwaiQQ2ZPfLcyswgVE4lZUA5SbZHejhe95od5pOlP6b-0WICVwZ1IjhJIqav3EfKxJKA/s640/IMG_4461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOXMWB9IWnp5pcWss_liYbzCar1hiZWHoEggnLUQQycbFt8H4yYiaC61zinYglWKaYy8xw0ilHPTXL6b3pkKZXD9Gau3XIJ57CjB-RfgUyvl55yLXZLHkPnchwaiQQ2ZPfLcyswgVE4lZUA5SbZHejhe95od5pOlP6b-0WICVwZ1IjhJIqav3EfKxJKA/w300-h400/IMG_4461.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">The back is a tone on tone turquoise water print from my stash. This is another donation quilt.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSGFehv-UKPqw2kgMo49ogpMwkhoJCOEOPsXavXOIhuAx8w6GJpwBJpBzEzg1Ywqi_Eq2Dd1jZTG_l-PtVZVliaBivY5GieIvC8zyi0F-0ZEj97WjH97xF0kHICwE69Sw1H2zakPzzGRraywVFGSdh1WGKWjcWzj5S7u1pfD0hxx-UMi0SRM74cA4C50/s640/IMG_4462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSGFehv-UKPqw2kgMo49ogpMwkhoJCOEOPsXavXOIhuAx8w6GJpwBJpBzEzg1Ywqi_Eq2Dd1jZTG_l-PtVZVliaBivY5GieIvC8zyi0F-0ZEj97WjH97xF0kHICwE69Sw1H2zakPzzGRraywVFGSdh1WGKWjcWzj5S7u1pfD0hxx-UMi0SRM74cA4C50/w300-h400/IMG_4462.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I am waiting to begin a hockey quilt but my fabric hasn't arrived from Missouri Star. This is the first time that I've ordered from MSQC since the Pandemic when my order took 3 weeks to arrive. I thought things would be better. My fabric, ordered 1/31/24, arrived in New Berlin, WI on 2-2-24. It appears that it left there this morning for Chicago. Yesterday there was an Alert saying "<span style="background-color: #fafafa; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><span style="color: #333333;">No scheduled delivery date available at this time.". Today there is a message:</span> "</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 142, 142); font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0.86px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Scheduled Delivery Date </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; caret-color: rgb(142, 142, 142); letter-spacing: -0.1px; white-space: pre-line;">2/20/24 by end of day". Today is 2/10/24. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;">My order was sent by FedEx SmartPost. I've been in touch with MSQC and they are doing nothing, saying their hands are tied. I think this will be my last order from MSQC unless they change carriers or I can choose my own carrier. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;">I began a bargello quilt with a bundle of 29 fabrics - I decided that this might be fun. I've never made a bargello quilt but I have played with the concept before. After looking at pictures and doing a little research, here is the beginning:</span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDEbp_DjzNGtqWNLUZvuGLIynJkzzcZ1k6jibO7EGIYGiK93iyoi2VvU3lW69qQLPBQid-KbZv_NYqt56mhi0lSuOYM_K6pXw-x9YBuZ4eXTgcYIZ-LQhwkABLk8flr_YOKm6IWVSZBkRTu5m0psKPOzqpO9olNNxY2qgheU8V3MgjSUv8aREgLnG0nA/s492/IMG_4455.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="362" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDEbp_DjzNGtqWNLUZvuGLIynJkzzcZ1k6jibO7EGIYGiK93iyoi2VvU3lW69qQLPBQid-KbZv_NYqt56mhi0lSuOYM_K6pXw-x9YBuZ4eXTgcYIZ-LQhwkABLk8flr_YOKm6IWVSZBkRTu5m0psKPOzqpO9olNNxY2qgheU8V3MgjSUv8aREgLnG0nA/w294-h400/IMG_4455.jpg" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorry about the shadows - one of my evening photos.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;">I think I found an important piece of advice about the seam pressing - Press each strip opposite (seams going inward or outward for each strip).</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOXDaoMZxR7vhZcpPi1-mNjoNYh5i9iIiyKj_cGiE6sRAdMoA1JUsB2pIdHWPA2V87z7hu7mggRtv8OOYZAXekNQX6A_ilXNm99Wks9aiXbpdbpw34DN1FNWSuOWrYMrT5fkTlIALxiELVzEQ2yYJ-gbBwfPTT914BVK_fFCs_r29-jQRQZagNPechGw/s640/IMG_4456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOXDaoMZxR7vhZcpPi1-mNjoNYh5i9iIiyKj_cGiE6sRAdMoA1JUsB2pIdHWPA2V87z7hu7mggRtv8OOYZAXekNQX6A_ilXNm99Wks9aiXbpdbpw34DN1FNWSuOWrYMrT5fkTlIALxiELVzEQ2yYJ-gbBwfPTT914BVK_fFCs_r29-jQRQZagNPechGw/w300-h400/IMG_4456.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">The </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">seams nest well with the pressing. I have an odd number of strips so I have to sw</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">itch one seam on some pieces as I sew the final strips togeth</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">er.</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2px;">I've also signed up to make a mystery quilt, <a href="Leap Into the Two-Colour Mystery Quilt-Along">Leap Into the Two-Colour Mystery Quilt-Along</a>. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">I like Joanne's quilts (Canuck Quilter Designs) and think this will be fun. If you are interested, the link is </span><a href="https://www.canuckquilter.com/2024/02/leap-into-two-colour-mystery-quilt-along.html" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><span>here</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">. I'm not sure what my two colors will be and I'm toying with the idea of using a print and a high-contrast plain. I do know the fabrics will come from my stash. Guess I'll decide around Leap Day when the first clue is released.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">We've been enjoying our spring weather and our snow is gone. I think that means winter will return soon...</span></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-28018453354481392002024-02-04T16:55:00.002-06:002024-02-04T16:55:50.993-06:00What is your Lunar New Year / Chinese New Year sign? <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">At </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://nicholasconservatory.com">Nicholas Conservatory</a>, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">these signs and the accompanying</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> cute little animals were scattered about. It took me a few minutes to realize that the animals went with the signs. </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Caf_ItUO-7uNOAoQe_31cPMTmFNyj9OR8FIKNZojgAGTldz-DtC722Z-9iXP002h1qR6Z6d5qmGS_1mFTfNFlcBIzXMf_eII5lXO_JL1-qVtYf-_c3If097WG8gGvCAKg9dxFuDDtOjpJ9M3gWESO7kunjUfevfQfqQKAu3kVS0CGc2xLw2u7em-eWo/s640/IMG_4429.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Caf_ItUO-7uNOAoQe_31cPMTmFNyj9OR8FIKNZojgAGTldz-DtC722Z-9iXP002h1qR6Z6d5qmGS_1mFTfNFlcBIzXMf_eII5lXO_JL1-qVtYf-_c3If097WG8gGvCAKg9dxFuDDtOjpJ9M3gWESO7kunjUfevfQfqQKAu3kVS0CGc2xLw2u7em-eWo/w300-h400/IMG_4429.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flying(?) rat<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRYTaMj-660TThi4ligzQ15VvgXOAH0vpvOxWEFQv_KxbN0x1l10v2P2_4Cv1FLsHWM0LQbQoCPS0XS3biVGqw0AWL8o-Z_20LaeUc4vnuBtKztQYr2VD9dyg6SfIoTIMV1dW4Zmaxm_u7tSURclS8K-cGZ422Mu77BusmDv_arz7Drcd3zWc5BaYXeA/s640/IMG_4375.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4DtQ2-v2jZTFLqA2LqWTp9pdNRXjYq4eKfdKNZul4X_aJh8iJs4UHNL8dvxgIqfUR-m5KeOlo87LapAYx_36NtLLJQLoeJf9K4SncDhex6PxaBvlEsPJOP23adMQ6ZruiNHTYQ0Gc4C5LTlftTpy16QbxZ4Rlkg5eM4k-vdwSa2S6F2nTGrt-0wQlM0/w300-h400/IMG_4425.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiger</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-nS_vta8F5nCBfug_PbeWtrfNmGxwWLScBheuoD2TIWsma6kuky1bfYVctjFkIPY89HBtCOZ8Jd0oQen-4Hq4kp0HvLUAlmwzOywvXnchKVW3ojWIf9tnDWFlgM5_7UaC-kZ57N_27dZ2lhoP5B820Du6o3GrfD0WAq1Xwq8JNW-cINN9RK1X5Tprq8/s640/IMG_4373.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rabbit</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgai87zoKnPWsG86hR6tapM6mD3LoLO3ohr3RWf1CMeAMjmk9QiIj32cMTwjLYFqzCLJAHLV360xRzPWAxbH51pJ-SiKzVL7hijJ-PZunw7sObAmElC1r6b_9W0SLpFQJOgw6xs3oF9I__au8PMT7xmNC2GWhDiZFJSW_8AN9rxeU0CAkd2nOrLEnllbaY/s640/IMG_4423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9hvKCXVLghFtjVPc0UjNkbBpkY96pQO-vLKSa67VIxD_NcIIPHRsO5n89KH-BvCoP-9iNQY4ruSAhW-gn4QBn7i71EPG-0PtHQb2xS_CW3Qklp4TLryW7fowWLsb-PGEOpPqgjOwjMwwMkDu243KR19TFyUUfMl9RIjnJPW-WBkhlnnZBMvVTL6SUi8/s640/IMG_4372.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9hvKCXVLghFtjVPc0UjNkbBpkY96pQO-vLKSa67VIxD_NcIIPHRsO5n89KH-BvCoP-9iNQY4ruSAhW-gn4QBn7i71EPG-0PtHQb2xS_CW3Qklp4TLryW7fowWLsb-PGEOpPqgjOwjMwwMkDu243KR19TFyUUfMl9RIjnJPW-WBkhlnnZBMvVTL6SUi8/w300-h400/IMG_4372.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivEo9GruU8AAR4VKHXdP9-ljZgwngE6I01Tg1EoumE8oO3PUGratVj2PsYqMYYRFPd1rkAUdFs2Q6a6S2WkKat44fb9kfAXI1iXXPoksqUzdzZwT2jkfWBaL9JD55_k0Exrb2zUqo9lg-kWwRA53IiHcVPnFnh8cA6lNcNnNlK7WqnbjqIXg4xB59X_o/w300-h400/IMG_4421.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragon</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivEo9GruU8AAR4VKHXdP9-ljZgwngE6I01Tg1EoumE8oO3PUGratVj2PsYqMYYRFPd1rkAUdFs2Q6a6S2WkKat44fb9kfAXI1iXXPoksqUzdzZwT2jkfWBaL9JD55_k0Exrb2zUqo9lg-kWwRA53IiHcVPnFnh8cA6lNcNnNlK7WqnbjqIXg4xB59X_o/s640/IMG_4421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXXFVG-tEjQ0v7P02144UoZ4dLC_hIS_lH3NfvKP2MfZOHyJuAS1skym8m4wCJst3IU3n9bo2Zk6m0fvmmV1-BKX18iwq8s7jWqWtPCu75DmxhjC1-yKhPAKuXbzhns-oDOZ3Rpw46tcYaQsi-T_c6fCT0sQUFeT0qIfi90EJ5J68vRHuLVB9QY8r-yQ/s640/IMG_4422.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXXFVG-tEjQ0v7P02144UoZ4dLC_hIS_lH3NfvKP2MfZOHyJuAS1skym8m4wCJst3IU3n9bo2Zk6m0fvmmV1-BKX18iwq8s7jWqWtPCu75DmxhjC1-yKhPAKuXbzhns-oDOZ3Rpw46tcYaQsi-T_c6fCT0sQUFeT0qIfi90EJ5J68vRHuLVB9QY8r-yQ/w300-h400/IMG_4422.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Fltd27_7BpxFgHPzt-L7G_3w7DlxhW-qPgDnnGF8lxnKdldfnfL4z8CgOTiAROBYDwjVf9FD5wfx57XO3RsIVrxQhAuClIIgUUv-fIOfyGB-ET8jDIP79Kpm2bueTjLym4YCh6tQLzkUyQib3EeWN0uf7O-k7EyplXNePs4VLuaYLnGYGblsrtiC3GQ/w300-h400/IMG_4420.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snake and Horse</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Fltd27_7BpxFgHPzt-L7G_3w7DlxhW-qPgDnnGF8lxnKdldfnfL4z8CgOTiAROBYDwjVf9FD5wfx57XO3RsIVrxQhAuClIIgUUv-fIOfyGB-ET8jDIP79Kpm2bueTjLym4YCh6tQLzkUyQib3EeWN0uf7O-k7EyplXNePs4VLuaYLnGYGblsrtiC3GQ/s640/IMG_4420.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goat, Monkey, and Rooster</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpYrv0pF3PbAZa5x4c7Xi5UWJTgnWaalsIOpz_iXs9NedvLqM0T7IhvyYTIjHiFTrIic8Jmg3fRCdngqGjpia64ot8ZrA9Jsw5RMUzRngYvwVoJy2x1YjGPMpn6zsA8hrgvxnHgFEnX94asBaK2s7eP4SjFfcga7INQwzIvDNI4NU3rynn14a5XrhZrM/s640/IMG_4416.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxyFqOrvU4seApP2-QeaM06XqKUNhVWwzCsEyxzfJuV1ucKqYcwykf7c6oZVIqCUEwnoZe6lAljn4UrRmVlqjTUpGosZSo5VyJn6zEt721iwdhYXqbz8JBlGq9FKcgkWpgr_es-DruE1_M282WR7-5Rz_xFtqn6r-xoEX1Uw8Qn8rEHnnrriRTa9qVw8/s640/IMG_4412.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; 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margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjwyi7WaIUp7tDwA6_3-02_SZVm6OIf4RMU1ZWU4r7ycKDOvzaAWa_Qbk47QF9sWLsWW_rvCHZON6qXB1Rf4ZZ89rtJk_dLu1SIOVyxmKBh7WXV4RTx-cCVqvxFxxdCyjw83NclVEnetlLFfo8GVYr7ZMtVBIUWdE7zD4E8R8RSX8mAT4E2CvgBzJNe0/s640/IMG_4418.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsY7T5qndrxJKLc9KDJKo53zk4CqJtTsWTOa6O1MglZzxptKCADHPk1BEl1qA2OlHggzCKRn0Uqo4f-LCbEbrrut3pysEwa3XjFUtRqw9AjGHbPJsNNG1ogb3_0j_66SMMSIIsaOtFqiGVasRDW_8ImeIkNF8265PzyNYiSNgsOCBUV36VpWpI5qMK0EQ/s640/IMG_4411.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; 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margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pig</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaDgtFfivdXBhYTYdJPPx0FSEbimXEjs9hFHvDN7CCLmgxDqCC1COa93jhPvpKeFMEkk70Ck9i5GqfzBEWOQ1d9-LcJ7N6pRRMB9qux5chZpHfJXkzF-4OLjCneO2y-bGfxSO7kIjLDG9iKPN7O8LJeXvo7SSUyTGpXD-3QNa89IDSwkPgPTkjhu63bM/s640/IMG_4419.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsUVGG8CtL7gt96kmKP3caE1AcqUaQemtYHRCMcmbRAAh_-2I0UzMEG1KZFkUQ6UzYIqlqR4mWl4sz_EJ82MhQKZsjNzPYAbI9AHfMINZpR9Vx8HDoYWUOvijgnuYMP2tDxviI1tou8qmgWNNQUWMKcHuVeL3oVp7r06Yi3Cz-VAl8_NYT01KJG5CaJc/s640/IMG_4410.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsUVGG8CtL7gt96kmKP3caE1AcqUaQemtYHRCMcmbRAAh_-2I0UzMEG1KZFkUQ6UzYIqlqR4mWl4sz_EJ82MhQKZsjNzPYAbI9AHfMINZpR9Vx8HDoYWUOvijgnuYMP2tDxviI1tou8qmgWNNQUWMKcHuVeL3oVp7r06Yi3Cz-VAl8_NYT01KJG5CaJc/w300-h400/IMG_4410.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I was born in the Year of the Rat. How about you? Is the Chinese Zodiac sign accurate in describing your personality?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I looked up the Chinese Zodiac and found the following from no.china-embassy.gov.cn:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p align="justify" class="p" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0pt 2.25pt 11.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">The Chinese zodiac, or shengxiao, refers to the circle of 12 animals that measure the cycles of time. Signs or animals are determined by the lunar year in which you were born.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="justify" class="p" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0pt 2.25pt 11.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Legend has it that a god beckoned all animals to bid him farewell before his departure from Earth. Only 12 of them, namely the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig arrived, with each given a place of honor in a year based on the order of arrival.</span></span></p><p align="justify" class="p" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0pt 2.25pt 11.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Different people born under each zodiac sign are believed to have different personalities that represent animals of the year. Sometimes people consult with their zodiac signs for compatibility before getting married.</span></span></p><p align="justify" class="p" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0pt 2.25pt 11.25pt; text-align: justify;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start;" /></p></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-54665660438746345482024-02-04T16:44:00.002-06:002024-02-04T16:44:39.125-06:00A fun weekend <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We just finished what we think is our last weekend of hockey games. We rented a small cottage in Machesney Park, IL, that was recently remodeled and quite nice. The weather was very springlike and sunny.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">On Friday, we did a few errands including a stop at Quilter's General Store to buy some backing and binding fabric for some quilt tops. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhdPZyhwQsAbWYZxtcg0q-R03alHugCS4Btfpzq6r_ouJUJ9uFsAIghs90pFbE1yciiLcRXC5CkaT_JrOvaIDgLJqt4sFmzLKYWtoy270exSoRNxVxB4YHCenB9HnoBD7-ymAe8-X0bmnzXQJcSEsaUvKK1iiBfFi43_sUsK41DwiNKwHQBA-9Aqt4h4/s640/IMG_4441.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhdPZyhwQsAbWYZxtcg0q-R03alHugCS4Btfpzq6r_ouJUJ9uFsAIghs90pFbE1yciiLcRXC5CkaT_JrOvaIDgLJqt4sFmzLKYWtoy270exSoRNxVxB4YHCenB9HnoBD7-ymAe8-X0bmnzXQJcSEsaUvKK1iiBfFi43_sUsK41DwiNKwHQBA-9Aqt4h4/w400-h300/IMG_4441.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Backing and binding </td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We enjoyed watching our oldest hockey playing grandson Friday night. </span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We began Saturday with a stop at <a href="https://bythe12bakery.com">By The Dozen Bakery</a>. After seeing an ad on TV and realizing that it was very close to our cottage, we decided to splurge on breakfast. The glazed old-fashioned donuts were fantastic! </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://nicholasconservatory.com">Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens</a> was our next stop. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaou_ElQO_maV4GPRnKz_WMOVH8R8hc9r_flMK3HkTt-EUinrkxsqKlyPw4teu1vK2HPn6BSwIuA5ggvlM0NUNVFeGRKw5Uex369tf6FKhG1sinrBeCnXOWIc8_WpaqNL3eG8c0ENKlcw7ipN6NTkTCvgOJJhnJ0lOiG1vQ4hSOsX73_nGPzGoS1iMYhQ/s640/IMG_4440.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaou_ElQO_maV4GPRnKz_WMOVH8R8hc9r_flMK3HkTt-EUinrkxsqKlyPw4teu1vK2HPn6BSwIuA5ggvlM0NUNVFeGRKw5Uex369tf6FKhG1sinrBeCnXOWIc8_WpaqNL3eG8c0ENKlcw7ipN6NTkTCvgOJJhnJ0lOiG1vQ4hSOsX73_nGPzGoS1iMYhQ/w400-h300/IMG_4440.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">There was an orchid display and a celebration of the Lunar New Year. Here are a few photos.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslLxmiJvB7T0eCFKMVOrBY2uZRnsKngiuJUdTSPCrRD-pL5hwkvqKh13h_kM4e4hGAbnNT95GD3Xc7QZM8jKwiRN0wcwXZnvTT-r5Bh_epGmUiWY_ngf0CTFKz5XIEHSx2M9Zykj3pAQTr0TB7Ldq3ddD3mX1pqTACvbVzJg1rmHSN_WN4ZA61p5ZE2U/s640/IMG_4355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslLxmiJvB7T0eCFKMVOrBY2uZRnsKngiuJUdTSPCrRD-pL5hwkvqKh13h_kM4e4hGAbnNT95GD3Xc7QZM8jKwiRN0wcwXZnvTT-r5Bh_epGmUiWY_ngf0CTFKz5XIEHSx2M9Zykj3pAQTr0TB7Ldq3ddD3mX1pqTACvbVzJg1rmHSN_WN4ZA61p5ZE2U/w300-h400/IMG_4355.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGZKUR0BVjeJrHSPf-UHTv6E_1Bw1dhzJxUYzPyZ-5n9yBmh5K7m1ubjUynEnzl1Zb_bzOk9VJgBClAG7j9tf6VILTrAon6WcDqb3bf9SptKSaW4YA7lc4of8iscS1McFtGQetX5pDaqtDkM1xprvjrgg1IuX6LBXmB18ApNQVNPaMc9zYKWdPQ42rlU/s640/IMG_4359.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0GMaq-WOedKHmtOsm_HiPXYMLjng1_yG7td07KeSDFqD25X2nN9_DDxr50JzmkDr98WDP5vYyRzOssR0LdAqcV-xOcEeAdBvC8bSJd3bx9YOJ1H63QkyjOeIe_b_f12hF7xnFhxkUrVNR6eMpg-JNtRSEXgg_BhhNuxuX6_KNbTNp6vV2FXBBZFhxC4/w300-h400/IMG_4436.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We enjoyed watching two younger grandsons play hockey Saturday afternoon and the oldest one play Saturday night (on LIveBarn TV - he was in a Chicago suburb playing). On Sunday, we once again enjoyed watching the oldest play another game. Then we headed home. I'm hoping to find a little more quilting time this week.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Note: More about the Lunar New Year at Nicholas Conservatory in the next post.</span></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-43082021822498059442024-01-29T16:00:00.004-06:002024-01-29T17:02:51.957-06:00How can it be the end of January???<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Most of a month has passed since I've written and I've kept busy. First, we've had some wicked weather with many inches of snow,</span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pttjkhGxN5pTfvdknfLhXafloEhwWE_25fHRhwskLDReH8AMjBwA0HExgKMeg2cQkp_2M5GfwYg8wkA4nZEsJHR-MiwvE9FupKP25MTClzqrjCBz_nODI1euzi0MknyFzCre1sXarIIUc4CDTmSO6kJNr18VdzXh0FbgRbU9gbQpQu2UB1d1Halb4Wk/s640/IMG_4304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pttjkhGxN5pTfvdknfLhXafloEhwWE_25fHRhwskLDReH8AMjBwA0HExgKMeg2cQkp_2M5GfwYg8wkA4nZEsJHR-MiwvE9FupKP25MTClzqrjCBz_nODI1euzi0MknyFzCre1sXarIIUc4CDTmSO6kJNr18VdzXh0FbgRbU9gbQpQu2UB1d1Halb4Wk/s320/IMG_4304.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">which is finally melting and our biggest problem now seems to be morning and nighttime fog.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The weather has been a great reason to stay home whenever possible. I've been doing a little cleaning in the basement each day and I've been quilting quite a bit. I have piles again - quilts to be quilted and quilts to be bound. Life feels normal again!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I do have two small finishes; both are donation quilts. Both quilts began with panels from my late friend Colleen's stash. The first, <i>Ahoy</i> is a 30" by 36". Although it is small, I think it will be a nice blanky for some child. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4q5aIxT6T9ziv0ooiTsjzreis36zT749qi7E43BUgqeTe9our-6V8joA-tRHLAi0_5OwG_-Wax7APXQd3qVeGZn1xiwWO-gaz9FsPA2jx1Y0XoMYhQswd3icxPEUWQgh8EFJkfUuFPZIPe1MMkvvY-Finp5l_f_m3GIOu2QxQ6Z9up6ILFE5scinIxL4/s640/IMG_4313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4q5aIxT6T9ziv0ooiTsjzreis36zT749qi7E43BUgqeTe9our-6V8joA-tRHLAi0_5OwG_-Wax7APXQd3qVeGZn1xiwWO-gaz9FsPA2jx1Y0XoMYhQswd3icxPEUWQgh8EFJkfUuFPZIPe1MMkvvY-Finp5l_f_m3GIOu2QxQ6Z9up6ILFE5scinIxL4/w300-h400/IMG_4313.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I quilted a meandering stitch using #32975 light turquoise 40-wt Glide thread. The back is a turquoise water print.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGPem0DWRQ0l5Ky-JRmqvZVRudEwDRGYQ4adGw3tzPCJ-DbgHG0C3qMBf7CGQ6wtyhphwomJ0zITvi4gk_EuLvPhhyphenhyphen9Uu4gfA61WpTeDA8Ja78E4DjdjAN0MROcED2w6npvQDF-AW5BmnARqU7zjH5zKv9WSoPXiuhNF5gLuI4H9bV2pILKb4oHp2e7s/s640/IMG_4315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGPem0DWRQ0l5Ky-JRmqvZVRudEwDRGYQ4adGw3tzPCJ-DbgHG0C3qMBf7CGQ6wtyhphwomJ0zITvi4gk_EuLvPhhyphenhyphen9Uu4gfA61WpTeDA8Ja78E4DjdjAN0MROcED2w6npvQDF-AW5BmnARqU7zjH5zKv9WSoPXiuhNF5gLuI4H9bV2pILKb4oHp2e7s/w300-h400/IMG_4315.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>The second finish, Junior Safari, is 39" by 48".<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhba6kIK0lEu1gZUZyqWIe7CXUQGjXsXA3jAfU6eX3srk-5HLDXLfJFi0IEKPiUFY9NqBZLpX2s99BKTF2WUblZ2YLU23a8NIL5zKLsfqlI3CLbecVQ3nJqkzkp2WtwFCJ1sq73HHtOxNjPGaLWLUcKToxE8HXv-cIGb3fYmT8No5Jv31Fg030LqypQD_U/s640/IMG_4336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhba6kIK0lEu1gZUZyqWIe7CXUQGjXsXA3jAfU6eX3srk-5HLDXLfJFi0IEKPiUFY9NqBZLpX2s99BKTF2WUblZ2YLU23a8NIL5zKLsfqlI3CLbecVQ3nJqkzkp2WtwFCJ1sq73HHtOxNjPGaLWLUcKToxE8HXv-cIGb3fYmT8No5Jv31Fg030LqypQD_U/w400-h300/IMG_4336.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The animals are cute and I love the browns and blues together.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqTg5yfvkWHGLQUYTUWbPH45o2AxtIksYZO2aiLdTb7jsJSYBI6Gz9qlfoIs-MYeZAOY25sOBKz85x_UrN_mCSq3OlZW2_4m5BM5Si5P8JcQnlxCqKRVMExmNRdvhFiHGLt4aqyITCta8ae7DOwZHMgzvbOCvhKwwyQlo9tuXSs-B6CFqFwxUa8CNNCA/s640/IMG_4338.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqTg5yfvkWHGLQUYTUWbPH45o2AxtIksYZO2aiLdTb7jsJSYBI6Gz9qlfoIs-MYeZAOY25sOBKz85x_UrN_mCSq3OlZW2_4m5BM5Si5P8JcQnlxCqKRVMExmNRdvhFiHGLt4aqyITCta8ae7DOwZHMgzvbOCvhKwwyQlo9tuXSs-B6CFqFwxUa8CNNCA/w400-h300/IMG_4338.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZYKKAX-jWiO7cVYvVZhxgBBRXx-epF0qFufYMi0aOS2u8-gQKj2Dza-E5IkS4ZgB_9rqaMO2YtRMIDe0CZn-vFzAhoqiCKPvF5VgmENWSlxKzhmHxDtfZzHCDMzl_DK8PJtqT-dAXnxKQNgQIneZz0fk7KDbpNVZETM9i-tSwMjuezFqphr-J8gftjM/s640/IMG_4339.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZYKKAX-jWiO7cVYvVZhxgBBRXx-epF0qFufYMi0aOS2u8-gQKj2Dza-E5IkS4ZgB_9rqaMO2YtRMIDe0CZn-vFzAhoqiCKPvF5VgmENWSlxKzhmHxDtfZzHCDMzl_DK8PJtqT-dAXnxKQNgQIneZz0fk7KDbpNVZETM9i-tSwMjuezFqphr-J8gftjM/w400-h300/IMG_4339.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div>I also quilted this with a meandering stitch. I used light tan #24695 40-wt Glide thread. The back is a brown print which is also from Colleen's stash.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAIetck8IiaXg1avJfDaAMWZeqPExfgk0KdBaHC0wLvfDH22GiudgOsFop89HA8DB82MDfkqvRn4x97g2pS79N79AuHRp8WOeml52bc21-1y5Cy8TwzmrdYrz5Zm3Rw2fD5nbpe9kOyy2eNFzlsr-fwOQ7-i_OBo9in9f9Ak9QY2i1feyGhvfBmhgD4k/s640/IMG_4340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAIetck8IiaXg1avJfDaAMWZeqPExfgk0KdBaHC0wLvfDH22GiudgOsFop89HA8DB82MDfkqvRn4x97g2pS79N79AuHRp8WOeml52bc21-1y5Cy8TwzmrdYrz5Zm3Rw2fD5nbpe9kOyy2eNFzlsr-fwOQ7-i_OBo9in9f9Ak9QY2i1feyGhvfBmhgD4k/w300-h400/IMG_4340.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I had this 1/2 yard bundle from Colleen's stash and decided to find a project or two. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCncDu3IWQK5Bz0mJ3HdbchHywwtFZeBUF3xoi93GI_xLG2njGj2SbOpXocbcXjMxHkt7MminVNFzcmPBijM5oIhzMnb1qJJDOUG_W1t9uovj8AwuGGcGmIavOYmaD84DUeHOCakhoWDUd19pX5ruOUlhjto9uFPrykK7b6tPU6kVDjcDwQwgM9ynz4s/s640/IMG_4311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCncDu3IWQK5Bz0mJ3HdbchHywwtFZeBUF3xoi93GI_xLG2njGj2SbOpXocbcXjMxHkt7MminVNFzcmPBijM5oIhzMnb1qJJDOUG_W1t9uovj8AwuGGcGmIavOYmaD84DUeHOCakhoWDUd19pX5ruOUlhjto9uFPrykK7b6tPU6kVDjcDwQwgM9ynz4s/w400-h300/IMG_4311.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div>The tops - all three of them - are now waiting to be quilted. Here are sneak peaks. You may figure out that after fussing a little with the first, I then used up the fabric making the last two.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAV6ci1P78S5z9_qWwGprLgFSvgjvtl-PM-g_ey-rLG-6RUQ9_QEJG1k1rz9OnHol9p1PqVBHmx6CoI-ZRDLnkbDrrnk4WVT0l1sluIpImxuwlKyUazjsZC3kQcVjLvENSPP97_p8jpPexOjT0wa8PjNifJ81inV3IdZjO_tQlbUWk10j__7MbKcXMrUs/s640/IMG_4342.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAV6ci1P78S5z9_qWwGprLgFSvgjvtl-PM-g_ey-rLG-6RUQ9_QEJG1k1rz9OnHol9p1PqVBHmx6CoI-ZRDLnkbDrrnk4WVT0l1sluIpImxuwlKyUazjsZC3kQcVjLvENSPP97_p8jpPexOjT0wa8PjNifJ81inV3IdZjO_tQlbUWk10j__7MbKcXMrUs/w300-h400/IMG_4342.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5azlZSeB0sC1NesD8DqScvK8hcywD1IYGjUUuBhoonfA27uZiFSecc83dmWDeI4VzrOK3-SoVPTttH7PSfMYw8AA2relAy02qzycwg5I6NuWwoiN7bFYmFuTDATPDFh_1BV1I785OGwCVk75pijprELlLavtWtJpJ5NpW7J7DeMkwklFkrRUJ-IpmkQ/s640/IMG_4343.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5azlZSeB0sC1NesD8DqScvK8hcywD1IYGjUUuBhoonfA27uZiFSecc83dmWDeI4VzrOK3-SoVPTttH7PSfMYw8AA2relAy02qzycwg5I6NuWwoiN7bFYmFuTDATPDFh_1BV1I785OGwCVk75pijprELlLavtWtJpJ5NpW7J7DeMkwklFkrRUJ-IpmkQ/w400-h300/IMG_4343.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><br /></div><div>The green square with red leave on the right below is pieced as is one other block. It was fun to use all of the fabric!</div></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLlGhCnHq5ZQJvPel87ZOQj4X6OpYj1yjmkiAJVyXCM4ynLEHoG-urAVuzCGSAWzJejM4hVhAvx-0wy8AeloLURcSSkj7NyCnZOvvIpsHAXfmSzM8SNJyrEd88r8RTxHVt0xfSBlchzzpXB-UTbFw5F_6P7mjVa_f9qA2Vy4igyRELz2GtsTGlFgv0xY/w300-h400/IMG_4344.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">On my drawing table is a hockey quilt. I've done lots of planning and I still have a little fabric to gather. Hopefully I'll have pictures to show soon.</span><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLlGhCnHq5ZQJvPel87ZOQj4X6OpYj1yjmkiAJVyXCM4ynLEHoG-urAVuzCGSAWzJejM4hVhAvx-0wy8AeloLURcSSkj7NyCnZOvvIpsHAXfmSzM8SNJyrEd88r8RTxHVt0xfSBlchzzpXB-UTbFw5F_6P7mjVa_f9qA2Vy4igyRELz2GtsTGlFgv0xY/s640/IMG_4344.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></div></div><div><br /></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-18737339996528972432024-01-08T14:57:00.002-06:002024-01-08T14:57:41.719-06:00It's time to sew!<div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Happy New Year!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I ended the old year and began the new year with lots of cleaning out - as in my fabric stash, fabric scraps, fabric orphan blocks, fabric strings... A few days ago we delivered 5 garbage bags and 4 boxes to a place local to us where some ladies make donation comforters and quilts. I delivered 2 small boxes to them earlier. They were happy to get the fabric and I'm delighted to have things cleared out.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I do not like clutter so all is good. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I have a quilt on the frame of my longarm ready to quilt. It's a panel with borders. I did all of the stitching with my serger using a chain stitch. I just had to try it and it worked extremely well. I thought there might be a bump where the stitches are but there isn't! </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_bqXXqr7f-b5MEAuUtgiQ0bRz08BkX6tBcu4ZQSUItwK8v5tpFQtfT5mP9K7PHtiAmjR7Vxjl6i_X7k1GyjdIpX8U0B_9lkdjX3QyvJHXOrVvgJmhRC5wWJW36R8TD-efTT05UyfOOARdZT0qLAx5vetd5YzbQEXRIWfRrywXAJ6VIGbd1u58upxOUI/s640/IMG_4281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_bqXXqr7f-b5MEAuUtgiQ0bRz08BkX6tBcu4ZQSUItwK8v5tpFQtfT5mP9K7PHtiAmjR7Vxjl6i_X7k1GyjdIpX8U0B_9lkdjX3QyvJHXOrVvgJmhRC5wWJW36R8TD-efTT05UyfOOARdZT0qLAx5vetd5YzbQEXRIWfRrywXAJ6VIGbd1u58upxOUI/w300-h400/IMG_4281.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stitching</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMkwLA1R73LS8PcW25IKzwIuzHs8b7XZUSioYqoCIY94O4X5n-r-vn3XUN4SwJtMsHqQkiOfaCeptRDtzAjMogqzD4MUtK6jM9Nl20vpBXisxSPMxO_W-rI4VHSLJi6hwG8GFkz8CYdk7Ei-phRN9vNXqdrYEOArY1qqkdyfhf_it9496ky9fpNEHEBI/s640/IMG_4282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMkwLA1R73LS8PcW25IKzwIuzHs8b7XZUSioYqoCIY94O4X5n-r-vn3XUN4SwJtMsHqQkiOfaCeptRDtzAjMogqzD4MUtK6jM9Nl20vpBXisxSPMxO_W-rI4VHSLJi6hwG8GFkz8CYdk7Ei-phRN9vNXqdrYEOArY1qqkdyfhf_it9496ky9fpNEHEBI/w300-h400/IMG_4282.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back of the stitching</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm slowly assembling a scrap quilt. </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIgTVR-r08txsyRMAucn_tRf8TNmiNBpAEcvmdinA08T5s8WIMUzv0Bb7diOL7bxDP9qOQlfIVTA1n-poG1JcpHmpJ7r25CrnoXCUhccJGNpwFfKWSmwQO0a91TjaUF-EfuU2eWUcTkq8rvEkezejWCp-FZRifNBb9WmP3zorPqUT272RaJ04qxxPzbo/s640/IMG_4289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIgTVR-r08txsyRMAucn_tRf8TNmiNBpAEcvmdinA08T5s8WIMUzv0Bb7diOL7bxDP9qOQlfIVTA1n-poG1JcpHmpJ7r25CrnoXCUhccJGNpwFfKWSmwQO0a91TjaUF-EfuU2eWUcTkq8rvEkezejWCp-FZRifNBb9WmP3zorPqUT272RaJ04qxxPzbo/w300-h400/IMG_4289.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It sounds like we are in for quite the winter storm tonight and tomorrow. We had almost 5" of snow a week and a half ago and it sounds like this next storm might be even more snow with strong winds.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNH4VuKZ6vBpiaZch1HxHFJ7rwT0m58I7FgrFmG1_BjpBNy7KeaoS6lDcxV5qUb-ZtAcFWOOFkYCLegZ4sWkWY3-2tACFBkme09mTaI1G6TlDtphLglmJPOXen25fG0nFULJNZt511NlSCHsVqhW1oc2ubrblpR172hLiihs7WyYgfvu5faR1_PdFQZU/s421/IMG_4278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="305" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNH4VuKZ6vBpiaZch1HxHFJ7rwT0m58I7FgrFmG1_BjpBNy7KeaoS6lDcxV5qUb-ZtAcFWOOFkYCLegZ4sWkWY3-2tACFBkme09mTaI1G6TlDtphLglmJPOXen25fG0nFULJNZt511NlSCHsVqhW1oc2ubrblpR172hLiihs7WyYgfvu5faR1_PdFQZU/w290-h400/IMG_4278.jpg" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A week and a half ago</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I think we'll have chili to eat tomorrow and it's already made. So bring on the snow - it's time for to sew!</span></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-39054179682490063272023-12-26T17:37:00.010-06:002023-12-26T19:53:37.333-06:00My last finishes for 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I had a few quilts nearly finished and decided to push and get them done before the New Year.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The first finish is Stargazer. <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLk-dc1G80RMwI-6sr5PcLhoPB5Kcfoy-LiLfHOLEKKXkaDa0wAULA6JnlWDGqV1oChuWyWmeib7VuVFwpQWRZL0OmIwZLDFowD6qW-GOd_JNaoA98rYnTHH4NMWI0fOE5inUAtsKzV_Xfsh_MPCG2zEvftKhHu-j9DnAXOrFiV8x7lRTtAlAWO-TaLfM/s640/IMG_4210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLk-dc1G80RMwI-6sr5PcLhoPB5Kcfoy-LiLfHOLEKKXkaDa0wAULA6JnlWDGqV1oChuWyWmeib7VuVFwpQWRZL0OmIwZLDFowD6qW-GOd_JNaoA98rYnTHH4NMWI0fOE5inUAtsKzV_Xfsh_MPCG2zEvftKhHu-j9DnAXOrFiV8x7lRTtAlAWO-TaLfM/w300-h400/IMG_4210.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I basically followed a <a href="https://www.missouriquiltco.com/pages/stargazer-quilt-tutorial">tutorial</a> from Missouri Star Quilt Company to make this quilt with a few changes, the big one being that the aqua blocks with stars in my quilt would be plain white blocks according to the tutorial. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9KXMcsonnzhlFTkFFhz148o2nxvpEfNhDkIG1B9GYvjPkuvU7iYl3Yf4BGAVIHSAM9Qyde7em6u1mgcCuO35PcIn3wmx9qGQGMHVBzh0jUvXlVZCf8y_-PTv3nZmnoJnPUESh-nlMvnieMGXtgde74DKDCDoWk4bG3lQGDDW4X99tdMekdsD978Dgnc/s640/IMG_4211.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9KXMcsonnzhlFTkFFhz148o2nxvpEfNhDkIG1B9GYvjPkuvU7iYl3Yf4BGAVIHSAM9Qyde7em6u1mgcCuO35PcIn3wmx9qGQGMHVBzh0jUvXlVZCf8y_-PTv3nZmnoJnPUESh-nlMvnieMGXtgde74DKDCDoWk4bG3lQGDDW4X99tdMekdsD978Dgnc/w300-h400/IMG_4211.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This 62" square quilt is quilted with a loop-de-loop pattern using Glide #10WG1 Linen thread.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-3lB0kga_MbZWBZNzq9n3d1c9uUJQY6OsUdkEBQmI2hXC06hhyphenhyphenJ3CEAaF1jDkELJaFFBAJUeXagcUceWRyybUINUxjoEYLPuN3yW4Mg34omu3kMGKBeoF5ehE8mo4ahbTdmG4juvxLKR13Jf8QjudE-_WSAMVA_RRiJwEMfjshmodbkmZllygogLfQ8/s640/IMG_4212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-3lB0kga_MbZWBZNzq9n3d1c9uUJQY6OsUdkEBQmI2hXC06hhyphenhyphenJ3CEAaF1jDkELJaFFBAJUeXagcUceWRyybUINUxjoEYLPuN3yW4Mg34omu3kMGKBeoF5ehE8mo4ahbTdmG4juvxLKR13Jf8QjudE-_WSAMVA_RRiJwEMfjshmodbkmZllygogLfQ8/w300-h400/IMG_4212.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The back is a soft turquoise with hints of purple. This quilt will live with us, When I finally finished it, both Ray and I decided we needed to keep it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZD9tHNKRjAbrQS4D5vZ4fK0da5BoeqgJ6gWBgjVEBZCdTE1X9RuqUZ-EhN3nA3XeNMQHxSXw0lCiIDvIuVu2xOoZ5tQL3dvmMlPWe0OQWaNYIVYLlh5BGM0MbUibXi2mu98cLfUw1W2w5JG1Bk6HbEWnBjmmNWcKvV5N_UEwmmbfl1OTV-KHNmzHBPyQ/s640/IMG_4214.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZD9tHNKRjAbrQS4D5vZ4fK0da5BoeqgJ6gWBgjVEBZCdTE1X9RuqUZ-EhN3nA3XeNMQHxSXw0lCiIDvIuVu2xOoZ5tQL3dvmMlPWe0OQWaNYIVYLlh5BGM0MbUibXi2mu98cLfUw1W2w5JG1Bk6HbEWnBjmmNWcKvV5N_UEwmmbfl1OTV-KHNmzHBPyQ/s320/IMG_4214.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I think you can see the backing better in this unquilted picture.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWxl9XndX4olRW43BzeiGcmO7_LZMXpWTj7YzmoD4eNvYS5UdZ_LUIlwfCS4XD2N90emxm3Pf2GZRXi3Ezyrrrekw7Y8ff7aCDFqo-lwz2J2jSbCYSDpz5Edz9zNA3q2JadLAcIN-TMxsEwgnZ6xXfoOlO0J3hoOYcWNLV3rSrLJ_f2Y95q6iCSu2eec/s640/IMG_4235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWxl9XndX4olRW43BzeiGcmO7_LZMXpWTj7YzmoD4eNvYS5UdZ_LUIlwfCS4XD2N90emxm3Pf2GZRXi3Ezyrrrekw7Y8ff7aCDFqo-lwz2J2jSbCYSDpz5Edz9zNA3q2JadLAcIN-TMxsEwgnZ6xXfoOlO0J3hoOYcWNLV3rSrLJ_f2Y95q6iCSu2eec/w300-h400/IMG_4235.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">A number of months ago, I saw an idea for a layer cake quilt. Basically, you use a layer cake and pair the lights with darks, making HSTs (half square triangles). Then you just arrange them however you like. I looked for flannel layer cakes on our fall trip in October but couldn't find any. So I bought flannels that were red and/or gray and cut my own 10" squares. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I decided to arrange so no plaids were touching. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More variety might have been nice but now that this quilt resides in our family room, it's really grown on me.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3BF959kxKX2m_Kh0g4SAVEqA0iK4IS3zdUE71aA_EjqjMphzWR6vBgpwpghdRPl5A1o3xFQOtFh0yYhAW-Uns8gIpzVZArqF0sIdOTTc_cpsqEuQas5fKdMd_K0JTr3nRuA1WppnX34Zf2JaUH0mahebBXnm6WaY24LsUbAKdxuGN-Bn4CqZ8DvOImo/s640/IMG_4218.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3BF959kxKX2m_Kh0g4SAVEqA0iK4IS3zdUE71aA_EjqjMphzWR6vBgpwpghdRPl5A1o3xFQOtFh0yYhAW-Uns8gIpzVZArqF0sIdOTTc_cpsqEuQas5fKdMd_K0JTr3nRuA1WppnX34Zf2JaUH0mahebBXnm6WaY24LsUbAKdxuGN-Bn4CqZ8DvOImo/w300-h400/IMG_4218.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>This 56" by 72" quilt will stay </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">out all winter. I quilted it with a meandering stitch using Glide #70187 Ruby thread.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffr3AeKGDQmuKxJSiuJPAN-Ksan61jrARh4FXhlEnLp17wQYjlSp2xF0S5-levF1RdaKdadrrIoQd3vFEjMdJT7p3fjYq3H0-o0imqV9NmKgS1G_ziCv3qJ6UoCiUDzVNn-RFxgGxzc76HMqL2ud0HShzaePqBxPZgQWHdvlzdzqg2daeXVy5Vqsb_U0/s640/IMG_4220.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffr3AeKGDQmuKxJSiuJPAN-Ksan61jrARh4FXhlEnLp17wQYjlSp2xF0S5-levF1RdaKdadrrIoQd3vFEjMdJT7p3fjYq3H0-o0imqV9NmKgS1G_ziCv3qJ6UoCiUDzVNn-RFxgGxzc76HMqL2ud0HShzaePqBxPZgQWHdvlzdzqg2daeXVy5Vqsb_U0/w300-h400/IMG_4220.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I found the backing in the sale room at Olive Juice Quilts in Onalaska, WI this fall. The fabric is also flannel and makes the quilt reversible. A lightweight Dream Cotton batting makes this a nice weight, snuggly quilt.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCz9gFFM5iEQ4uCdUzdueBnTK4V_LKolvuIlWRu6iNMuCyZAcI_ExY9E2RjRJ04eR69juPmdBBUV1FGoDTbXMzpxU22NYi-6aBpj1aq9sLmdgPUSyuuNsYG72UyK-r-eU8axe51zurOYka9lazE_8J8AcFruaCUwGibfy0wxM3G6UdOwYMXoYnmXmDwc/s640/IMG_4222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCz9gFFM5iEQ4uCdUzdueBnTK4V_LKolvuIlWRu6iNMuCyZAcI_ExY9E2RjRJ04eR69juPmdBBUV1FGoDTbXMzpxU22NYi-6aBpj1aq9sLmdgPUSyuuNsYG72UyK-r-eU8axe51zurOYka9lazE_8J8AcFruaCUwGibfy0wxM3G6UdOwYMXoYnmXmDwc/w300-h400/IMG_4222.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Tumbling Blocks</i> has an interesting back story. Cheryl of </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://cherylsteapots2quilting.blogspot.com">Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting</a> shared a <a href="https://cherylsteapots2quilting.blogspot.com/2023/09/faithful-circle-quilt-show-part-2.html">post</a> in September about the Faithful Circle Quilt Show. I saw a picture of a blue ribbon quilt about 2/3rds of the way through the post and decided I would like to make it as an I-Spy quilt with a variety of scraps. I decided to draft the pattern and 'copy' the quilt while finding a way to change it to make it mine. I ended up with a neat quilt that is similar to the more complex original, and I was able to keep those neat light/white diamonds between the squares. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">A small piece of the original with gorgeous custom quilting:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2_VSAqG47HP4ir1C8aGoJZKUtVWnWSIHCkHQ-dGwUs3j8FOnguMFVOHu6uKvaQ59B3Nq3BKn5f62KmK7epwnqldplF4ZgPkEj5kz0Wc5QdknwYFyV7O6_wE4vrEBaQPS-03_dVWEZPwaTWtvl6RgdiX1JH3ueE_gaAtVwU_cTUWbvTMMdDHuhfsmBRc/s242/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%205.21.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="242" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2_VSAqG47HP4ir1C8aGoJZKUtVWnWSIHCkHQ-dGwUs3j8FOnguMFVOHu6uKvaQ59B3Nq3BKn5f62KmK7epwnqldplF4ZgPkEj5kz0Wc5QdknwYFyV7O6_wE4vrEBaQPS-03_dVWEZPwaTWtvl6RgdiX1JH3ueE_gaAtVwU_cTUWbvTMMdDHuhfsmBRc/w320-h258/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%205.21.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Mine:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNBZ2l8RWH5hmz1FBA_41QhYDh8naZ-QOEzPsonpDE9FrBPD-usZvfcr5hM1gLcQX-F8Yqd6qa9x9p-07vwxwvTOx8O0WmubtwDuddk1IWKcbDkGxQLgEegiZYiGJaET4NZ7m100LEq7UtihTuBvRUBFFlbG0bBgrgk9rUEAKDFhwbSELbmftxLuWDG8/s640/IMG_4226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNBZ2l8RWH5hmz1FBA_41QhYDh8naZ-QOEzPsonpDE9FrBPD-usZvfcr5hM1gLcQX-F8Yqd6qa9x9p-07vwxwvTOx8O0WmubtwDuddk1IWKcbDkGxQLgEegiZYiGJaET4NZ7m100LEq7UtihTuBvRUBFFlbG0bBgrgk9rUEAKDFhwbSELbmftxLuWDG8/s320/IMG_4226.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It looks like the original is on point but it's more complicated than that. I'm glad I saw the original and I'm happy with my simplified version. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">My quilt is 56" by 62".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSPNM1ir7mV9aj8i0kUzngJOavmSjFTcNRlolEbjgQEpKsrlGPUGnoigxlI5YU1nQlQ5Qxu6OlUhL-JoqmDuc6QT1P40bPUUBim3YmyY2PHr6jsFAIgnukzVkKooh3JxNuPNTQnkuPhgBaUkXh1RcjnxKlMm-GFJKWyx7Up8ITRxdHzifNmRJfzr2nJc/s640/IMG_4225.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSPNM1ir7mV9aj8i0kUzngJOavmSjFTcNRlolEbjgQEpKsrlGPUGnoigxlI5YU1nQlQ5Qxu6OlUhL-JoqmDuc6QT1P40bPUUBim3YmyY2PHr6jsFAIgnukzVkKooh3JxNuPNTQnkuPhgBaUkXh1RcjnxKlMm-GFJKWyx7Up8ITRxdHzifNmRJfzr2nJc/w300-h400/IMG_4225.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I used Glide #17543 light gray thread to quilt this with a meandering stitch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdRZe5d5U_YY5Me9dckYBXhiAQHdniYCC1TUFh9CqVqzrpfOoiD8teCDjQK8zpjaLVThd4iZcS20JMIXHM9qLZFPpD2gFSLRtNSu-4kaw_9HbnpQgGKpLj2kKRlUPUQID8x5R98qbcRdO2Ocvge3iFZKba-j1DWuD14cR45zh4_5XXKdzeEp3yhbHSUY/s640/IMG_4227.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdRZe5d5U_YY5Me9dckYBXhiAQHdniYCC1TUFh9CqVqzrpfOoiD8teCDjQK8zpjaLVThd4iZcS20JMIXHM9qLZFPpD2gFSLRtNSu-4kaw_9HbnpQgGKpLj2kKRlUPUQID8x5R98qbcRdO2Ocvge3iFZKba-j1DWuD14cR45zh4_5XXKdzeEp3yhbHSUY/w300-h400/IMG_4227.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The backing is a bit of a fun surprise with the bright bold colors.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3VGFpdTwU3eFFuiqNKLh8W0bHL80hZ53FHmcrGiVceH4jnyRemU60-JPeIuHj7k-A9nE6QZTfOSC6kFjxKST8WB50P1waCuwmpLGmWDg0JJU0jGXEmm1n1tayFCJczr4bpyRBDffxtWWehbXjay9_Q6AZS33AkikpQg6A7dQyLFPRs6W9TcJQ-50MvM/s640/IMG_4228.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3VGFpdTwU3eFFuiqNKLh8W0bHL80hZ53FHmcrGiVceH4jnyRemU60-JPeIuHj7k-A9nE6QZTfOSC6kFjxKST8WB50P1waCuwmpLGmWDg0JJU0jGXEmm1n1tayFCJczr4bpyRBDffxtWWehbXjay9_Q6AZS33AkikpQg6A7dQyLFPRs6W9TcJQ-50MvM/w300-h400/IMG_4228.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>The Frog Quilt</i> began with a panel that I found last fall when I was looking for some other fabric. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-_LOB5cyv87wZiLO_OARgPggC3tAbtK2dL_5lJuLsbYedAdTIscO1__t-NbC3cw-3ylWzOOuWVDmQ-Ls4gOvE2Y1FXiLmuaG0P59ZuvVIINAtGllUm4pVPgSoce97DNIwJzqyE59C-hd3n70IOR-E3Gf6ZVxq2VwwAKrk7m6NaLlIflsGanx9GBmcmk/s640/IMG_4268.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-_LOB5cyv87wZiLO_OARgPggC3tAbtK2dL_5lJuLsbYedAdTIscO1__t-NbC3cw-3ylWzOOuWVDmQ-Ls4gOvE2Y1FXiLmuaG0P59ZuvVIINAtGllUm4pVPgSoce97DNIwJzqyE59C-hd3n70IOR-E3Gf6ZVxq2VwwAKrk7m6NaLlIflsGanx9GBmcmk/w300-h400/IMG_4268.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I quilted this with meandering loops using Glide Battleship gray #10430 thread.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CuX_c6ph0ToXtjIMn-eOZ6vRYJ_qToYExjOU_893e1q0bx2XZQLpkj7g6GpPaXRk_5hodMpG2tgF8-v0aUBJn7J66QpJXJoUAgUvGWdfCj9HYZANQY6wh2z7cKYqTQnGSlSFB0UBIO027Zv7YMZ4m1lsd16zMTtdxzPW7ViG3CtSlJ4p8K0bFg7KeoI/s640/IMG_4269.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CuX_c6ph0ToXtjIMn-eOZ6vRYJ_qToYExjOU_893e1q0bx2XZQLpkj7g6GpPaXRk_5hodMpG2tgF8-v0aUBJn7J66QpJXJoUAgUvGWdfCj9HYZANQY6wh2z7cKYqTQnGSlSFB0UBIO027Zv7YMZ4m1lsd16zMTtdxzPW7ViG3CtSlJ4p8K0bFg7KeoI/w300-h400/IMG_4269.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This 48" by 55" donation quilt has a yellow/green back pieced with some scraps from my stash. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyybbTxlJieTWxp0x_tRm7bImb3evLZyW2k4sYGlVuhPRfCAq5zFMWaWwBb2IHvZamsVrv9oQ10QLZ1mSrRVxNwSO4sAEpGk6xUhjZ1Kb647UOo0WaiPBjWRMzYFLhiFHP8Zo0kZKTe2E-fkhsybSbyQt_ffJH2_GvzcjOdcvE35kpvANChyphenhyphennyGuLAvuA/s640/IMG_4273.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyybbTxlJieTWxp0x_tRm7bImb3evLZyW2k4sYGlVuhPRfCAq5zFMWaWwBb2IHvZamsVrv9oQ10QLZ1mSrRVxNwSO4sAEpGk6xUhjZ1Kb647UOo0WaiPBjWRMzYFLhiFHP8Zo0kZKTe2E-fkhsybSbyQt_ffJH2_GvzcjOdcvE35kpvANChyphenhyphennyGuLAvuA/w300-h400/IMG_4273.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The last two quilts are the final quilts made from the fabrics of the second quilt I rejected for Grandson J's graduation. I think almost all of the red/gray/black fabrics that I pulled for the second try are finally sewn into donation quilts.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">JGQR2B (J's Graduation Quilt Reject 2, version B) is 56" by 70".<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3xX0Kct2S-4kFbWtWRwDwaJnayo5YS852GBriCaTN-dIGMSViJQB7iq2Lq8gvEqIH-rupCOJ3FsDc0CeBTM9V0L3jIO7fqwltyZqrl3IgO0toAF1PrH76CEk38DuGDe-aJir8N3U_6iJdvEJjJgAzmmIvc-8hjzTgc4esxRmkTlgerWeddalCxXVU3U/s640/IMG_4215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3xX0Kct2S-4kFbWtWRwDwaJnayo5YS852GBriCaTN-dIGMSViJQB7iq2Lq8gvEqIH-rupCOJ3FsDc0CeBTM9V0L3jIO7fqwltyZqrl3IgO0toAF1PrH76CEk38DuGDe-aJir8N3U_6iJdvEJjJgAzmmIvc-8hjzTgc4esxRmkTlgerWeddalCxXVU3U/w300-h400/IMG_4215.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This donation quilt was quilted in a loop-de-loop pattern with Glide light gray #17543 thread. I used a lot of the original red/black/gray pieces which were already sewn together and cut them to size.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0fB-w8rvVMnpo_YbvogPXesa8EnEH01BeacGj3GGc16W4LJ9OM8KZ7V-f-n4uN6sEMalKHzZOSwehzhD1vIo-2Zmdi4j6CiH-JFrpDLw4LuUegRVxp_opHDL4d3NVp8ioJsS5pg-Ogmj5hgjzA0b95wZjuawigUgQc4hJzztsCzUq1mJiYfOQhZzWnc/s640/IMG_4216.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0fB-w8rvVMnpo_YbvogPXesa8EnEH01BeacGj3GGc16W4LJ9OM8KZ7V-f-n4uN6sEMalKHzZOSwehzhD1vIo-2Zmdi4j6CiH-JFrpDLw4LuUegRVxp_opHDL4d3NVp8ioJsS5pg-Ogmj5hgjzA0b95wZjuawigUgQc4hJzztsCzUq1mJiYfOQhZzWnc/w300-h400/IMG_4216.jpg" width="300" /></a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The backing fabric is a black and gray print.<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZK6wJdqI7j8yZaHdVP1gG5aWVlAAA_zs7dN33H7PgAnF7BjKlt0PtrhsBnEBRUYwIJeYot3fm73CbuvITxWkdmTpBb6kh_lFB5btqQEjUZXJoWN-fK1OxVLEaCzYFGSIzWpvaBikN2Zr-Fxo3ky9078S0QsPfy7qpD7P61LQEJ9qspnFnl87tnJ5RQOU/s640/IMG_4217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZK6wJdqI7j8yZaHdVP1gG5aWVlAAA_zs7dN33H7PgAnF7BjKlt0PtrhsBnEBRUYwIJeYot3fm73CbuvITxWkdmTpBb6kh_lFB5btqQEjUZXJoWN-fK1OxVLEaCzYFGSIzWpvaBikN2Zr-Fxo3ky9078S0QsPfy7qpD7P61LQEJ9qspnFnl87tnJ5RQOU/w300-h400/IMG_4217.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">JGQR2C (J's Graduation Quilt Reject 2, version C) is 54" by 60". </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAL5baOYX2jZ1lFsaacQAH4MCE1hUlKN3PkjAEtRkAqbybxKxI5UXKwRHZyOJ8m0VfPiFUwVmqPBZl9rRtrU1_1JueexoIzpLiClOzI1GNPY5vaDZIHvWd-D_gc6-OLf3Ru3e2suaODec0Lc26kqTQ1bE0erpCUoHhmxTwDEUXgEwBIanoKzd7QvfAfkQ/s640/IMG_4236.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAL5baOYX2jZ1lFsaacQAH4MCE1hUlKN3PkjAEtRkAqbybxKxI5UXKwRHZyOJ8m0VfPiFUwVmqPBZl9rRtrU1_1JueexoIzpLiClOzI1GNPY5vaDZIHvWd-D_gc6-OLf3Ru3e2suaODec0Lc26kqTQ1bE0erpCUoHhmxTwDEUXgEwBIanoKzd7QvfAfkQ/w300-h400/IMG_4236.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This is also a donation quilt. I used Glide #10877 sterling gray thread to quilt a meandering motif. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vv9i0Dg1oVa6xP3oss5zM0I4P7bya0j29H4SuXcsJzomcq1R1gZ_CBLI_fDLr22FyaaFpifvsASVr6i4l8p2JUT3IlgWqX6U5YV1auARFX1-DF6dvY-n6sGUd5hyphenhyphenIKtnvY0esQaH7G-Vii63Qo9Yi6joXQ8dRgCDXsKRl6BIVmZJ2pqdSYtpCctBMnI/s640/IMG_4237.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vv9i0Dg1oVa6xP3oss5zM0I4P7bya0j29H4SuXcsJzomcq1R1gZ_CBLI_fDLr22FyaaFpifvsASVr6i4l8p2JUT3IlgWqX6U5YV1auARFX1-DF6dvY-n6sGUd5hyphenhyphenIKtnvY0esQaH7G-Vii63Qo9Yi6joXQ8dRgCDXsKRl6BIVmZJ2pqdSYtpCctBMnI/w300-h400/IMG_4237.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The backing is a black and gray print.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsVuoBUetDXj6oRt9ht747Jv_JrCXHfXT06NkahD0HLVg5M1XC2Jqo2mlUGzY3V0vLfI5ar45aq9POIUo43LMJrFEwhxY_mptPnW2KUns_P5t3ZAHmrBgRkwzjluqZF4Y3yxtcbZFlfnoWMZLS_XyL8FA7M2qGsQYNkvN1ZySyLQp86wlcIoaQUpd4o8/s640/IMG_4238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsVuoBUetDXj6oRt9ht747Jv_JrCXHfXT06NkahD0HLVg5M1XC2Jqo2mlUGzY3V0vLfI5ar45aq9POIUo43LMJrFEwhxY_mptPnW2KUns_P5t3ZAHmrBgRkwzjluqZF4Y3yxtcbZFlfnoWMZLS_XyL8FA7M2qGsQYNkvN1ZySyLQp86wlcIoaQUpd4o8/w300-h400/IMG_4238.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here is a close up showing the pattern I used. I sewed two pieces of fabric together making a square block. I then alternated the direction of the blocks. This quilt used a lot of the shorter leftover pieces of the other red/black/gray quilts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidf2VajsJ54aVGrVEUSUYRQh07udX4Gqj8YLbaIdnR8E3L3neJOsD77L5vXvaITa5BJbeGP_9y_PTBDPF7qifChfaCyg5n6rQumwCs4UZcfLIgADjX6RulN7HR_-0fsm3OpRhH-rHv1tdCEE0xUm60bzD5Abhaub8ZpVRbbf8KfGgzIp927AR5xlt_LNY/s640/IMG_4239.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidf2VajsJ54aVGrVEUSUYRQh07udX4Gqj8YLbaIdnR8E3L3neJOsD77L5vXvaITa5BJbeGP_9y_PTBDPF7qifChfaCyg5n6rQumwCs4UZcfLIgADjX6RulN7HR_-0fsm3OpRhH-rHv1tdCEE0xUm60bzD5Abhaub8ZpVRbbf8KfGgzIp927AR5xlt_LNY/w300-h400/IMG_4239.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;">It's hard to believe that there are no quilts in the 'to-be-quilted' pile and none in the 'waiting-to-be-bound' pile! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am in the process of cleaning my fabric closet (a very large dormer closet) where most of my stash is housed. My stash should have been cleaned out two years ago before being moved to the closet when I needed to make room for my longarm. At that time I couldn't physically do anything so it was delayed. I have added a lot of fabric to the stash in the last two years and decided in October that it is time to get this done. So far I have removed 2 small boxes and 5 tall kitchen garbage bags of fabric that I no longer want/use. I still have a ways to go but almost all of the larger pieces of fabric have been sorted. Everything I no longer want goes to a group making donation quilts so I think this is a win for both of us. The most interesting part - I still have a closet full of fabric!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">I hope you had a joyous Christmas</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">and I wish you a</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Happy New Year!</span></div></span></div></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-47396127098973933452023-12-04T19:48:00.001-06:002023-12-04T19:48:56.588-06:00More fabric!<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It's been an interesting month around here. Before Thanksgiving, we both got sick, after testing negative for Covid 3 times, we stopped testing. We've talked with many friends who said they or someone they know had the same thing and tested positive - some on the fourth test! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Anyway, we missed our Thanksgiving gathering but were able to finally enjoy a turkey dinner late last week. We are both feeling much better and were able to attend some hockey games to watch grandsons play this past weekend. We also visited my friend Colleen's husband and came home with </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">MORE</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> fabric. One day soon I'll have more quilts to share but today I'll just share my 'new' fabric.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Mostly reds:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iYhUBMyjATp00uYI3LNMD1hjO7y4xFzb3P7Af1XZHzRgJIRinGFD4c0ZbieBudWSFByx3uw_tPzx5yhfOlz4DDHpHQ1JoTv1EY6dyjbkLyFjdM74vg75Da0nr7RpHgPiuZ0Faatevk3H2lc9Yvbaf1KVHM7qXEKjb6a5N1y4aJmpwamr3Bc31E_WoY8/s640/IMG_4193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iYhUBMyjATp00uYI3LNMD1hjO7y4xFzb3P7Af1XZHzRgJIRinGFD4c0ZbieBudWSFByx3uw_tPzx5yhfOlz4DDHpHQ1JoTv1EY6dyjbkLyFjdM74vg75Da0nr7RpHgPiuZ0Faatevk3H2lc9Yvbaf1KVHM7qXEKjb6a5N1y4aJmpwamr3Bc31E_WoY8/w300-h400/IMG_4193.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Pink and purples:<br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidva8PSekmHJuc7SP5kx3G9Dnd1_MFmgt7pZh13VaZn053jR6uWtjU8nUFkGWF6aehqM9uHTTDHwjM9cZlUpdOqF-ktsV_PJSgQJR5cf4vmJY0cMlFEN910hB-4KIvrzRF4QkVMJJYdNJUcWG369vPcS_Uh_BxRBPMoUPHodrF7G0pay_sohYpgWgh9cA/w300-h400/IMG_4194.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Blues and blacks:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZ8Wkb8xLkHjYMVbiO3eQ4yp893oBJ29jCAt9MYlmh5BiwmNz9VbRceo7dSloooWgscKdr9sYbAY952P4wI_gZjkdV_eCZemkdSuKNuDiywUH88AlB7Z08Z4DeeEqFnf3etj1q36PTZEBwor0qlKjEdozE4J9W2aCWojrnLhsjr4BkHDXv2jWlhk9mkQ/s640/IMG_4195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZ8Wkb8xLkHjYMVbiO3eQ4yp893oBJ29jCAt9MYlmh5BiwmNz9VbRceo7dSloooWgscKdr9sYbAY952P4wI_gZjkdV_eCZemkdSuKNuDiywUH88AlB7Z08Z4DeeEqFnf3etj1q36PTZEBwor0qlKjEdozE4J9W2aCWojrnLhsjr4BkHDXv2jWlhk9mkQ/w300-h400/IMG_4195.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Batiks:<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3yHuRwoNM-1LxO7GQWVTJatMnUzWrHB5Y9DQFgZZKeEilEtXI-dsJxWcpqtnTRrVLHz2TaWnLIScTAmxcfSWWFb2W1VE04XYAz77FND84ZGvsihPU9CbiJ7-AyI-dkCWppE2b4wNdwUbw6DY9MWxE-CFdGTTYJFi2sm6kELKC9Koo8sM-XmSNL1KA-g/w300-h400/IMG_4196.jpg" width="300" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3yHuRwoNM-1LxO7GQWVTJatMnUzWrHB5Y9DQFgZZKeEilEtXI-dsJxWcpqtnTRrVLHz2TaWnLIScTAmxcfSWWFb2W1VE04XYAz77FND84ZGvsihPU9CbiJ7-AyI-dkCWppE2b4wNdwUbw6DY9MWxE-CFdGTTYJFi2sm6kELKC9Koo8sM-XmSNL1KA-g/s640/IMG_4196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><br /></div><div>Neutrals:</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8W9_d5vYgRKQWAAMUtTW1Slr-lvAtnNWUoMK22cTFr0_EE_A5-TZXnjSavMrxonEIqSTQo1vpPaSQs1FTH5cky02tCP4SwaoHTm6W-w_WQwpn0D95kdKwq-flrFXIi1ZTRDNXJe3isxpFl0K2GEgtPz0HvXW353dFrSYC3iFEoyVy4W_YqJXsnYPF1Ok/s640/IMG_4197.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8W9_d5vYgRKQWAAMUtTW1Slr-lvAtnNWUoMK22cTFr0_EE_A5-TZXnjSavMrxonEIqSTQo1vpPaSQs1FTH5cky02tCP4SwaoHTm6W-w_WQwpn0D95kdKwq-flrFXIi1ZTRDNXJe3isxpFl0K2GEgtPz0HvXW353dFrSYC3iFEoyVy4W_YqJXsnYPF1Ok/w300-h400/IMG_4197.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Children's prints:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLHuG0-GqfRQdYRG7vowW9qmrEvpHoo-eiiOqJ4L8bgqYgye8ATx3Fiu_vRErqXMDRSsVStx-oXycEIqL2w94zxT6BVLI_X_zegZoox86jfhuIXmUBd6JWxOCry_NiEFSKHxSkFoLGid1J-G7oN73ROmNNSsuWoHgt_vLPh3p9vnWOkLy4vXVZTwxPIs/s640/IMG_4198.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLHuG0-GqfRQdYRG7vowW9qmrEvpHoo-eiiOqJ4L8bgqYgye8ATx3Fiu_vRErqXMDRSsVStx-oXycEIqL2w94zxT6BVLI_X_zegZoox86jfhuIXmUBd6JWxOCry_NiEFSKHxSkFoLGid1J-G7oN73ROmNNSsuWoHgt_vLPh3p9vnWOkLy4vXVZTwxPIs/w400-h300/IMG_4198.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Bright prints:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYBj-T_2dCLg7QOCeOIC39ApGWwGdiuIYuu3pQIrRluND6geRI51oo5IbxXTt6T0dP4bvXshhMnICWhmhno-CM5qsNgS2Wi3lRjRSHOe_SCYywnCbUv2Nx8fAHrK0f2jaw0aW3ju8RloT9o4Q30E5kMMwXzERqp0c57c8EhNV23Bh1mlTQ3L0XZcCkuM/s640/IMG_4199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYBj-T_2dCLg7QOCeOIC39ApGWwGdiuIYuu3pQIrRluND6geRI51oo5IbxXTt6T0dP4bvXshhMnICWhmhno-CM5qsNgS2Wi3lRjRSHOe_SCYywnCbUv2Nx8fAHrK0f2jaw0aW3ju8RloT9o4Q30E5kMMwXzERqp0c57c8EhNV23Bh1mlTQ3L0XZcCkuM/w400-h300/IMG_4199.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Children's panels:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Zqa1aK1x0NclWsikXI-5ZQxt0Knzpq5eGq4hC_x1F51OU25BkBVLNDwNhJhlgO7iewcQdzPxCQEpXVAi2UEmocHNMa68KY1awujK_foPvOCwYwSxu0A-YyhsxFAgt3niJk22RLE-Y6L3Iow7IH0CjDf-glKUbs1MUAH6qfidyLxV8PLssJQyruSxlrE/s640/IMG_4201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Zqa1aK1x0NclWsikXI-5ZQxt0Knzpq5eGq4hC_x1F51OU25BkBVLNDwNhJhlgO7iewcQdzPxCQEpXVAi2UEmocHNMa68KY1awujK_foPvOCwYwSxu0A-YyhsxFAgt3niJk22RLE-Y6L3Iow7IH0CjDf-glKUbs1MUAH6qfidyLxV8PLssJQyruSxlrE/w400-h300/IMG_4201.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZLtjEMJZuQMU3yrDShDsNXXj8BzXreE-CDySRX6lb67MGDTuIrJ2bm8abluPRGVytthre3fZvLkBY73mtD-4oS8jT7G1oUCqr8WaCEzsoxgqYzcPQm9IN-r36iLvjJdbLl8ECI6id_gtTMVO1EFKCe6uhnzHgC-aKxX0v15obn9pMnJ38vv_mmZF5NQ/s640/IMG_4202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZLtjEMJZuQMU3yrDShDsNXXj8BzXreE-CDySRX6lb67MGDTuIrJ2bm8abluPRGVytthre3fZvLkBY73mtD-4oS8jT7G1oUCqr8WaCEzsoxgqYzcPQm9IN-r36iLvjJdbLl8ECI6id_gtTMVO1EFKCe6uhnzHgC-aKxX0v15obn9pMnJ38vv_mmZF5NQ/w300-h400/IMG_4202.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Two small jelly rolls and a charm pack:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyh3UyLQfDmYmGl_0FKwbscGf4MYVj0XwtixsftHsn-dw5b1tvus7jCFP0iBlyDX8IZju2jCaT8qcPnJPPnVZzVqj5h3uQ3R91EJxCc-R-tm4ESFLIdea-chZgTkaBQ1xS5RFVgUZ1kgekTYiKNCEEg-BkcJjNXvcvsMhObnTs-DVlDg2BNoGqiyhBo6E/s640/IMG_4204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyh3UyLQfDmYmGl_0FKwbscGf4MYVj0XwtixsftHsn-dw5b1tvus7jCFP0iBlyDX8IZju2jCaT8qcPnJPPnVZzVqj5h3uQ3R91EJxCc-R-tm4ESFLIdea-chZgTkaBQ1xS5RFVgUZ1kgekTYiKNCEEg-BkcJjNXvcvsMhObnTs-DVlDg2BNoGqiyhBo6E/w400-h300/IMG_4204.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>A Thimbleberries bundle:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutr415Fg9EF8p7VqQjSZKDKKYs8mD0SHfhp29_Zm5aaJsW6kiEJdJ7HxRaAeyXXKIQfTUKLmZg03qmlx-3J0PGpv6OeHAGIKuQ8jTvrKHZ-51NTWDvuFyju6orQYWw6NPWJddu6YcOy59uUJZJIPnHCwgO1HJQ6zTVeddRu0dAUiIvd0p5Vc16x1SbY4/s640/IMG_4205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutr415Fg9EF8p7VqQjSZKDKKYs8mD0SHfhp29_Zm5aaJsW6kiEJdJ7HxRaAeyXXKIQfTUKLmZg03qmlx-3J0PGpv6OeHAGIKuQ8jTvrKHZ-51NTWDvuFyju6orQYWw6NPWJddu6YcOy59uUJZJIPnHCwgO1HJQ6zTVeddRu0dAUiIvd0p5Vc16x1SbY4/w400-h300/IMG_4205.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Colleen's husband said more is coming so I guess I'd better keep sewing - I'd just about had my fabric storage back under control from the first gift of fabric. I'm so glad that I am able to go through fabric and only taking what I want.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Today we are recovering from our hockey weekend. We are both tired and my back is sore. Hopefully all we need is a day or two of rest and we'll be good. I really need to get moving on some Christmas things soon!</span></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-49650296423872593682023-11-19T14:35:00.000-06:002023-11-19T14:35:05.256-06:00Three more finishes!<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">I have more finishes! These quilts were in the pile needing the binding </span>hand stitched. At this time of year, we seem to spend more time in front of the TV - sometimes watching grandsons play hockey on LiveBarn. It's a good time to do a little handwork.<br /></span><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Kite Flight</i> was inspired by a Robert Kaufman pattern with the same name. The pattern uses a jelly roll of solid fabrics. My colored fabric was cut into strips from the same multicolored piece. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJ_d0RuyAPjanAHDSLAZdY-VqH5K0OE5Q6-pFOXS8Arb6i-zhQSOukH3ZobMf-JhK8tZMUbNvziddp0wIJMd0DMzrMcRfnKzVPdqr3O0X0IMWie8gqSkBtt3vkl70z5DTXnpjWfB2iOJZ4QEEeV0TlAErg7oahezjrmjAAUdGQn-AbRkKVtdvY7G3sbw/s640/IMG_4169.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJ_d0RuyAPjanAHDSLAZdY-VqH5K0OE5Q6-pFOXS8Arb6i-zhQSOukH3ZobMf-JhK8tZMUbNvziddp0wIJMd0DMzrMcRfnKzVPdqr3O0X0IMWie8gqSkBtt3vkl70z5DTXnpjWfB2iOJZ4QEEeV0TlAErg7oahezjrmjAAUdGQn-AbRkKVtdvY7G3sbw/w300-h400/IMG_4169.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I used Glide 40-wt thread to quilt this quilt with large loops and double loops. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuedBHSlXGc8BSNDsxQhOdm8tVmRbNDP0ojguGju8SPtCXziZQXqJmfF_F5d6s_opFuaf3w2TUkccTluQjjiBodRw2tm7qXUdu3wkKE3z7kdT8jUf3JxAPabec1ltSRivbSBURbQAI79PfOPgVhAriE_gEnJIuvxnS1QT7LG6XYNmVAFi-DTMZpmflYlQ/s640/IMG_4170.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuedBHSlXGc8BSNDsxQhOdm8tVmRbNDP0ojguGju8SPtCXziZQXqJmfF_F5d6s_opFuaf3w2TUkccTluQjjiBodRw2tm7qXUdu3wkKE3z7kdT8jUf3JxAPabec1ltSRivbSBURbQAI79PfOPgVhAriE_gEnJIuvxnS1QT7LG6XYNmVAFi-DTMZpmflYlQ/w300-h400/IMG_4170.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The back is a dark fabric with multiple colors. This 53” square quilt is now in the donation pile.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4WdXoRUhazv3ckFTe5Kkz3Btd_n_cHxd1oG3gTGke9UsBbqckvqM3MW3SiF5EJvuCP1S-YXC3_v5VVw85f-0ulL42wdOWEuFPtF_mOgZfQvyDbvAxmgta5SFVVgq2GAg4kKC-FOUSgfgumoaY8Y6pz8PHc1lmToS404n2ChsNaGjiT4b5wIAhbbu_rw/s640/IMG_4171.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4WdXoRUhazv3ckFTe5Kkz3Btd_n_cHxd1oG3gTGke9UsBbqckvqM3MW3SiF5EJvuCP1S-YXC3_v5VVw85f-0ulL42wdOWEuFPtF_mOgZfQvyDbvAxmgta5SFVVgq2GAg4kKC-FOUSgfgumoaY8Y6pz8PHc1lmToS404n2ChsNaGjiT4b5wIAhbbu_rw/w300-h400/IMG_4171.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Colleen’s Brown Southwestern Quilt</i><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">is 54” by 65” and will be donated in her memory. When I found the 5 fabrics stored together in Colleen’s stash, I decided to use them all in one quilt. </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9-4umMs2kILmsRWj4fWXCxILaiUq9LmzeVZIFCW2gyso_ZYHvDhtuXeGDkYsjBssyA-axUMUSVvpZuRABfXN_B5aERqIcOkmY3zoiN3yKmUFwpWH5CKhQCT0FE5ri9zqFB-x68mY8KmPWo1irrLNLE8iTOg3y_8VLI_hGhzxFsAY2kfXh7cVAJd_WBc/s640/IMG_4165.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9-4umMs2kILmsRWj4fWXCxILaiUq9LmzeVZIFCW2gyso_ZYHvDhtuXeGDkYsjBssyA-axUMUSVvpZuRABfXN_B5aERqIcOkmY3zoiN3yKmUFwpWH5CKhQCT0FE5ri9zqFB-x68mY8KmPWo1irrLNLE8iTOg3y_8VLI_hGhzxFsAY2kfXh7cVAJd_WBc/w300-h400/IMG_4165.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">The fabric that looks kind of pink is actually red.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I really thought a dark brown would tie them together but when I auditioned a variety of possibilities, I realized I needed something different and black seemed to be the best. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqeSzcdXsBegKbpDSdBtqy8UUXuUiUn6L3WxyPSYLvsmZlHXtVprxGnKQJgtXgQxqFdTnGF1dUtftAmME2BSnP1lH5hG_FWzJEBKOWfvtw7n9l2Pxu6lDRxlVP92t5ugkAnnMnLq69PVcjmDS1_fEJsolHr-f1t_Cgo11861-anC9I2VcCXp3zBJzwVg/s640/IMG_4167.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqeSzcdXsBegKbpDSdBtqy8UUXuUiUn6L3WxyPSYLvsmZlHXtVprxGnKQJgtXgQxqFdTnGF1dUtftAmME2BSnP1lH5hG_FWzJEBKOWfvtw7n9l2Pxu6lDRxlVP92t5ugkAnnMnLq69PVcjmDS1_fEJsolHr-f1t_Cgo11861-anC9I2VcCXp3zBJzwVg/w400-h300/IMG_4167.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvF4yEMLJlhKH_dgdEh66HS2uIRH0ha5Ew8HZaeR2mRmWpx_17KWLluLNy2q32XspbYyKED6EjPv3x7SFqPOr7GfQBjg4QmIbFs45XhTFdhLm-l1YIi4BhzrhJOqtKVb0OqCVoY6LL4A9Nuj8CyE9N-7JNV_tPojt9ne8OLmtw8MFaLcpqhuo2L7j0ls/s640/IMG_4166.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvF4yEMLJlhKH_dgdEh66HS2uIRH0ha5Ew8HZaeR2mRmWpx_17KWLluLNy2q32XspbYyKED6EjPv3x7SFqPOr7GfQBjg4QmIbFs45XhTFdhLm-l1YIi4BhzrhJOqtKVb0OqCVoY6LL4A9Nuj8CyE9N-7JNV_tPojt9ne8OLmtw8MFaLcpqhuo2L7j0ls/w400-h300/IMG_4166.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The back is a light brown print fabric that I bought this past summer in Winchester, VA. I quilted this with double loops using Glide 40-wt #24655 light tan thread.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNY_4PujHMvx5k4eKJl5yr6_2YKKfY4RUQN9kq8OU5Wx4KI4pUr9lHomwYQFjmG-BKzCuNmPucN2qXwThJyJYZmvo8yA0uIDkx4aUf6ZXq27YA6r6UxNTn-0QNfOMK7Z-WpKT-hH6X1xwA72bwRH4NLN-b453eXf44BrkYRJ4R3pzhXhG0IVqTvvbX4E/s640/IMG_4168.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNY_4PujHMvx5k4eKJl5yr6_2YKKfY4RUQN9kq8OU5Wx4KI4pUr9lHomwYQFjmG-BKzCuNmPucN2qXwThJyJYZmvo8yA0uIDkx4aUf6ZXq27YA6r6UxNTn-0QNfOMK7Z-WpKT-hH6X1xwA72bwRH4NLN-b453eXf44BrkYRJ4R3pzhXhG0IVqTvvbX4E/w300-h400/IMG_4168.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I think I began</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <i>Tiny Houses</i> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">in July, 2022. It was one of those quilts where I worked on the blocks in between projects and as leaders and enders. </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrRfdiiFcoXi2q1d40GDJ5uybq9gzyGcJTTDa0jAb0wafQYs7nN0MkBmJOZXlh0vkAaxEQ2_G6a2Qf6pabPxULf4ibbVfDTAMwOfRaDw_gxOuJ13Rw4oaJ8rkvqiCLnbnVhUaJaIS7hWqXriqnvPrtxhqDg6lljsQ1xFpFaV_HBi6Jp9u_qbNyyLWoao/s536/IMG_4175.jpg" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrRfdiiFcoXi2q1d40GDJ5uybq9gzyGcJTTDa0jAb0wafQYs7nN0MkBmJOZXlh0vkAaxEQ2_G6a2Qf6pabPxULf4ibbVfDTAMwOfRaDw_gxOuJ13Rw4oaJ8rkvqiCLnbnVhUaJaIS7hWqXriqnvPrtxhqDg6lljsQ1xFpFaV_HBi6Jp9u_qbNyyLWoao/w359-h400/IMG_4175.jpg" width="359" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It was fun going through my scraps and putting fabrics together for each house. </span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHILo5JKxEIgcelyWUQeVhmn2eDuyPnNSKmS9oQ8pLrApjtiYqSTiMKsyC1wqO8VXuUr8BjG73NtUsu1fQQZ4Ffoyfn2hAhAPx_8v1n2VM4cexvHk_gPnYl2XqE0Abhe6Cr6qpUJ8fAViwNXpGQDEuNlAIAJFoviAQIY49qy3UgpZHujXHLko9_ZAZK0I/s604/IMG_4179.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="439" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHILo5JKxEIgcelyWUQeVhmn2eDuyPnNSKmS9oQ8pLrApjtiYqSTiMKsyC1wqO8VXuUr8BjG73NtUsu1fQQZ4Ffoyfn2hAhAPx_8v1n2VM4cexvHk_gPnYl2XqE0Abhe6Cr6qpUJ8fAViwNXpGQDEuNlAIAJFoviAQIY49qy3UgpZHujXHLko9_ZAZK0I/w291-h400/IMG_4179.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnd9MPSo3zbaDdsxKBIAhWEmTZrC0ymGMSC2GsEXRo6MattFgMLcteHJC-W-mZRo20NSFtXLkkN_AV8uEs_mOEqbbuA0edTdmtXdqnikuz2qX7uTGuiHwJuQu7CPFlPZq8iUB9PxOiQ152Y2CiJEZR4B_Rg19nO_3EHTnHGTut280c2PlaxWz_bDeP4l0/s578/IMG_4178.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="433" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnd9MPSo3zbaDdsxKBIAhWEmTZrC0ymGMSC2GsEXRo6MattFgMLcteHJC-W-mZRo20NSFtXLkkN_AV8uEs_mOEqbbuA0edTdmtXdqnikuz2qX7uTGuiHwJuQu7CPFlPZq8iUB9PxOiQ152Y2CiJEZR4B_Rg19nO_3EHTnHGTut280c2PlaxWz_bDeP4l0/w300-h400/IMG_4178.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTipwSzM2tk4JGJF4DqGU9LhqriTKxa7FypI-XP3VL_R93HlKDfQWMFK0tGjI9A31e3KjB-pYOxoh5dHYB-neKqszRTVW4sypfOa0aHGrO6MjnpTwYbKdFpuVLWL1GwiOL9dt_V78JDJiUUASnAGXs651qzCqkji8xexGR1vncsOCVnC662S4PoHlBol4/s484/IMG_4177.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="349" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTipwSzM2tk4JGJF4DqGU9LhqriTKxa7FypI-XP3VL_R93HlKDfQWMFK0tGjI9A31e3KjB-pYOxoh5dHYB-neKqszRTVW4sypfOa0aHGrO6MjnpTwYbKdFpuVLWL1GwiOL9dt_V78JDJiUUASnAGXs651qzCqkji8xexGR1vncsOCVnC662S4PoHlBol4/w289-h400/IMG_4177.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This 54” by 56” donation quilt is stippled (like meandering but smaller in scale) because I wanted it more densely quilted with all the small seams. </span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mxuSJt-yNOTuC7lpLsQdb9GpKwI3I9DsW3Ur6IHtYdlabp4ZzGoBqZeTcyfwtiBDRFCqiA2851Jn1H6PfsREzj2l4TSyKK3SOpfgYNiy2rvn2cZUMKp6oDmQ6mwWEIrnvTAJ-LYZDgxOXjjkmv4HTpaLIy87pWXxdBTkxI4RlZ2IQsAZU06LubhL8F8/s640/IMG_4176.jpg" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mxuSJt-yNOTuC7lpLsQdb9GpKwI3I9DsW3Ur6IHtYdlabp4ZzGoBqZeTcyfwtiBDRFCqiA2851Jn1H6PfsREzj2l4TSyKK3SOpfgYNiy2rvn2cZUMKp6oDmQ6mwWEIrnvTAJ-LYZDgxOXjjkmv4HTpaLIy87pWXxdBTkxI4RlZ2IQsAZU06LubhL8F8/w300-h400/IMG_4176.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The back is a dark fabric with colorful rings from my stash.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-WycEU5qS4LWLI9bUdoid-R6tv4iPz9wFuT7R_XsiMzAsYApbU2LF6TdutTPGdSAFMeazrWBf7poOw-Eqj1W4Uc_u6xbT6YcKjsjO7o-B7bODtO98PQzTkR02Df8SLrjoE3Uco0S-k655KtDlRhtlGIMNxY1ntyp0GYfiNIPBpEKiMxtkOhaOlGepHg/s640/IMG_4181.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-WycEU5qS4LWLI9bUdoid-R6tv4iPz9wFuT7R_XsiMzAsYApbU2LF6TdutTPGdSAFMeazrWBf7poOw-Eqj1W4Uc_u6xbT6YcKjsjO7o-B7bODtO98PQzTkR02Df8SLrjoE3Uco0S-k655KtDlRhtlGIMNxY1ntyp0GYfiNIPBpEKiMxtkOhaOlGepHg/s320/IMG_4181.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">November has been quite a month for finishing quilts. I began the month with a pile of quilts to be quilted that needed binding and a pile of quilts that needed to be quilted. Both of those <i>original</i> piles are gone! Of course, new piles are appearing…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><h3 id="6-my-soul-is-fed-by-needle-and-thread-d3745970" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(15, 44, 59); font-weight: 400; line-height: 2rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px; scroll-margin-top: 100px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">My soul is fed by needle and thread</span></h3></div></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-53796383387591287162023-11-08T14:12:00.003-06:002023-11-08T14:12:00.151-06:00Fall Retreat<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Our annual fall retreat is close to home and always the same four friends - although sometimes someone is missing and many times people have to come and go. We've been doing this since 2016 and i</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">t works for us</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">. I stopped taking pictures of the people and projects a few years ago. However I did take a few photos on my walks around the property. The corn around us was being picked while we were there. The fields are down in the background of the first two pictures.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAYgjVye7_EqRDC0oAC3NtdhAEENm6d0XUCMNKgJk9k3PDEfsLTjdjekQIBCc5Azz5IB_0Frhu1AYNTg1LzTVP9Y4wXNo0XEyQuueZKpiYb_kmjitx94uaoqdtp19VkEztqAAe2p-7XTQ5FtyOGluyVJZWt2s9fLjL2mH7mmNJ5uUMnrd2TRLdxsq-78/s640/IMG_4140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAYgjVye7_EqRDC0oAC3NtdhAEENm6d0XUCMNKgJk9k3PDEfsLTjdjekQIBCc5Azz5IB_0Frhu1AYNTg1LzTVP9Y4wXNo0XEyQuueZKpiYb_kmjitx94uaoqdtp19VkEztqAAe2p-7XTQ5FtyOGluyVJZWt2s9fLjL2mH7mmNJ5uUMnrd2TRLdxsq-78/w300-h400/IMG_4140.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPT5kiNye5KiJNicErBdDDtX7S_T0ToC9Dfig7GGf5XcnPiaFwY90YRGNIZB22j1tS9R6DCWTi1Cvf6YD_PjEETZbkQvDIWsbaCtjBbYl_MjWRy_fUnI9hc6h7lgx9DyuGh396VEcUWegZ9VT0PXaoQYOjji1EVG3QFRiUdESgSjmcVQNjUdqrPyRG6WU/s640/IMG_4138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPT5kiNye5KiJNicErBdDDtX7S_T0ToC9Dfig7GGf5XcnPiaFwY90YRGNIZB22j1tS9R6DCWTi1Cvf6YD_PjEETZbkQvDIWsbaCtjBbYl_MjWRy_fUnI9hc6h7lgx9DyuGh396VEcUWegZ9VT0PXaoQYOjji1EVG3QFRiUdESgSjmcVQNjUdqrPyRG6WU/w400-h300/IMG_4138.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We stay in this neat older farmhouse where each of us enjoy our own bedroom, and plenty of common space for quilting, knitting, crocheting, reading, relaxing, cooking and, of course, visiting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FXPiQgNJtBrn38vzqy6qm9KuMSTUq1nRdb5w3nsh5SGYizjePHQ9Py8yhXlZii_3FhQbZYCFSw3T2byTghUoU6y0FRdHd8Iw9aqOoN-Kw1sdC2WtkETRYs-6yMcvsdwxmYnTRC4r7GD3qAgRIEH-nVS6S9yrtVSwtnLrfY0Z6rMA2W8ZQ6fnLGNLVI8/s640/IMG_4137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FXPiQgNJtBrn38vzqy6qm9KuMSTUq1nRdb5w3nsh5SGYizjePHQ9Py8yhXlZii_3FhQbZYCFSw3T2byTghUoU6y0FRdHd8Iw9aqOoN-Kw1sdC2WtkETRYs-6yMcvsdwxmYnTRC4r7GD3qAgRIEH-nVS6S9yrtVSwtnLrfY0Z6rMA2W8ZQ6fnLGNLVI8/w400-h300/IMG_4137.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I worked on various projects this fall and finished two quilts that just needed the binding. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><i>Colleen's Farm Animals</i> is a cute 49" square quilt. All of the fabric except the backing was Colleen's. I used a blue with bright color flecks for the back - it was purchased in <a href="https://rayandjeanne.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-sixth-part-of-our-virginia-trip-2023.html">Holmes County</a> in August. I quilted this</span> with a spiral loop using Glide 40-wt #10877 sterling thread on the top and </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">#30281 b</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">lueberry thread </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">on the back.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4yjNrhj3cFb40So83Y9CbJYgNEMKYq2B085YenUj1uFmfgJr4Z2HKpYZlpnAhekig-_vdobY9OnonJ79YN3t4W2QsyESznjZpH8ORGK4fTD_rcUe2hDlWFfeWWwcMgWt6NusrDQKn2MLLv3qXLfVuJMJezyAFh4ZDsPqV1lSZcaG5t6KTxksrQfjydw/s640/IMG_4146.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4yjNrhj3cFb40So83Y9CbJYgNEMKYq2B085YenUj1uFmfgJr4Z2HKpYZlpnAhekig-_vdobY9OnonJ79YN3t4W2QsyESznjZpH8ORGK4fTD_rcUe2hDlWFfeWWwcMgWt6NusrDQKn2MLLv3qXLfVuJMJezyAFh4ZDsPqV1lSZcaG5t6KTxksrQfjydw/w300-h400/IMG_4146.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is so much texture in this quilt that it's hard to see.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLN8vf56GX5zN4HdPX3XIPxUB6rJVRKWoLi-pVe1_d0oOWGMC8ygGd1jJH0_MLbaw8MLx0Nj74YlgQyGsprsZC2kgYdQrYcYzxZHlIokyiTy3gsC-W8dJURw1OoGM2uJYMV91-igu5_AbEaSXKchQJOUQ_LA338pIxcEqtNHh_re7PAYB1cfuE-0EnrtU/s640/IMG_4147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLN8vf56GX5zN4HdPX3XIPxUB6rJVRKWoLi-pVe1_d0oOWGMC8ygGd1jJH0_MLbaw8MLx0Nj74YlgQyGsprsZC2kgYdQrYcYzxZHlIokyiTy3gsC-W8dJURw1OoGM2uJYMV91-igu5_AbEaSXKchQJOUQ_LA338pIxcEqtNHh_re7PAYB1cfuE-0EnrtU/w300-h400/IMG_4147.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3AjGpjc2k0Wb0FF5oN2R0z_449GYxHQAiz1SaX-gZ9wnENcKsWmoulELbEY_IFVOUY9mmATttznXPVsOawe4F50wzdQ0oN8yYdBF78T-C1jjesbKIq889T9tAEkynJbwjqwsOqNSLBQHC14V4UqeKJBFEESmoZgPm8GL8ydCjAfc1GgTf_OEYV9Mlvo/s640/IMG_4149.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3AjGpjc2k0Wb0FF5oN2R0z_449GYxHQAiz1SaX-gZ9wnENcKsWmoulELbEY_IFVOUY9mmATttznXPVsOawe4F50wzdQ0oN8yYdBF78T-C1jjesbKIq889T9tAEkynJbwjqwsOqNSLBQHC14V4UqeKJBFEESmoZgPm8GL8ydCjAfc1GgTf_OEYV9Mlvo/w300-h400/IMG_4149.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnNUDbUPIlKWS6uZ4Sl432nB-j1K_C0TYOSCGe54eCvgzmM5BWNj9cfEV9E3wykhn3oQPzy2h94gJLEXx1r44FArp8Ob80PVeEY7VJ5SVRkvpDwCXx2_xW65SygKIo7nkaVwSEcsG1nGFdFAFGJsV2zL1-8KCte4unhJx3rKXOidEFA-qcJyz3OjLCo4/s640/IMG_4148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnNUDbUPIlKWS6uZ4Sl432nB-j1K_C0TYOSCGe54eCvgzmM5BWNj9cfEV9E3wykhn3oQPzy2h94gJLEXx1r44FArp8Ob80PVeEY7VJ5SVRkvpDwCXx2_xW65SygKIo7nkaVwSEcsG1nGFdFAFGJsV2zL1-8KCte4unhJx3rKXOidEFA-qcJyz3OjLCo4/w300-h400/IMG_4148.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I also finished <i>Pastel Shells</i>. (Ray calls this the Easter Quilt.) I bought the <a href="https://rayandjeanne.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-fourth-part-of-our-virginia-trip.html">shell fabric</a>, <a href="https://rayandjeanne.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-sixth-part-of-our-virginia-trip-2023.html">a pastel jelly roll</a>, and the <a href="https://rayandjeanne.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-first-part-of-our-virginia-trip-2023.html">backing fabric</a> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">(dragon flies) </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">while traveling in August. The border and binding are a Grunge fabric from my scrap basket. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This 52" square donation quilt was quilted with meandering using Glide 40-wt </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">#10877 sterling thread.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYckpMOOmXslWi4fWXfX7qd1JoZYjktwZLlTbFwJAel8LEtTNoDLAkFDUQ150m6dVMRj7GowDId3E7wwxVJS0x9glFHU9dH_iztJ_QbZff_-y60Bj1Ba-l68UQYr9vKDUtKPzzJrs2ySmU_1UNAJ2F2Tr6NI_m2goXbPQYalty1x6F9Z6s_5oZ0Qy4-s/s640/IMG_4159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYckpMOOmXslWi4fWXfX7qd1JoZYjktwZLlTbFwJAel8LEtTNoDLAkFDUQ150m6dVMRj7GowDId3E7wwxVJS0x9glFHU9dH_iztJ_QbZff_-y60Bj1Ba-l68UQYr9vKDUtKPzzJrs2ySmU_1UNAJ2F2Tr6NI_m2goXbPQYalty1x6F9Z6s_5oZ0Qy4-s/w300-h400/IMG_4159.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3F259vHttkewjxNH2kpY0-qcXZX7RY98WXFox_xvIiZduXkeYPuPj1560qjVcJp2V7nZNHAgxllhg57n8TBjl6yLHSaWHoyGvpiHXRBhNWSyo-Wu9IYhgrcyw2hHAO3kvYna5cGX2atHabTnzLuhrJVmfKa9b0Gzg0woxeOgoqZl96KLb_oDG9-3UViE/s640/IMG_4153.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3F259vHttkewjxNH2kpY0-qcXZX7RY98WXFox_xvIiZduXkeYPuPj1560qjVcJp2V7nZNHAgxllhg57n8TBjl6yLHSaWHoyGvpiHXRBhNWSyo-Wu9IYhgrcyw2hHAO3kvYna5cGX2atHabTnzLuhrJVmfKa9b0Gzg0woxeOgoqZl96KLb_oDG9-3UViE/w300-h400/IMG_4153.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02AGl7o0ydLmGOLfYn-erSm69tBOuL-MWamVU9RpGFsmo9KdbY2Ub6o30W151yjogXp8SW4HtvvLv3dN0hLc8A_4Gr77UkUf4Fjr7O8IFVAYe_IeZFMtAm8U2hZY6U19bcHykqdTESP1Y-Hda9XMhfEFy_Su4u9hqFq304D8AoqtKYs0Q6EAd8bNK4u4/s640/IMG_4157.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02AGl7o0ydLmGOLfYn-erSm69tBOuL-MWamVU9RpGFsmo9KdbY2Ub6o30W151yjogXp8SW4HtvvLv3dN0hLc8A_4Gr77UkUf4Fjr7O8IFVAYe_IeZFMtAm8U2hZY6U19bcHykqdTESP1Y-Hda9XMhfEFy_Su4u9hqFq304D8AoqtKYs0Q6EAd8bNK4u4/w300-h400/IMG_4157.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzEUr5i778OozB5fzyGZRA975UK40zh3NtbvMvCB4MYk-aKiyxp1pipSpcwggIMkQjisDglUumYFNe29WfXfyzUeBFbYkzSmTl2OgQN8brrVDCrYBh4gHrDt0FG81m6q2hk_hZyIcn6pys9SYP92JvyF35FmWFkBH-_VR0bEAF2PTG33ocIxEVPEorEU/s640/IMG_4160.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzEUr5i778OozB5fzyGZRA975UK40zh3NtbvMvCB4MYk-aKiyxp1pipSpcwggIMkQjisDglUumYFNe29WfXfyzUeBFbYkzSmTl2OgQN8brrVDCrYBh4gHrDt0FG81m6q2hk_hZyIcn6pys9SYP92JvyF35FmWFkBH-_VR0bEAF2PTG33ocIxEVPEorEU/w400-h300/IMG_4160.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I also sewed two tops together - I already had the blocks made for both. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The first is <i>Tumbling Blocks</i>. It still needs a border.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3hk8E4bSqJjAwNFa8BEGKkJwAD4bCCIfciqrqjDnV9Pk3XzhEohLy0HMRSWPpCznfnWLI8Fr3YpUUEWHrPH88tsQmOicu5csT3wU4F3_75mUb1jxGQbWrJy3oRw1vD7U77jOlTBD7p9u85e7jNa8WIq5zr7WM_iDVoVkoBnyKbCuGcbc3gy5iTeOze8/s640/IMG_4144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3hk8E4bSqJjAwNFa8BEGKkJwAD4bCCIfciqrqjDnV9Pk3XzhEohLy0HMRSWPpCznfnWLI8Fr3YpUUEWHrPH88tsQmOicu5csT3wU4F3_75mUb1jxGQbWrJy3oRw1vD7U77jOlTBD7p9u85e7jNa8WIq5zr7WM_iDVoVkoBnyKbCuGcbc3gy5iTeOze8/w300-h400/IMG_4144.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">JGQR2C is really the last of J's graduation quilt rejects. When I was cleaning up the red and grays, I realized I had enough pieces for one more quilt. This fabric was for the 2nd graduation quilt that I rejected. It is the third quilt made with the fabric for that quilt.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlOByfH_OqmHwRve7Fh-u7eWONdPXn6xHcK7ZlWDH5QOX68OSt4XnFwVoIxwnRrv-pOiLy4rJVSqReCiaMjdbaVTSvPgoQ46FOfFCYBouf0XvFkD9rHfUaeb1_PCw-HuoOHgbCNVTbueP6VGjvg9ve2kYGbau1DwCH8gQ8svKeSbIUwFhr8Ni0xe6cE8/s640/IMG_4143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlOByfH_OqmHwRve7Fh-u7eWONdPXn6xHcK7ZlWDH5QOX68OSt4XnFwVoIxwnRrv-pOiLy4rJVSqReCiaMjdbaVTSvPgoQ46FOfFCYBouf0XvFkD9rHfUaeb1_PCw-HuoOHgbCNVTbueP6VGjvg9ve2kYGbau1DwCH8gQ8svKeSbIUwFhr8Ni0xe6cE8/w300-h400/IMG_4143.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I enjoyed the retreat. Although I didn't accomplish as much as I used to and using a sewing machine is hard on my body, I am very grateful that I still can sew and spend time with friends. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">One evening I walked outside and saw the remains of the sunset with some fog in the low areas. A beautiful ending to a great weekend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYiNlmoMmGPFBMpwKgoeqJoCQ8TQLR6WUpyY2jacFqm2fj5W2nkTRqSo6D_o_5Km8JsqlCh_25Q46t9T25-NyS_JwBuxcKihtl0nd9YnfJzo3YeWBNZnUal8WjNcGR2U2jv0vuLAJed3CwsQZCeDbDovnHhgiw2pOtiX1eSyvAzSjmRe1Q-tyMi0bLcE8/s640/IMG_4142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYiNlmoMmGPFBMpwKgoeqJoCQ8TQLR6WUpyY2jacFqm2fj5W2nkTRqSo6D_o_5Km8JsqlCh_25Q46t9T25-NyS_JwBuxcKihtl0nd9YnfJzo3YeWBNZnUal8WjNcGR2U2jv0vuLAJed3CwsQZCeDbDovnHhgiw2pOtiX1eSyvAzSjmRe1Q-tyMi0bLcE8/w400-h300/IMG_4142.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-17770411853383417592023-11-07T19:30:00.002-06:002023-11-07T20:01:50.154-06:00Finishes!<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I've managed a couple of </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">finishes. You may recall that I received many fabrics from my friend Colleen's stash after she passed away.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I finished <i>Colleen's Cats</i>. This 50" square donation quilt has a backing of Orange Plaster of Paris by Frond Design Studios. I quilted this with a large paisley motif using Glide 40-wt thread #32975 </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">light turquoise </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">on the top and light tan Glide 40-wt thread #24655 for the back.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJEUHJRfHCixHYNfSWcIQgmnvkcjqRNRVrltGLVFw79yqlkB-nKwDpO2D7BPqp058n6nknCV5sdvTVipaP28wk7htz8OPmdE3F3IjL-b_HioN-KJcYG8PWtAVdFbWpYACbmKVEConhmGItfOwqcW7hiYSglSLfNDgl6YW48aI5tQEyj7T-sn7rH55Jzw/w300-h400/IMG_4125.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8MRvTGWw1B0DXje_fo5Ju6HOU-o05y_KbqT_MaEXptE8o4_EZleTdztv7Vgs7n56p1qYZuws9WO8bn-HxhVKDnQKfrIOvPUbb0fkfLWFp5N1nHlSvSjsrAAaXUGWrdriLFCmxWMcY3RJuoiSKlRMS4e0mEDyq-r-SmLAnPwQ3aW52h1V4SGDLjlv7nQ/w300-h400/IMG_4126.jpg" width="300" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8MRvTGWw1B0DXje_fo5Ju6HOU-o05y_KbqT_MaEXptE8o4_EZleTdztv7Vgs7n56p1qYZuws9WO8bn-HxhVKDnQKfrIOvPUbb0fkfLWFp5N1nHlSvSjsrAAaXUGWrdriLFCmxWMcY3RJuoiSKlRMS4e0mEDyq-r-SmLAnPwQ3aW52h1V4SGDLjlv7nQ/s640/IMG_4126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33IdG0rI5lZzgqIxHdr6oQViY10skGhMCXzFXiWiDsQDBLlzMVefitUbEihKP0hhItqom70GWcT5s5qx5c2OD76JzOENHna-rMp3cd6dCNU4tVpbEwwYGV25KF1Wr7XCwetDa3sjlvNxVl4aSGrY2IkNcCWuVHwb6QlaEZ13UrAf4kHhzkrYngVd2pwM/s640/IMG_4127.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33IdG0rI5lZzgqIxHdr6oQViY10skGhMCXzFXiWiDsQDBLlzMVefitUbEihKP0hhItqom70GWcT5s5qx5c2OD76JzOENHna-rMp3cd6dCNU4tVpbEwwYGV25KF1Wr7XCwetDa3sjlvNxVl4aSGrY2IkNcCWuVHwb6QlaEZ13UrAf4kHhzkrYngVd2pwM/w300-h400/IMG_4127.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Colleen's Colorful Turtles</i> is also done. This is a 51" square donation quilt quilted with a loop de loop motif using Glide 40-wt #17443 bone </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">thread. I bought the backing in Holmes County, OH, on our Virginia trip in August. It is green with bright color flecks. The binding is from Colleen's stash.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuc20Jd-bnacOCZSkJYShdQtHvhoHWTV26lMBvqMqTO6JmkaBidxUWsHoAQUYzoeUBATv981cppGsmklP4sFu0QfWL2qusPadAhEEBZ8XCM4qflHH53Z8uE67LnPCuAYD2jqYxeEJ52A0FLnyGbZ_usWGT9UP9vfE9g_3Cnyiaod9EhBYeWwDCmxVhpD4/s640/IMG_4132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuc20Jd-bnacOCZSkJYShdQtHvhoHWTV26lMBvqMqTO6JmkaBidxUWsHoAQUYzoeUBATv981cppGsmklP4sFu0QfWL2qusPadAhEEBZ8XCM4qflHH53Z8uE67LnPCuAYD2jqYxeEJ52A0FLnyGbZ_usWGT9UP9vfE9g_3Cnyiaod9EhBYeWwDCmxVhpD4/w400-h300/IMG_4132.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9_GQJjaRDJbENvCXr12EffO4DGM7bYwVjnrFy4BE4R5wOUDQUEIZJbKST1mTiexpFkBrUGvb4xn1gNdn5F_Cz0KU2UKvi_6m7vbb6OToYOUwvNleenTAEu3Pgi7fp6fB5dXpAmLv9eQg8a39NI90Zttvxh7MUurEc52NyrM3aJmJ6gp1glzRC-9cIPs/s640/IMG_4133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;">Coming very soon - more finishes!!!</span></div></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-69161007633546724762023-10-17T18:15:00.002-05:002023-10-17T18:15:43.099-05:00Quilt Shops on our Fall Trip<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">You know you're a Quilter </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">when you plan a vacation around quilt shops.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">As soon as I have an idea where we are going, I research the shops on our route. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We missed some this time but every one we stopped to see was worth our time!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><a href="https://www.stitchsupplyco.com">Stitch Supply Co</a>., Eau Claire, WI, is a favorite shop with a great selection of fabric and great employees. I was trying to stick to my list so I didn't spend much time - I didn't want to do any impulse buying! <span>I found blue fabric that I needed for a border, marking pens, and serger needles that were all on my list. Notice the project bag under my treasures - this shop packages your items in project bags - nice!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JrE2ieucgKIkxy-aqt7eq-1in7nxVzq70l-GsaGOC7I_NEU44uVb5qCu05fDVWyJb4sSSbEyOV1tvKCx6KQxyxoLs7UmuhSZDx2D5HpisOSIUQ4O616DSq_vMfZ7UhVOibEHiYvWFxyfz862UVx4kw_c77BreKwsslm7vQQ5UUHu8mOgqOjyJdzh_gE/s640/IMG_4103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JrE2ieucgKIkxy-aqt7eq-1in7nxVzq70l-GsaGOC7I_NEU44uVb5qCu05fDVWyJb4sSSbEyOV1tvKCx6KQxyxoLs7UmuhSZDx2D5HpisOSIUQ4O616DSq_vMfZ7UhVOibEHiYvWFxyfz862UVx4kw_c77BreKwsslm7vQQ5UUHu8mOgqOjyJdzh_gE/s320/IMG_4103.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.sewcompleteinc.com">Sew Complete</a>, Eau Claire, WI, is a small shop with a nice but limited fabric selection and also machines. At times I have found some great fabric here. This time I found a pair of scissors (I have 3 pair on my list). and another package of serger needles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyjKTOzJHJGP1Y0nt0vkPQ-V1LGfssV2R5Mge6gZhHjE34lrbU2wicKZQX2O5JS45pAdA8zpO5qZnLrExJSYScDWbdcHLI644KR-M4bicDyPMRY6grhuR__2-Mr3Eg02IFkex1UPT2fX9V0_9UI3Zx8142oCGE_KbucqnB5uc5poWgxCPauQo3V_ZFhY/s640/IMG_4100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyjKTOzJHJGP1Y0nt0vkPQ-V1LGfssV2R5Mge6gZhHjE34lrbU2wicKZQX2O5JS45pAdA8zpO5qZnLrExJSYScDWbdcHLI644KR-M4bicDyPMRY6grhuR__2-Mr3Eg02IFkex1UPT2fX9V0_9UI3Zx8142oCGE_KbucqnB5uc5poWgxCPauQo3V_ZFhY/w300-h400/IMG_4100.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.busybobbin.com">Busy Bobbin</a>, Rice Lake, WI, has a great selection of fabric and notions. I have been shopping there for years. It was hard to leave with just things that I had on my list. I almost did with the exception of the wide backing. I found scissors, fat quarters of children's fabrics, a fusible to fuse batting pieces together, a backing, a ripper, and I was given a free pattern. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rnS4xMrECzl2rhq9P9jXm13n0lT9RuFx9rdYtYpPFqFtqJl3mUYd042p2ytfGLhwH0C3FL4SxTAeQzQNFK9MD9J97KKA3Hz-TQHHFVbuonHiyAO4oRpVACH4DHLPwCtpnBPy_OplY8e6bGaQ3cl0q4yTbgnUEIUoIDCT3XTqqGUqme4EgTqVqf8k0Tc/s640/IMG_4102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rnS4xMrECzl2rhq9P9jXm13n0lT9RuFx9rdYtYpPFqFtqJl3mUYd042p2ytfGLhwH0C3FL4SxTAeQzQNFK9MD9J97KKA3Hz-TQHHFVbuonHiyAO4oRpVACH4DHLPwCtpnBPy_OplY8e6bGaQ3cl0q4yTbgnUEIUoIDCT3XTqqGUqme4EgTqVqf8k0Tc/w400-h300/IMG_4102.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://seamslikequilting.com">Seams Like Quilting</a>, Spooner, WI, is a brand new shop. I think the owner said she opened three months ago. She had a good selection of fabric and was very nice. I bought my third pair of scissors and a </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">pretty fat quarter bundle</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - you knew I'd cave eventually, right?! I'll definitely return the next time I' m in the area. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigX_W93nadXjCNcfCGFNwDRsSk5sUW7LZ4FONHZIkCxfaA75L3ksn7U1K1RSx1NCZEJ0blexfc8p5e9B_O_w1l7aC9MKSNRVTX3k4MbbOc_LBrOeQewxfE4BuOg67v4zx0dUkJEc320HiuqlUoDju3b1Yd2SBByXkCaQK0xhmlj73VX15puShlrN5Thf8/s640/IMG_4101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigX_W93nadXjCNcfCGFNwDRsSk5sUW7LZ4FONHZIkCxfaA75L3ksn7U1K1RSx1NCZEJ0blexfc8p5e9B_O_w1l7aC9MKSNRVTX3k4MbbOc_LBrOeQewxfE4BuOg67v4zx0dUkJEc320HiuqlUoDju3b1Yd2SBByXkCaQK0xhmlj73VX15puShlrN5Thf8/w300-h400/IMG_4101.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I was being so good at the quilt store. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Then I got out of the car and went in.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.thelittlegifthouse.com">The Little Gift House </a>in Solon Springs, WI, is a gift shop/quilt shop/cafe. There is a very good, but small selection of fabric. I was again trying to stick to my list and could not find the flannels I wanted. I'm so glad I finally got to this shop - I usually am in the area when it is closed. I did not purchase anything except lunch but I expect to return.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.47degreesnorthmn.com">47 Degrees North</a> in Lutzen, MN, is a great little shop with a very personable owner. She has a nice selection and I found some of the flannels (gray, plaid, red) that I had on my list plus a <span>colorful backing and one striped piece for bindings</span>. I'll definitely return to this shop if I'm in the area again. The flannel pieces (for a quilt) and the wide backing were on my list. The piece for binding was an impulsive buy and will be used.<span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: red;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The owner also gave me two gnome patterns that she is getting ready to do in a workshop. The patterns are free patterns that she had printed for the workshop.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2U8LWucAeC-6P_hd9jLZocrjRRkPMMwFtAloOmKrZFU21w72XagJIC4G3pzPM1386Jh3Yu9olp8koWufZcKLBCjj-sjBRmm4vuj2sfz94t1dQ99df9o3Y5cCk2i09vP__CEtCwxEz-xW0cC2Vc1DOwZZplDetpvb_y5Kilr9tmp3Ce06RuJZc7tSTUNY/s640/IMG_4084.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2U8LWucAeC-6P_hd9jLZocrjRRkPMMwFtAloOmKrZFU21w72XagJIC4G3pzPM1386Jh3Yu9olp8koWufZcKLBCjj-sjBRmm4vuj2sfz94t1dQ99df9o3Y5cCk2i09vP__CEtCwxEz-xW0cC2Vc1DOwZZplDetpvb_y5Kilr9tmp3Ce06RuJZc7tSTUNY/w300-h400/IMG_4084.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/QuiltCornerBeaverBay/">The Quilt Corner</a> in Beaver Bay, MN, is a little shop that needs at least twice as much space. The owner was nice and the selection was large. It was just hard to see things and to move around because there was so much fabric everywhere. I'll stop again though. I bought 2 charm packs that I had actually picked out before I went to the shop!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImAf9ovCctHiTlyoKgfacn6ZvtYGB1ynkqODOl8F5zWSUvQ_Jf3IpWjCp6gr-uIHoPn8Dz0Res_Kwm6fEa8oI2uQkhJFOAV-w6K8HjpS2vg2qkDIK2gl4UUZ3D8J7R4y2ktajfHMS1ki_RxIB2GBWVDLgsCMwVKWU6cupao5Hxv0oYF81Luudtx9ldUU/s640/IMG_4082.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImAf9ovCctHiTlyoKgfacn6ZvtYGB1ynkqODOl8F5zWSUvQ_Jf3IpWjCp6gr-uIHoPn8Dz0Res_Kwm6fEa8oI2uQkhJFOAV-w6K8HjpS2vg2qkDIK2gl4UUZ3D8J7R4y2ktajfHMS1ki_RxIB2GBWVDLgsCMwVKWU6cupao5Hxv0oYF81Luudtx9ldUU/w300-h400/IMG_4082.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/p/One-Old-Loon-Quilt-Shop-100083519254833/">One Old Loon Quilt Shop</a>, inTwo Harbors, MN, has the best name! </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrhrniO22QOVhtTEWrjdyDq-N7HQ8zdG830AGq54v4BKg-ORUA4ZClU6xqSgSPJfneprbkcPHx_1E_1Nzr1CdUryA-854KazQfR_aYcGO-nksJQiKG5Wksc1Mdr7QHQGigmoM6HGHFoFjiFFlK45kgVkZx432SP72NHoNtom2glp_geEcdhRXOn6ecTo/s640/IMG_3974.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrhrniO22QOVhtTEWrjdyDq-N7HQ8zdG830AGq54v4BKg-ORUA4ZClU6xqSgSPJfneprbkcPHx_1E_1Nzr1CdUryA-854KazQfR_aYcGO-nksJQiKG5Wksc1Mdr7QHQGigmoM6HGHFoFjiFFlK45kgVkZx432SP72NHoNtom2glp_geEcdhRXOn6ecTo/s320/IMG_3974.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It is a great little shop with a nice selection of fabric and notions. The owner wasn't there the day we visited but the lady working was very friendly and helpful. If I'm ever in the area again, I'll stop. I found a slightly darker gray flannel I need for the gray/red flannel quilt, some fat quarters to expand my collection of children's prints, a blue that I </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">thought my stash should have (not on my list). And I could not </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">resist an Old Loon shirt (definitely not on the list)!</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eUW8R9U1ey60292DW2sHoLFV-np39puaAbE0erulTqKrVSj2TQBDw7MHcAr-B4WQtT84hpawP9H7BKe6OpsBPfoNash_vtX-skIQGReEMuwI6CDxwGvaqJz5JFlAGbYKjtsyfFDGMULyib23pt7z5wE6AQzx07T4mK1WOI6XhWpOGMQNCE8pgnR2YvI/s640/IMG_4081.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eUW8R9U1ey60292DW2sHoLFV-np39puaAbE0erulTqKrVSj2TQBDw7MHcAr-B4WQtT84hpawP9H7BKe6OpsBPfoNash_vtX-skIQGReEMuwI6CDxwGvaqJz5JFlAGbYKjtsyfFDGMULyib23pt7z5wE6AQzx07T4mK1WOI6XhWpOGMQNCE8pgnR2YvI/w400-h300/IMG_4081.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.olivejuicequilts.com">Olive Juice Quilts</a> in Onalaska, WI. is a large, favorite shop with a nice, helpful staff. There sale room had more fabric than some shops I've been in! I found the gray/red flannel for the flannel quilt backing in the sale room - great find! The two fat quarters are going to my children's fabric collection. That stack of tone on tone fat quarters was totally impulsive. I did use great restraint - there were </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">MANY</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> packaged pieces I looked at and considered but I only left with one! I picked up some Best Press too but it was packed away when I took the photo. I've been to this shop before and look forward to visiting again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAIHNEPD5pwcyB-mHV09-4XImTJ3D1rdtIiCNhIkCIbfSfUcfP4oEkZ_evfJ9vcIcuyyjgylEEPihPlropuHdnLeixH8L1vcSsiEfMqDcrgtnY78FmvG2oWvgBLDxGwDM5sKKWXzRtdYaiTWC-_URhOiaTe7_uOkwpqeOZjJ3NcmU13Z_ZLH0ISW0EqM/s640/IMG_4087.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAIHNEPD5pwcyB-mHV09-4XImTJ3D1rdtIiCNhIkCIbfSfUcfP4oEkZ_evfJ9vcIcuyyjgylEEPihPlropuHdnLeixH8L1vcSsiEfMqDcrgtnY78FmvG2oWvgBLDxGwDM5sKKWXzRtdYaiTWC-_URhOiaTe7_uOkwpqeOZjJ3NcmU13Z_ZLH0ISW0EqM/w400-h300/IMG_4087.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.nelsonflag.com/quilt-shop.htm">River Road Quilt Shop</a> is also a flag and gift shop. I've visited many times and usually finds lots. The staff offers help but lets you browse. With great restraint, I only purchased 5 fat quarters. I think this completes what I need for my red and gray flannel quilt. Ray also found a Chicago Cubs flag. We both left lots behind!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6mTrx4lPyvoizYw99VcgaNf4TmU51tkx7aXeahgJ-138z0eU6_VG-ejtO1tUMnItQNPu-O9AeoaFC_XpvqeX5__4Upy3jlzYgyzpK0SPklEaLxrOI8YrCWKNZG60aHMIBkYvL3nQkJAHSvBh1pl4O34QTX2HMnqP7Qn_3hSwOSjl9uSJjbFuFYVQBpU/s640/IMG_4086.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6mTrx4lPyvoizYw99VcgaNf4TmU51tkx7aXeahgJ-138z0eU6_VG-ejtO1tUMnItQNPu-O9AeoaFC_XpvqeX5__4Upy3jlzYgyzpK0SPklEaLxrOI8YrCWKNZG60aHMIBkYvL3nQkJAHSvBh1pl4O34QTX2HMnqP7Qn_3hSwOSjl9uSJjbFuFYVQBpU/w400-h300/IMG_4086.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Every quilt shop we visited was fun and I'd love to return to all of them. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It started out as a harmless hobby...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> I had no idea it would come to this.</span></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-60675725999029853682023-10-17T17:37:00.001-05:002023-10-17T17:37:14.107-05:00Fall Trip Part 3 of 3<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="-webkit-standard" style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Note: Quilt shops are in a separate post</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face="-webkit-standard" style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We left Two Harbors in rain and knew we were so fortunate to have had great weather the previous day. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Thank goodness the jeep smelled better - did I tell you about the bug repellent incident? A bag containing a couple different bug repellants was in my backpack. When we hiked the first two days, I removed the bag, left it in the Jeep, and replaced it after our hike. The third day, we could smell repellent in the car and when I checked my pack, one bottle had leaked but it seemed to be totally contained in a ziploc. We tossed the whole bag in the garbage and continued on but my pack smelled. Of course, I wasn't bothered with any bugs or gnats on hikes that day! We also had the smell in the car. So I tried to wash off my leather pack and air it out, and we attempted to wipe out the car. The smell was much better by the time we left Two Harbors.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We drove the St. Croix Scenic Byway from Askov, MN, through Pine City, Taylors Falls, and Stillwater, MN. We did see the sun for a while but the rain returned. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We had lunch in Askov at Little Mermaid Cafe. We read about it online and someone mentioned aebleskivers (Danish pancake balls). So we stopped and found they only make them on the 4th Saturday of the month. We still enjoyed a good meal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img alt="Photo" class="m7eMIc aQg20b" data-ils="3" height="240" jsaction="rcuQ6b:trigger.M8vzZb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOs5MDBdaSA_qfkUlJv_1cQSJ_yGjz97Eu3quSd=w320-h240" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: none; text-align: start; touch-action: auto;" width="320" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Our rental was </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">across the river from Stillwater, MN, in</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Hudson, WI. I have an aunt that lives in the area. My cousin and her husband also live in Hudson but were out of town. </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzZH-H7-hnhuYKvjWVSFkQOKNVo7HGc0vDlIhINZlZgpHaF2HEtA9ckASDx5eJdAZhAs20uUQjFPfQOc8KZgSbfg2BwT00XyRf9Qb4rhR0rnwNsVWEsN1xeW352h0YWuRoni1RI7VDris9ZFwJN0WCtc6ZDkRg4JPUGLLjl-VcronkikByonJUMyiEos/s640/IMG_4036.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzZH-H7-hnhuYKvjWVSFkQOKNVo7HGc0vDlIhINZlZgpHaF2HEtA9ckASDx5eJdAZhAs20uUQjFPfQOc8KZgSbfg2BwT00XyRf9Qb4rhR0rnwNsVWEsN1xeW352h0YWuRoni1RI7VDris9ZFwJN0WCtc6ZDkRg4JPUGLLjl-VcronkikByonJUMyiEos/w400-h300/IMG_4036.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our rental was small but mighty - I loved the kitchen.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It was drizzling when we moved into our rental and only got worse. </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQyaxxvntDGDm7zd875JIh90Qq9ToNaWTZ_YaIJZS7Wux2nAYG4Zv88D0pL8MxUTfnxJXy-KXxBV52x5tQv33wIctrB1sfxkah_NYj3GjWUacvSNv3HFM6M-d2MSRfW4ExCgIHbNJZ6EywCwBwZlNpojpOt-IdmDs2DpBKzEjfcE9FMW1CP5pFRGbAVM/s640/IMG_4033.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQyaxxvntDGDm7zd875JIh90Qq9ToNaWTZ_YaIJZS7Wux2nAYG4Zv88D0pL8MxUTfnxJXy-KXxBV52x5tQv33wIctrB1sfxkah_NYj3GjWUacvSNv3HFM6M-d2MSRfW4ExCgIHbNJZ6EywCwBwZlNpojpOt-IdmDs2DpBKzEjfcE9FMW1CP5pFRGbAVM/w400-h300/IMG_4033.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We appreciated our little fireplace and our warm, dry apartment.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">On our first full day in the area, we visited my aunt. Instead of taking her out to lunch, we ordered in because the weather was so miserable. The forecast predicted rain and wind for another 24 hours so when we left Aunt, we found a grocery store and stocked up for a few meals. After we got 'home', we saw this boat on the river and were happy we weren't on that dinner cruise!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGzt7VAjYIFEVcLSbWvKn8ovqyxFQkOBF1J3zv5fgZQ500QyRuQm-u0PvTjUoan6PGoKCTYyIm1KxICVO95VpcXItd25EV4AmUvWjzjJpDiIcoa7XKyGeRWYZ3TYspN15sJIB_jbagSyalfkXLXeMMUgVVvIXMaryHeKD_5Vv-50rODEWU8PnIcF-iDI/s640/IMG_4030.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGzt7VAjYIFEVcLSbWvKn8ovqyxFQkOBF1J3zv5fgZQ500QyRuQm-u0PvTjUoan6PGoKCTYyIm1KxICVO95VpcXItd25EV4AmUvWjzjJpDiIcoa7XKyGeRWYZ3TYspN15sJIB_jbagSyalfkXLXeMMUgVVvIXMaryHeKD_5Vv-50rODEWU8PnIcF-iDI/w300-h400/IMG_4030.jpg" width="300" /></a><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our rental is right on the St Croix River and <br />this River Boat passed by despite the weather.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Our second day in Hudson, we had the sun shine for a while! We went to the Hudson Farmer's Market and tasted freeze-dried candy - a little strange but interesting!</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFJHklhBx4W8idF9W9412iIE_x1BmShHvkgOFYEoEIdfL370Eny22Ulb2DRBuD6_ftXXV6sDv05-fBefn17mdl49FDyoQtHV-DUHt1MKfbrRS2UXyJ2QpTxfGvglGxtM1oz-C2yjm5tr6-ASKt_OTJlJ2HFSlPMEWncGQLm2G9G-C3R9k5VWEF8yCTcg/s640/IMG_4039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFJHklhBx4W8idF9W9412iIE_x1BmShHvkgOFYEoEIdfL370Eny22Ulb2DRBuD6_ftXXV6sDv05-fBefn17mdl49FDyoQtHV-DUHt1MKfbrRS2UXyJ2QpTxfGvglGxtM1oz-C2yjm5tr6-ASKt_OTJlJ2HFSlPMEWncGQLm2G9G-C3R9k5VWEF8yCTcg/w400-h300/IMG_4039.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>We headed across the river to Stillwater, MN. There were </span><span>A LOT</span><span> of people. We finally figured out that this wasn't a normal Saturday - it was Harvest Fest, a huge festival. There were also huge pumpkins.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29_KXesLi_a0k9ZFW5zpKCkUSOrNDWuYmReg_HuQ9KbckoyiUmy34_-V7FZtYKPkIkb1AFM99tpzj3g5bQ3J8RaxlNcsg-VG6q-2FXpqxk8q134jTJCVPH2zlzz3wZ3eS4WBIG8uhJVpYxI9K8sOob5KV8u-3YekGrwqsQFXFSeWFyxg-V6UUW7QcFqA/s640/IMG_4045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29_KXesLi_a0k9ZFW5zpKCkUSOrNDWuYmReg_HuQ9KbckoyiUmy34_-V7FZtYKPkIkb1AFM99tpzj3g5bQ3J8RaxlNcsg-VG6q-2FXpqxk8q134jTJCVPH2zlzz3wZ3eS4WBIG8uhJVpYxI9K8sOob5KV8u-3YekGrwqsQFXFSeWFyxg-V6UUW7QcFqA/w400-h300/IMG_4045.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuadSPdxudigYRkd5Ol9JuNmLEsM7vXYWBdayeSnH9MGITUc44uBmHlrGng1ImRQoe_5FAIQ3GkD-a8Mx98pUFhO-w-_C4GoMYaNezJIQt8bcGzV4sKELq4NP6bOLwiN6fjONOG3MfaEIgl2TMJ84V0Vyidi80GIUtolmDZC-ZEcZNBVjafIQTv7w9GRI/s640/IMG_4046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuadSPdxudigYRkd5Ol9JuNmLEsM7vXYWBdayeSnH9MGITUc44uBmHlrGng1ImRQoe_5FAIQ3GkD-a8Mx98pUFhO-w-_C4GoMYaNezJIQt8bcGzV4sKELq4NP6bOLwiN6fjONOG3MfaEIgl2TMJ84V0Vyidi80GIUtolmDZC-ZEcZNBVjafIQTv7w9GRI/w400-h300/IMG_4046.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>We did walk on the Stillwater Lift Bridge. </span><span face="Google Sans, arial, sans-serif">"</span><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The lift bridge closed to all traffic in August of 2017. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>It was reopened in 2020 and </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">is now used for pedestrians and bicycles and connects the Loop Trail from Minnesota to Wisconsin."</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6tNEDwRuhGkiWh0rIIA3UJ2EF483s-AG3A-nOwLwYX8aad2T-ceKhYJ_nLbvyvCulT1lvamtAX8WLlEmESOdpbA7S9XzX2WJv_ezuIL4sOlXzeiqS5iAQMJ3ubtA8N0TyqMF21LL6Mc2993W9DQKZ8KEoPZry8NrbLH0MLGsFwyKeyK2X-74LWQwcBw/s640/IMG_4050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6tNEDwRuhGkiWh0rIIA3UJ2EF483s-AG3A-nOwLwYX8aad2T-ceKhYJ_nLbvyvCulT1lvamtAX8WLlEmESOdpbA7S9XzX2WJv_ezuIL4sOlXzeiqS5iAQMJ3ubtA8N0TyqMF21LL6Mc2993W9DQKZ8KEoPZry8NrbLH0MLGsFwyKeyK2X-74LWQwcBw/w400-h300/IMG_4050.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We enjoyed pizza and watching the Wisconsin football game on TV with my aunt. She and Ray are singing to me at my surprise, early birthday party.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTW-MsMqRZI0F7T2Fp08UisZI55ZZ9-49dQuO9Dr3ab2dreUeBzhxZDRERt0uf3DvizAif0kF4dM1kO8in3lyLzfsxyVN6dOGxM4PKWvVoOAra2-pnj6WXZCeC73xW54hold_c07x_yN4nKSW-1gvR_ndKYg4ieldc3_MZWUqKQ9kFqmDE53QSCAmSIo/s640/IMG_4052.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTW-MsMqRZI0F7T2Fp08UisZI55ZZ9-49dQuO9Dr3ab2dreUeBzhxZDRERt0uf3DvizAif0kF4dM1kO8in3lyLzfsxyVN6dOGxM4PKWvVoOAra2-pnj6WXZCeC73xW54hold_c07x_yN4nKSW-1gvR_ndKYg4ieldc3_MZWUqKQ9kFqmDE53QSCAmSIo/w400-h300/IMG_4052.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In case you are counting the cake has a group of 7 candles <br />and a group of 5. My birthday is actually the 18th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our next and final stop on this trip was LaCrosse, WI. where we both received our bachelor's degrees from University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse. We traveled in good weather and enjoyed a stop in LeCresent, MN to get a few apples. After we crossed the Mississippi River, we enjoyed some time in Riverside Park in LaCrosse. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2C76jiNfdAF8Omkj8QfsJnZLsKbMJJe9iLjvyMm-ckdlrArgFl3uaYy8M-61A61hSZ-0Lak_m5qW7I1g6rC5yHFDNVyYLWd92M6hDtxKKcG2ryhkdMxx4P2j48yVijLm8OgO0W-l4rf3JcLg_M6yuFgZ3rRbg7WjXRWW88OCokH4iAuQ6XOdSJYTE3k/s640/IMG_4065.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2C76jiNfdAF8Omkj8QfsJnZLsKbMJJe9iLjvyMm-ckdlrArgFl3uaYy8M-61A61hSZ-0Lak_m5qW7I1g6rC5yHFDNVyYLWd92M6hDtxKKcG2ryhkdMxx4P2j48yVijLm8OgO0W-l4rf3JcLg_M6yuFgZ3rRbg7WjXRWW88OCokH4iAuQ6XOdSJYTE3k/w300-h400/IMG_4065.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvdf4Dd9fgu0SpHQjPtMxFlk3z4nvVcgEXQtz4rm1WTxdMXeWWgmgbuu3A59bLuTn34NElGwpGwGihMhze-VoRradQTo-SPqMarUFDvZyjs6JghDH6qa35IoMj_oTE_fbv4eusWnd8lmndGpPM38K3fKvFqA7eTU5FzxDlDeVbiG81KZu3wXppKnlSjg/s640/IMG_4067.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvdf4Dd9fgu0SpHQjPtMxFlk3z4nvVcgEXQtz4rm1WTxdMXeWWgmgbuu3A59bLuTn34NElGwpGwGihMhze-VoRradQTo-SPqMarUFDvZyjs6JghDH6qa35IoMj_oTE_fbv4eusWnd8lmndGpPM38K3fKvFqA7eTU5FzxDlDeVbiG81KZu3wXppKnlSjg/w300-h400/IMG_4067.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We spent so</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">me time on Granddad's Bluff taking photos of the sunset.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJ8nvjDGdHo3bG6NpO3aixvqrn_BS6cwGxAT29US4Tr63QNO_l04XVBkzLmO_mifO-Y8meWH467hu4gIunOY8ODP0XdaR1GfMR5a0YWicmiZspILjzKjEmqACKhoqpxddmzp53_7_BL8xC2U6e2Z6mQH7lHLZ9VXUgq7aK1HVbcvieCXR7KJZ_8F9bLc/s640/IMG_4071.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJ8nvjDGdHo3bG6NpO3aixvqrn_BS6cwGxAT29US4Tr63QNO_l04XVBkzLmO_mifO-Y8meWH467hu4gIunOY8ODP0XdaR1GfMR5a0YWicmiZspILjzKjEmqACKhoqpxddmzp53_7_BL8xC2U6e2Z6mQH7lHLZ9VXUgq7aK1HVbcvieCXR7KJZ_8F9bLc/w300-h400/IMG_4071.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Our rental house was just completely renovated inside. The living room is very comfy!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUEtbbSSKkOWyvHsjMEZQZ15kheC8w61WWCv64w3OC0FkQJ-uySy3O6i827asPggLxCDZWTrO9NloiNuZRWy5fjK1j5BhMPsfgzaSTTIlIM2ryiKu5HtYFZs7OzghMLSd_-YDD3YQ8T0a6crhCxNCfIfnX_ULMF-xM6mbIVwW9_fi2CpeEGSojimQlYs/s640/IMG_4079.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUEtbbSSKkOWyvHsjMEZQZ15kheC8w61WWCv64w3OC0FkQJ-uySy3O6i827asPggLxCDZWTrO9NloiNuZRWy5fjK1j5BhMPsfgzaSTTIlIM2ryiKu5HtYFZs7OzghMLSd_-YDD3YQ8T0a6crhCxNCfIfnX_ULMF-xM6mbIVwW9_fi2CpeEGSojimQlYs/w400-h300/IMG_4079.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We walked around the campus of UW-L and were able to get into the brand new field house which is almost finished. We also found other new buildings. Many things have changed but many stayed the same - the students in general are still kind and respectful. It was amazing how many acknowledged us as we wondered around. We weren't sure where the bookstore was (it moved!) so I asked a small group of students. They not only gave us explicit instructions, they walked upstairs with us and made sure we turned the right way and could see the sign. As we were leaving the student union, a young man was leaving and caught sight of us; he immediately grabbed the door and held it for both of us. We had a couple of conversations with students and I loved how much they were similar to the many college students I taught through the years and even </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">to us during our college days</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We visited a couple of quilt shops (next post) and walked around downtown for a while. It was fun to be back.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Our rental was at the base of Granddad's Bluff. As we looked up the last night at sunset, this was our view.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidK8koBkxTNrAk388T2LY88FgJZYe_hASug7YbpdyH7vGgexoe-jZMz7NND4F2qFn7aV3upJ-YscJKKwadn-v5eyfJpxElUrEqkIPVo9ekDd8hGjF6oU5izz4AWwLnuw19Zu12523guNzYaDY0x8iWnXN50_DeCym38_zxmB3TF0ZsIr_cCad3YXWMGNs/s640/IMG_4089.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidK8koBkxTNrAk388T2LY88FgJZYe_hASug7YbpdyH7vGgexoe-jZMz7NND4F2qFn7aV3upJ-YscJKKwadn-v5eyfJpxElUrEqkIPVo9ekDd8hGjF6oU5izz4AWwLnuw19Zu12523guNzYaDY0x8iWnXN50_DeCym38_zxmB3TF0ZsIr_cCad3YXWMGNs/w400-h300/IMG_4089.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span>This morning we delayed leaving LaCrosse for an hour due to fog. When we left, we travelled along the Mississippi for awhile, hoping to see more color in the trees. We eventually left that route and headed away from the river.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIC7rLzsuddTnCGFuLqmDLHkemNBEi4IRkRs4tXlOXf8yfHx4yijrPVMyNe2iTw82fDnZi1XOnN-Pz-R1k6y6jBEhJQKSHnXQ58G7CEsEOMIUmPyfe5CL2-erh6qHO97KkJpE1iTp4zHego-cKTldgEnVx51YZObMoWSOsRV_XtSW001EFaBrdXbPsZ8/s640/IMG_4095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIC7rLzsuddTnCGFuLqmDLHkemNBEi4IRkRs4tXlOXf8yfHx4yijrPVMyNe2iTw82fDnZi1XOnN-Pz-R1k6y6jBEhJQKSHnXQ58G7CEsEOMIUmPyfe5CL2-erh6qHO97KkJpE1iTp4zHego-cKTldgEnVx51YZObMoWSOsRV_XtSW001EFaBrdXbPsZ8/w400-h300/IMG_4095.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>We found some pretty trees!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv21XhJMwJMDFLOi_Qn60MZv3IH9u9IStvXHe7bCo_Y9xenO6IKGT21cWbOKbk3AVv07XMtj1rLtH5131EOM8UxUMVRXBP7xtt5dF6MRFXGu2ZA5RVrz2TgEpwn4Ur4SAhCMmooj6yR8x7jFrf3jrEpLRB5wwyd4uZSNbq6bEejf5EE36aQB8y7C1WrvM/s640/IMG_4097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv21XhJMwJMDFLOi_Qn60MZv3IH9u9IStvXHe7bCo_Y9xenO6IKGT21cWbOKbk3AVv07XMtj1rLtH5131EOM8UxUMVRXBP7xtt5dF6MRFXGu2ZA5RVrz2TgEpwn4Ur4SAhCMmooj6yR8x7jFrf3jrEpLRB5wwyd4uZSNbq6bEejf5EE36aQB8y7C1WrvM/w300-h400/IMG_4097.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphINIQyHzyUtl2tr6aIJX2D9UfW3O6IBvgHcI150gBKuhh36NUJlVWPhOF2h50KV5RXZnHLSzfzBWv9PouDe4VI5A9SxFQ4OGyHdFUDys-lMOllUK2lh-80YMwWV3KjCZfulxnaWmDpoy3ENuZkgbXyo9YouxCykuPOo91xLtL-_6GE3ldHDiXDOZx6c/s640/IMG_4098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphINIQyHzyUtl2tr6aIJX2D9UfW3O6IBvgHcI150gBKuhh36NUJlVWPhOF2h50KV5RXZnHLSzfzBWv9PouDe4VI5A9SxFQ4OGyHdFUDys-lMOllUK2lh-80YMwWV3KjCZfulxnaWmDpoy3ENuZkgbXyo9YouxCykuPOo91xLtL-_6GE3ldHDiXDOZx6c/w300-h400/IMG_4098.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2TQ7B5rouJR4nuRlKDhtF5aXUl8KMP2Tj3aPoIbv2cBlXAjmVainQZFKnFHak8NlI2h8Sq7q8asZ4TyPV6MAS3XINc6eyF75yc1u68SXqHhP3MXvknNgPiJO_ipppRGnVtPd1dPZKIp5tw4v2px1Bm13EIg-1eHYj_cj7WOaP6siokR-uMRohyphenhyphenWD-ts/s640/IMG_4099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2TQ7B5rouJR4nuRlKDhtF5aXUl8KMP2Tj3aPoIbv2cBlXAjmVainQZFKnFHak8NlI2h8Sq7q8asZ4TyPV6MAS3XINc6eyF75yc1u68SXqHhP3MXvknNgPiJO_ipppRGnVtPd1dPZKIp5tw4v2px1Bm13EIg-1eHYj_cj7WOaP6siokR-uMRohyphenhyphenWD-ts/w300-h400/IMG_4099.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are now home and unpacked. We have been to the grocery store and will soon begin laundry. It was a great fall trip although we saw more color today within a 100 miles of home than anywhere else! We especially loved seeing family.</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel </span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, </span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted. </span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">-Bill Bryson</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-8635114951289086802023-10-17T10:12:00.001-05:002023-10-17T10:12:00.147-05:00Fall Trip Part 2 of 3<div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Note: Quilt shops are in a separate post</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Our second day in Two Harbors began with a cold rain - at least it wasn't snow! Ray checked the weather and the rain was ending soon so we continued with our plan to hike in Tettegouche State Park. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We stopped at the Tettegouche Visitor Center to get a pass and found that the swinging bridge was out so we could only do the long hike to High Falls, not the short one. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Now to be honest, I wasn't sure about crossing the swinging bridge - I don't like them!</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> Then Ray checked on Two-Step Falls - we couldn't get there either. Since we didn't want a long hike, we decided to hike to the waterfalls in Temperance River State Park.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />We drove north about a half hour and found the trailhead we wanted. We found the trails in good shape but not well marked and the map was pretty useless until we found a pole that was actually marked so we knew where we were. Until then, when we came to a fork in the trail, we just chose the path that we thought would take us closest to the river. However we missed the first fork - since we couldn't see the right choice which was up over some rocks. It all worked out and eventually we found our way back to the right trail. I guess it was a day we were supposed to take a long hike!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />We saw all three "waterfalls" - Upper Falls, Hidden Falls, and Lower Cascades. <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">At times the sun even </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">shone! </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);"><br /></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">Come along on our hike.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">First stop was Hidden Falls.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2t5CE_vvRhL0benI0SWcFS4inz5vbHUK2n67XwjAGMghh6xirqsG2DmyxSTvZRR_0CFYq7XUf3zLEUP1yEQLIGbAKRW8AI04POC1wFME3pApboxxHc5A2V1FtOxss26G5v5dgjxhm3mGhh5H1ghPgLkVzTVtUiSqWkRjOos8jXtETud8iaqmsj-AQCF8/s640/IMG_3849.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2t5CE_vvRhL0benI0SWcFS4inz5vbHUK2n67XwjAGMghh6xirqsG2DmyxSTvZRR_0CFYq7XUf3zLEUP1yEQLIGbAKRW8AI04POC1wFME3pApboxxHc5A2V1FtOxss26G5v5dgjxhm3mGhh5H1ghPgLkVzTVtUiSqWkRjOos8jXtETud8iaqmsj-AQCF8/w300-h400/IMG_3849.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The falls is really hidden back in the rocks</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Just beyond Hidden Falls -</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Y1LCng0FkLfF1YGTKWUKymcGjXWacKc6PH47Ly1-QjCne-fSXb2sg5O6BZLVWrhoti3iZ15bjLD5N6v4UeI_yRtNliasI9thAbVCEuFcpBkFl78vIJFGiEK1y-wVogooiaJ9w2heAlfaZSi7n4rH4C0Kk8VGOfRTBYUYFf7Mqzw8duXfZU_13kHekkk/s640/IMG_3853.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Y1LCng0FkLfF1YGTKWUKymcGjXWacKc6PH47Ly1-QjCne-fSXb2sg5O6BZLVWrhoti3iZ15bjLD5N6v4UeI_yRtNliasI9thAbVCEuFcpBkFl78vIJFGiEK1y-wVogooiaJ9w2heAlfaZSi7n4rH4C0Kk8VGOfRTBYUYFf7Mqzw8duXfZU_13kHekkk/w300-h400/IMG_3853.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I caught the family photographer when he wasn't behind a camera!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGULmX_8YIbND84DmEUNRF4-Uw4Al1JEAGJRRalhvT6kbA9A3oKu_J7_hVx8zjMTzmv-a9CNHsutNp1J9VBTgKY1LAGLWujp3sSzbsQvq1slq8DtarPWWC3eoY7ZfynCTbkBTnQy_4y_xDF5zWPopPtlNW52kcymdNtX31deBEqWQX3DSlkrpDK7mVHU/s640/IMG_3855.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGULmX_8YIbND84DmEUNRF4-Uw4Al1JEAGJRRalhvT6kbA9A3oKu_J7_hVx8zjMTzmv-a9CNHsutNp1J9VBTgKY1LAGLWujp3sSzbsQvq1slq8DtarPWWC3eoY7ZfynCTbkBTnQy_4y_xDF5zWPopPtlNW52kcymdNtX31deBEqWQX3DSlkrpDK7mVHU/w300-h400/IMG_3855.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This is when we inadvertently veered from the direct route.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXzPSMp7Nf8_MShWuLBnYW-2IU4hn55KtVsSo6MAj5jP8SnFROqoNoRKyrjPO_HHwFSMWq6-Y_yKJZJajXXWHg-W45hh2ipoPDs83k5Jv7jNyoSqi-mF1eYrdz4Z-75Sll9y9Ba5QndZ_mcaknEF0FETipOpp2aIDW9Y9ue2HFo9ezMJ5cLVI2b97Nco/s640/IMG_3858.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXzPSMp7Nf8_MShWuLBnYW-2IU4hn55KtVsSo6MAj5jP8SnFROqoNoRKyrjPO_HHwFSMWq6-Y_yKJZJajXXWHg-W45hh2ipoPDs83k5Jv7jNyoSqi-mF1eYrdz4Z-75Sll9y9Ba5QndZ_mcaknEF0FETipOpp2aIDW9Y9ue2HFo9ezMJ5cLVI2b97Nco/w300-h400/IMG_3858.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>We found some pretty color.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpG1ZrHqgoP02Tt77AdMwoStGclonVwU52L2PABrG-A64zUMtMbukK5H2sLzBCVS8uPUrQ-cqQGYojsFAdZP2nvE8iiuzhmtJtNzVJnMqGOIyiLGJinICZ9cVMKWnd7Gj2Bj-HiPoRU63GpTS5oFrDE8TWEcw0D7fdv5NCBvoKfrqbyE-os0JTs5xkMI/s640/IMG_3860.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpG1ZrHqgoP02Tt77AdMwoStGclonVwU52L2PABrG-A64zUMtMbukK5H2sLzBCVS8uPUrQ-cqQGYojsFAdZP2nvE8iiuzhmtJtNzVJnMqGOIyiLGJinICZ9cVMKWnd7Gj2Bj-HiPoRU63GpTS5oFrDE8TWEcw0D7fdv5NCBvoKfrqbyE-os0JTs5xkMI/w300-h400/IMG_3860.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>Back to the river, we found many boulders.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKgM413sAEaP00lBIJTu2Emxa0SE5XuU4M-PNA4hI-1waKXxBcJ5tsMoZYRTcf0-7eG1p1gQ_XhqY172FuDptGck1QU56BF6g-dx0cUWZd6rUboNWjZXAotv2yqr36ZTtmbKfYBRa93xmdsIN87fWrEMg5MXWMTLA5QQnWlVuBjDxeLykLEKiXNzGMDM/s640/IMG_3862.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKgM413sAEaP00lBIJTu2Emxa0SE5XuU4M-PNA4hI-1waKXxBcJ5tsMoZYRTcf0-7eG1p1gQ_XhqY172FuDptGck1QU56BF6g-dx0cUWZd6rUboNWjZXAotv2yqr36ZTtmbKfYBRa93xmdsIN87fWrEMg5MXWMTLA5QQnWlVuBjDxeLykLEKiXNzGMDM/w300-h400/IMG_3862.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9F8QNDl2SN_S1ycFlQks0T97LqkxepMjbJK5RDw9BcXZn-T0Mu2lgd0AG_qytLPwCFqDn3nHuLxZn7bO_gdeav_rrxdBemJML9OOMtfda68rdirRz1iOCZwhMW6lP84bjftmJYXRY9CUp2422g46mJ2z77zBhRJ0YZ6UuORr4X8_qgtmmZH-Lm-gdM1Y/s640/IMG_3866.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9F8QNDl2SN_S1ycFlQks0T97LqkxepMjbJK5RDw9BcXZn-T0Mu2lgd0AG_qytLPwCFqDn3nHuLxZn7bO_gdeav_rrxdBemJML9OOMtfda68rdirRz1iOCZwhMW6lP84bjftmJYXRY9CUp2422g46mJ2z77zBhRJ0YZ6UuORr4X8_qgtmmZH-Lm-gdM1Y/w300-h400/IMG_3866.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>There were lots of Aspen trees.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0hEsiRbEPvN9fitMMnnrp1gL20dMIqvEETXtajkM3cs3zB0qGFaZII2KNjIhUgtBHSorS-iVRohFYtCrDOuh9Sfjuj1ZyO-_cP7E55bSAswW-3TphLG2vKAMrKeSV70nLsZbvKh-SrDE9aTXN2LAvzswxD0hthhWNc_L4cOEVcHFtjjiN4X5r93gX_w/s640/IMG_3867.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0hEsiRbEPvN9fitMMnnrp1gL20dMIqvEETXtajkM3cs3zB0qGFaZII2KNjIhUgtBHSorS-iVRohFYtCrDOuh9Sfjuj1ZyO-_cP7E55bSAswW-3TphLG2vKAMrKeSV70nLsZbvKh-SrDE9aTXN2LAvzswxD0hthhWNc_L4cOEVcHFtjjiN4X5r93gX_w/w300-h400/IMG_3867.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>We heard the Upper Falls and I got a glimpse of it but I couldn't get a photo. Ray climbed down a path that was well used but not in very good shape. He said we really needed to be on the other side of the river. However, there was no real path there either.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We did see the Lower Cascades in the gorge. We were standing on a lookout area that we had to hike down to.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxaBe2luN6Wdcoj0WMD_GhuIaxlixgOggPhhTzDkxVt4x-nqiRcB1y9UVq98vZYatGrtbeQaJu8NgPyt6T-WhIiAXqJ-qPp-4k46dwZ2Olzvm5NPv01K9v6ck17XbSpqZrSr2lBxy-6RWE_fuTKPbB4cSPIbLXfY7DupjRMbOJkG_56n-KXsKWmAqrwA/s640/IMG_3874.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxaBe2luN6Wdcoj0WMD_GhuIaxlixgOggPhhTzDkxVt4x-nqiRcB1y9UVq98vZYatGrtbeQaJu8NgPyt6T-WhIiAXqJ-qPp-4k46dwZ2Olzvm5NPv01K9v6ck17XbSpqZrSr2lBxy-6RWE_fuTKPbB4cSPIbLXfY7DupjRMbOJkG_56n-KXsKWmAqrwA/w300-h400/IMG_3874.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-IwYDwEx9jZPFBicDMx5S15cF9Fb4T_e6NmqJ3CbMesXAIdXEq_Wap79qUoVSKn3VDdaGfB-jVVmZ0L9Lm2mkaorUg19oLnYp1v8cNwIkkkt9o7eotzRQ_uHrmxnVFWZHa2iPSR-iWnRMWmlqw9BnHyCv1ofNZncwYYDk7WOgEytWTqgDsrod1XLJc4/w300-h400/IMG_3880.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>and way back.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVPDqkjZ-jY-jMWsPRiqRO7THRtLAsrdIXJhhmL7ZpCDZNnxDuhxmWEdsQbgYeQF0Xj8K_kOJFYSHJbTvd2XsTB7U8USQb8TYncMcnuXC1CScMBqsg1qhsQX3jVLN-P1Be0Ilw_BpXaImlMRpiiHGTadCEZQuQHJyVmRXomZ7n0EB7FYf7nTfhNoRK0tc/s640/IMG_3882.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1B6CGX5KrEFrdBtB_QgRyK7FVm5zzMJhyTrR0jm8y4OPdiKEAehl2nabiX0y7XKGIPh73N0zUt4Ew_Efc8Gks1byLckHXfoKF6XGUYE6TkgQ32l6WLiBa5pNettAFFm4OaNpn6Q8tkPpldpQ8AC-PI7SVzgocXXgJCKGiQZ2vSaO6bKZpGMIYLPSsgbg/w300-h400/IMG_3884.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>This was the first time I used my new walking stick (bought the day before). It was great to have on some of the slopes (up and down) and on some uneven, stone steps.<br /></span></span><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">After our not-so-short hike, we stopped at the first and only place to eat near the State Park. It was a bakery/restaurant where you went in, ordered, got your food, and ate outside. So we had a picnic - it was almost 50 degrees. Right after I took this picture, Ray went to the car and got our coats. We enjoyed some good food!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImkNXnXjjsrWMrXGO-iXzjWg7iUdtujEaqu2_czkHHMWRHURRGvhxSDuYvUyoEL6YQ_hw8w-VU5LVBbV91gb0_aXya4cN46Wy0kKQf_ZT4llJjwk7Y8ou25U2UzKjffEvH33GVl9YOqOXASWUAqP8hSk5h8_KE-PKFFHQZALmt8gZwglo_T6_kN2zMYQ/s640/IMG_3886.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImkNXnXjjsrWMrXGO-iXzjWg7iUdtujEaqu2_czkHHMWRHURRGvhxSDuYvUyoEL6YQ_hw8w-VU5LVBbV91gb0_aXya4cN46Wy0kKQf_ZT4llJjwk7Y8ou25U2UzKjffEvH33GVl9YOqOXASWUAqP8hSk5h8_KE-PKFFHQZALmt8gZwglo_T6_kN2zMYQ/w300-h400/IMG_3886.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>We headed south towards Two Harbors. We could see some of the bands of yellow Aspen trees on our drive.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PgXzWQmINSnGa1CEdEfND8KYFpMCmS2LnREdVeUgb-7LiuneeUGcMSZVtz_ifnrk0KOd3DOfUq7wo9V2I1DH5uHmha3rXNslFgyFRYylWC-cI5Rp5qSwffqylTxrVsbRwQezdCUS_DZqHPzPttF9IfGQ0p8ixaGkqRnvPcHimdxa82Vzjz4Z0yMW3C4/s640/IMG_3889.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PgXzWQmINSnGa1CEdEfND8KYFpMCmS2LnREdVeUgb-7LiuneeUGcMSZVtz_ifnrk0KOd3DOfUq7wo9V2I1DH5uHmha3rXNslFgyFRYylWC-cI5Rp5qSwffqylTxrVsbRwQezdCUS_DZqHPzPttF9IfGQ0p8ixaGkqRnvPcHimdxa82Vzjz4Z0yMW3C4/w300-h400/IMG_3889.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipifHEK9kuMvymkvo9eErhhPNtqtZBQkOQK5h3nBmSw29w9qogZp4t-f1L7X7cEKNHDCcS1KmdzkJTR_5jloNi9av7h3OXCz2BQ9yKp_aisP5Hgkh42pyHgWbhxYrzIEpyTmY7f7zudO0B-NPGZtAk2OdaZwW9nSF7ZI-bRWD6bq7PjMGdlUI6eF1fglA/s640/IMG_3890.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipifHEK9kuMvymkvo9eErhhPNtqtZBQkOQK5h3nBmSw29w9qogZp4t-f1L7X7cEKNHDCcS1KmdzkJTR_5jloNi9av7h3OXCz2BQ9yKp_aisP5Hgkh42pyHgWbhxYrzIEpyTmY7f7zudO0B-NPGZtAk2OdaZwW9nSF7ZI-bRWD6bq7PjMGdlUI6eF1fglA/w400-h300/IMG_3890.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>We were looking for a spot to get a great picture of Split Rock Lighthouse but didn't find it. We stopped at Pebble Beach in the campground. These flat, smooth pebbles would all make great skipping stones!</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72SAd95JDjHAmXN11ZIHESo89bHKKOL3DoAMWj67rMQGqZpmIkugmyAFxMDaKhLuzGnSsUwwrWwIJ2iy0XDl6ca3GRdg7uYz_aA3w42qOJd7DKRv6tYx7gQFT6-nI8eYmkexsx87W70dqOzxaTWJYUeA5aDOdFu44bP0LG6H-QCW5Ac5wq3XGpuO_6cQ/s640/IMG_3898.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72SAd95JDjHAmXN11ZIHESo89bHKKOL3DoAMWj67rMQGqZpmIkugmyAFxMDaKhLuzGnSsUwwrWwIJ2iy0XDl6ca3GRdg7uYz_aA3w42qOJd7DKRv6tYx7gQFT6-nI8eYmkexsx87W70dqOzxaTWJYUeA5aDOdFu44bP0LG6H-QCW5Ac5wq3XGpuO_6cQ/w300-h400/IMG_3898.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHjF16Fnln4hFnIk89TtIbtFwT_py5WzCxcxsn2zlTa9saqeIk-AKS-hF3LuQ-MgL5EyM6WEJ61mtZfUXwaqqSEITyDtXsfoVdS83IHOxhX0B65j3UZV3w_CTTzlf_We2muYuVK7MAI2cBmZBMyuZ6UAw-GuhcjjwNs834jt7Unfb6pD21dxO1zotePE/s640/IMG_3899.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHjF16Fnln4hFnIk89TtIbtFwT_py5WzCxcxsn2zlTa9saqeIk-AKS-hF3LuQ-MgL5EyM6WEJ61mtZfUXwaqqSEITyDtXsfoVdS83IHOxhX0B65j3UZV3w_CTTzlf_We2muYuVK7MAI2cBmZBMyuZ6UAw-GuhcjjwNs834jt7Unfb6pD21dxO1zotePE/w300-h400/IMG_3899.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>The clouds were moving in.<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwY8Fp2y0jrbvlObVxRl7UGRr_jCE5xlEW5djqRyNhg7EE0unLpoQHZGS9cz0QPUnWS7f7KRca4qvsiDcltDskx_l645ds0D4al3zZTVCkwNY7WI5pZDldN-i9_-pyD0h2fExmWhObj8FKyqILFZuoR-M2fmN-UC2QoB3GOc42t67GrIMTWIj7M8_2O0Q/w300-h400/IMG_3900.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lake Superior from Pebble Beach</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwY8Fp2y0jrbvlObVxRl7UGRr_jCE5xlEW5djqRyNhg7EE0unLpoQHZGS9cz0QPUnWS7f7KRca4qvsiDcltDskx_l645ds0D4al3zZTVCkwNY7WI5pZDldN-i9_-pyD0h2fExmWhObj8FKyqILFZuoR-M2fmN-UC2QoB3GOc42t67GrIMTWIj7M8_2O0Q/s640/IMG_3900.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Our third day in Two Harbors was absolutely gorgeous - sunny with a few clouds and in the 50's. We headed back to Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. This time we went to the Trail Center parking area and hiked toward the lighthouse. We began on the Gitchi-Gami State Trail. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGbkfcFEqyjRZJ7JuvN90aJ58v80akqQAlsn94IDOD0GY6FWeTguKk40DiCcKMvhirAG9KXHMOrotx3a80gw2r9n1m0UXSAwjIWYsAlNiapbaaf32zQyid6IBUBDM2SqIirsDQLgH15apW9zut7pq45W3DORgNKGMCBTTm2Ip6WmHTVuqMtixhZYZUeo/s640/IMG_3908.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGbkfcFEqyjRZJ7JuvN90aJ58v80akqQAlsn94IDOD0GY6FWeTguKk40DiCcKMvhirAG9KXHMOrotx3a80gw2r9n1m0UXSAwjIWYsAlNiapbaaf32zQyid6IBUBDM2SqIirsDQLgH15apW9zut7pq45W3DORgNKGMCBTTm2Ip6WmHTVuqMtixhZYZUeo/w300-h400/IMG_3908.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">Gitchi-Gami is Ojibwa for "big sea" or "huge water" <br />and almost always refers to Lake Superior.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We switched to the Lake Trail which was simple to find with the clear signs and maps. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbis2WsVOMHBcgPd9Qru8pAgyCphUEf7-bch6b2mB1lRYXqp9J_PJvgbNDidXvnaB8v0IJcSjWlVp6TpaK6pKkWZhyphenhyphenaLvj8rHBLh2nktkfCUtpjqdfK_xihHNCCBTGg3ezrqyOnOa3R0zVNVSBs2w-nQ71F5bZ7vGzRsVjGZCDy7ezfvkTE_PDHi_5WRo/s640/IMG_3909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbis2WsVOMHBcgPd9Qru8pAgyCphUEf7-bch6b2mB1lRYXqp9J_PJvgbNDidXvnaB8v0IJcSjWlVp6TpaK6pKkWZhyphenhyphenaLvj8rHBLh2nktkfCUtpjqdfK_xihHNCCBTGg3ezrqyOnOa3R0zVNVSBs2w-nQ71F5bZ7vGzRsVjGZCDy7ezfvkTE_PDHi_5WRo/w300-h400/IMG_3909.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">After a short hike, we had this view of Split Rock Lighthouse - exactly what Ray was after. "</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Every year on the 10th of November, the beacon at Split Rock is lighted to commemorate the sinking of the freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald, and all the other vessels lost on the Great Lakes."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34g2MkxeXGMqQM31DF6OJZymvMlzmBy500vIoO1cG50qj4eJRX-W-4JDdJADX1Efsrg-v74nHKLf_-g1AGmSGkeHaZGtFQK_LSjPwY9d1Dx0se4bjY17wtfK-NVpU2VPbxeJwYkkJu0DEFAV2H6XP5ckAzrHUwrxTHN9WWMdX4ND67W5nmzFtV6B3HaA/s640/IMG_3911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34g2MkxeXGMqQM31DF6OJZymvMlzmBy500vIoO1cG50qj4eJRX-W-4JDdJADX1Efsrg-v74nHKLf_-g1AGmSGkeHaZGtFQK_LSjPwY9d1Dx0se4bjY17wtfK-NVpU2VPbxeJwYkkJu0DEFAV2H6XP5ckAzrHUwrxTHN9WWMdX4ND67W5nmzFtV6B3HaA/w300-h400/IMG_3911.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1969 and closed. It is not open as a museum.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Every so often, I just have to look u</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">p and appreciate the beauty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXBY8I1UnaVXVDS0d4TbRzEmtxZKCBltVn4jYWNdpMf0DRjlNh1aCc_FFrQNUYWUeUk-o-2Y9Gjxtkxd_FhTmPufm-bb5T2d7ML_4ozGC7fUt3h_E5E23GlBlrTRGOgADosx5lLkyyqi0PUFcWZyDIGxuR8rWkEHjgg5gs7qstj8ThgursJ-_JY5XSog/s640/IMG_3934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXBY8I1UnaVXVDS0d4TbRzEmtxZKCBltVn4jYWNdpMf0DRjlNh1aCc_FFrQNUYWUeUk-o-2Y9Gjxtkxd_FhTmPufm-bb5T2d7ML_4ozGC7fUt3h_E5E23GlBlrTRGOgADosx5lLkyyqi0PUFcWZyDIGxuR8rWkEHjgg5gs7qstj8ThgursJ-_JY5XSog/w300-h400/IMG_3934.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Our next stop of the day was Gooseberry Falls State Park. We had a short hike to some waterfalls.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3OZrPggkTEH1REamxEGKSW842K7GHKpl0h4EjeBrRxbBy9eKcIWYfWquoO57SKXoLSjEuEzM2E6XTmELG3umk3nHwO3l8mYaRRf9jVb1s9U4JLWQcejVv12Wzhcq6VcAEsBotv2O8GLdp0nNxjqdvfBG_Cs5K5t3zN56ok0q_7WZK4zf3WzNOSG5Sbg/s640/IMG_3937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3OZrPggkTEH1REamxEGKSW842K7GHKpl0h4EjeBrRxbBy9eKcIWYfWquoO57SKXoLSjEuEzM2E6XTmELG3umk3nHwO3l8mYaRRf9jVb1s9U4JLWQcejVv12Wzhcq6VcAEsBotv2O8GLdp0nNxjqdvfBG_Cs5K5t3zN56ok0q_7WZK4zf3WzNOSG5Sbg/w300-h400/IMG_3937.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Middle Falls was really pretty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRW28urgPUpBCTcQuomcPZyHzORnZ9ouj404fRUduOOcuXEyVXtzSa-6zwmdPaAavnmKIGcWo1ksweNDGpgIpgOChCAXRdNUBiHMgKDd_GHfY9aD-28P7jwpgGmh7-unPUgOZ0cBJhD3jBOoHzAyQmIn1HOtY_FxawrrZrHXfQUcmAvfiTIntB8v3pVSY/s640/IMG_3943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRW28urgPUpBCTcQuomcPZyHzORnZ9ouj404fRUduOOcuXEyVXtzSa-6zwmdPaAavnmKIGcWo1ksweNDGpgIpgOChCAXRdNUBiHMgKDd_GHfY9aD-28P7jwpgGmh7-unPUgOZ0cBJhD3jBOoHzAyQmIn1HOtY_FxawrrZrHXfQUcmAvfiTIntB8v3pVSY/w400-h300/IMG_3943.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The Lower Falls also had lots of water.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH40-8CYTqJlmM-d5L4O_pWK8SSRv3dVezWXTt5rAJfpo1sQNesCn8ASDWN9dQLJvAZOaHbtKsaI8NjMt1N0rGGFVM8bHfijwSRqAoFMDoPQv4TrCKB8DrDhjW13GhfBa0_P3xDrokHZfxKpX3jzSYnXrUK6Bg-0ubW8ICZYFtSFKYb-3uDB0r8phhrOU/s640/IMG_3955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH40-8CYTqJlmM-d5L4O_pWK8SSRv3dVezWXTt5rAJfpo1sQNesCn8ASDWN9dQLJvAZOaHbtKsaI8NjMt1N0rGGFVM8bHfijwSRqAoFMDoPQv4TrCKB8DrDhjW13GhfBa0_P3xDrokHZfxKpX3jzSYnXrUK6Bg-0ubW8ICZYFtSFKYb-3uDB0r8phhrOU/w300-h400/IMG_3955.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>We hiked back up to Middle Falls. Can you tell, the sky is clearing more?<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoY5L5w0_-Hn-Pb2bs1S47q5y4iFC9xbCGFDVvwNzW1LOXaXe8bM8EKV5T3keykkBMThGx8BpgayBjy28J7DDk-DbiiVf2GtSeuEJSdIhR5RQwZhVAoa77bpKFJIyScBuS9H6oWM6uziONChznA-STs7EN73zhjEv2Csbln_xBZ4ws7q6JyvzFObFePjE/s640/IMG_3960.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoY5L5w0_-Hn-Pb2bs1S47q5y4iFC9xbCGFDVvwNzW1LOXaXe8bM8EKV5T3keykkBMThGx8BpgayBjy28J7DDk-DbiiVf2GtSeuEJSdIhR5RQwZhVAoa77bpKFJIyScBuS9H6oWM6uziONChznA-STs7EN73zhjEv2Csbln_xBZ4ws7q6JyvzFObFePjE/w400-h300/IMG_3960.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Then we hiked up to Upper Falls.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghEEvzFMBU9UQwa5sBNwpE20_QiqWQYU8RspUmXezZz-7vDpM4NTWu9Uex-QjHf6YTl6N7O6jyyk2jcAxKv3ZICTEYcixsyK7sIJKfARIGssElXidQlYIPBCpJguwlmUcHvGWBdDFfhWmBgZ0ED40Whyphenhypheno6hXEKLdwUThWboSf7reYKGN_75StwZEXHW8/s640/IMG_3964.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghEEvzFMBU9UQwa5sBNwpE20_QiqWQYU8RspUmXezZz-7vDpM4NTWu9Uex-QjHf6YTl6N7O6jyyk2jcAxKv3ZICTEYcixsyK7sIJKfARIGssElXidQlYIPBCpJguwlmUcHvGWBdDFfhWmBgZ0ED40Whyphenhypheno6hXEKLdwUThWboSf7reYKGN_75StwZEXHW8/w400-h300/IMG_3964.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">There was <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in the 1930s just to the left of the above photo. It was interesting to read about it. This would have been a gorgeous place to live and to work improving</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> our public lands, forests, and parks.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>After a late lunch, we spent the rest of our day in Two Harbors beginning with a visit to the quilt shop and then Agate Beach in Agate Bay. There were lots of stones but we did not find any agates. We were told that the best time to find them is in the spring before all the tourists come!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68E5A42s3tNHIyVAhujKFf94gnxPVPvus3r26v3LJDreZLw2BtZJZtvw6FV6ScpuZbwLPWrjYQ6uiCF_5wJvafB7JwAAyQSFwiwVVH-2tzAp2HE2rgSSo12jL-pZSMUx7X0EKWttBnh3ZIqREc4uPbrT9w0gJ3-Pu1CGAO_-24wCnpwD-a7fOoKIGts4/s640/IMG_3982.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68E5A42s3tNHIyVAhujKFf94gnxPVPvus3r26v3LJDreZLw2BtZJZtvw6FV6ScpuZbwLPWrjYQ6uiCF_5wJvafB7JwAAyQSFwiwVVH-2tzAp2HE2rgSSo12jL-pZSMUx7X0EKWttBnh3ZIqREc4uPbrT9w0gJ3-Pu1CGAO_-24wCnpwD-a7fOoKIGts4/w300-h400/IMG_3982.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The breakwater is very close to Agate Beach.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuC9T4fxliTVbGsMsf7a3xB6ppZH2ojFljOs2IrECLUOXiuYShp40oE5bwWUzF_LUZWJS2B-SFT6y9YukI8LMUC96A5hx8LJNhi5d-ewxdHdQJTg7UCnDYCLIwtZ8jWpooYK_MgVxU8UJ7qpWhTWnOFlHsWJ_u9YjriO1Tp1MVub1jEXq7ajDkkIwPys/s640/IMG_3979.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuC9T4fxliTVbGsMsf7a3xB6ppZH2ojFljOs2IrECLUOXiuYShp40oE5bwWUzF_LUZWJS2B-SFT6y9YukI8LMUC96A5hx8LJNhi5d-ewxdHdQJTg7UCnDYCLIwtZ8jWpooYK_MgVxU8UJ7qpWhTWnOFlHsWJ_u9YjriO1Tp1MVub1jEXq7ajDkkIwPys/w400-h300/IMG_3979.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Still in Agate Bay, w</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">e saw this Canadian ship leaving the docks. Ships come to Two Harbors to get iron ore, the primary ingredient for steel.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <span>The ore comes from mines in northern Minnesota and is transported to the port by rail. The ships then carry the ore to steel mills. Two Harbors is major iron ore shipping port.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjpBENFoMs8nS_Bxl4b9_OlwBWW8vdz7TyEM0qoOI7C6soHnDQu7qwiKGSctvbTvtb4NM4Jt0xnsXEenjZ5Eofj6qYbdw2Nifiq-Wbf5Jqv22ItlDNerBkZYbJReJN-dYiUPNalooV-yosj-FZjZVMN33GvJa08RO0HN8fujUYlWkRaQD6XtZXJZk9Lg/s640/IMG_3985.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjpBENFoMs8nS_Bxl4b9_OlwBWW8vdz7TyEM0qoOI7C6soHnDQu7qwiKGSctvbTvtb4NM4Jt0xnsXEenjZ5Eofj6qYbdw2Nifiq-Wbf5Jqv22ItlDNerBkZYbJReJN-dYiUPNalooV-yosj-FZjZVMN33GvJa08RO0HN8fujUYlWkRaQD6XtZXJZk9Lg/w400-h300/IMG_3985.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun was really bright so the pictures appear dark.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAin0ZwEgPDF1vz-p04XvvvS6z5j-rn9HSi1VyQbqL_jzhG5VqFTisILRG7fdxLxzquVcbjsuP2owQzi3UEq6AqONw1A-ClI747UYUct6LW4KKCc7na5TuVae4PTQLXbKWFKEGdpgCG6ocUOPyh_fxchrxfJhwmrzhZwq6zn4sqjRS_LZiG3FLMobqkRU/s640/IMG_3986.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAin0ZwEgPDF1vz-p04XvvvS6z5j-rn9HSi1VyQbqL_jzhG5VqFTisILRG7fdxLxzquVcbjsuP2owQzi3UEq6AqONw1A-ClI747UYUct6LW4KKCc7na5TuVae4PTQLXbKWFKEGdpgCG6ocUOPyh_fxchrxfJhwmrzhZwq6zn4sqjRS_LZiG3FLMobqkRU/w400-h300/IMG_3986.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Two Harbors Lighthouse, built in 1892 is also in Agate Bay. It is now owned by the Historical Society and part of The Lighthouse B&B which was formed to fund the preservation of the buildings. T</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">hanks to volunteer lighthouse keepers,</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> the light is evidently still on p</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">roviding private aid to navigation.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pG9RUHOFlsFRc6gDowvZSqE_saEKRKxfVEKNaD3244l4T2D_3A7mD8QOQYEH-bD12uTRjoeMG-9CGAlI5Pll74XQeJkoDqNsyIfHAbVK9Cx__RTpr_4viXD0rSkiLNwlDzliYY8Jg7soyxPtQRRglhSAYKLUKk5pDhP4DitWw8EmZ_oDAVQygradWOc/s640/IMG_4001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pG9RUHOFlsFRc6gDowvZSqE_saEKRKxfVEKNaD3244l4T2D_3A7mD8QOQYEH-bD12uTRjoeMG-9CGAlI5Pll74XQeJkoDqNsyIfHAbVK9Cx__RTpr_4viXD0rSkiLNwlDzliYY8Jg7soyxPtQRRglhSAYKLUKk5pDhP4DitWw8EmZ_oDAVQygradWOc/w300-h400/IMG_4001.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We went back to Agate Bay for the sunset. It was only 6 - 8 blocks from our rental. First we saw a little wildlife.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVe3jtQC7o0qHtGVtTvWW04rFpK1SnQcpEou5FcjnWXKizpuyLevM_7JtK56vtH7ZUcAVj4jDUAgoM9xcm37cG6VJPt2evhEmw_ANr46J31_SQxUbH6TmhW2ACoEdvSOHtv5fFMygzrWvkIK5ypj5m5ObxUXJf5yjSiu6pCjWvU7KJCeksvrrDpGrp7ug/s640/IMG_4006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVe3jtQC7o0qHtGVtTvWW04rFpK1SnQcpEou5FcjnWXKizpuyLevM_7JtK56vtH7ZUcAVj4jDUAgoM9xcm37cG6VJPt2evhEmw_ANr46J31_SQxUbH6TmhW2ACoEdvSOHtv5fFMygzrWvkIK5ypj5m5ObxUXJf5yjSiu6pCjWvU7KJCeksvrrDpGrp7ug/w300-h400/IMG_4006.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The sunset wasn't too exciting with few clouds;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNc5eWCahHbGRy-NhFIFcHd3CdbIcjagEcOLE0-crCSPunjUIj6hlRFgNRsElixhiFQ-8go7rPMg0w1bdOVXuBQe__xmkEFmhECBXYLBXI9Y-c8Hm4aaLpNkq5BgATFu2c6oDa8gNFmCR8-HVKfmceBW5BeaW9pNw9clND9QWkzSmbVNV9ws3i_HLVifs/s640/IMG_4007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNc5eWCahHbGRy-NhFIFcHd3CdbIcjagEcOLE0-crCSPunjUIj6hlRFgNRsElixhiFQ-8go7rPMg0w1bdOVXuBQe__xmkEFmhECBXYLBXI9Y-c8Hm4aaLpNkq5BgATFu2c6oDa8gNFmCR8-HVKfmceBW5BeaW9pNw9clND9QWkzSmbVNV9ws3i_HLVifs/w300-h400/IMG_4007.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">but the blue hour was great for a few photos.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1U0lbV1D_JwQIA71wWcBEL-vAZF04ZT7djAuB8NbtTBQcZ5wlTLkugsPUPvbKDsFJn1n4zbrwJuFW9PAm95Cwi8_qf-LhkSnva-hKAGzyYsWAaYm_e0kzcNXTKK1NeltFgQQK3vZfh9kWJu_fEpugVf4Dw3mPjWGNp3EsTyONephBPsEq_naJtq9KPaU/w400-h300/IMG_4020.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The breakwater</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1U0lbV1D_JwQIA71wWcBEL-vAZF04ZT7djAuB8NbtTBQcZ5wlTLkugsPUPvbKDsFJn1n4zbrwJuFW9PAm95Cwi8_qf-LhkSnva-hKAGzyYsWAaYm_e0kzcNXTKK1NeltFgQQK3vZfh9kWJu_fEpugVf4Dw3mPjWGNp3EsTyONephBPsEq_naJtq9KPaU/s640/IMG_4020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCv6n_GCfBy608vbXJmjLxNUVM3pooAD8XFIIoVJBFhyphenhyphenDii9Jv_emUKvHgtOhkAJTRiPdSB0UREfNFYcPDn6dgwzZQUXJmzas0FP-goY2BjoSoqqT_AAoNdNBPPMuaKfMF5zobo65TZD07LHdKANWj8K6Wzunqr-x2yBVC3XbT0KeMA6J94l6P4Ai-lU/w400-h300/IMG_4017.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taken from the breakwater, looking away from the docks. <br />Notice the one red rock.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCv6n_GCfBy608vbXJmjLxNUVM3pooAD8XFIIoVJBFhyphenhyphenDii9Jv_emUKvHgtOhkAJTRiPdSB0UREfNFYcPDn6dgwzZQUXJmzas0FP-goY2BjoSoqqT_AAoNdNBPPMuaKfMF5zobo65TZD07LHdKANWj8K6Wzunqr-x2yBVC3XbT0KeMA6J94l6P4Ai-lU/s640/IMG_4017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">More to come...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(22, 22, 22); font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: start;">Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(22, 22, 22); font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: start;">travelers don’t know where they’re going.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(22, 22, 22); font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: start;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(22, 22, 22); letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: start;">-Paul Theroux</span></span></div></div></span><p></p></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-56774574207286587992023-10-16T16:45:00.007-05:002023-10-16T16:47:24.365-05:00Fall Trip to visit family Part 1 of 3<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">Note: Quilt shops are in a separate post</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We decided to head north on what has become our annual fall trip to visit family in northern Wisconsin. We drove back roads which has become a way of life for us. We left home is beautiful weather.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lpLgqmKyPrEv0-nDpHq8htmH0u6n4CRHKaBdzYsIpeyUslW4drQC0-Av_EZ3nIw6vqXRmxnSu5UeAYmDpUNdncGOjL0EpwGG6XuznVCCqTz65Fjc9ImAp2qBeLA3jWf1-fEnPPe6keIxz6eXBmeqIa6G85YreduzDBMjAztB5y2fgcoMakZwX3bCFb8/s640/IMG_3688.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lpLgqmKyPrEv0-nDpHq8htmH0u6n4CRHKaBdzYsIpeyUslW4drQC0-Av_EZ3nIw6vqXRmxnSu5UeAYmDpUNdncGOjL0EpwGG6XuznVCCqTz65Fjc9ImAp2qBeLA3jWf1-fEnPPe6keIxz6eXBmeqIa6G85YreduzDBMjAztB5y2fgcoMakZwX3bCFb8/w300-h400/IMG_3688.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thru the windshield</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Once in a while we saw a little color in the trees.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtW2B659DoP9XPs4JVOQxgl8XAPCxqQoesLPvEm0At3uZ-umD2pYUZr_r9Df8Hm1IuL6sxIqpxrBILVthK8VQ9atJInOpApNr5X5yiEcX8fdsCtaMnU18ZiSV15Cd2Ur4boDCE5v140wz4iCFhuHqw2VrD120zlRv_OOQNSIEBws9I2aW7YOWGExG-VY/s640/IMG_3692.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtW2B659DoP9XPs4JVOQxgl8XAPCxqQoesLPvEm0At3uZ-umD2pYUZr_r9Df8Hm1IuL6sxIqpxrBILVthK8VQ9atJInOpApNr5X5yiEcX8fdsCtaMnU18ZiSV15Cd2Ur4boDCE5v140wz4iCFhuHqw2VrD120zlRv_OOQNSIEBws9I2aW7YOWGExG-VY/w300-h400/IMG_3692.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We spent time with my oldest brother and his wife, and my older brother. A niece and her two good friends were also visiting while we were there. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04jOxb0fKSWpwkVKE_-zWXcx2NmbcOb_TQT7r0jL3p2Fw1fZS1uNbSmjrswQRf1Aa6Z0lT86ra1pH0lcQROoflS89ogg641gEtvuYOuGyhIJsX5ONNz0XmaqIxxeoehCmgNT75JZw7xxSMGJBk_0pzNT1Ba4q_y7TfBoJiIrwFpvOhS1-f_kpNyrFNEE/s381/IMG_3707.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="381" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04jOxb0fKSWpwkVKE_-zWXcx2NmbcOb_TQT7r0jL3p2Fw1fZS1uNbSmjrswQRf1Aa6Z0lT86ra1pH0lcQROoflS89ogg641gEtvuYOuGyhIJsX5ONNz0XmaqIxxeoehCmgNT75JZw7xxSMGJBk_0pzNT1Ba4q_y7TfBoJiIrwFpvOhS1-f_kpNyrFNEE/w400-h186/IMG_3707.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We had a great time and ate way too much! One day we hiked on my older brother's rural wooded property. We saw some pretty trees in the woods.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZHujBbXi2D347YROKb-ptYF1_oMSTy4c0OY5LgvA5OBEbWHwx8VxFMs3JQj4RrT58FTxsVaznoob9yGg-XQH_Gq7gSqKYj645vftm_FuFxE2eGl1YZ8QM5FD5dMiUedG8kkjIu7E0K016UuPk7yr1p8uMEqFxDqGr9ERKZPvInMy9ga07t3Yj1p5JF4/s640/IMG_3695.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZHujBbXi2D347YROKb-ptYF1_oMSTy4c0OY5LgvA5OBEbWHwx8VxFMs3JQj4RrT58FTxsVaznoob9yGg-XQH_Gq7gSqKYj645vftm_FuFxE2eGl1YZ8QM5FD5dMiUedG8kkjIu7E0K016UuPk7yr1p8uMEqFxDqGr9ERKZPvInMy9ga07t3Yj1p5JF4/w300-h400/IMG_3695.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeoEz5D56RdSjxUpYb3lHvt8Z9z4h1ZIfuadvZuPMte65P4PM7jGZFvmWHClqc_QVMRW5f1dPPwE4QOF4kD_BxPEPs3OkM6i9nSfPFi3Ef9VRDF1jtnKdrlAM0FvfoZypLGC0hhCR5IoDh0PT6i7MgQu8mRxUpwHermNLsgNUETeMptWyguQigWCohBQ/s640/IMG_3698.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeoEz5D56RdSjxUpYb3lHvt8Z9z4h1ZIfuadvZuPMte65P4PM7jGZFvmWHClqc_QVMRW5f1dPPwE4QOF4kD_BxPEPs3OkM6i9nSfPFi3Ef9VRDF1jtnKdrlAM0FvfoZypLGC0hhCR5IoDh0PT6i7MgQu8mRxUpwHermNLsgNUETeMptWyguQigWCohBQ/w300-h400/IMG_3698.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpfeuqgmidJkbI71l8_6j0uvd4Z37-NS4UPD9-Vc_KXCPeeNpDakMY17lJNKz3rx_JN1wbHJEirCxnPxMtEU37n5MtlP0LLtsM1BFGXgU_3avDukd731h5BOBma3TupT8zT7igGs48076jOzoMuOSRW1cZpXBmYoNXD3rqBeA2MqUcfl4Nv99odfvBNE/s640/IMG_3699.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpfeuqgmidJkbI71l8_6j0uvd4Z37-NS4UPD9-Vc_KXCPeeNpDakMY17lJNKz3rx_JN1wbHJEirCxnPxMtEU37n5MtlP0LLtsM1BFGXgU_3avDukd731h5BOBma3TupT8zT7igGs48076jOzoMuOSRW1cZpXBmYoNXD3rqBeA2MqUcfl4Nv99odfvBNE/w300-h400/IMG_3699.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzvWjyjTUW3jAQ80ES2GMB-aAOi-Q3V7QhcFDDHBYmWBBM7HgSz4u14hlO5NcK4OGcYvlLUBwGczUrYhuqFwnGL-DS5RyRjG3jrKkKcdYvSrQ18iYGNMthyphenhyphen2gZ1eqZlzwMTVzCrjDlT6cTJB4J3rCSDx-iDu_o7TCrUFqNzBpel6sVBYg8spCVQIqthI/s640/IMG_3701.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzvWjyjTUW3jAQ80ES2GMB-aAOi-Q3V7QhcFDDHBYmWBBM7HgSz4u14hlO5NcK4OGcYvlLUBwGczUrYhuqFwnGL-DS5RyRjG3jrKkKcdYvSrQ18iYGNMthyphenhyphen2gZ1eqZlzwMTVzCrjDlT6cTJB4J3rCSDx-iDu_o7TCrUFqNzBpel6sVBYg8spCVQIqthI/w300-h400/IMG_3701.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My hiking companions</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Both brothers live on a beautiful lake. Every morning I took a walk along the road to the back bay. The mornings were cool.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2rHiV3I3b9ayoz4lKcpyhmPGvOGQiidvrEouzu4bMw-7K_uDlxesYLCZowOt9RYSrwh8KSfIi-ogM7PMnxZ2UHgSoE7_YnEb7j30S1j_CIZSRHPen3acmzjZdszfP-sO-gTCibbrB3zOPCX8vVSrMbknwjfaHWZX5OvAdEQGB4vwdqgDoVtCpH3j_O4/s640/IMG_3705.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2rHiV3I3b9ayoz4lKcpyhmPGvOGQiidvrEouzu4bMw-7K_uDlxesYLCZowOt9RYSrwh8KSfIi-ogM7PMnxZ2UHgSoE7_YnEb7j30S1j_CIZSRHPen3acmzjZdszfP-sO-gTCibbrB3zOPCX8vVSrMbknwjfaHWZX5OvAdEQGB4vwdqgDoVtCpH3j_O4/w400-h300/IMG_3705.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">There was this gorgeous sunrise one morning. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cfEumxis4U1cczjEYM0scIPzGsjoG4gUzOeehwWiVVH-JjaI8HW-3dM-xNRzYmPnTy_ZFxIEaIKTSFUl-QVD4bDTIQKx0joeEZpeG_Y5qtAYoG9aRcsS9nM30o002yJt0UfRx7B7GxIJSjDP5tHyiUaMhtfD3N0ezLMoqs41SWWZe6DNrCpsLEFOegE/s640/IMG_3730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cfEumxis4U1cczjEYM0scIPzGsjoG4gUzOeehwWiVVH-JjaI8HW-3dM-xNRzYmPnTy_ZFxIEaIKTSFUl-QVD4bDTIQKx0joeEZpeG_Y5qtAYoG9aRcsS9nM30o002yJt0UfRx7B7GxIJSjDP5tHyiUaMhtfD3N0ezLMoqs41SWWZe6DNrCpsLEFOegE/w400-h300/IMG_3730.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This loon enjoyed the early morning too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOV7_4-4lM8mvtcfqWQY_h8pr8PVr6noI5aFyJAYEc5hZe3aELAgihsSwO_EWnTkc2XMgN2nJpcqQI2d38UVeFAdsLz-gdgB2tM69SzWNdGRAHh47cmjlNWazxxrGTcfzQwOWzMtbITddXZ0QN948hZG4MjRoypCizUWMzNM3vvjAa5-6VMz4UVXkVus/s303/IMG_3751.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="215" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOV7_4-4lM8mvtcfqWQY_h8pr8PVr6noI5aFyJAYEc5hZe3aELAgihsSwO_EWnTkc2XMgN2nJpcqQI2d38UVeFAdsLz-gdgB2tM69SzWNdGRAHh47cmjlNWazxxrGTcfzQwOWzMtbITddXZ0QN948hZG4MjRoypCizUWMzNM3vvjAa5-6VMz4UVXkVus/w284-h400/IMG_3751.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We went to the last local farmers' market and found some delicious produce and some hickory bark syrup. The lady gave me a sample and I bought a jar. It tastes a lot like maple syrup.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vUSN9b0KfHw9Wcu5rsZWA3FbmNpjcv_qbEKDs7z4mjCTQrywdLgHtSIk5Ltyb_Ej4ag66HIRc0ffpKf-YR98WUq6k57npeR07oGhUPxUNIOMLkxGN7BSEXqEHo3vzFZjhnpmwXZ0zfMEwLI749ujln3BoQTMnn0wja3kmin-vP6NpBOwK4fGE5GuMcg/s640/IMG_3734.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vUSN9b0KfHw9Wcu5rsZWA3FbmNpjcv_qbEKDs7z4mjCTQrywdLgHtSIk5Ltyb_Ej4ag66HIRc0ffpKf-YR98WUq6k57npeR07oGhUPxUNIOMLkxGN7BSEXqEHo3vzFZjhnpmwXZ0zfMEwLI749ujln3BoQTMnn0wja3kmin-vP6NpBOwK4fGE5GuMcg/w300-h400/IMG_3734.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">When we left family, we </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">headed to the North Shore of Minnesota. We stopped at a quilt shop/cafe/gift shop in Solon Springs, WI. We had lunch there and loved the chili, which had pieces of thinly slice beef, carrots, corn, celery... We also enjoyed small pieces of Naan bread with it. We'll definitely go back!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">When we stopped at Pattison State Park in WI, we had a surprise - the entry fee for the day was $5 instead of $13 and they were having a Colorama to celebrate the fall colors - crafts, treats, hot chocolate... The Boy Scouts were making apple cobbler in dutch ovens. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJC2RqnfsQ-JvwDnp91Bt1i1rrzOCd4YQJIvG1zFqTgtqhqpzF5TyGkM7UwFqdD-pXLYw6dtXLZrqgE1D5Et2ywdgIL9vQmd-kPAay9FvPkcDffiNL7d6h611ySRfw2Na_6H_-V9qHxxcsIOwzm8XtFAJxlG5BhNCkVj8zsNI6-zupMw7xjafNCIYtdQs/s640/IMG_3768.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJC2RqnfsQ-JvwDnp91Bt1i1rrzOCd4YQJIvG1zFqTgtqhqpzF5TyGkM7UwFqdD-pXLYw6dtXLZrqgE1D5Et2ywdgIL9vQmd-kPAay9FvPkcDffiNL7d6h611ySRfw2Na_6H_-V9qHxxcsIOwzm8XtFAJxlG5BhNCkVj8zsNI6-zupMw7xjafNCIYtdQs/w400-h300/IMG_3768.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It was hot and </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">sooo good.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0efipQwbFxviAwv_8QSWVW3xvk0f9IJoPybkTVSHoEte5TCR9f4P66zIuEsh7x4LU6DD-juEkOfRK-TnU-7KAp32K4SIvCQWoplpgeYb-plDHCUytSnY8hILjsHnZ9sCPY4cO6r917PjPS55UGeTA8XvBw8IoF0tB78eGGRbLkW2baDzMUOJhoNlWcu4/s640/IMG_3769.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0efipQwbFxviAwv_8QSWVW3xvk0f9IJoPybkTVSHoEte5TCR9f4P66zIuEsh7x4LU6DD-juEkOfRK-TnU-7KAp32K4SIvCQWoplpgeYb-plDHCUytSnY8hILjsHnZ9sCPY4cO6r917PjPS55UGeTA8XvBw8IoF0tB78eGGRbLkW2baDzMUOJhoNlWcu4/w300-h400/IMG_3769.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The Friends of Pattison State Park were pressing apple cider - it was good too! We were invited to take a turn but declined.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRaBMKCDr3cK0fuqRVL711PkdOpn0n09hsv5ByN4798neCwpnPl3EvT9SUDdNn84CGDuUFfdw5bDXE8XQ2e1H60BIfUqM2ek-OnADHqCZYIoMOeZUpjp9bZoQrwTl1hErcZ10YGr-hvNYPpRwRTDdhCdlD5USUYKnGspw6lG78zZ162fNb7j8pBVUyAQ/s640/IMG_3770.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRaBMKCDr3cK0fuqRVL711PkdOpn0n09hsv5ByN4798neCwpnPl3EvT9SUDdNn84CGDuUFfdw5bDXE8XQ2e1H60BIfUqM2ek-OnADHqCZYIoMOeZUpjp9bZoQrwTl1hErcZ10YGr-hvNYPpRwRTDdhCdlD5USUYKnGspw6lG78zZ162fNb7j8pBVUyAQ/w300-h400/IMG_3770.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We wanted to see </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Big Manitou Falls and chose to park close and only hike a very short distance. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwe-aWqz__iAG_AKU2tPPciKNHtGG2p9Is072mKthT5UwVBytIneuUHHDrUEWwDlnRww8oKrYxBqN_bWM6IPGmK73HqJqK8sLhivS0yZFu5XnrZBZlURmvgiuiFkJb4bRQMCcXFU1tR1MHfh_VNUKeiaxDzepz45wdGviyRiUSXFyWjaGwLQBA4h_V18/s640/IMG_3774.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwe-aWqz__iAG_AKU2tPPciKNHtGG2p9Is072mKthT5UwVBytIneuUHHDrUEWwDlnRww8oKrYxBqN_bWM6IPGmK73HqJqK8sLhivS0yZFu5XnrZBZlURmvgiuiFkJb4bRQMCcXFU1tR1MHfh_VNUKeiaxDzepz45wdGviyRiUSXFyWjaGwLQBA4h_V18/w300-h400/IMG_3774.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Manitou Falls</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We arrive at our Airbnb in Two Harbors in rain. We were happy that we bought a few groceries on the way. After moving in, we just relaxed and stayed dry. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The next day, as some bits of ice blew off our car (it was cold), we headed north to a quilt shop in Lutzen, MN. (Pronounced LOOT zin) On the return trip, we hiked to Caribou Falls. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdso4s2WxiQ653eWiLIIFTtwyHF15tD97BvLz9TDtxz0NuEJVRIoLbWjAtIzixrJH22cwA3pNrjm6SfJ4_-ayEiDbql7GFkIKROD8o7vbPKbSNbLkflRCFUZ1euy99edOhssc3e_goNsspdQTHv6pL09QhYLNr3hA-nJpdqWFw9gnltIV1wt-MmzovK0/s640/IMG_3790.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdso4s2WxiQ653eWiLIIFTtwyHF15tD97BvLz9TDtxz0NuEJVRIoLbWjAtIzixrJH22cwA3pNrjm6SfJ4_-ayEiDbql7GFkIKROD8o7vbPKbSNbLkflRCFUZ1euy99edOhssc3e_goNsspdQTHv6pL09QhYLNr3hA-nJpdqWFw9gnltIV1wt-MmzovK0/w300-h400/IMG_3790.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nice path</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It wasn't a really long hike but the weather was cold and cloudy, </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe78XNdtmFDaDjh4wcU0G0UEDqIX7Hhs_9u0VfqVDnEcE2kfA7nTnimLqAexfli30KPvnPPH58hzvmQqqbdez8n7ZLbVTvQlUc4jfEkzNVVfwpHmFYDc4DJkHlzc8Ksh5NTDey_7g0oe4eGMfN8EHmCoCSauBbaD5iPS3IYn100TqCV64-b1OyHlKdzfI/s640/IMG_3793.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe78XNdtmFDaDjh4wcU0G0UEDqIX7Hhs_9u0VfqVDnEcE2kfA7nTnimLqAexfli30KPvnPPH58hzvmQqqbdez8n7ZLbVTvQlUc4jfEkzNVVfwpHmFYDc4DJkHlzc8Ksh5NTDey_7g0oe4eGMfN8EHmCoCSauBbaD5iPS3IYn100TqCV64-b1OyHlKdzfI/w300-h400/IMG_3793.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">looking down on the river</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">and the hike was uphill until we had to climb down </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">MANY</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> steps to the bottom of the beautiful falls.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wHw81bR7hdp31T7vkbWI5Nyt7_884o8gWzy3-SvrfyJuHdWFBa7fO5zCrsGUzm6INYvjRw97bPorFlhHkeiGPGn2rk09GTEzuAfCzCOe4A8PfU5qgtM-iglmL1EcBMs3ClxGOIUSNbTpFbKNEOSOA6lfSck-xwvrJ_bGMfodYL11FoPL0anIq5-iICE/w300-h400/IMG_3799.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caribou Falls</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wHw81bR7hdp31T7vkbWI5Nyt7_884o8gWzy3-SvrfyJuHdWFBa7fO5zCrsGUzm6INYvjRw97bPorFlhHkeiGPGn2rk09GTEzuAfCzCOe4A8PfU5qgtM-iglmL1EcBMs3ClxGOIUSNbTpFbKNEOSOA6lfSck-xwvrJ_bGMfodYL11FoPL0anIq5-iICE/s640/IMG_3799.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7DGaKWhHCUTjrae-R-qvpkhUMn7JmhzJY-1oNs6bXL3C4mz6sHnlPUciJRAt_DWnV7fUZiaI0YHLh_BOv_HoeITZkKSnuolSFQbbx_drloAsZx4un6hnaZZ8LJ5Tnnj0FJIOUc9YljSL0K5iVT252pN8w518e6ir5DuTg5zqVHqaatsN4PNUtAeo7E04/w300-h400/IMG_3800.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caribou Falls</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7DGaKWhHCUTjrae-R-qvpkhUMn7JmhzJY-1oNs6bXL3C4mz6sHnlPUciJRAt_DWnV7fUZiaI0YHLh_BOv_HoeITZkKSnuolSFQbbx_drloAsZx4un6hnaZZ8LJ5Tnnj0FJIOUc9YljSL0K5iVT252pN8w518e6ir5DuTg5zqVHqaatsN4PNUtAeo7E04/s640/IMG_3800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">By the time we retraced our steps to get back to the car, we were both a bit tired. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmCbqyoKyZrAPib9UY26Z_RmE9L4EXmeLUPFs2oQFtByuIYEcBNDUVG4Zhh_XWhMJJz_f6eQlrizRPQfg3vHTzIlCIAsRjxIRECJEkXORmyZFQTHWWifq68zqzb3hehPNELU87M-SzFanpKzrqpSnASXDkmR2vovLlZKOwAb8qvy4SSm2gremF9qnSjA/w300-h400/IMG_3802.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a few of the many steps</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmCbqyoKyZrAPib9UY26Z_RmE9L4EXmeLUPFs2oQFtByuIYEcBNDUVG4Zhh_XWhMJJz_f6eQlrizRPQfg3vHTzIlCIAsRjxIRECJEkXORmyZFQTHWWifq68zqzb3hehPNELU87M-SzFanpKzrqpSnASXDkmR2vovLlZKOwAb8qvy4SSm2gremF9qnSjA/s640/IMG_3802.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We did enjoy some pretty color along the way.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WJSAJGPR8QWBOccfFIT7kAbssGq4Lg1E1-rAG7IkgKAac0ucUcIBbv3pF8BkfFDJhSRXMDxn_1O83p2XvCGdg7B0PaFXgkx7i9G0ES10hjUpYDWbQDgZff6K9CW_w0QsnRZ4qetiMNJCWih8ylxqhxOEQS1rvn2tZIluMXTrD-3yBOmgAAidj_hIQ-U/s640/IMG_3803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WJSAJGPR8QWBOccfFIT7kAbssGq4Lg1E1-rAG7IkgKAac0ucUcIBbv3pF8BkfFDJhSRXMDxn_1O83p2XvCGdg7B0PaFXgkx7i9G0ES10hjUpYDWbQDgZff6K9CW_w0QsnRZ4qetiMNJCWih8ylxqhxOEQS1rvn2tZIluMXTrD-3yBOmgAAidj_hIQ-U/w300-h400/IMG_3803.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpN9O9-pW7-WGmMfVQ5envwbMeKN7hQOMRDOp-4RtgOuv-WvT1zJqFQsatMqL_LnMlMutKrVNJeBBj_0MWJDJJsy8mt0cykyZn9_qiBvC9S6ifO3wPP-sCrU9kG0MGNKDsPs0WYULwufSNTAJIJOC8uO-WG5tJ9hzfzOxX8-exqWpk4d8fX1Zkb5wbpWo/s640/IMG_3811.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpN9O9-pW7-WGmMfVQ5envwbMeKN7hQOMRDOp-4RtgOuv-WvT1zJqFQsatMqL_LnMlMutKrVNJeBBj_0MWJDJJsy8mt0cykyZn9_qiBvC9S6ifO3wPP-sCrU9kG0MGNKDsPs0WYULwufSNTAJIJOC8uO-WG5tJ9hzfzOxX8-exqWpk4d8fX1Zkb5wbpWo/w300-h400/IMG_3811.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Lake Superior</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">After a late lunch in Finland, where we enjoyed some excellent Walleye fingers at Four Seasons Supper Club, we decided to head to Black Beach. What a gorgeous beach even on a cold, cloudy day! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CxcyVuxLp_C6OoKA2O0QjT7w-v-j6p4QqYGEw2jm0Dpv8QSOQ98vZnpFZ1i7ktw3VADaCb6OgEGhoVJhzMPPpPKV_wxv_VceanzKB2I0W2hH-4bgCu4Sj-i-gJkndMx0PaGwIv6LVoxtNWPZSo55v2BUtlKiZbKW1AvXtiZjRMKh1cLq-bCAtnvFW6k/s640/IMG_3819.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CxcyVuxLp_C6OoKA2O0QjT7w-v-j6p4QqYGEw2jm0Dpv8QSOQ98vZnpFZ1i7ktw3VADaCb6OgEGhoVJhzMPPpPKV_wxv_VceanzKB2I0W2hH-4bgCu4Sj-i-gJkndMx0PaGwIv6LVoxtNWPZSo55v2BUtlKiZbKW1AvXtiZjRMKh1cLq-bCAtnvFW6k/w400-h300/IMG_3819.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">From the Internet: </span></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(33, 37, 41); color: #212529;">True to its name, Black Beach is a black sand beach. It's the only one of its kind in Minnesota! That is because the black sand was colored by taconite tailings poured into Lake Superior during the heyday of iron mining. These tiny pellets washed up on the shore, creating the beach.</span></span> </div></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8N13olkHbH5702Ezd3H748_c66ukann0BuZwEi244SHujG36hs6L3phyphenhyphenYbgVzoKZoCwb8JRaWgAI8en3UW_jGVSVJ7QU0zbXlU-2onyu-8ED9MWY_Jm453jD9dkjSAWCr0RnmpVIuF0hAnunpwp_vGKdmVitNJYqtQjer6cudBr42bahuvoWynvQAkZs/s640/IMG_3818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8N13olkHbH5702Ezd3H748_c66ukann0BuZwEi244SHujG36hs6L3phyphenhyphenYbgVzoKZoCwb8JRaWgAI8en3UW_jGVSVJ7QU0zbXlU-2onyu-8ED9MWY_Jm453jD9dkjSAWCr0RnmpVIuF0hAnunpwp_vGKdmVitNJYqtQjer6cudBr42bahuvoWynvQAkZs/w400-h300/IMG_3818.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(33, 37, 41); color: #212529;">The sand was a little different - it did not stick to you </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9SN3EyOiULL9dE3s2ue1gMsuei2chLrbNA3VrAyFu3ceDmTg_d-Ks35a5t73PlTowqAG037U9uIHfzZXRKcSM5jj-vyKYtSC5MHPXWu4xk9tXQAAqpNs9KBk_csdcqm0EIJPswC03N_cMzGdE3Czg0-P-R_Jql5VxHzjZUnK_LPMyJBgLP2sfQSWjNo/s640/IMG_3823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9SN3EyOiULL9dE3s2ue1gMsuei2chLrbNA3VrAyFu3ceDmTg_d-Ks35a5t73PlTowqAG037U9uIHfzZXRKcSM5jj-vyKYtSC5MHPXWu4xk9tXQAAqpNs9KBk_csdcqm0EIJPswC03N_cMzGdE3Czg0-P-R_Jql5VxHzjZUnK_LPMyJBgLP2sfQSWjNo/w300-h400/IMG_3823.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(33, 37, 41); color: #212529;">and similar - it was difficult to </span><span style="color: #212529;">walk in.</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(33, 37, 41); color: #212529;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JA5qYXcdZptJjNfdYHA26ErkrGYAr-Qc334L5epXjHWciCqfBgZlKOlErd7mtx8K2rgsMcxex4qPAU_g8nKQ5Vp9eNjSkqdndKc5iY8yu5eV4HHnagpZZXKSXRBT-ZJyEYopGnCiY9Zh9aZi6jkPOWB27rS_EU3HUuo-6kIrW37h_hrbGWKDprVG-b8/s640/IMG_3812.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JA5qYXcdZptJjNfdYHA26ErkrGYAr-Qc334L5epXjHWciCqfBgZlKOlErd7mtx8K2rgsMcxex4qPAU_g8nKQ5Vp9eNjSkqdndKc5iY8yu5eV4HHnagpZZXKSXRBT-ZJyEYopGnCiY9Zh9aZi6jkPOWB27rS_EU3HUuo-6kIrW37h_hrbGWKDprVG-b8/w300-h400/IMG_3812.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VZBkz4f-Wvqkrv9MoIhbZB52QOrANEmzQOG-DkkSzqwSbHyheK322QfHozyarrf5W_gnqbiJtGv5iARf-w4QRtCBzCfckyRruYqCM9gJkDqCgDD6iQv90P5F9iXg6sxd_Yzo0E6Hnog-NmH1pFw7t7F4Tu_YL5mMaZGFzoDLsZ9HXrFtQTwilZVtpPw/s640/IMG_3820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VZBkz4f-Wvqkrv9MoIhbZB52QOrANEmzQOG-DkkSzqwSbHyheK322QfHozyarrf5W_gnqbiJtGv5iARf-w4QRtCBzCfckyRruYqCM9gJkDqCgDD6iQv90P5F9iXg6sxd_Yzo0E6Hnog-NmH1pFw7t7F4Tu_YL5mMaZGFzoDLsZ9HXrFtQTwilZVtpPw/w400-h300/IMG_3820.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJWAnE0T00w3u1UeubIzdP-DXu-0vYD47jbPtXfHOa_YUmxP_ha72kPlFxpNxxV9SUP7GAcVSlsMi16KVdYPapgaSx6JnQwsjtjaFs_H89H7adBv0037iBGEcWKkPQDRLEd9n_ftPblRDctEMb_00TgMynWhWKOnrxUtPk4Sr5mADZpcCUJlBFiBgEgE/s640/IMG_3825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJWAnE0T00w3u1UeubIzdP-DXu-0vYD47jbPtXfHOa_YUmxP_ha72kPlFxpNxxV9SUP7GAcVSlsMi16KVdYPapgaSx6JnQwsjtjaFs_H89H7adBv0037iBGEcWKkPQDRLEd9n_ftPblRDctEMb_00TgMynWhWKOnrxUtPk4Sr5mADZpcCUJlBFiBgEgE/w400-h300/IMG_3825.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We stopped at the wayside just south of Split Rock Lighthouse State Park - there is an excellent view of the lighthouse from there. We'll get closer in the next day or two.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMB8CMEAB3PKfEjwjHLMkAFOY-6kCb73zWwBegs7pWJ670HGgIdrcYWuW-3k-7RNooe089jXp6oByC_0bINfpvIpu_bgHbXNLT_WHy1kEDfWplPDzJRdtd7fN9PvYTZPMmyYRsf3XzYoTmnqkUNTutXMLeAdSsCMBQQb_E_tMdWH-kc5JQe2969lvzqs/s640/IMG_3840.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMB8CMEAB3PKfEjwjHLMkAFOY-6kCb73zWwBegs7pWJ670HGgIdrcYWuW-3k-7RNooe089jXp6oByC_0bINfpvIpu_bgHbXNLT_WHy1kEDfWplPDzJRdtd7fN9PvYTZPMmyYRsf3XzYoTmnqkUNTutXMLeAdSsCMBQQb_E_tMdWH-kc5JQe2969lvzqs/w300-h400/IMG_3840.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">On to a quilt shop in Beaver Bay. Then another restful evening in our cozy, comfy rental.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">More to come...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">Like all great travelers, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">I have seen more than I remember, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">and remember more than I have seen.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(22, 22, 22); letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: start;">-Benjamin Disraeli</span></span></span></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-39842675450418595052023-09-30T17:16:00.005-05:002023-09-30T17:35:38.794-05:00Colleen's Tiger and Colleen's Giraffe are finished<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I have a couple of small finishes to end the month. Each of these began with a panel that had belonged to my friend <a href="https://rayandjeanne.blogspot.com/2023/05/a-walk-and-very-special-friend.html">Colleen</a>. I mostly used <a href="https://rayandjeanne.blogspot.com/2023/07/and-just-like-that-we-are-near-end-of.html">fabrics</a> that Colleen had stored with each panel then used a little from my stash, and added backing.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Colleen's Tiger is</span></i><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> a cute tiger panel with 3 added borders. It finished at 37" by 38". </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSUAcrX3rb07K0CRj05QbR_mgjJ4Z4dhIVb6bvOxsrdB6aHdXH1Mj3-DlQMf4WuVMC4JoIUrC56bntUKZK6v2zfWEYjEgUo1mlPkiiLm9jy9ZUBQs3-4xXIjGKrDs3gAGcCgrTQK6JvF9V8qJZLY0DVpY5bN69ftxbxDFBFao-hbBPINT9eU2PbdK8pc/s640/IMG_3678.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSUAcrX3rb07K0CRj05QbR_mgjJ4Z4dhIVb6bvOxsrdB6aHdXH1Mj3-DlQMf4WuVMC4JoIUrC56bntUKZK6v2zfWEYjEgUo1mlPkiiLm9jy9ZUBQs3-4xXIjGKrDs3gAGcCgrTQK6JvF9V8qJZLY0DVpY5bN69ftxbxDFBFao-hbBPINT9eU2PbdK8pc/w300-h400/IMG_3678.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I used Glide 40-wt, #10877, Sterling thread to quilt this with a meander stitch. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The blue/green border is made with HSTs.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbEMmhYN1ZFBoqQi2zF6E7e4Y_ZG5wnkwVtqpu2AQF0k4XPPscMCb6l5MhTLhvZdUg4jvk7K3PSB_u7o29xG-MlMRCpCB4XWXHU38yIjgXA-NIKeFKjHdpAb990sbmcEIAwu9r8zO7I56to8FGu-n4jDLLPjbS4zSUiPBdg-eyDiDvcutlH3rDa3cZe8/s640/IMG_3677.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbEMmhYN1ZFBoqQi2zF6E7e4Y_ZG5wnkwVtqpu2AQF0k4XPPscMCb6l5MhTLhvZdUg4jvk7K3PSB_u7o29xG-MlMRCpCB4XWXHU38yIjgXA-NIKeFKjHdpAb990sbmcEIAwu9r8zO7I56to8FGu-n4jDLLPjbS4zSUiPBdg-eyDiDvcutlH3rDa3cZe8/w300-h400/IMG_3677.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The back is muted colors, a piece of fabric I purchased this past summer for my stash.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67fDt3Uc3S2JM0cii0QSXoRTViapk5f83jTtLvNwyAiBuzxrwDuQZzRdvb5vZWyaRvq4C8kcX_Kf2lz4OGSD8hFP3xEa0XrxxAzcjrEIAHSYuc4qyt2qrcFPH5NdC6Nn6fgILnDpiiSfjjJepvotHoQYkeS-CJPzpPA9KWURIXw1tN9mHZWaLqqm3HQg/s640/IMG_3683.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67fDt3Uc3S2JM0cii0QSXoRTViapk5f83jTtLvNwyAiBuzxrwDuQZzRdvb5vZWyaRvq4C8kcX_Kf2lz4OGSD8hFP3xEa0XrxxAzcjrEIAHSYuc4qyt2qrcFPH5NdC6Nn6fgILnDpiiSfjjJepvotHoQYkeS-CJPzpPA9KWURIXw1tN9mHZWaLqqm3HQg/w300-h400/IMG_3683.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Colleen's Giraffe</span></i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> is a darling giraffe panel and finished at 41" by 42". I sewed 4 borders to the panel. The blue/green border is using the same fabric as the tiger quilt but I just used yardage instead of HSTs due to a limited amount.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1PMGDDXwoIfQI_uGL3ymwj4BsGk59okBuWt11_168KyQDugqE7ggPEryFiTGFOEafUKgBtLIbefavjilL6Xup_L_M1vKyFDbfnck-o4EhC0Whd5No7Z2pHFlc2CjW1N3bYuYN53k7J7qbpxAxf3NQWloVUgsAQvt8jMe_8j9EuFtLOPyrhfrQGYAnoc/s640/IMG_3680.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1PMGDDXwoIfQI_uGL3ymwj4BsGk59okBuWt11_168KyQDugqE7ggPEryFiTGFOEafUKgBtLIbefavjilL6Xup_L_M1vKyFDbfnck-o4EhC0Whd5No7Z2pHFlc2CjW1N3bYuYN53k7J7qbpxAxf3NQWloVUgsAQvt8jMe_8j9EuFtLOPyrhfrQGYAnoc/w300-h400/IMG_3680.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I again used Glide 40-wt, #10877, Sterling thread to quilt this but quilted double loops.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvekXDRSDYrebfyJE9fQs3sI8bGERJlYB9l6IyIIWFCh1x9tLVkktf6WGlme_PPAyLhHDJBTQ9Zr6VmGQmCJIf5D5mRYOU3Nv5OQOgQnrbPdhBnJO5KwT7jRexFD1AnwQaSkaH-xW7gQ59WB1L4t4KOuuq4M4bH8ksE-f5yVCbm1snYvusMDzadVOe2qY/s640/IMG_3681.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvekXDRSDYrebfyJE9fQs3sI8bGERJlYB9l6IyIIWFCh1x9tLVkktf6WGlme_PPAyLhHDJBTQ9Zr6VmGQmCJIf5D5mRYOU3Nv5OQOgQnrbPdhBnJO5KwT7jRexFD1AnwQaSkaH-xW7gQ59WB1L4t4KOuuq4M4bH8ksE-f5yVCbm1snYvusMDzadVOe2qY/w300-h400/IMG_3681.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This is backed with the same muted color fabric as the other.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73mT3pGCxlQ_lpyTMBvmKEZSsACFL38pNFrDyTQDykzy74h7AI3onnbQVctvoZYrHRP8T2cwAZd_IIXvw22YspDprhVyPFG2AwliTAL10bf8EgR5p5bb7QZPwOm_9l-KMxwTyahV4-NS-ivgqFi09B8X1Qf8CsJ7RcSis0IocuylLi4NwlJseh8P2nCw/s640/IMG_3682.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73mT3pGCxlQ_lpyTMBvmKEZSsACFL38pNFrDyTQDykzy74h7AI3onnbQVctvoZYrHRP8T2cwAZd_IIXvw22YspDprhVyPFG2AwliTAL10bf8EgR5p5bb7QZPwOm_9l-KMxwTyahV4-NS-ivgqFi09B8X1Qf8CsJ7RcSis0IocuylLi4NwlJseh8P2nCw/w300-h400/IMG_3682.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Both of these quilts, <i>Colleen's Tiger</i>, and <i>Colleen's Giraffe</i>, will be donated in her memory.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">When I think of the past, </span><br /><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">I smile because you are in it, </span><br /><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">my friend.</span></span></div><p></p>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-14499847246251219422023-09-24T15:28:00.001-05:002023-09-24T15:28:21.905-05:00Some finishes finally!<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I still have a pile to quilts to be quilted and some to be bound but I do have some finishes!</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPyRMncSH6sdQ8-PprHlq7tuSrgOHeFsUXDQiFTzZI3fis0JpNBFllOGQjUqRGp6qAoS44pOxrBMFp9ZXQkcfisW2O1o86mOYPYT_n32YlM2iTJrr9PFFrJis8VE62wBgJWhk9ntkT1KtG8Cb3DxdnSAl97Z8vXTvkezMpQ8w96wS8VYCPLCzW47cy_o/w300-h400/IMG_3653.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: left;">It was fun to take pictures outside on this gorgeous fall day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPyRMncSH6sdQ8-PprHlq7tuSrgOHeFsUXDQiFTzZI3fis0JpNBFllOGQjUqRGp6qAoS44pOxrBMFp9ZXQkcfisW2O1o86mOYPYT_n32YlM2iTJrr9PFFrJis8VE62wBgJWhk9ntkT1KtG8Cb3DxdnSAl97Z8vXTvkezMpQ8w96wS8VYCPLCzW47cy_o/s640/IMG_3653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">JGQR2A (J's Graduation Quilt Reject 2A) is made with short strips, about 18" each of various reds and grays. This donation quilt is 60" by 62".<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9KSfWD4rfwd_y1zC7ZXEqrfcXwRqUUhR335elJv0thbLGMyzRUnbcP3XIU1_nw8cFHPTbAXr_m2jniEtxcH8DJlmTSYWG_xNTRvREetZOT8MwoPOYZo1TFqxmhG_Is3wEbMxQZ9u9vA3t-mlxVyiZIMyvkQu9mCe8WhLq0xWM87ZiVI1Sn3ogDSi4cA/s640/IMG_3654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9KSfWD4rfwd_y1zC7ZXEqrfcXwRqUUhR335elJv0thbLGMyzRUnbcP3XIU1_nw8cFHPTbAXr_m2jniEtxcH8DJlmTSYWG_xNTRvREetZOT8MwoPOYZo1TFqxmhG_Is3wEbMxQZ9u9vA3t-mlxVyiZIMyvkQu9mCe8WhLq0xWM87ZiVI1Sn3ogDSi4cA/w300-h400/IMG_3654.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I quilted this using Glide 40-wt, 10877 Sterling gray thread on the top and 11001 Black thread on the back.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAG75zi1Dep87dp0CT4YaivJ0ki8dV-YTlYNbYs3oCSgV2fNGUhjBX6kzfIUfFBOUxqsOyYTT2MiivJbO2JX3CO--MbZNi-ptqwDTZWFtE7vniQC4QHLGlGgUqSi72XABjzXmCtw4yZKyMlqj_fE_AOnVDUtGR_-m1h_bBfJmBvEH8Mf4iQczTguEvXig/s640/IMG_3655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAG75zi1Dep87dp0CT4YaivJ0ki8dV-YTlYNbYs3oCSgV2fNGUhjBX6kzfIUfFBOUxqsOyYTT2MiivJbO2JX3CO--MbZNi-ptqwDTZWFtE7vniQC4QHLGlGgUqSi72XABjzXmCtw4yZKyMlqj_fE_AOnVDUtGR_-m1h_bBfJmBvEH8Mf4iQczTguEvXig/w300-h400/IMG_3655.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I quilted very large loops.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkeUDGp4OuUTEjEafY8JtEAQw-IVnSVLQjgXB_9TL0iZR4k1htZPOvmAwKorr_vM2T1O6Z3RyvlU6SGq_o0byshcAiEAJWE4iusQOxciIzrMHBtjHAnP0ARsor17XQ7C-l3QkEBwSGvvZ0T8j9L6gwiJXo55N2e0Cbyp7YwBToACUs-nqtMgD6HZxHlDQ/s640/IMG_3656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkeUDGp4OuUTEjEafY8JtEAQw-IVnSVLQjgXB_9TL0iZR4k1htZPOvmAwKorr_vM2T1O6Z3RyvlU6SGq_o0byshcAiEAJWE4iusQOxciIzrMHBtjHAnP0ARsor17XQ7C-l3QkEBwSGvvZ0T8j9L6gwiJXo55N2e0Cbyp7YwBToACUs-nqtMgD6HZxHlDQ/w300-h400/IMG_3656.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The back is a space and constellation design.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRa9ldtZ3rRK3oEq4khxSPIG51VmKVrCLPlLCodCD4PvynrGgVyk7bZehNyR8wFWTlIiEjC_j2dY79PYH5RaVGCjcWc2bSsfG3X9MawyZ0k696knpMRNkjJjGxvXQTaE__0gHUy_4rcf5TFspt-PVbp7KKvCF9gBKipTfGi-2Hiei_f3ecs9vxuGjUYBM/s640/IMG_3657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRa9ldtZ3rRK3oEq4khxSPIG51VmKVrCLPlLCodCD4PvynrGgVyk7bZehNyR8wFWTlIiEjC_j2dY79PYH5RaVGCjcWc2bSsfG3X9MawyZ0k696knpMRNkjJjGxvXQTaE__0gHUy_4rcf5TFspt-PVbp7KKvCF9gBKipTfGi-2Hiei_f3ecs9vxuGjUYBM/w400-h300/IMG_3657.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">JGQR1A (J's Graduation Quilt Reject 1A) is finally finished. <a href="https://rayandjeanne.blogspot.com/2023/06/jgqr1b.html">JGQR1B</a> was finished a while ago. I guess I don't always finish quilts in the order I begi</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">n them.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15eZGcnGlI5aD0N7m-rb-XtlcWR7k0VxF_BwmrSsXXUmSFKjqq0GAMZol3WlSpm8661hDi9u9UMNm2bu7CsvcF4FXoEB097v6g9l2gR0NOCy-CZ3v9_TJssxc2wVoNT-Y3uRqq2yxd5gv5hJ8juNSVF33yG3pdsn4vU4ojsIRN3k1bp__kOx5NCSDBvY/s640/IMG_3659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15eZGcnGlI5aD0N7m-rb-XtlcWR7k0VxF_BwmrSsXXUmSFKjqq0GAMZol3WlSpm8661hDi9u9UMNm2bu7CsvcF4FXoEB097v6g9l2gR0NOCy-CZ3v9_TJssxc2wVoNT-Y3uRqq2yxd5gv5hJ8juNSVF33yG3pdsn4vU4ojsIRN3k1bp__kOx5NCSDBvY/w300-h400/IMG_3659.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This donation quilt is 58" </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by 62". <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjCpF9Rt3bNG6KbNEVEWI3Xnb4bmT4hrpZQqGkjGumAgR50jvMK71ebtf_FkAnKgGCPhtotw647WVJv3c-JFAmjY_i5Xr9H-pcWuBsHD7l8EmS1UdgdoKrVOR1bnyb3pbDDXAAXIUoB--rTlsjJ7qBExER6Md9AYNsNCtXWjKOBeDUY69N-Mpna_7Or4/s640/IMG_3660.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjCpF9Rt3bNG6KbNEVEWI3Xnb4bmT4hrpZQqGkjGumAgR50jvMK71ebtf_FkAnKgGCPhtotw647WVJv3c-JFAmjY_i5Xr9H-pcWuBsHD7l8EmS1UdgdoKrVOR1bnyb3pbDDXAAXIUoB--rTlsjJ7qBExER6Md9AYNsNCtXWjKOBeDUY69N-Mpna_7Or4/w300-h400/IMG_3660.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I quilted it with a very large meander - I just had to try some large motif quilting - and I used Glide 40-wt thread, 10877 Sterling gray.</div></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFlYDogBz85DjIqRFTBtGav-N7cysSfeD0NRvCPg8yK54RWGUYoH5IAOxbAfA21NZ6Iwwxla4oJnK7bXRn_CxEaY_6gMICDvU0U-qCf_Az4uGF4GKvGPus57GcJWqlz8G5G81WNu6gMivZw-mmcZltT0wlE5_PSHXrk76AKhEAHnXWr8GVKV4jCbhZiA/s640/IMG_3661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFlYDogBz85DjIqRFTBtGav-N7cysSfeD0NRvCPg8yK54RWGUYoH5IAOxbAfA21NZ6Iwwxla4oJnK7bXRn_CxEaY_6gMICDvU0U-qCf_Az4uGF4GKvGPus57GcJWqlz8G5G81WNu6gMivZw-mmcZltT0wlE5_PSHXrk76AKhEAHnXWr8GVKV4jCbhZiA/w300-h400/IMG_3661.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>The back is a light pearl gray that I bought to go with the original graduation quilt.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFqMzcMEXf45Tk24n4wNXjY5Plgds9Xv5hdF521TYahIqqe6UXGfjs9xB6DLDPVCPznQEtUowMzmsnhnSOzP8mwbA8oiW9J24tZXJST9PoQyBZ-F6SSDiCb5kLFgE0Cr635UDz5qz08SubMjpq1Kzd9aoIHWNQOZtmZb1OAS9tJzcPof5QY2SpAet8CY/s640/IMG_3662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFqMzcMEXf45Tk24n4wNXjY5Plgds9Xv5hdF521TYahIqqe6UXGfjs9xB6DLDPVCPznQEtUowMzmsnhnSOzP8mwbA8oiW9J24tZXJST9PoQyBZ-F6SSDiCb5kLFgE0Cr635UDz5qz08SubMjpq1Kzd9aoIHWNQOZtmZb1OAS9tJzcPof5QY2SpAet8CY/w300-h400/IMG_3662.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Candy Lane is made from a kit of 5 one-half yard cuts that I bought while we were traveling in August. I had no idea the quilt would be quite this bright but I think some little girl will like it.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtoXiwlpzRCK9T97N2wVWw_Y3VQ7vqOpFGfza-vdygausprOkiThfqGktk_e7q90K1S9HNL0oHSA_lmZcQC5lucp3JD_9N6dVFXad_GHD6LJVuB-CeQDrFrdtPVUhnfCosQFvr51Oo7Cl4aqGyQfMohPXNeqv2ckY9pSk7eFaYoVhyRevunEwJoTxLF8/s640/IMG_3663.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtoXiwlpzRCK9T97N2wVWw_Y3VQ7vqOpFGfza-vdygausprOkiThfqGktk_e7q90K1S9HNL0oHSA_lmZcQC5lucp3JD_9N6dVFXad_GHD6LJVuB-CeQDrFrdtPVUhnfCosQFvr51Oo7Cl4aqGyQfMohPXNeqv2ckY9pSk7eFaYoVhyRevunEwJoTxLF8/w300-h400/IMG_3663.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This donation quilt is 47" by 51"<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2ho9q1aUeiKSdt6HWhGY6eNGccgGq_h0utYbLVp5rnw2bNkkWgmoIkzFdaHM_sKfwb88WK4pQ0cMvMstwhZiCAHrsJKGJ_idQXjMNtPDgP0FVrXnXeQ3hAaauGsTwtx8PPKOz8KruF5zu3V_Szl_kclyKMwzY-H4Y5pqYm95rjtU8_dcYifRmdfAdcQ/s640/IMG_3666.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2ho9q1aUeiKSdt6HWhGY6eNGccgGq_h0utYbLVp5rnw2bNkkWgmoIkzFdaHM_sKfwb88WK4pQ0cMvMstwhZiCAHrsJKGJ_idQXjMNtPDgP0FVrXnXeQ3hAaauGsTwtx8PPKOz8KruF5zu3V_Szl_kclyKMwzY-H4Y5pqYm95rjtU8_dcYifRmdfAdcQ/w300-h400/IMG_3666.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I quilted this using Glide 40-wt thread 10877 Sterling on the front and 24655 Light Tan on the back. <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSz_zjHx4U-eR1MwGJW-cUmpMnfGWxRS0oZIGMg_ZD51_cT4_n8E0fvH5p-b66Eq8YiyZ6904TVrZd5UektxCSf3vn3y8vfYCKxlFxv419WoVpL41tBvLkYLa7YdpEGZPNa55uhiSRtOy8A-pDNM4UCA7G8ywa5-JPagt_-ljmVvxkXGmzmwY7Qn7nbps/s640/IMG_3667.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSz_zjHx4U-eR1MwGJW-cUmpMnfGWxRS0oZIGMg_ZD51_cT4_n8E0fvH5p-b66Eq8YiyZ6904TVrZd5UektxCSf3vn3y8vfYCKxlFxv419WoVpL41tBvLkYLa7YdpEGZPNa55uhiSRtOy8A-pDNM4UCA7G8ywa5-JPagt_-ljmVvxkXGmzmwY7Qn7nbps/w300-h400/IMG_3667.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The quilting is horizontal wavy lines about every 1.5 inches. I find this harder to do with the long arm than my domestic machine. I'm guessing more practice would make it easier!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IX6_SB8D1au5G09_HC1mzodJ3pPzzAmDEzNu0s0KKq3AKwuzgZv139CACedIPFU9oeqt6K_XmieO1Mcx5ZtM3d8UfpN6j1MwIScNCQYvciyKhGgOmGcGYtYVdbPDckIZuB6WlthUg6Cf0we52UDf6yVoDw6NbxCqnUZJ4PUHwntqrZ_clpAFUx3ZJbw/s640/IMG_3668.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IX6_SB8D1au5G09_HC1mzodJ3pPzzAmDEzNu0s0KKq3AKwuzgZv139CACedIPFU9oeqt6K_XmieO1Mcx5ZtM3d8UfpN6j1MwIScNCQYvciyKhGgOmGcGYtYVdbPDckIZuB6WlthUg6Cf0we52UDf6yVoDw6NbxCqnUZJ4PUHwntqrZ_clpAFUx3ZJbw/w300-h400/IMG_3668.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The backing is orange Plaster of Paris by Frond Design Studios, one of my favorite designers.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwgEuuxwWITqZOVVY3mUii5CDiA4R1SseDwUQvrwizHA6jTjydAE2dsNUylDNfRImNydGPVCtSk5lJNE_SF_Z-ud9buMUTbKrOo0W71Gn5GOnv9eQOM18dVbkAeYDjvgCIoAAYp2R4tZIg09odhKsatr09NKoE0sSUwPm5PyP5OLUl2eDnu9fPhBeGfc/s640/IMG_3669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwgEuuxwWITqZOVVY3mUii5CDiA4R1SseDwUQvrwizHA6jTjydAE2dsNUylDNfRImNydGPVCtSk5lJNE_SF_Z-ud9buMUTbKrOo0W71Gn5GOnv9eQOM18dVbkAeYDjvgCIoAAYp2R4tZIg09odhKsatr09NKoE0sSUwPm5PyP5OLUl2eDnu9fPhBeGfc/w400-h300/IMG_3669.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Life keeps us quite busy here. Our 'local' grandsons have lots of sporting events going on - soccer, fall baseball, and hockey. Academic Bowl will soon be added to their agenda. We love seeing them play and compete but we don't make anywhere near all of their games. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I still need to get some apples in the freezer and the dehydrator but there will be plenty of time after we return from a fall trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota to see family and fall colors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I think we both may rest more but I guess that's just part of aging. At least we are both in pretty good health. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I think I'll go spend a little more time in the sewing studio...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul class="i8Z77e" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><li class="TrT0Xe" style="list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">You're never too old to have fun and enjoy life.</span></li></ul></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-43992478712764390162023-09-07T20:24:00.002-05:002023-09-07T20:24:43.735-05:00Busy, Busy<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I haven't been slacking since we arrived home 2 1/2 weeks ago. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I think I have taken care of all of our 'local' produce for the coming year except apples. That is much of the produce we'll eat at home in the coming year. The freezers are full and the dehydrator is temporarily put away. Whew!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We've been to some of our Illinois grandsons' sporting events, had a few appointments, and dealt with the everyday stuff - the worst being a refrigerator/freezer that wants to call it quits. We hope to know in a couple of days whether we need to buy a new one.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I have been sewing almost everyday - sometimes a few hours a day! And there is progress being made. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I am hand sewing the binding on this quilt. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I attach the binding by machine and hand stitch it to the back. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(The binding doesn't show in the photo.)</span><br /><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJeX1a4kO1pbjsthZ5RnyakCrD_pKlTsZlSfSov5qZmQb0QHCCzCnRe5RAxTBvCpKIP85TU5jvdnbsZ7iM0wM2p5uWlb9snImcTpsTdS2nsqqaFVGMahMW8scd1gzppEwjxzDa_QlW35e-cx6FsYePmJrvvft7F_pb1n5MwreoK3NftxhbO7drAqKGro/s640/IMG_3631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJeX1a4kO1pbjsthZ5RnyakCrD_pKlTsZlSfSov5qZmQb0QHCCzCnRe5RAxTBvCpKIP85TU5jvdnbsZ7iM0wM2p5uWlb9snImcTpsTdS2nsqqaFVGMahMW8scd1gzppEwjxzDa_QlW35e-cx6FsYePmJrvvft7F_pb1n5MwreoK3NftxhbO7drAqKGro/w300-h400/IMG_3631.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This group of five needs the binding hand sewn. I pieced the first quilt since vacation and I finished piecing the second. I've quilted the first three since our return. I've made and attached bindings to all five this week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXMERivKDbz2AUNMCN3w1STy3piEHpho-QfMmsC0G-URmDH1pzBkaLW67LzPnAxK-Zb4Hfe4ONly8xqfFplZkw6yJv8XEiwmvmrI72D9V9x7zyWfjRDqpXsOMOFNlJqE0qAcqukxNJN-k2GG6va8mCrD8NXCde9ZxjST4-vHKgCFIpNEM3ltTQtRHqys/s640/IMG_3616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXMERivKDbz2AUNMCN3w1STy3piEHpho-QfMmsC0G-URmDH1pzBkaLW67LzPnAxK-Zb4Hfe4ONly8xqfFplZkw6yJv8XEiwmvmrI72D9V9x7zyWfjRDqpXsOMOFNlJqE0qAcqukxNJN-k2GG6va8mCrD8NXCde9ZxjST4-vHKgCFIpNEM3ltTQtRHqys/w300-h400/IMG_3616.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I'm in no hurry to get the bindings finished since I have a retreat in November. There is no way that I can sit and sew for more than an hour without a considerable break so I'll take handwork along and get some bindings done. Of course, I can only finish so many quilts while I'm there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I have a quilt on the longarm that I pieced since returning. It's more brown than this looks - I just took all of these pictures in lamplight.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXpEnr6zrLOFVrinWf_HqIA1xv1bokWzUqEa4L8AjB4oW4dTV9nzgvEn5uPIIzFZw4z7TcPiHzPQy41kWpvmzSDu4ugogxqkCDkDpKc2bq2RGYdYduOhAnfS42za7Q3AQwDHAlsttRuCstRUMl-mNvJVDpQm26V3RvhYbzBNX2OFNeZoPcZE_GHQ_2NM/s640/IMG_3630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="640" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXpEnr6zrLOFVrinWf_HqIA1xv1bokWzUqEa4L8AjB4oW4dTV9nzgvEn5uPIIzFZw4z7TcPiHzPQy41kWpvmzSDu4ugogxqkCDkDpKc2bq2RGYdYduOhAnfS42za7Q3AQwDHAlsttRuCstRUMl-mNvJVDpQm26V3RvhYbzBNX2OFNeZoPcZE_GHQ_2NM/w400-h248/IMG_3630.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I have tops finished<span> that need to be quilting. I've pieced the first three since our return. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEC0b0z7Gq3vZ6LEtnYJ7AUJZ7kmMUxFdRc4fZ07cyCdrKwszBfgo3-MOkVmXnH6RLokrTu5ZXeTPWQUsGCbi3qeb3nRPjoaiTZjMG0mgX5jkMala-88m0-Qzl67eL-ScJQ4HPQFMfucyENIMkrk69f3IV5XHMC71Jf8BP6YH7VdSdfWyeqfTPT6JcQQ/s640/IMG_3622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEC0b0z7Gq3vZ6LEtnYJ7AUJZ7kmMUxFdRc4fZ07cyCdrKwszBfgo3-MOkVmXnH6RLokrTu5ZXeTPWQUsGCbi3qeb3nRPjoaiTZjMG0mgX5jkMala-88m0-Qzl67eL-ScJQ4HPQFMfucyENIMkrk69f3IV5XHMC71Jf8BP6YH7VdSdfWyeqfTPT6JcQQ/w400-h300/IMG_3622.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3BbNTDXqv5uP7_52x8kC_q_D3bEcnf371WC1AHfTss2jHzVH0xA_moNNtMhc1VrUqAaMxJJAVNBiKUgh6oExUMtxVVn_imuFaYIzcFsY3cg5seyrwR3Zu9cVQqSYPMmKl2Wafv180jW-OKz_WMqIeL_WTQeay1c0rrJlIGSOfD2k2cgPjema_Q5OFiw/w400-h300/IMG_3629.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">As I finish quilts I'll share better pictures without shadows. I'm pushing to get quilts finished so the piles of fabric around here disappear - I might have come home with a lot of yardage. Some of the quilts I'm making are in memory of my friend Colleen, using her fabrics. Yup, I need to get those piles of fabric used too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">you'll never get it done. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">~ Bruce Lee</span></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-64932408008828489462023-08-23T05:07:00.001-05:002023-08-23T05:07:00.143-05:00The tenth and FINAL part of our Virginia Trip 2023<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Our first morning in Shipshewana, we got up for the sunrise - it was a very refreshing 50 degrees! I loved the sun's reflection on the ground fog.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpPYjPEMz2-AkdLfc-unv4cU2jGtYgwAzN0FbpCmHffMb1Y5R8MMksxBI-0HExLUUkKZOs0DaclImvTRCZnUjFxtbwrfPA-y8Lql5E5W7G20JuRwmKwQWWvwLFuzzfxDdD6iky-tRFUUbhBfkyq-T8j6KwkdASz4Me9KfBAbVJfmTjc4WYwX2w2GYDwE/s640/IMG_3508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpPYjPEMz2-AkdLfc-unv4cU2jGtYgwAzN0FbpCmHffMb1Y5R8MMksxBI-0HExLUUkKZOs0DaclImvTRCZnUjFxtbwrfPA-y8Lql5E5W7G20JuRwmKwQWWvwLFuzzfxDdD6iky-tRFUUbhBfkyq-T8j6KwkdASz4Me9KfBAbVJfmTjc4WYwX2w2GYDwE/w300-h400/IMG_3508.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>We went to the Farmers' Market in Goshen. The market was very nice with booths inside a good-sized building and some outside. There was so much produce I wanted to buy (It's time I go home and really cook!) but we 'settled' for cinnamon rolls. The girl had them packaged like this - nice! They were really good!</span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUCqP2shJY2pMk2iyAMlta_Foa34JLNv9iei-MNKQjoPCig1iyygTQFzbe_Nn3zMXmqXR3KqZL8FA8NGG3mB2V2NGd6w2WRjjRENcTbdThHPvMyMdq4FX-b39uDi62Tbbc8B17R55pGe9TSsxfP0Dj7oYcBX6iBYO9ZafKza5PTko9T4Q1njRkk1I56g/s640/IMG_3541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUCqP2shJY2pMk2iyAMlta_Foa34JLNv9iei-MNKQjoPCig1iyygTQFzbe_Nn3zMXmqXR3KqZL8FA8NGG3mB2V2NGd6w2WRjjRENcTbdThHPvMyMdq4FX-b39uDi62Tbbc8B17R55pGe9TSsxfP0Dj7oYcBX6iBYO9ZafKza5PTko9T4Q1njRkk1I56g/w400-h300/IMG_3541.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We went to Bonneyville Mills in Bristol, IN. This may be the largest barn quilt I have ever seen!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nW4KAzp9wCDIMtIZWJlCEyt8D79JaQ6HAe39VrobRG7NoreeHZnoPHd0ZOlC9A41oGqCamf5vc8w4_6jS3BaaBVtm5s5hHjkM7Rsq8zE8RrTZfgsDYIZ8QviuGJWtwPDGoI24PGLiADfalEX4SmkML-UZemHTpl6oVs6rz2swLB7OF1DoKv4grcn2Uo/s640/IMG_3514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nW4KAzp9wCDIMtIZWJlCEyt8D79JaQ6HAe39VrobRG7NoreeHZnoPHd0ZOlC9A41oGqCamf5vc8w4_6jS3BaaBVtm5s5hHjkM7Rsq8zE8RrTZfgsDYIZ8QviuGJWtwPDGoI24PGLiADfalEX4SmkML-UZemHTpl6oVs6rz2swLB7OF1DoKv4grcn2Uo/w300-h400/IMG_3514.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The mill was just across the street.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjL0f_dLeD7hQqFI2OsPADZpPXkBWnWerNgZffHgr4QcAu5v8K3U6MzAIDoBsa-oCam9bH6XJPBRnXAOuZBGzwhYToqIWUUb4vJlk01p9njS1mFE1AUH2kbKb1nyXFPZvWyI8Qi0iLj_GdfaAWKby1c9NW4gxH7v7bhgBZBsogVnK2GXFMkRO5-KWIKYs/s640/IMG_3518.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjL0f_dLeD7hQqFI2OsPADZpPXkBWnWerNgZffHgr4QcAu5v8K3U6MzAIDoBsa-oCam9bH6XJPBRnXAOuZBGzwhYToqIWUUb4vJlk01p9njS1mFE1AUH2kbKb1nyXFPZvWyI8Qi0iLj_GdfaAWKby1c9NW4gxH7v7bhgBZBsogVnK2GXFMkRO5-KWIKYs/w400-h300/IMG_3518.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>This picture is using the same pond but looking across at the building with the barn quilt. I liked the reflection of the windmill.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWKZ5D0C4d84ImUEjlHqDgoQBTO7T22wF1AAvuoECmGq0_tJRwOSTv156OJ4VUvA-TyGGu0SfxHvRbaWZvOybWb1Abu2WswGma7Vgt6nO6tkjdoGcuCqPOMwah3DqVWzE721dv1FY3pUMgwoQtmlev7FdOpUGaUL1b_YKC6y7pKEkDXG0c7m7usiZP2o/s640/IMG_3522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWKZ5D0C4d84ImUEjlHqDgoQBTO7T22wF1AAvuoECmGq0_tJRwOSTv156OJ4VUvA-TyGGu0SfxHvRbaWZvOybWb1Abu2WswGma7Vgt6nO6tkjdoGcuCqPOMwah3DqVWzE721dv1FY3pUMgwoQtmlev7FdOpUGaUL1b_YKC6y7pKEkDXG0c7m7usiZP2o/w300-h400/IMG_3522.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>We went into the mill - it's been a number of years since I've been in a working mill that was actually milling grain when I was there. They were grinding hard red wheat into flour. The two people working explained what was happening, offered information, and answered all of our questions</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5K9QfnHJVEdtiAa5YxDufj8Xi7wiPaoWHPK8a-N_nv4b64ZRSBX0ydfh-lyLvXcTVCdNRXS676tw_XDqS86lDaoaBiVn83ViO4Jsmo4fjcJuEff0yhRbNcWAgALPmINefh7-oLlxOIPUE__gs5B2eZhKdgBKCdvmC7xgvspgmOhIXTLDeJTJ0xKTAUwE/s640/IMG_3525.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5K9QfnHJVEdtiAa5YxDufj8Xi7wiPaoWHPK8a-N_nv4b64ZRSBX0ydfh-lyLvXcTVCdNRXS676tw_XDqS86lDaoaBiVn83ViO4Jsmo4fjcJuEff0yhRbNcWAgALPmINefh7-oLlxOIPUE__gs5B2eZhKdgBKCdvmC7xgvspgmOhIXTLDeJTJ0xKTAUwE/w400-h300/IMG_3525.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard red wheat berries and hard red wheat flour</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We left with Scottish oatmeal, spelt</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">, and white cornmeal. We decided on the white cornmeal after hearing that the Miami Indians used it for currency - they only traded the flour so no one would be able to plant any of the white corn. We aren't real crazy about steel cut oats so I'm hoping we like Scottish oats.</span></div></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 16px;">There are 8 main forms of oats: </span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Whole Oat Groats, </span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Steel Cut / Irish Oats, </span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Scottish Oats, </span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Rolled / Old-Fashioned Oats, </span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Quick Oats, </span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Instant Oats, </span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Oat Bran, </span><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Oat Flour. The further into the list, the more processed the oats are.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Spelt, an ancient grain, "<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">also known as dinkel wheat or hulled wheat, is a species of wheat that has been cultivated since approximately 5000 BCE." </span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaBRNHW4llObUo6oBmZgX6oNi-POrsIrplqSO3HCxx96OFDs0qAqeWeNgzK6WhRh8835YUsaKe4Qg9wtj9iu9fDEps-cXGPj8VkxTcH0OA3lQJrDbDVwx1rPVOpzjSS_9SFhblz78ANiCSnamiHb00yi0aIRbbo7Phzh1WNZWt2Zh34HUJbaoxfnO36Y/s640/IMG_3526.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaBRNHW4llObUo6oBmZgX6oNi-POrsIrplqSO3HCxx96OFDs0qAqeWeNgzK6WhRh8835YUsaKe4Qg9wtj9iu9fDEps-cXGPj8VkxTcH0OA3lQJrDbDVwx1rPVOpzjSS_9SFhblz78ANiCSnamiHb00yi0aIRbbo7Phzh1WNZWt2Zh34HUJbaoxfnO36Y/w400-h300/IMG_3526.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);"><span style="font-size: large;">The man who was working told me I might be disappointed if I used spelt in my regular bread recipes - this grain has not been genetically modified over time like our other grains. He included a pamphlet with some of his recipes for oatmeal with Scottish Oats, Spelt Biscuits, and more. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">We have since tried the Spelt Biscuits - they are good!</span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxC8yQ0f13jk5X5ZLwjgcCHiCofXo8ZoiaKlMO-Qre1erzv6WJsS49YP6bwvy0EAGDGU1DDGcosPbuf880YSY9nWydDW2DG883OJ4D3qyafg293iEadgiKDepYSQ9niaAtKVB1gGsl70X0wrXrLspqknFGFD6fv6AcHSYlaTP47PuTanuZIRG9oO4S0g/s640/IMG_3527.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxC8yQ0f13jk5X5ZLwjgcCHiCofXo8ZoiaKlMO-Qre1erzv6WJsS49YP6bwvy0EAGDGU1DDGcosPbuf880YSY9nWydDW2DG883OJ4D3qyafg293iEadgiKDepYSQ9niaAtKVB1gGsl70X0wrXrLspqknFGFD6fv6AcHSYlaTP47PuTanuZIRG9oO4S0g/w300-h400/IMG_3527.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Before leaving the park with the mill, we checked out the dahlias - the American Dahlia Society had a trial garden there. The garden was small but absolutely gorgeous!</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHz0nA5yNJ0YUTpKboj3YklSwdzHqGwFJBNNcmWC2VB0cp8Gx788wZ4vRq4aI5Qp69os0ducTyItkxwokD9zVyDD5kiYUZdINJKTZmOwDN1g2cCfX0L9IuBhTYAom0UyyEiMgG1GA2Swvd47w_Xaz6VaBJUKwgcu7tcNvsumuV3kfjBBGG_-c3mmZOYJ4/s335/IMG_3530.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="335" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHz0nA5yNJ0YUTpKboj3YklSwdzHqGwFJBNNcmWC2VB0cp8Gx788wZ4vRq4aI5Qp69os0ducTyItkxwokD9zVyDD5kiYUZdINJKTZmOwDN1g2cCfX0L9IuBhTYAom0UyyEiMgG1GA2Swvd47w_Xaz6VaBJUKwgcu7tcNvsumuV3kfjBBGG_-c3mmZOYJ4/w400-h378/IMG_3530.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutDP_GXH2S_c2I5Ek-djsPrflcpr46GBYVwn6-44mFh9K3FitQx1pAcItk8R7EJ2oB1bLVyo9I0xSBkDrlWfhh-XtxlXWMjVe1YS3lnT661Rq9nY0GEtp_XbiRxDrpF1S3meavXj5UauQxK5nMqOqvt5eOrhi5crEhXRbuEdyUb9ceIxa_CtGPwWg2iA/s460/IMG_3531.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutDP_GXH2S_c2I5Ek-djsPrflcpr46GBYVwn6-44mFh9K3FitQx1pAcItk8R7EJ2oB1bLVyo9I0xSBkDrlWfhh-XtxlXWMjVe1YS3lnT661Rq9nY0GEtp_XbiRxDrpF1S3meavXj5UauQxK5nMqOqvt5eOrhi5crEhXRbuEdyUb9ceIxa_CtGPwWg2iA/w396-h400/IMG_3531.jpg" width="396" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS86LH_FePfn1RMQKUkxhwV6_m51hwTWdN90QQSw6-WvxSprTjtzPiwxaKM-4Ctkott9jnUW6uMxWG5Ptc3VfOwE2YUWRaMeOOADvswEHFQ0ncYzARoAg2-GyEG1gmXTvxcKdkSBtMdT-pBmT8vBL8UKMsgVjN2CmL2HlHaCEhU4CBOlfgfuLeYD9Z4bo/s480/IMG_3532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS86LH_FePfn1RMQKUkxhwV6_m51hwTWdN90QQSw6-WvxSprTjtzPiwxaKM-4Ctkott9jnUW6uMxWG5Ptc3VfOwE2YUWRaMeOOADvswEHFQ0ncYzARoAg2-GyEG1gmXTvxcKdkSBtMdT-pBmT8vBL8UKMsgVjN2CmL2HlHaCEhU4CBOlfgfuLeYD9Z4bo/w375-h400/IMG_3532.jpg" width="375" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>These blossoms were also in the dahlia gardens - the bees were happy!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiheHSv3ciT2PNYTPonM1h6zhVI-Ou8hhT2-pusKbwyaq4b8rD8bcLNZcpHN-14ydaxfoQzmqDfg9KwIMdEi6b5yYR0uOTkEleuvP74Ol-aVxw4PyLlGcoV4CW7xutfEkcR434sejn60DQhblxIrRNzWYoh4_pEe71FU0E7IejxtAXBVmroj-l09dPUtUE/s225/IMG_3533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="225" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiheHSv3ciT2PNYTPonM1h6zhVI-Ou8hhT2-pusKbwyaq4b8rD8bcLNZcpHN-14ydaxfoQzmqDfg9KwIMdEi6b5yYR0uOTkEleuvP74Ol-aVxw4PyLlGcoV4CW7xutfEkcR434sejn60DQhblxIrRNzWYoh4_pEe71FU0E7IejxtAXBVmroj-l09dPUtUE/w400-h363/IMG_3533.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We once again found Laura's Amish Fabric Shop - our GPS is about 1/4 - 1/2 mile off and has it located on the wrong side of the road. She has a small selection of cotton fabrics along with other fabric and more things in her shop. Her prices are very good. I was after blenders and found these Moda marbles.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3YzoOJ7kny2ZbFZePcJcmaQYp08AiSSCRBeckzqSlBaDhxAYMDWmAQaUz1YeDP0YGM6MzyvbHXfguTck9caPMi3PVA44v69g4IO7suapk5FKU0jVLOL0uyKqGgePkAxW5SmzVYA2pw7M8dkEZsneYdKau4vsgvM30Kq8uNGxndgqxi70GlgKr8D1JC0/w400-h300/IMG_3538.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That white looking fabric is really yellow.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3YzoOJ7kny2ZbFZePcJcmaQYp08AiSSCRBeckzqSlBaDhxAYMDWmAQaUz1YeDP0YGM6MzyvbHXfguTck9caPMi3PVA44v69g4IO7suapk5FKU0jVLOL0uyKqGgePkAxW5SmzVYA2pw7M8dkEZsneYdKau4vsgvM30Kq8uNGxndgqxi70GlgKr8D1JC0/s640/IMG_3538.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>We did spend a little time in Shipshewana. I always love seeing the flowers.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiJ8D3y_LZJzpNTHmyYxLgWC5F1kTOTT-fFLj7fHNEF_CGy8L9sB11VDRqp4CBxd7BVioDnl-9hdzcapOxjPERXNlMSqnXw35WkAoxK3lRxhmbjBQBBxvX1WMkZAEpc5mjL6GSMF82mX86pBVNwyYI9WgOoAMuPioEaLtdbaunjIol3nVpGDtAZEkOIY/s640/IMG_3537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiJ8D3y_LZJzpNTHmyYxLgWC5F1kTOTT-fFLj7fHNEF_CGy8L9sB11VDRqp4CBxd7BVioDnl-9hdzcapOxjPERXNlMSqnXw35WkAoxK3lRxhmbjBQBBxvX1WMkZAEpc5mjL6GSMF82mX86pBVNwyYI9WgOoAMuPioEaLtdbaunjIol3nVpGDtAZEkOIY/w400-h300/IMG_3537.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Of course we went to Davis Mercantile - that's where Lolly's is!</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="440" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDyR6ehcvPcCWISBKKdwhgCZqCTs67WHXSNBo57CsaSocbIuLU3QkbWfuyM7-9N5KGfWdenXP1hx89JXVZeBZj6u3Kuzzo7DJlh9s67VCB1yPZMkoEyp_NfAo0gYRkQbbaD8vccYWXqWgunWfF4htigpu_u7Hg8opXgokniAl4IlG8xOAqr7g9NpRiRc/w400-h216/IMG_3535.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barn quilt on Davis Mercantile</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDyR6ehcvPcCWISBKKdwhgCZqCTs67WHXSNBo57CsaSocbIuLU3QkbWfuyM7-9N5KGfWdenXP1hx89JXVZeBZj6u3Kuzzo7DJlh9s67VCB1yPZMkoEyp_NfAo0gYRkQbbaD8vccYWXqWgunWfF4htigpu_u7Hg8opXgokniAl4IlG8xOAqr7g9NpRiRc/s440/IMG_3535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />We both enjoy seeing the quilts at <a href="https://www.lollys.com">Lolly's Fabrics</a>. My purchases this time were very different for me. I bought 2 panels and a couple of fabrics to coordinate. I think I have now purchased maybe 5 or 6 panels total in my lifetime! These will be used for 2 children's quilts.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1wQhrs6jFMqBo92bntWA9BoO-vvMykJ258ip-M1uLO2KxBmamkd5Z3il8IagmNgaTMomg1T7jmpMkYTVRXDH9ljtj-mZaVdgRWYYBdupxVu2oHiSYpBo0iFRxK3jTzenisaJD253bSBLHkdnXRi7X0DPU03YiaA_QO0AKoZxW0BFxO5B-cIDf6akxi4/s640/IMG_3540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1wQhrs6jFMqBo92bntWA9BoO-vvMykJ258ip-M1uLO2KxBmamkd5Z3il8IagmNgaTMomg1T7jmpMkYTVRXDH9ljtj-mZaVdgRWYYBdupxVu2oHiSYpBo0iFRxK3jTzenisaJD253bSBLHkdnXRi7X0DPU03YiaA_QO0AKoZxW0BFxO5B-cIDf6akxi4/w400-h300/IMG_3540.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We enjoyed lunch and I had a grilled tomato BLT - a first for me. It was good and I might just make that at home one day soon. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We spent part of our last afternoon in Shipshewana being lazy. We were both tired and our rental was so comfortable, we decided to just read, watch TV (the Chicago Cubs and Little League games), nap, do nothing. Isn't this scene relaxing? We thought so! It's the view beyond the yard of our rental from the porch rocking chairs.</span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXH0ZMY-kWjlkXghGoGiTqdQXvi-w3AfwO3u-OWGxxxx-TXrZdsWC5av5C6ci55c2-hxfPzMAdbzxMBDY-23SnL2vNdGq_0RW5MGcPNldhEbMOQ5JGlC56L3GzB_jXmLt8qsRaCFL5sN7xKyZeav2jimn7Byw5JEOXPOBHIzVK8YKC5JHnIs4Zb_q3ENI/s640/IMG_3548.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXH0ZMY-kWjlkXghGoGiTqdQXvi-w3AfwO3u-OWGxxxx-TXrZdsWC5av5C6ci55c2-hxfPzMAdbzxMBDY-23SnL2vNdGq_0RW5MGcPNldhEbMOQ5JGlC56L3GzB_jXmLt8qsRaCFL5sN7xKyZeav2jimn7Byw5JEOXPOBHIzVK8YKC5JHnIs4Zb_q3ENI/w400-h300/IMG_3548.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">And this was on a wall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="627" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxuUC6ENm_amZbT_fH7oiKEEPFwwpgy9oPDxYrlhLkwu0mIWj6qMZLpR7rpT_AT3gJu5LWbPdqvXy-CboJx8AElxZOK2bnycRKW-qZaqIJ8ININDnpxLx0H1MUibRtd8E2ZUY2U319DUTmgbvpkh69o9VKgg5HQzdAuwKVw7-d5Sj-DkIStMbKNBgXeM/w400-h236/IMG_3542.jpg" width="400" /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Avenir LT W01 45 Book", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(88, 89, 91);"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It took us two days to get home via back roads. The first day was long. After about an hour and half, we stopped for a walk in Plymouth, IN, at Centennial Park. We saw tennis courts, pickleball courts, shelters, play area, and enjoyed the walking paths at the temperatures began soaring higher.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Avenir LT W01 45 Book", sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(88, 89, 91); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrJt6FRS8chK8jUWK-zePwGFBFkL6KLknmHIaYzGTLTVf-gthRyWieyHu1YahRkSQTm5sWRL_pYRiwNlrsosaniMSFTuWo1lxEVMST4ZbCn1xmZppUH0gsqJUhXvlNiHlN-psn8XP9FQsXbj1CujTIkCf88jXyfcQhgElt9Ocd6L6R8pmR5s4a_1q7Xw/s640/IMG_3557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrJt6FRS8chK8jUWK-zePwGFBFkL6KLknmHIaYzGTLTVf-gthRyWieyHu1YahRkSQTm5sWRL_pYRiwNlrsosaniMSFTuWo1lxEVMST4ZbCn1xmZppUH0gsqJUhXvlNiHlN-psn8XP9FQsXbj1CujTIkCf88jXyfcQhgElt9Ocd6L6R8pmR5s4a_1q7Xw/w400-h300/IMG_3557.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then the detours began... We finally made it to our motel much later that we thought it would be. It was strange to be in a motel; we definitely prefer the house/apartment rentals but sometimes it doesn't work out.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The second day of traveling was short. There was one detour but we knew the area so it wasn't a problem. As we got closer to home, the fields of corn and soybeans greeted us.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPUdOJTqsbSjz9Z_UV_V95DdExpoqqluEGtvZLdXTK1EjLwy8-GDNAXKDZxM7M-sX4Z_wr9PKgTeeZM6DP1TLVdsPVCqgzQrSPNTh22jXfC9RijuugVTPa3D_zJyvcByyOm_IiiV85qdFnlp_uwhhWRSSK8QEtiQ4iUmguN-v8JDocCZC_teSMy0kq2g/s640/IMG_3563.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPUdOJTqsbSjz9Z_UV_V95DdExpoqqluEGtvZLdXTK1EjLwy8-GDNAXKDZxM7M-sX4Z_wr9PKgTeeZM6DP1TLVdsPVCqgzQrSPNTh22jXfC9RijuugVTPa3D_zJyvcByyOm_IiiV85qdFnlp_uwhhWRSSK8QEtiQ4iUmguN-v8JDocCZC_teSMy0kq2g/w300-h400/IMG_3563.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXorOkHbD9-AjT8tLrhQ-eMSJ2_HIWUtQt89QAPHdArHIwugE5AeXWQ6c5qbvdLc1ThiwJloMHPGA--Fyl-eyhCog46ZldgT_tcfdBAjMSu4ufvne0DcxqyeLD-5mAurENkznCld153Ma3pXRJ0Avp0FQgqOO8KYuBxHvY0GIgLLQUs5El8wBqP8on328/s640/IMG_3574.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXorOkHbD9-AjT8tLrhQ-eMSJ2_HIWUtQt89QAPHdArHIwugE5AeXWQ6c5qbvdLc1ThiwJloMHPGA--Fyl-eyhCog46ZldgT_tcfdBAjMSu4ufvne0DcxqyeLD-5mAurENkznCld153Ma3pXRJ0Avp0FQgqOO8KYuBxHvY0GIgLLQUs5El8wBqP8on328/w300-h400/IMG_3574.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">And then when we pulled in the driveway, we could see Ray's new wildflower garden...</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4ur0Mg4ee7IipxCQqao_gHXrwU-2xgVVx5N5aqW5u03WUOyG2P3yRyTDMTSUGnFebapRdpaqRDUiIkK1mGTqeKLdsqb6FoKfrxiQzu72bxhdEdWCHaqOytiRlvVNA5eVeKqkaEZGqXvtH2fG3MvmbpT_xfw2W6XiwIkkb0QTn43rZyb8haw2SsL681A/s640/IMG_3576.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4ur0Mg4ee7IipxCQqao_gHXrwU-2xgVVx5N5aqW5u03WUOyG2P3yRyTDMTSUGnFebapRdpaqRDUiIkK1mGTqeKLdsqb6FoKfrxiQzu72bxhdEdWCHaqOytiRlvVNA5eVeKqkaEZGqXvtH2fG3MvmbpT_xfw2W6XiwIkkb0QTn43rZyb8haw2SsL681A/w400-h300/IMG_3576.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">and there were blossoms!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDSlhlg0iSnSwODZtlzQkfOHOlWaDfZE-E8cQ-5x9tFPJn4_YVbyrXg7WOvjTLtk_k5NppTMVPQUv7vLYmjtzxMXqJyIeutSyoijMEcE76tsuqM0-ob5Qkm5X-VQcS-3oLgkmAL3aSdJpDlzhDs_SdAGzlee_KbQtC2-SyKyQwEqmOPo966IAJW4keq8/s640/IMG_3577.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDSlhlg0iSnSwODZtlzQkfOHOlWaDfZE-E8cQ-5x9tFPJn4_YVbyrXg7WOvjTLtk_k5NppTMVPQUv7vLYmjtzxMXqJyIeutSyoijMEcE76tsuqM0-ob5Qkm5X-VQcS-3oLgkmAL3aSdJpDlzhDs_SdAGzlee_KbQtC2-SyKyQwEqmOPo966IAJW4keq8/w300-h400/IMG_3577.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: helvetica;"><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">We actually arrive home a couple days ago. The trip was about a month long and we loved the journey. We returned to excessive heat so not much is happening outside. I'm trying to freeze/dehydrate tomatoes and do some quilting. It's nice to be home!</span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><ul class="i8Z77e" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="TrT0Xe" style="list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Chase your dreams but always know </span></li><li class="TrT0Xe" style="list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">the road that will lead you home again.</span></li><li class="TrT0Xe" style="list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); text-align: left;">-Tim McGraw</span></span></li></ul>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-28671419643582575582023-08-22T04:37:00.009-05:002023-08-22T04:37:00.138-05:00The ninth part of our Virginia Trip 2023<div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The trip from Kent, OH to Shipshewana, IN was long partly because it's a long ways, partly because we drove backroads and partly because of detours - ugh! They aren't bad if signs marks the detours but ...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />We stopped for lunch in Milan, OH. What is important about Milan? <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">It is best known as the birthplace and childhood home of Thomas Edison. Since we were traveling 'off the beaten path', I look for possible stopping places along our route. I found a restaurant in Milan - Invention Restaurant. The name celebrates the heritage of Edison. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We ended up eating breakfast food for lunch there. The place was hopping and the food was good!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Shortly after leaving Milan, Ray spotted a blimp in the sky. We could see it off and on until we got to Fremont, OH, about 40 minutes west! I took many shots but this is the best.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5KuX9_s0zszYf3fKk3cHB37DPwng9VIeIW1aSaDsPH2KwHxDVXO8i7XMhzzVXvZiIJH9jKoaTEqihzu3DGuEop2_TFTiEcISHX4VNjiSYIUZqtKyoXFpswpxUPqsRlwekD3ZfL2xzsrfFOkqwCMrnN23qQuDMknPx7B0t3Us1ZxBWk0p3RAT320ihcI/s353/IMG_3437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="353" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5KuX9_s0zszYf3fKk3cHB37DPwng9VIeIW1aSaDsPH2KwHxDVXO8i7XMhzzVXvZiIJH9jKoaTEqihzu3DGuEop2_TFTiEcISHX4VNjiSYIUZqtKyoXFpswpxUPqsRlwekD3ZfL2xzsrfFOkqwCMrnN23qQuDMknPx7B0t3Us1ZxBWk0p3RAT320ihcI/w400-h350/IMG_3437.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">Gretchen of </span></span><a href="https://gretchenslittlecorner.blogspot.com" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Gretchen's Little Corner</a><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"> lives in northern Indiana. Last year when I asked her about quilt shops around/near Shipshewana, IN, she said I should check out <a href="https://www.carolinescottagecottons.com">Caroline's Cottage Cottons</a> in Rome City, IN. There were so many detours in that area last year that we skipped it. This year we were able to stop and it was such a nice shop with a great selection of fabric. Caroline wasn't there but the lady working was pleasant and very friendly.</span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpwrX-bsynNOa5XcQeOk56Kt4fqI5JMtA8YWuTfDfOhCFsvmb0bPHcmWmdxnwWbV-JETr1qyr85qGa65J8Ip5m6Bd7vaTCv0CakuRUqtxlI2x64o2LzSBxzpmXVK2d1hn1CBurV56r0KxjkLmZi8x2c2S0IConWLOdblfZmQm6FkdLSn3dPoORU-ZbfI/s339/IMG_3442.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="339" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpwrX-bsynNOa5XcQeOk56Kt4fqI5JMtA8YWuTfDfOhCFsvmb0bPHcmWmdxnwWbV-JETr1qyr85qGa65J8Ip5m6Bd7vaTCv0CakuRUqtxlI2x64o2LzSBxzpmXVK2d1hn1CBurV56r0KxjkLmZi8x2c2S0IConWLOdblfZmQm6FkdLSn3dPoORU-ZbfI/w400-h385/IMG_3442.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOEPqmkUeMheQsEdyOYLkoGmTiDNXRzru4jeEBl56c-eeRaZXxsVaueo08M3nOQX7Gdu5W6VhePJM4-lyylOvOH-FsXVG6huc7ETYqyron_QJqv35_0b9DSnPg2v7fHNIi6GT_edCfp7FrEH0DKO5-DWALmUglGIjU6pVGoxLrrdo7be-AO5V3jCIk0w/s640/IMG_3441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOEPqmkUeMheQsEdyOYLkoGmTiDNXRzru4jeEBl56c-eeRaZXxsVaueo08M3nOQX7Gdu5W6VhePJM4-lyylOvOH-FsXVG6huc7ETYqyron_QJqv35_0b9DSnPg2v7fHNIi6GT_edCfp7FrEH0DKO5-DWALmUglGIjU6pVGoxLrrdo7be-AO5V3jCIk0w/w400-h300/IMG_3441.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>It's one of those shops that I would frequent often if I lived nearby. Since I don't live close, I decided to buy a little extra. The blue is for my stash, the orange is a backing and the 5 pieces folded together are for a quilt. There is a free pattern in the background that goes with the 5 pieces that were packaged together.</span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4z3qjUIMLPPZjHpAHmZcvxlf-N97P2Pu4YSstM_NHzV_RyWccEy8IJo3fhVXEhkajnNygJ43-XwSc6g-J3Fc1sTR0B176h93At8hFIh7i-Sf2lymJiiToH5RbHuskMo0CiA4H6lP5SqnBSMI88SQNBEQ5tcoaAywjQnwIO-oQn4EtEbCYvF77ib5COk/s640/IMG_3443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4z3qjUIMLPPZjHpAHmZcvxlf-N97P2Pu4YSstM_NHzV_RyWccEy8IJo3fhVXEhkajnNygJ43-XwSc6g-J3Fc1sTR0B176h93At8hFIh7i-Sf2lymJiiToH5RbHuskMo0CiA4H6lP5SqnBSMI88SQNBEQ5tcoaAywjQnwIO-oQn4EtEbCYvF77ib5COk/w400-h300/IMG_3443.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>Less than 1/2 hour after leaving Caroline's, we reached our rental, the same place as last year. We wanted to go back because we loved it. There was some new furniture this year - it was comfortable, too!</span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73WpNdew879hm_qkMcCBGUcgJsWj3s5dtoRZ6WO6MNY-tIOcx7m_SVp9JumkMghr4T6ERNizTSsvksdYDEqiwi42eKXQM1vSgSc70ddCk_tvt4JM4KGLiqCwNzfHihXpFND0EQNzSxdcbqSg1KrU2YwMXIPm3dzVE3BuK-u3HdhSBO191o5FrunCVjRY/s640/IMG_3447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73WpNdew879hm_qkMcCBGUcgJsWj3s5dtoRZ6WO6MNY-tIOcx7m_SVp9JumkMghr4T6ERNizTSsvksdYDEqiwi42eKXQM1vSgSc70ddCk_tvt4JM4KGLiqCwNzfHihXpFND0EQNzSxdcbqSg1KrU2YwMXIPm3dzVE3BuK-u3HdhSBO191o5FrunCVjRY/w400-h300/IMG_3447.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>We walked to the end of the lane on the first night and took sunset phots.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxphZMhjbnnt3OG18WVJ3us8GjlBd7QggOsbzrls94oL6eaHkeoqbY2bUQYzot4CYr7iRQkb3BehtJXdXTQlhm6fm44Jrg5q6TQ8jSZUX8LeNOWw0hmkjXS68cVd7tg0ypdJBm-dqYjFMT3oZfM8OsD-5aEcl8RAZd5mEYBkNXhhbBShYF_TCryZkHkpw/s640/IMG_3449.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxphZMhjbnnt3OG18WVJ3us8GjlBd7QggOsbzrls94oL6eaHkeoqbY2bUQYzot4CYr7iRQkb3BehtJXdXTQlhm6fm44Jrg5q6TQ8jSZUX8LeNOWw0hmkjXS68cVd7tg0ypdJBm-dqYjFMT3oZfM8OsD-5aEcl8RAZd5mEYBkNXhhbBShYF_TCryZkHkpw/w400-h300/IMG_3449.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>Amish buggies were returning home along our road.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TeiIxspNZ3mbZ2AG1h19NA4Qe79QTI0XphbDI6lJByFP3r_M-FLTeSNXHzb3vDCrdV1TWHjqaqxnRQEfpW44h5Ik8Ga9ZCkYck3ur6_RpcDB_XAzlKIjpeJwJvvIAu2ZGvYs-IgwCIfl8OSB04iklg2idialnT1bvtIwhX_qT1WjccAzEYb2u3GPheU/s640/IMG_3458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TeiIxspNZ3mbZ2AG1h19NA4Qe79QTI0XphbDI6lJByFP3r_M-FLTeSNXHzb3vDCrdV1TWHjqaqxnRQEfpW44h5Ik8Ga9ZCkYck3ur6_RpcDB_XAzlKIjpeJwJvvIAu2ZGvYs-IgwCIfl8OSB04iklg2idialnT1bvtIwhX_qT1WjccAzEYb2u3GPheU/w400-h300/IMG_3458.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">This one had two young men. Notice the bicycle tied to the back of the buggy.</span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmais-GWGj7g-rKK58MVKHByyj3CHNwEgZUDEz1FWY_fq1fG6gpF6eiQt96gq6yAasZyyFBlcTjp7OyqumWUFOEMYpXFC01fjJdmJ71zgMt4Hkb6olR03ZUDU8cUpzqHwmklS1RYv19FvFXp6oQgQblCC0StR1nsxE1JsOWCStedWWS3gk7-li8u_UpfA/s424/IMG_3461.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="424" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmais-GWGj7g-rKK58MVKHByyj3CHNwEgZUDEz1FWY_fq1fG6gpF6eiQt96gq6yAasZyyFBlcTjp7OyqumWUFOEMYpXFC01fjJdmJ71zgMt4Hkb6olR03ZUDU8cUpzqHwmklS1RYv19FvFXp6oQgQblCC0StR1nsxE1JsOWCStedWWS3gk7-li8u_UpfA/w400-h233/IMG_3461.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">There was one more - if you look at all three pictures, you can see the sky changing color.</div></span></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBxte2noSJRJT00IgkhJX30mgHNkfo_8Whfoyf_LLXxWstAMWpKtt7HUYJmBdJ0FpOfamGyn2ntuelaAgGipJc8OAp7oqcewHNVL5Kfx9mo_1Llf5cJHPIeeyWIMWWOqEKvCRTK759-D66AEoQRjiWCZspPqMwho47NKekiebRoWZ3M7mGre_xjQzakg/s640/IMG_3465.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBxte2noSJRJT00IgkhJX30mgHNkfo_8Whfoyf_LLXxWstAMWpKtt7HUYJmBdJ0FpOfamGyn2ntuelaAgGipJc8OAp7oqcewHNVL5Kfx9mo_1Llf5cJHPIeeyWIMWWOqEKvCRTK759-D66AEoQRjiWCZspPqMwho47NKekiebRoWZ3M7mGre_xjQzakg/w400-h300/IMG_3465.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>Along our lane, there were a couple horses. The foal was so cute.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0fi3Un_297MC8VAyNXs54CU_qkICr8zawkhuOk_Ab3HTNsuHWQb61UbWfaK7WKY-BJL_P5c7DjDJcP6hU1Ylktm2DGf1VGSrJhXRczmrd0oFxUdlxIkQj0TRiZqRulhzEhgRi56rYKdh5Bb-kqtSzvrORGieDwjjlgbrCg9Ox44kdIIQ5vhKflIwlW8/s640/IMG_3472.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0fi3Un_297MC8VAyNXs54CU_qkICr8zawkhuOk_Ab3HTNsuHWQb61UbWfaK7WKY-BJL_P5c7DjDJcP6hU1Ylktm2DGf1VGSrJhXRczmrd0oFxUdlxIkQj0TRiZqRulhzEhgRi56rYKdh5Bb-kqtSzvrORGieDwjjlgbrCg9Ox44kdIIQ5vhKflIwlW8/w400-h300/IMG_3472.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We stood at the fence for a few minutes talking to the horses. As we began walking away, the foal was running and prancing. It was fun to watch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvP8a0K6GaL1vJyU3NzWB_F-qa3tFzwTSxxOMiSoxSCzaqbXgwmqla6VQkryLjdSCaNYsD4itV78t4huz4NIc-ALt2Nx3HklEQQJFftmTyjEaMiBspoQ72bwfLD0-UWl7eMh2yydctCAGH5mukX3f2UDgCfbJ58MDd6832mPm-1XzQ5hY3zDJHokoHYI/s388/IMG_3485.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="381" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvP8a0K6GaL1vJyU3NzWB_F-qa3tFzwTSxxOMiSoxSCzaqbXgwmqla6VQkryLjdSCaNYsD4itV78t4huz4NIc-ALt2Nx3HklEQQJFftmTyjEaMiBspoQ72bwfLD0-UWl7eMh2yydctCAGH5mukX3f2UDgCfbJ58MDd6832mPm-1XzQ5hY3zDJHokoHYI/w393-h400/IMG_3485.jpg" width="393" /></span></a></div></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">If we did all the things we are capable of doing, </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">we would literally astound ourselves. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">-Thomas Edison</span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p></span></span></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-75739674752178882722023-08-21T07:37:00.001-05:002023-08-21T07:37:00.143-05:00The eighth part of our Virginia Trip 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We decided to visit the #1 sight in Cuyahoga Valley - Brandywine Falls; it was also #1 on Ray's list for the area. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTeea5EZV6OI4FWenFeVFbhQcynOJGFFM0ZuBPVeifYI9gbfTlf6Ed0Z7Ma5lC2CB47xEmK3wSKDM61zoFUx922mc5UMUU4gOu2F_3BJVVgDAhaN1eBbGYmaldFkYkiEdjcKVsrgQ-seExnqZTMTURyIvz9fuRjsvOFpnjLyEg5iTSTKIx4LLwsmdtrlU/s640/IMG_3376.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTeea5EZV6OI4FWenFeVFbhQcynOJGFFM0ZuBPVeifYI9gbfTlf6Ed0Z7Ma5lC2CB47xEmK3wSKDM61zoFUx922mc5UMUU4gOu2F_3BJVVgDAhaN1eBbGYmaldFkYkiEdjcKVsrgQ-seExnqZTMTURyIvz9fuRjsvOFpnjLyEg5iTSTKIx4LLwsmdtrlU/w300-h400/IMG_3376.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The walk to the falls is short and easy but we had on our hiking boots and backpacks to go further. Come along.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjJQ7tIdQUwMQXgRZNTMH5swaC0KTQ2d5Qx8CY5seDsqCmIxxswubPSlprdBp1T8z9z2bA496KS-pSCk6hsKFngeLOtG6v939YlF89QI9LxUPe1lxy5CEQU9StlTQPu7d_NkVT-r-TqhhjVowVZZn9F4dg7V12iNCHCeJvlhlIbmFWyaA1xCNHWYyWqY/s640/IMG_3381.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjJQ7tIdQUwMQXgRZNTMH5swaC0KTQ2d5Qx8CY5seDsqCmIxxswubPSlprdBp1T8z9z2bA496KS-pSCk6hsKFngeLOtG6v939YlF89QI9LxUPe1lxy5CEQU9StlTQPu7d_NkVT-r-TqhhjVowVZZn9F4dg7V12iNCHCeJvlhlIbmFWyaA1xCNHWYyWqY/w300-h400/IMG_3381.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrchvKtKht1mzDLGzadq0g2FYsNWO8k8dz1DTpy5tgC7ai0_45r4IoZR_G2FwXfCGsG8JEwqK56A_9XDlZTyCXXTLYX7Avds309D-KYtleYUG2puumdC5B4bs9vTCifzGOoW5qGmu7rY5e2Kx7DUfyD22aXSzxJWiL2gtBsQpjAMR066PUmh9Ne-UPgE/w300-h400/IMG_3382.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice boardwalks</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrchvKtKht1mzDLGzadq0g2FYsNWO8k8dz1DTpy5tgC7ai0_45r4IoZR_G2FwXfCGsG8JEwqK56A_9XDlZTyCXXTLYX7Avds309D-KYtleYUG2puumdC5B4bs9vTCifzGOoW5qGmu7rY5e2Kx7DUfyD22aXSzxJWiL2gtBsQpjAMR066PUmh9Ne-UPgE/s640/IMG_3382.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQAO52KuCwvAQ6v7EQ_Ow98nQ5oT6j-sV5URT48dVHOwh9-vVgkiSTm0ja_Ep-V8SPMqk1OvplT-dwjVWrFpzyG8edJMm9PKvqlgprMMQ9J8D_gV-8M7hzaExVBHSKhYzmyOSNEkb2TOIFMTqXRCHtZwgyGUbyo8tHImvFt9KjBt82SZYXyj8Z7pQkvI/w300-h400/IMG_3384.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Brandywine Falls</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQAO52KuCwvAQ6v7EQ_Ow98nQ5oT6j-sV5URT48dVHOwh9-vVgkiSTm0ja_Ep-V8SPMqk1OvplT-dwjVWrFpzyG8edJMm9PKvqlgprMMQ9J8D_gV-8M7hzaExVBHSKhYzmyOSNEkb2TOIFMTqXRCHtZwgyGUbyo8tHImvFt9KjBt82SZYXyj8Z7pQkvI/s640/IMG_3384.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvh_hnMMVPruZEexMSRSo7rtTaHcsIUBXlVkBe3Kq2Uj1Mh8kqVt9Ritzd8HRiCKdecV4Is09noVA6l-a_J9UFfsdDcVwsZ_r3RZk16CSUseMPbOkxhw2hG5u6p-M2iih8o7E9M-z5Zmn-YhHBli4CsGc8i5DYiyVIA0yP6QQ4b0_VddUfnYdl6icsQiI/w300-h400/IMG_3386.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Down some steps hoping to get closer to the bottom of the falls<br />There was no signage<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAaHuB4h30gKk3S1UFdrCJwI5UX8Y4hdcAhc0wGtSQO8br0BQrICgr05ewRoMcFoFlkf4gRzjjLXDxTug18rVD2EFHEOseK1zIYWg16Fu4R38QnV_lkGKVPsCn2RNa9fuNMQ8dosJ-Ig7NeAawqZvase2gJer2Q8I31iZ-aGobUKjdQR6RUOSmcVYmh44/w300-h400/IMG_3387.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More boardwalks with the rocks cut away</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAaHuB4h30gKk3S1UFdrCJwI5UX8Y4hdcAhc0wGtSQO8br0BQrICgr05ewRoMcFoFlkf4gRzjjLXDxTug18rVD2EFHEOseK1zIYWg16Fu4R38QnV_lkGKVPsCn2RNa9fuNMQ8dosJ-Ig7NeAawqZvase2gJer2Q8I31iZ-aGobUKjdQR6RUOSmcVYmh44/s640/IMG_3387.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />We went down all those steps and got to the </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">TOP</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> of the falls so we hiked back up and then down the other steps to get to the bottom.<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXd7JXiITGrCOkzz8XWV-2Uq_wlJTYTLU7oCczfJPBH5ftKw8wgAUP5zrqZDXTSkNi1KN0mKEdYmpXFM_B2RvV7NxB_yJ4cRDiZxCmdtU-Qs_h4Miwk_pDXYal1xR_CKbJLy9poxS5aCq5DJSSeZWo8zEJ1xzWZ1VojBCo-KYDbn0kpqh382xk37Dqo0/w300-h400/IMG_3388.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXd7JXiITGrCOkzz8XWV-2Uq_wlJTYTLU7oCczfJPBH5ftKw8wgAUP5zrqZDXTSkNi1KN0mKEdYmpXFM_B2RvV7NxB_yJ4cRDiZxCmdtU-Qs_h4Miwk_pDXYal1xR_CKbJLy9poxS5aCq5DJSSeZWo8zEJ1xzWZ1VojBCo-KYDbn0kpqh382xk37Dqo0/s640/IMG_3388.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmOowOMBg9uGpsBA114kZnSFN9-9Q3_8SsahhA_tsosnpq5F48w5o6XDBErL3QLLhzWbE6mUpXejfZTMpR9OqKRZWDeWZf7Dw2ZJuDTvVC1w3_QL8ddytV7WzPnAzIjQxlBr4HWzgueEZ5GeoKPmFmupMdXXEXCC94tTx0yKYhFijtwshN33-FBUARuM/w300-h400/IMG_3390.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Brandywine Falls from near river level<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">To hike the Gorge loop, we had to go back to the top and down those first steps </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">AGAIN</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">. </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinScDqY7u8QK-6PjT3RofeXYUTS_TFLdEbI19ikRZinX9SG-qe8d8NTU78pByYxX4CMnq4iulNxTaV5mMRm5C97Cgt9YJhi-NQd3VgAKav44NflBYEre7VBnMTPto4v5JFYJxJeszQx0FTItPToB2u-VsNQqINVKplpnNp8H8KG8yOdGMHTiW-WP2RJSY/w300-h400/IMG_3397.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back up the steps for the second time.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinScDqY7u8QK-6PjT3RofeXYUTS_TFLdEbI19ikRZinX9SG-qe8d8NTU78pByYxX4CMnq4iulNxTaV5mMRm5C97Cgt9YJhi-NQd3VgAKav44NflBYEre7VBnMTPto4v5JFYJxJeszQx0FTItPToB2u-VsNQqINVKplpnNp8H8KG8yOdGMHTiW-WP2RJSY/s640/IMG_3397.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToZ4e35QOs4C3Tu3ssDAbgbBlkgOhnoEjWzseqQ9vA2oOS0IxJR5J2AC3geKOsHUA_8w_CuEJv5l4rlaA7wQWH2fZd3LINzytuDuus582tKTKm5brr3KNHTjyGnrkjmMwNJvrTFexG84n5XRmkknuBQsDyUVhPNJLgGU3AHkVcOoTZpf0XYdMWT6KtS0/w300-h400/IMG_3399.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the Brandywine Gorge Loop.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToZ4e35QOs4C3Tu3ssDAbgbBlkgOhnoEjWzseqQ9vA2oOS0IxJR5J2AC3geKOsHUA_8w_CuEJv5l4rlaA7wQWH2fZd3LINzytuDuus582tKTKm5brr3KNHTjyGnrkjmMwNJvrTFexG84n5XRmkknuBQsDyUVhPNJLgGU3AHkVcOoTZpf0XYdMWT6KtS0/s640/IMG_3399.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCES9qsGKcUzu4wnsChQ2EV2vDf3qkF3oiDSH46g-BQPWxPJwze4Sv8ZYT8INWuxrFcuIVIg4QB1tzWVw7JyTEtSqtWlHBKBwjhxR2VAq4Ie-TLThGcte4QgGyWD3tEbfkQeLkvsXWBgjrxoEocUNL4O1SRbahiGYlXmhIiIvWLmQjqn9-KKul8LOihg/w300-h400/IMG_3401.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We saw a sign that sounded like this was a shortcut<br />but it turns out this path took us in the RIGHT direction!<br />Good thing we turned!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCES9qsGKcUzu4wnsChQ2EV2vDf3qkF3oiDSH46g-BQPWxPJwze4Sv8ZYT8INWuxrFcuIVIg4QB1tzWVw7JyTEtSqtWlHBKBwjhxR2VAq4Ie-TLThGcte4QgGyWD3tEbfkQeLkvsXWBgjrxoEocUNL4O1SRbahiGYlXmhIiIvWLmQjqn9-KKul8LOihg/s640/IMG_3401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9etwGXLpkCjTLLoXAB_keBVgnXj78enz29Q8CPwlzVfMt1hfaB6HWHdpwnhVuBL96b8HxhBC1EFmceHjhk6NxT4ywWIqGfmXTJuHMY1oAsZD1Gw2peKVOpDcnXVtlSD02jE22_AlT1GBMWL927faZuJ7fyS20A47mAMTe9zeyghq3sA9CqK-cLOyJIo/w300-h400/IMG_3403.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were getting lower in the Gorge</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9etwGXLpkCjTLLoXAB_keBVgnXj78enz29Q8CPwlzVfMt1hfaB6HWHdpwnhVuBL96b8HxhBC1EFmceHjhk6NxT4ywWIqGfmXTJuHMY1oAsZD1Gw2peKVOpDcnXVtlSD02jE22_AlT1GBMWL927faZuJ7fyS20A47mAMTe9zeyghq3sA9CqK-cLOyJIo/s640/IMG_3403.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixn5ab-o8uUgS7BgjZ-zjxm7oE3Y9KfHH8bHIRX4YAmEw2xlAP3uhKqlGuv5yBT0VvtKW5wF_70rVaZDnzWKFTbvUTvV7RfASp2zPv2xiv7FTOv-qDdp6NRZilao3OatWYHaD11A27LpOvrS4rBItDVB0meXGNnAUMsOplJHxOVgIHWvV65LdrR5iFO1k/w300-h400/IMG_3404.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a picture of very clear water in the river</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixn5ab-o8uUgS7BgjZ-zjxm7oE3Y9KfHH8bHIRX4YAmEw2xlAP3uhKqlGuv5yBT0VvtKW5wF_70rVaZDnzWKFTbvUTvV7RfASp2zPv2xiv7FTOv-qDdp6NRZilao3OatWYHaD11A27LpOvrS4rBItDVB0meXGNnAUMsOplJHxOVgIHWvV65LdrR5iFO1k/s640/IMG_3404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuP2KwKLZiLqkq61CvZdeSWVDSo78jt-AgP1YrVc85Iocra_GxHnmjVAutcSapPApkl4vvMYJucbIkk3O_qol4e6UgaFtwSJ9V-dkEcri0kaixVteEeQA25K4WV3EusPSsEGPJzYZCroP2c18C7bzmpp-YmlCS1G-EK3PxahK4NEyTBnGB1WkQIk8rHs/w300-h400/IMG_3406.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eventually we crossed this bridge <br />to get to the other side of the gorge</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuP2KwKLZiLqkq61CvZdeSWVDSo78jt-AgP1YrVc85Iocra_GxHnmjVAutcSapPApkl4vvMYJucbIkk3O_qol4e6UgaFtwSJ9V-dkEcri0kaixVteEeQA25K4WV3EusPSsEGPJzYZCroP2c18C7bzmpp-YmlCS1G-EK3PxahK4NEyTBnGB1WkQIk8rHs/s640/IMG_3406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Hdud8MiZa7Hbbij5t4CMudzJHQdpaKLhaOnKf-XFXjoS2tpKWo-L35fTwGtD1almlrqS3v1DGpveZ2stNuehI_78-8sXbgvVGGVGhIB8rDzGIct6m4jQ-6Kq9BFazTQtbrONn27DYGupbPKWF1LxNB_gqNiKrAtUaZqzD3EooSoHHJ3URMUZmjpqFFE/w300-h400/IMG_3409.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The water from the bridge</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Hdud8MiZa7Hbbij5t4CMudzJHQdpaKLhaOnKf-XFXjoS2tpKWo-L35fTwGtD1almlrqS3v1DGpveZ2stNuehI_78-8sXbgvVGGVGhIB8rDzGIct6m4jQ-6Kq9BFazTQtbrONn27DYGupbPKWF1LxNB_gqNiKrAtUaZqzD3EooSoHHJ3URMUZmjpqFFE/s640/IMG_3409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGbdk3uLcYtCeB2qTy_Ir8D2ihEUYR19RZHyc-HYug4yg9obPWBvu3dQCR_GwLrC9sN744IqxEJTZDjBZZAHKNMrkNEuhQ_4e30PdYOYi_kIj2YoiOnHLBBHBGp2frcD6MmvZf8PSEhr8bGwtE7MuidqhkIWcccWjEr7Iq49-pNjIVJ9X2hupodf3Uas/w300-h400/IMG_3410.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ray was shooting lots of photos</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGbdk3uLcYtCeB2qTy_Ir8D2ihEUYR19RZHyc-HYug4yg9obPWBvu3dQCR_GwLrC9sN744IqxEJTZDjBZZAHKNMrkNEuhQ_4e30PdYOYi_kIj2YoiOnHLBBHBGp2frcD6MmvZf8PSEhr8bGwtE7MuidqhkIWcccWjEr7Iq49-pNjIVJ9X2hupodf3Uas/s640/IMG_3410.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcDurjSSoHnx9_Xreu3qgmzcCYR24lrIMyRl1ZGh_QbHyAo2MXRb-eyQ_Sk0IyahmcDjZJwYrOTs1r-oWMXYGkaO0z7jUcZtKlAY_ZXSAdXIJFIzH31K56ztCPahKGp9foP8egnqP2MUjft1rZWVA0O21XE-dSkUYobdXlOb5KVHl-sDlzZlAZNPDEXs/s640/IMG_3411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPw261RGYu5jNDInQq-g952dZ7DuhdlX4akLHYdfQmzR3-aGX60MZ56XMOAhYQOcwGjxUZ16Dhf2kYKauvYCSLtUs2gfnKUgutdayK_wkcxd_ee0kksBklExXNm4WX0cjUanmKHdp2EpWQu3ymd_fWFdL6k_Ntps5drTPsxbZvoppgowlcFxaBqMKYiW8/w300-h400/IMG_3415.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We stopped to pull up compasses on our phones<br />The little bit of signage we saw was ignoring<br />our trail so we were trying to figure out <br />if this was the right way</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAOFJ0KnKHtMhRvCD7bAf7wSIKOdrTS0ccjKEXHipz6tTCIE4sRyJpcUBurLCq1mb5v3tauQVQPft8mgS-BtZ5iFCQ7syXeHcyamqwP6LIjeaHwl7PiwJ5MwTbAv6AN24llF7m_7--o6Vs4Hljnh1EyLErqmp_dTQjQlbCOOZk-MloIk5jZ3nm4-Y8sk/w300-h400/IMG_3416.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAOFJ0KnKHtMhRvCD7bAf7wSIKOdrTS0ccjKEXHipz6tTCIE4sRyJpcUBurLCq1mb5v3tauQVQPft8mgS-BtZ5iFCQ7syXeHcyamqwP6LIjeaHwl7PiwJ5MwTbAv6AN24llF7m_7--o6Vs4Hljnh1EyLErqmp_dTQjQlbCOOZk-MloIk5jZ3nm4-Y8sk/s640/IMG_3416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Our NPS map (which wasn't to scale and didn't help much) did say steep steps. We finally found them and I didn't get a photo. They were tall steps - steep with no hand rails. We finally knew where we were! It was a beautiful day to be in the woods. <br /><br />The other main attraction in the Park is the Ledges. We had our NPS map but maybe we should have been a little concerned after Brandywine Falls. At least we knew it wasn't to scale. We just wanted to go to the Overlook.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfOo1oHZBiohNu0oFQYbtkNOPgmgOmqE8nqSJCdyZnoixAq4XH6w1ZDsx2kKRldNywL6GrbZh7spFirw5goVS5TJNBqJ-tzk0SjnTSEGqAhIRErdXdrqUkBHpBYvxlYg7EJURhLWgVDujJAFCOMJFUgsbl2a35w7es6DsVAR2NqRFYTCgco6yOQi4nxg/w300-h400/IMG_3418.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using our map, we left the parking lot and hiked <br />quite a while trying to find the Ledges Trail.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfOo1oHZBiohNu0oFQYbtkNOPgmgOmqE8nqSJCdyZnoixAq4XH6w1ZDsx2kKRldNywL6GrbZh7spFirw5goVS5TJNBqJ-tzk0SjnTSEGqAhIRErdXdrqUkBHpBYvxlYg7EJURhLWgVDujJAFCOMJFUgsbl2a35w7es6DsVAR2NqRFYTCgco6yOQi4nxg/s640/IMG_3418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />Eventually we came across a map on a trail. We kept crossing trails and the Overlook seemed to be in different directions each time. That's because the Overlook was </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">NOT</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> on the Ledges Trail; it was on some trail not on our map! We stopped looking at our map and attempted to follow our instinct and a sign every so often.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOwHKmm8EScF_VTANiRBA4Niey3_lHNiPYEWQJhIxI9FRl54F6knco2j2rd_fa84ZPsOPPtsTCHR7k5O3VMebEFPj1dcSI-iq-27DoF6yqyDBilyxWHHOcht4A_grkTNxYhtGWxZ6ou8aYCp_R92a2RihLWBqXyl3SDMw60Gei8A6dvvq3QXZsP2-Vac/s640/IMG_3420.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOwHKmm8EScF_VTANiRBA4Niey3_lHNiPYEWQJhIxI9FRl54F6knco2j2rd_fa84ZPsOPPtsTCHR7k5O3VMebEFPj1dcSI-iq-27DoF6yqyDBilyxWHHOcht4A_grkTNxYhtGWxZ6ou8aYCp_R92a2RihLWBqXyl3SDMw60Gei8A6dvvq3QXZsP2-Vac/w300-h400/IMG_3420.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>We found the Overlook - you could only see down into the gorge in a few spots.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZ5LMZ1hQbeu0IwJ9eBsVdCT7b1zhySSlijkByajcsSu2P5F3dwh5vFcvGYqnZSjuS12AwuGgwoQT2lam70PtMynUQBOwfniCHfoxjs1MmWzi_FVzUrVZ91KR3CVExdu8Oe5-ReeAZ810tSITKhy7RXIsX2X2-0eHGnJJD3wVc8uMQwnyZQQgGgqzK-Q/s640/IMG_3421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZ5LMZ1hQbeu0IwJ9eBsVdCT7b1zhySSlijkByajcsSu2P5F3dwh5vFcvGYqnZSjuS12AwuGgwoQT2lam70PtMynUQBOwfniCHfoxjs1MmWzi_FVzUrVZ91KR3CVExdu8Oe5-ReeAZ810tSITKhy7RXIsX2X2-0eHGnJJD3wVc8uMQwnyZQQgGgqzK-Q/w300-h400/IMG_3421.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3i-7MzuWxq9kbudnpZRM6NqfdGFvVYIRSvzvggfFxfkE5i6wU-2EuGhdNVLglMsN51WD5DwFvM0Nnw0sVhZB4wG0xYmKeO1BMM3-3wcuHA0_W5KMPqrGLyc8ggu6SzvmriRs0muTq58eDsdcZoxWkpShgWwYruQV5L4TKLJmaOc5EUjJiR_mfevYax0/w300-h400/IMG_3430.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Upon leaving the Overlook, we needed to find the parking lot and our vehicle. So we decided to just follow our instincts. We took a trail in the general direction through the woods, crossed a large grassy area, and could see the parking lot! None of this showed on our map so I'm glad we'd finally put it away. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The weather was great and we really did enjoy the hike. Cuyahoga Valley National Park is beautiful. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Our next stop is Shipshewana, IN. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><p style="background: 0px 0px repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="title" data-author="Jeffrey Eugenides" href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/467838?ref=lost-in-the-woods" id="title_quote_link_467838" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; display: block; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There comes a moment, when you get lost in the woods, </span></a></p><div style="text-align: center;">when the woods begin to feel like home</div><div style="text-align: center;">.-Jeffrey Eugenides</div><p></p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-4673752341963052752023-08-20T08:26:00.001-05:002023-08-20T08:26:00.140-05:00The seventh part of our Virginia Trip 2023<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Our back roads trip from Berlin, OH. to Kent, Oh. was supposed to be our shortest travel day. It was short in miles but...</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The day started in the 'wrong' direction because we had to go out of our way to Guggisberg Cheese to get a little more Swiss cheese - it is just so good! Then we headed in the correct direction and stopped at 77 Housewares - I wanted some white dish towels and sure enough, this Amish shop had them. When we got there, there was one buggy and one bike. Shortly after there was another buggy and two vans of Amish - a very busy place!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1z0wdv_uN9FO8DPkWXBLzsx0JmN8RMYr7wF3wQ-e6tzDUQpFaJ3aio6qxWXmZn0NeH6h6PWADsMyscOKekciT_Z2GM54YUEb22b404AsyX8_9qbRXYyfAVCyGYF7kbdNss2x2NKi-2q7b7WJeuIvEJPfioRrDLm8CDvTHzsgbLHVPL_-lHysZPPPGto/s477/IMG_3320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="477" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1z0wdv_uN9FO8DPkWXBLzsx0JmN8RMYr7wF3wQ-e6tzDUQpFaJ3aio6qxWXmZn0NeH6h6PWADsMyscOKekciT_Z2GM54YUEb22b404AsyX8_9qbRXYyfAVCyGYF7kbdNss2x2NKi-2q7b7WJeuIvEJPfioRrDLm8CDvTHzsgbLHVPL_-lHysZPPPGto/w400-h360/IMG_3320.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">A few miles further, in Mt Hope, we stopped at Lone Star Quilt Shop. In addition to quilting fabric, they had </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">LOTS</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> of dress fabric that the Amish and Mennonite ladies use. They also had some wood furniture that was beautiful - there was a Singer Featherweight table that was absolutely gorgeous.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJz9XbjNngPedeL9O8dIKyxSnQUO3pGr0JLozwWhbbsQ9ngAgQXLbBY9suNLGJURy-EGyMgCdjGXMJNkp-okO_c--rwuDTOes0VLnPL34rF3gyXR2OnoPx0-g8zvd-wFjB47l8Sdhh_hoGDqWU55UqhYppcgZIr65RJArb9UI-2EmknlFJniauZEKGGU/s640/IMG_3321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJz9XbjNngPedeL9O8dIKyxSnQUO3pGr0JLozwWhbbsQ9ngAgQXLbBY9suNLGJURy-EGyMgCdjGXMJNkp-okO_c--rwuDTOes0VLnPL34rF3gyXR2OnoPx0-g8zvd-wFjB47l8Sdhh_hoGDqWU55UqhYppcgZIr65RJArb9UI-2EmknlFJniauZEKGGU/w400-h300/IMG_3321.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I did find a piece of wide backing and some Glide thread.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfN0_QyXpvWtOCQDjA0hWYSUbKp65Ip34XpDVeh6KBR8NWFQhI5mFXjXc4CQ7YIWnlFXuTCeL1NCGvvZekY7zNfklTvhL6A9JOT4rnsU7-8xUVFdlxfFcq1si5LW7PfzqqvCFBJd80VO8eNe3pOK4a4coBT0QiP3_08kzLXxce2AOSAv_Xr2xzm4wfQw/s640/IMG_3372.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfN0_QyXpvWtOCQDjA0hWYSUbKp65Ip34XpDVeh6KBR8NWFQhI5mFXjXc4CQ7YIWnlFXuTCeL1NCGvvZekY7zNfklTvhL6A9JOT4rnsU7-8xUVFdlxfFcq1si5LW7PfzqqvCFBJd80VO8eNe3pOK4a4coBT0QiP3_08kzLXxce2AOSAv_Xr2xzm4wfQw/w300-h400/IMG_3372.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>We headed on to Ashery Country Store, an Amish bulk food, deli, and produce store. It was large, and fun to see. We found some of our favorite "old-fashion" candy and a couple of oatmeal whoopee pies. I wanted to buy local produce - it all looked so good especially the tomatoes and corn and peppers and zucchini...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">After lunch in Akron, OH, we had our first detour on this trip! When we finally got back to the normal route, we were beyond Ohio Star Quilts so we decided to leave that store for another time. We were in the middle lane of traffic with a funeral procession in the right lane. We were moving with the traffic when the left lane ended and all of a sudden the middle lane was a turn lane so we turned. The GPS rerouted us and we kept hitting closed streets. It was a lot of detours for one day! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We arrived in Cuyahoga National Park and drove north to the Boston Mill Visitor Center. <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124;">Cuyahoga National Park, established as a national recreation area in 1974 was re-designated as a national park in 2000.</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5chd-DE_Vry9TuahSWgEAt82_7Kn-KPyVQ_hAvCXEvDOkUgsCh5pmXK481qfivMyrs9Hg9JOUS0H50aSw7RFZF4n8wnrHE-tt6jawKYtFOalgK_lbG1ZZrrozyIdUjn5Us961b6RfcMzRuiSkxKQ32p3sYNOjhU8zBl0zJLu-AnruBaeJcQ10e92wYws/s500/IMG_3322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="500" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5chd-DE_Vry9TuahSWgEAt82_7Kn-KPyVQ_hAvCXEvDOkUgsCh5pmXK481qfivMyrs9Hg9JOUS0H50aSw7RFZF4n8wnrHE-tt6jawKYtFOalgK_lbG1ZZrrozyIdUjn5Us961b6RfcMzRuiSkxKQ32p3sYNOjhU8zBl0zJLu-AnruBaeJcQ10e92wYws/w400-h330/IMG_3322.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>This park does not have an entrance fee. There are residential areas and towns within the outer borders of the park. Many roads and 3 Interstates cross the park.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDNnZcklHAns-OeSMlCNiLx4ssEbS-QBCYvVwXgBJ3Y4hyyNzE_UmxTtO-O7vwAN61o5WF8yLGLybT0c6Vy5OCU71l5toybGZ6CsKdLLbkVfTmmfFVEGwE-PZsi4AiahPpi4egFbhHdk4qlYAPuo5gXj9K9rNuh5XfVxXwbtSM9enj7jUwqyEzSXrf0Y/s618/IMG_3323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="618" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDNnZcklHAns-OeSMlCNiLx4ssEbS-QBCYvVwXgBJ3Y4hyyNzE_UmxTtO-O7vwAN61o5WF8yLGLybT0c6Vy5OCU71l5toybGZ6CsKdLLbkVfTmmfFVEGwE-PZsi4AiahPpi4egFbhHdk4qlYAPuo5gXj9K9rNuh5XfVxXwbtSM9enj7jUwqyEzSXrf0Y/w400-h241/IMG_3323.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>We spent some time with a volunteer that worked with the rangers. He helped us decide what we wanted to do. I changed my sandals to sneakers and we headed back south to Beaver Marsh. We had passed the turnoff earlier as we came north through the park.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"Humans and beavers turned this site back into a marsh in the 1980s. Volunteers organized by a local Sierra Club removed cars and materials from the former business site. About the same time, beavers flooded the area by building a dam across the Ohio & Erie Canal. The waters awakened long-dormant seeds of wetland plants – a stunning example of nature recovering an area if given a chance." - NPS</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We walked on the old towpath for the canal. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PwQyqAeoTZLUjw57YyJ_x7eosyLx6Po7KbOybPyPwvnAEJ5JinfqFcn-aqyvgUlnSERopI0t4Ja3Aoe10a3NNbiXdcRVNC_a7SAIoAGquSNeCKaNv1kLupH8aD_tDgQ_PO6hRW-DbpsUxPlCKogl40JJe0hehylrmD7y_RUYC4MQiwXHIvyo5FQLKWk/s640/IMG_3329.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PwQyqAeoTZLUjw57YyJ_x7eosyLx6Po7KbOybPyPwvnAEJ5JinfqFcn-aqyvgUlnSERopI0t4Ja3Aoe10a3NNbiXdcRVNC_a7SAIoAGquSNeCKaNv1kLupH8aD_tDgQ_PO6hRW-DbpsUxPlCKogl40JJe0hehylrmD7y_RUYC4MQiwXHIvyo5FQLKWk/w300-h400/IMG_3329.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It wasn't very far to the marsh. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">There were a few flowers</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DfCt4pZNU8Qyz56d3BufPZXQcjjH3sPEWlLd_Elb07uhVCYod_TdT-ve3Qvavqt0j0rtXeO-BEWq2_hqwUFY4uhDWlZqEyC9CELbhx0nHeXZdgln9tBVVwcZXNtLGLQI7T4s21x-I9Jx6ErOYqQ1QC059fTy9iClXv1GuLR1Eg3edAU_QuFpsxctMTU/s640/IMG_3327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DfCt4pZNU8Qyz56d3BufPZXQcjjH3sPEWlLd_Elb07uhVCYod_TdT-ve3Qvavqt0j0rtXeO-BEWq2_hqwUFY4uhDWlZqEyC9CELbhx0nHeXZdgln9tBVVwcZXNtLGLQI7T4s21x-I9Jx6ErOYqQ1QC059fTy9iClXv1GuLR1Eg3edAU_QuFpsxctMTU/w300-h400/IMG_3327.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="246" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjci96zzBS_g9U_l3piUkL9bVYUrs76xHdq4L7i02KggHNspYiR9fXYliUZ8IEIuj5X7Y2zDoFKnks0usV_FfMxjetWGDqnnTMMm3SYIeA_hIVzhlACmS74dHeuLv-ViFUD7kfSQSKKQoXyapNBDc6TZfN2rM99aXoh85S3P0vrIJZBTXwrTW2glgBtQhE/w193-h400/IMG_3339.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div>We saw this heron.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixd237o6D0hvvQSyi-AqgprRlnHT5St1ifmSfJQfuugKHi6Q6KETWm-lp--eyLiCfytVrypPd6kv2PVXP1D3U3dApfAlc4vl5B6AwdTwKCUaKhSB6_LePAJoBFuwhPOj6SLK6HWIR-5Zz9LceoOjKIhoDmP0eQsbfOOZcZs5y5jEpTOqro7zZJ6VkNcRk/s262/IMG_3352.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="220" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixd237o6D0hvvQSyi-AqgprRlnHT5St1ifmSfJQfuugKHi6Q6KETWm-lp--eyLiCfytVrypPd6kv2PVXP1D3U3dApfAlc4vl5B6AwdTwKCUaKhSB6_LePAJoBFuwhPOj6SLK6HWIR-5Zz9LceoOjKIhoDmP0eQsbfOOZcZs5y5jEpTOqro7zZJ6VkNcRk/w336-h400/IMG_3352.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The path was rather busy with walkers, runners, and </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">bicyclists</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">. We talked to a few different people. A father and his two young sons were telling us about a large snapping turtle so we went looking.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kNmyKLJAqqocqIcACamBtF_AJhUtpl7qey_hsUuvEibupctDvXeGCesTPmKkOcGIbMRcZwC-wJfmLWux1fFKenVavPomIi1lkwPKeNHq5NOWCjBRKkpZsiByCV2xSitI2lCLE2tTo78iXyVidVebTYim0-stz7T5jvLu7sbQ427gHc0rnB0zfXtIoHw/s640/IMG_3344.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kNmyKLJAqqocqIcACamBtF_AJhUtpl7qey_hsUuvEibupctDvXeGCesTPmKkOcGIbMRcZwC-wJfmLWux1fFKenVavPomIi1lkwPKeNHq5NOWCjBRKkpZsiByCV2xSitI2lCLE2tTo78iXyVidVebTYim0-stz7T5jvLu7sbQ427gHc0rnB0zfXtIoHw/w300-h400/IMG_3344.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We also saw a midland painted turtle but I couldn't get a photo of it. Our day was quite sunny by then and I took this photo in the marsh.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfdMZHtx533yYZ7FH8QHSvKIGAo1i8OCV3QfWsm7YtMpnvaum2Flta81_ssDk2t0kTn9bRtOUdtVaFpUfzpNID7uMOpE7kyGtpE8-e4iPtqgWDYNy2rphbnJLEs-Ock0OlDoA8K8PBg9FPdtiClbkrRuc-oUITjLyg_58C1u4qxiKXrf4cOeaxx7B7xE/s586/IMG_3334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="586" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfdMZHtx533yYZ7FH8QHSvKIGAo1i8OCV3QfWsm7YtMpnvaum2Flta81_ssDk2t0kTn9bRtOUdtVaFpUfzpNID7uMOpE7kyGtpE8-e4iPtqgWDYNy2rphbnJLEs-Ock0OlDoA8K8PBg9FPdtiClbkrRuc-oUITjLyg_58C1u4qxiKXrf4cOeaxx7B7xE/w400-h328/IMG_3334.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We headed north again and stopped at the Everett Covered Bridge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(33, 37, 41); color: #212529;">Everett Covered Bridge ... "</span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(33, 37, 41); color: #212529;">played an important role in the transportation system of its time. Local histories emphasize the role of the </span>Ohio & Erie Canal<span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(33, 37, 41); color: #212529;">. With the canal, farmers could ship products to Cleveland and beyond. But to get to the canal and other local destinations, people needed functional roads. ... " Everett Covered Bridge was built around 1877. </span>"<span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(33, 37, 41); color: #212529;">Everett Covered Bridge was repaired at least twice after major damage, first caused by the 1913 flood and then by a truck in 1970. Then in 1975, rushing water from a spring storm lifted the bridge from its sandstone abutments and deposited the wreckage into the stream bed below. The community, rallied by the park friends' group (then called Cuyahoga Valley Association; now called Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park), began raising funds to rebuild the bridge. School children, local citizens, private organizations, and governmental agencies all joined hands to secure money for the historically accurate reconstruction, completed by the National Park Service (NPS) in 1986." -NPS</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The trail to the bridge was short and well maintained.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8D4QsmUD30cl1q2PFLkS-deYwPIJ0MoSA7NhsSHvhOYMPValvjI_YZN3e4s7s_glVwantfp_Ah8-6On043UcV4PG0XHOmI3ONhAqp4h9Os_ScqGVd8PF99UOe14YrfeMbDyWePj_JWJeDg66o7Ply3LkKHOwoNVS0oAm9g_wp8kZcL448mFYlSMl96s/s640/IMG_3364.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8D4QsmUD30cl1q2PFLkS-deYwPIJ0MoSA7NhsSHvhOYMPValvjI_YZN3e4s7s_glVwantfp_Ah8-6On043UcV4PG0XHOmI3ONhAqp4h9Os_ScqGVd8PF99UOe14YrfeMbDyWePj_JWJeDg66o7Ply3LkKHOwoNVS0oAm9g_wp8kZcL448mFYlSMl96s/w300-h400/IMG_3364.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh779K5puPXob1RH5fnKEajQW0CEb9q03IUFIrybsXhW3zOuH6-3O6lYRqR9Zd24s5v7A2LR-RlMwwcUd5ZqJApfAy1S_Mwuvv14viuPHKhBDxMbWNC4ER5tC8g8Uc-gR7WQkWHjcXMmc6MMyDokbIrHjnJpkDgcIBIUnMTDmQtBJZ108Yi3GQIUASKPPY/s640/IMG_3367.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh779K5puPXob1RH5fnKEajQW0CEb9q03IUFIrybsXhW3zOuH6-3O6lYRqR9Zd24s5v7A2LR-RlMwwcUd5ZqJApfAy1S_Mwuvv14viuPHKhBDxMbWNC4ER5tC8g8Uc-gR7WQkWHjcXMmc6MMyDokbIrHjnJpkDgcIBIUnMTDmQtBJZ108Yi3GQIUASKPPY/w300-h400/IMG_3367.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Foot traffic is allowed on the bridge so we walked through to the other side and this is the view looking back.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzrZTymsdwROx66CnOfUVWTj6J0K_b62O6EBARQh7UtElsUsMsO1SuMFoajUe-Yk3uNKAYB3L1selwjlNk4WJkGKMxmzeliHhUXQJTNg-TS-o9uO9rnQZgH4ftECsExPxiquye6AY-jDNdLBAuwy9XaNRI24-UYxfUO460BTctHBFF-I-nIlXrJT7yas/s640/IMG_3369.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzrZTymsdwROx66CnOfUVWTj6J0K_b62O6EBARQh7UtElsUsMsO1SuMFoajUe-Yk3uNKAYB3L1selwjlNk4WJkGKMxmzeliHhUXQJTNg-TS-o9uO9rnQZgH4ftECsExPxiquye6AY-jDNdLBAuwy9XaNRI24-UYxfUO460BTctHBFF-I-nIlXrJT7yas/w300-h400/IMG_3369.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We decided it was time head to our rental in Kent, Ohio and our short travel day ended about many hours after it began. <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2gSz3p4BKe51CaXQGgdzkf5Us4p-DRifkE8yGFMzSXllGHYteg3utSvQ6hdH7xRQ892ZnfybuyINM_tzadnvKvPO3R28z8mXxCC6ub-LOisiN76_iBp6HMD8M0Q3r0Ib1R9IpfJoxeOmNnd5BXW8hMdlt5J6hJwCofMZdhovOAe-5qyW6hLYP2KhcSQ/s640/IMG_3371.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2gSz3p4BKe51CaXQGgdzkf5Us4p-DRifkE8yGFMzSXllGHYteg3utSvQ6hdH7xRQ892ZnfybuyINM_tzadnvKvPO3R28z8mXxCC6ub-LOisiN76_iBp6HMD8M0Q3r0Ib1R9IpfJoxeOmNnd5BXW8hMdlt5J6hJwCofMZdhovOAe-5qyW6hLYP2KhcSQ/w300-h400/IMG_3371.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It was a good day and nice to spend most of our travel day out walking!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Life is a journey, enjoy the trip. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Aim for the sky, but move slowly, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">enjoying every step along the way.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766181259810442300.post-48562238717612303552023-08-19T13:15:00.001-05:002023-08-19T13:15:38.216-05:00The sixth part of our Virginia Trip 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We left Fayetteville, WV, under a cloudy, drizzly sky.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26CwBMIZ62xyNrm2bJin3EoHTzaCrLniYx2aXv-TtEZSqfRHxO-6BTt5V1s1YrPtp0pNdWnqu8V4-31hL3tdbWig3bZJJ510tgp8Yoztmq5Qesnz4Fjkv5js0-l3nvEzIyUzRw497NLv7a8kpVkUAfbY2tCqEPAPCEJm4d7prmMWllIeYB5ZJghNhGqo/w300-h400/IMG_3273.jpg" width="300" /></div></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>It was a long day on the back roads; many winding curves with the roads going up and down the mountains. Ray said he would probably dream about curves and hills. The curve signs had the speed limit in some areas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwzBjCmPH0D0CoBo5u_ZQtO02CF7MicBr5sE5pAiTVPXXM134eBUq9YV42G8ItBcD9Gp03tkEyRlmEOxPt8GgSyyIJNQXShPGZOnqOVjfNhLSITyAIPODL67ckwxOjvX2vrxfhXL99COeUY5hfPb2jnRViP9Gj7QOiXToDv9Uopt3HljI91OockdOxvI/s640/IMG_3276.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwzBjCmPH0D0CoBo5u_ZQtO02CF7MicBr5sE5pAiTVPXXM134eBUq9YV42G8ItBcD9Gp03tkEyRlmEOxPt8GgSyyIJNQXShPGZOnqOVjfNhLSITyAIPODL67ckwxOjvX2vrxfhXL99COeUY5hfPb2jnRViP9Gj7QOiXToDv9Uopt3HljI91OockdOxvI/w300-h400/IMG_3276.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The clouds began disappearing the further north we traveled. We ate lunch in Parkersburg and I did </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">NOT</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> visit a favorite quilt shop there since it had only been 2 weeks since I was there but... it was tempting! </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In the late afternoon we stopped in Coshocton, OH, for ice cream. The owner, a former Seabee, US Navy, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">mixed our treat. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBDUP2nFpfjML29Fr7zqVwFigRDEO5HqIptXHBaEx0byjGLdPS6BBU4tEE5xJdq4aoY7kwjB54C79nwCx-UCE39J_MIkFCcHscaPmJFS4Sz38dX-Wz0hAgfLT69_3A-1ylODI8jtMsdg_Wl1HuLcaD7E4aC2ttCmBUgZqEjrsgVlEgCX-XCsCLBjmHPo/s640/IMG_3278.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBDUP2nFpfjML29Fr7zqVwFigRDEO5HqIptXHBaEx0byjGLdPS6BBU4tEE5xJdq4aoY7kwjB54C79nwCx-UCE39J_MIkFCcHscaPmJFS4Sz38dX-Wz0hAgfLT69_3A-1ylODI8jtMsdg_Wl1HuLcaD7E4aC2ttCmBUgZqEjrsgVlEgCX-XCsCLBjmHPo/w300-h400/IMG_3278.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Hhbol9FTr4MzgnvV8UFCh92pe0ow2EEjlyjL15fVGnVmD3B83vRcqful1gu-GzVnzXOL6OmdvojaYrHEDjEgZjdForFqDlQaAMDLqekAyS8wgjFGnysFaCeCFuX3k2pZLWTR8DCCzvuGlgOg7TocyH2J5MAbj2Acf0i0DPaR1zcBXQ8sRrb0fy_aubw/w300-h400/IMG_3279.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It tasted as good as it looks!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Hhbol9FTr4MzgnvV8UFCh92pe0ow2EEjlyjL15fVGnVmD3B83vRcqful1gu-GzVnzXOL6OmdvojaYrHEDjEgZjdForFqDlQaAMDLqekAyS8wgjFGnysFaCeCFuX3k2pZLWTR8DCCzvuGlgOg7TocyH2J5MAbj2Acf0i0DPaR1zcBXQ8sRrb0fy_aubw/s640/IMG_3279.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqX71ULMhDEt3KIwM26_wgkWmfu6qCQ45wWjYJQkrJBtd_X34aNQ6VdFsB3whxrPgiPmhjwfNT5cB3x6WZGBEyy2upIUVrZc4niZy09cTr3_9Y0YngqXKKQaSitpJAdRQ3Ui6BLOMI4zUrWP-t12fFxIS7NFfOfO_qD_ztHHS8uJrpJydNtzSlbcsX9s/w300-h400/IMG_3280.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ray enjoyed his too.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqX71ULMhDEt3KIwM26_wgkWmfu6qCQ45wWjYJQkrJBtd_X34aNQ6VdFsB3whxrPgiPmhjwfNT5cB3x6WZGBEyy2upIUVrZc4niZy09cTr3_9Y0YngqXKKQaSitpJAdRQ3Ui6BLOMI4zUrWP-t12fFxIS7NFfOfO_qD_ztHHS8uJrpJydNtzSlbcsX9s/s640/IMG_3280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Shortly after leaving Scoops, we began seeing Amish buggies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaebCdQ6NPegGYnRVL6VERmNU64MKsLr4h_hs-B4pPpc0J2S5exSjiSzAL1tA9xW63mZ_pzCYeN0XQizTny0NKSN4wVYyHv21jYFR09URlssR7PZC9iy73tsq4SMB0d9cNOnrb7VOJrLV5ZPEZidMnMY91GhJPp18Uq2EJ7xxCjB1GesytoULbo2cTsIc/s640/IMG_3283.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaebCdQ6NPegGYnRVL6VERmNU64MKsLr4h_hs-B4pPpc0J2S5exSjiSzAL1tA9xW63mZ_pzCYeN0XQizTny0NKSN4wVYyHv21jYFR09URlssR7PZC9iy73tsq4SMB0d9cNOnrb7VOJrLV5ZPEZidMnMY91GhJPp18Uq2EJ7xxCjB1GesytoULbo2cTsIc/w300-h400/IMG_3283.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>And then we arrived at our rental. It looked great and we were both excited about the shower in the master bath!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIc3wWyrYFsOKapUXkFWQwcUK79JiEaSqLAufbAHJjbPvWu8owYQzrZKGbW7r6N4P-HTZARW-LWIQYH4Vwjwer57Xf_yJuWRouqJn32aGTajWva5znfVVhFJKhs3ujM7D-dAzkZZzxtyw-EJUVA7MTnwwVa2iwrM78Ad0P_al1QMhVaJSKZZXFttiYPwg/s640/IMG_3285.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIc3wWyrYFsOKapUXkFWQwcUK79JiEaSqLAufbAHJjbPvWu8owYQzrZKGbW7r6N4P-HTZARW-LWIQYH4Vwjwer57Xf_yJuWRouqJn32aGTajWva5znfVVhFJKhs3ujM7D-dAzkZZzxtyw-EJUVA7MTnwwVa2iwrM78Ad0P_al1QMhVaJSKZZXFttiYPwg/w300-h400/IMG_3285.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>We began our first full day in downtown Berlin. The morning began at Helping Hands Quilt Shop. </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesnXj1ScJsTQHuCneSy_o6h24SNRjDws6YbflAfcIL6L64NYbGikyYVEjeWtou00mPb9rw2VGISjdI2rc1GzxarwvnW82WWr-HWxd89dldq6LwJPgN_BGu_drIVeha-1HUOn8RQV9_QUGCH6eBIQMaEOf-CpOX6hLIeVf5Z7VhudL3notK0NqtKFSFD8/s640/IMG_3286.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesnXj1ScJsTQHuCneSy_o6h24SNRjDws6YbflAfcIL6L64NYbGikyYVEjeWtou00mPb9rw2VGISjdI2rc1GzxarwvnW82WWr-HWxd89dldq6LwJPgN_BGu_drIVeha-1HUOn8RQV9_QUGCH6eBIQMaEOf-CpOX6hLIeVf5Z7VhudL3notK0NqtKFSFD8/w400-h300/IMG_3286.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We were there quite a while with two other couples. As we all visited with the ladies working (Mennonite and Amish), we learned that the shop started 50 years ago when a husband started to cut back on his work and suggested his wife use part of his shop and clear out the living room. Mostly she made charity quilts. Well others began helping her quilt at her 'new' digs and Helping Hands was born. Fabric was added to the store a few years later. I found lot of things is this bright shop and left with fabric for three backs that I need along with some marking pencils.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_CdVHvo-f_DrjPbCf3Yqx0d6MmHFJ-bCQSQzwQmtzGztpBdRXKIwNoKPf-pKpIwE6M1BCc5_yREuKW65Kn4F-6xYwvi7oQMQEoWTCLNwKoBRVou2c-oBXQqsAUh4BbMUqJM3atsx3wFCNIgMC6eH-kRnRZykxjchgyBtprIMXJHb-ooCmUElqYQ6PwQ/s640/IMG_3291.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_CdVHvo-f_DrjPbCf3Yqx0d6MmHFJ-bCQSQzwQmtzGztpBdRXKIwNoKPf-pKpIwE6M1BCc5_yREuKW65Kn4F-6xYwvi7oQMQEoWTCLNwKoBRVou2c-oBXQqsAUh4BbMUqJM3atsx3wFCNIgMC6eH-kRnRZykxjchgyBtprIMXJHb-ooCmUElqYQ6PwQ/w400-h300/IMG_3291.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We walked the Main Street of town window shopping and even checked out a few stores. After lunch we decided to tour some of the countryside. The first stop was very commercialized but things got better. Miller's Bakery was fantastic! Guggisberg Cheese, home of the original baby Swiss, was another great stop. The Swiss cheese is a <a href="https://www.babyswiss.com/product-awards">Champion</a> and exceptionally good - I think I have a new favorite Swiss cheese!</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiBn2EooKifZEU-openI82SoAvJofUD2zCBorLUs7HwpIIbMH8sRVYQqBWs6szW_7pxzmthiyAwtE4J7Ly1-mDRV6uzMJJmhqsYDRM6Qkk_KjiADsVm33-45dFZqnQtJvMCxw6OmYgAHBhG-ZN7JgJZOFj73N6JROHqeCW93iha7bBAjdoixe2l2b91k/s640/IMG_3289.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiBn2EooKifZEU-openI82SoAvJofUD2zCBorLUs7HwpIIbMH8sRVYQqBWs6szW_7pxzmthiyAwtE4J7Ly1-mDRV6uzMJJmhqsYDRM6Qkk_KjiADsVm33-45dFZqnQtJvMCxw6OmYgAHBhG-ZN7JgJZOFj73N6JROHqeCW93iha7bBAjdoixe2l2b91k/w300-h400/IMG_3289.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We enjoyed samples of cheese and bought some Swiss.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Miller's Dry Goods was our next stop. It was a nice shop and I found this jelly roll which I think will complete a quilt for which I have some fabric.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWAANVJSSzyTVJ-J9R16ozgrqSl6TZ6yDyd970oXKoO72Qa4k0hqEcEcTZE4Setc5F7DoCuWQLDEiN6SXoqycveA579e9Jpjvdd0Y-K5jIQDnutEYpNZvoKJibfWNhxERYXzeTkldeSn30O0SbDNH2po-h8kwueI8G5cLDgozp_cuoLqrL7T8NaQihlfo/s640/IMG_3293.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWAANVJSSzyTVJ-J9R16ozgrqSl6TZ6yDyd970oXKoO72Qa4k0hqEcEcTZE4Setc5F7DoCuWQLDEiN6SXoqycveA579e9Jpjvdd0Y-K5jIQDnutEYpNZvoKJibfWNhxERYXzeTkldeSn30O0SbDNH2po-h8kwueI8G5cLDgozp_cuoLqrL7T8NaQihlfo/w300-h400/IMG_3293.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">By this time, the rain which had started lightly around noon, was in full force. We headed 'home' and made use of our attached garage.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>We kept seeing a sign for fabric at a corner we went by often, but we couldn't see the shop. It looked like it was at the school. Then one time, when no one was at the school, we (Ray) realized the shop was on the other side of the road.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWeuoMqkcj1T66Lk8DbbZxyggrhNqnsGJhNnLrgJNUJtV4nDHNb8W8r8EaQJehYtJ8yf88TfOmI8z3nJQ9gxvzv9gcGNkA10MFFGSa-5NiPtbF-mHFc_bmsqDW2yI6BYGlnYLGpAOJclnQEkR5DXFg-VZM0MPL2eV6vu02W9EZSuakNxyj2WvDUM26m0/s640/IMG_3297.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWeuoMqkcj1T66Lk8DbbZxyggrhNqnsGJhNnLrgJNUJtV4nDHNb8W8r8EaQJehYtJ8yf88TfOmI8z3nJQ9gxvzv9gcGNkA10MFFGSa-5NiPtbF-mHFc_bmsqDW2yI6BYGlnYLGpAOJclnQEkR5DXFg-VZM0MPL2eV6vu02W9EZSuakNxyj2WvDUM26m0/w300-h400/IMG_3297.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://www.chestnutridgesewing.com">Chestnut Ridge</a> had machines, a great selection of thread, and a nice selection of fabrics, some I've not seen before. They also had beautiful locally made sewing cabinets. I found two fabrics - one I needed and one (the blues) that I decided to add to my stash. (I know I've broken my rule about buying on impulse again - at least I haven't broken it too often!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEMbh4TSB1GbYI7Mps8S0u6hCDQ44M_LACfOEgDHeYupYLyHFEPASRl8dmbJMj9LS_oaO4x-Eru8u3fU8S4mmgbrBfKK9gy_d8-DQWmwSXIqTApjgAbmKRsQr9r76xQdAiyVbQ2Sifm5UUdUrVNbe__NYXngK2wVk9s1s8GSov-S-pK2RKD_KnQyWYLQ/s640/IMG_3298.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEMbh4TSB1GbYI7Mps8S0u6hCDQ44M_LACfOEgDHeYupYLyHFEPASRl8dmbJMj9LS_oaO4x-Eru8u3fU8S4mmgbrBfKK9gy_d8-DQWmwSXIqTApjgAbmKRsQr9r76xQdAiyVbQ2Sifm5UUdUrVNbe__NYXngK2wVk9s1s8GSov-S-pK2RKD_KnQyWYLQ/w300-h400/IMG_3298.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>We drove to Sugarcreek which bills itself a little Switzerland, via Walnut Creek, OH. It was a short, but pretty trip on a sunny day. We saw this giant cuckoo clock. </span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626;">"Featured on the cover of the Guinness Book of World Records in 1977, the World's Largest Cuckoo Clock is located in the center of Swiss Village in Sugarcreek. The clock is over 23 feet tall and 24 feet wide. Every half hour, a cuckoo bird pops out and then you hear Swiss polka music playing as the band emerges and a couple dances."</span></span></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBf8ZKcdoUrCSlEJ4jqoOL_i-ISPEU44PfM8RZgx-J7meFCBR_mGyTyWINL77qtzFXNNkkoE452j8iKmeyGQgUhu5XXtyT03UV_tWE84zoDSyMKOFLhu7BiH6bbWINjjkRVbyl566zp2BTyKGX6oYeBZ2RBmVfSvDjpMQ5D8AXAlBQMCtbOrAYsa14WsA/w400-h300/IMG_3301.jpg" width="400" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEMbh4TSB1GbYI7Mps8S0u6hCDQ44M_LACfOEgDHeYupYLyHFEPASRl8dmbJMj9LS_oaO4x-Eru8u3fU8S4mmgbrBfKK9gy_d8-DQWmwSXIqTApjgAbmKRsQr9r76xQdAiyVbQ2Sifm5UUdUrVNbe__NYXngK2wVk9s1s8GSov-S-pK2RKD_KnQyWYLQ/s640/IMG_3298.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;">People sit and wait for it to play every half hour (even young men!). It was fun to see and hear.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEZBrrdn9phAkw_B4dGT3xd5zvk8cNPKqBVuhk3THcOd62tX4UEhIJC1dKGfFn8qnGhRdM9TkWekFF1OQ8tPTBtsjXyWCbofq8Agr7xeEMmGJ_9MQ7bkGpBZEZ044L7H0J7fSefLEjf_kMjEM3ACiSKEY3bC3sH_SEv_ivjByxQEBEUw2noNgxuMarS4/s640/IMG_3304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEZBrrdn9phAkw_B4dGT3xd5zvk8cNPKqBVuhk3THcOd62tX4UEhIJC1dKGfFn8qnGhRdM9TkWekFF1OQ8tPTBtsjXyWCbofq8Agr7xeEMmGJ_9MQ7bkGpBZEZ044L7H0J7fSefLEjf_kMjEM3ACiSKEY3bC3sH_SEv_ivjByxQEBEUw2noNgxuMarS4/w400-h300/IMG_3304.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">As the music played, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">the musicians came out and played and </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">the dancers danced.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZfwPcPK3UCiuy3btzxaGmB-MOcuylDHj6qtMKHBc53RJqwrHHLw-yj5s-mfVX1jPi42cYAx-pe3tpesMiTtdt_rc0Wvx9M8t0FqsyESjXCTdGZUiTZ-VU9H7kidKnIst-9gaF85rJWrHxBLh7OPJ8k2T41dAsemsRQxvk70MCPPUQv6NngxBEp7He-I/s640/IMG_3308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZfwPcPK3UCiuy3btzxaGmB-MOcuylDHj6qtMKHBc53RJqwrHHLw-yj5s-mfVX1jPi42cYAx-pe3tpesMiTtdt_rc0Wvx9M8t0FqsyESjXCTdGZUiTZ-VU9H7kidKnIst-9gaF85rJWrHxBLh7OPJ8k2T41dAsemsRQxvk70MCPPUQv6NngxBEp7He-I/w400-h300/IMG_3308.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">We visited <a href="https://carlislefabrics.com">Carlisle Fabrics and Quilts</a> in Sugarcreek. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDWdPVHyKK_RTIkIQ6ZppZMaqvywJpFJMq4DAEH5oBG-z-cCWHkZRgvQ5pg7UametPLp7Ush-8TTc8jYMXyx8ssRu2tSWoE9IdSA6TxF63umewO4QULMysKSBV6rZkze11EIYJ4KCbl8rlwYLT6mUqKDUiuzGNy3srnI_iiqmyaA1VWCOC39BFDarJAI/s640/IMG_3300.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDWdPVHyKK_RTIkIQ6ZppZMaqvywJpFJMq4DAEH5oBG-z-cCWHkZRgvQ5pg7UametPLp7Ush-8TTc8jYMXyx8ssRu2tSWoE9IdSA6TxF63umewO4QULMysKSBV6rZkze11EIYJ4KCbl8rlwYLT6mUqKDUiuzGNy3srnI_iiqmyaA1VWCOC39BFDarJAI/w400-h300/IMG_3300.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This shop had a lot of fabric that the Amish and Mennonites use for dresses and they had a nice selection of quilting fabric. The ladies working were friendly and nice. I bought one piece of fabric - I'm hoping it will tie a variety of fabrics together in a children's quilt.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBS71VzlJ3uG0OxhATk_J6ke0BOCqzEk_2gPy2k38m_c9eTVOuMZ_qp0mZ09DvnFEr7KFBqa8WUSTqqRs0zQcPVJ4Sb_iyC9L9mhJGSNGe7vO898b0fXCLT72RZ4Y2hb-SIpt6Z7w1Yvmi336QlSlrg0a1Rli0_bxtinmVjo0HrdVWSzCIoMdtVWjxn-k/s640/IMG_3317.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBS71VzlJ3uG0OxhATk_J6ke0BOCqzEk_2gPy2k38m_c9eTVOuMZ_qp0mZ09DvnFEr7KFBqa8WUSTqqRs0zQcPVJ4Sb_iyC9L9mhJGSNGe7vO898b0fXCLT72RZ4Y2hb-SIpt6Z7w1Yvmi336QlSlrg0a1Rli0_bxtinmVjo0HrdVWSzCIoMdtVWjxn-k/w300-h400/IMG_3317.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The clerk used this cordless, power cutter when she cut my fabric. I need to find out more about it. It is only useful for straight cuts but so easy on the hands!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5N5E6HiYxPKRxwdPruOLHWaa0CV0bVFZIrzKxgq3MgfXaq0BfDDFK_aA3yAYgZmeGxoNug1R52t6JN3Ucml-dYUiHHWkOJMYgQkr6p8gI9jfPROh0ogOGYSRHblhGsSq9GhEGTptIOvDsYqSFrLOYEqBFQ78aZ9sMcCQXknxTJvM11eIAnUpmK5G9n_Q/s640/IMG_3311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5N5E6HiYxPKRxwdPruOLHWaa0CV0bVFZIrzKxgq3MgfXaq0BfDDFK_aA3yAYgZmeGxoNug1R52t6JN3Ucml-dYUiHHWkOJMYgQkr6p8gI9jfPROh0ogOGYSRHblhGsSq9GhEGTptIOvDsYqSFrLOYEqBFQ78aZ9sMcCQXknxTJvM11eIAnUpmK5G9n_Q/w400-h300/IMG_3311.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">On our last full day, we ate Der Dutchman's in Walnut Creek The food was delicious. The place was FULL so we didn't get to sit next to the wrap around windows overlooking the valley. However, the parking lot had good views too!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdlzJEZUIf5S14nGrOPtdjhhjsP1jqmLOiiqjX_J-o1uuw2TxlB1_IiA7QEdTaWe3e5RHw-6eQtDBa7OXEi3yR4wcydGjA1BZDZZUVuHuFDsB71dOxqxSf_cTA6SpNwA9srf2DQBO1RGGepU0xEkUouVniRiogzLhpvfJn8FzEGlDHh5G4fzFW4pCS9E/s640/IMG_3313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdlzJEZUIf5S14nGrOPtdjhhjsP1jqmLOiiqjX_J-o1uuw2TxlB1_IiA7QEdTaWe3e5RHw-6eQtDBa7OXEi3yR4wcydGjA1BZDZZUVuHuFDsB71dOxqxSf_cTA6SpNwA9srf2DQBO1RGGepU0xEkUouVniRiogzLhpvfJn8FzEGlDHh5G4fzFW4pCS9E/w400-h300/IMG_3313.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdQdQR58p9Jlmtc8O-yuMBE6yF7RdR3ED3QAv79r7SucI2IJtqL1RK9a_3LmFN9H6DeyZ_2FA0wZLplRUDOP1MCapOWZBlgo5jl5J5_SjcnqJDLkuhBqOtfbSIx_mOkN4r7FO_nYtYselVV6KkjauwzJCZBX7F75vEVbvZl-6bR9WOSWQLgfh0tznAS4/s640/IMG_3314.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdQdQR58p9Jlmtc8O-yuMBE6yF7RdR3ED3QAv79r7SucI2IJtqL1RK9a_3LmFN9H6DeyZ_2FA0wZLplRUDOP1MCapOWZBlgo5jl5J5_SjcnqJDLkuhBqOtfbSIx_mOkN4r7FO_nYtYselVV6KkjauwzJCZBX7F75vEVbvZl-6bR9WOSWQLgfh0tznAS4/w400-h300/IMG_3314.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8l2oQUv1giaYD5cpOS6zl9zbPk-HlfdOX2Wpz-ksMCmc6tdz0SxvwvCI-54e5JsRd_Ki_5suzw3Cqkfgx7xfK8mKFRYWb-QLZcesiBSmbbE3bsIBG2OwLw3sOp7hdCzS8A9fSKqQ0S6Q_qbR0ubQlDYFG9gXkLtD8jI9ecjwvdnYceYIbture4ZZT-M/s640/IMG_3315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8l2oQUv1giaYD5cpOS6zl9zbPk-HlfdOX2Wpz-ksMCmc6tdz0SxvwvCI-54e5JsRd_Ki_5suzw3Cqkfgx7xfK8mKFRYWb-QLZcesiBSmbbE3bsIBG2OwLw3sOp7hdCzS8A9fSKqQ0S6Q_qbR0ubQlDYFG9gXkLtD8jI9ecjwvdnYceYIbture4ZZT-M/w400-h300/IMG_3315.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Across the road from our rental, there was an outdoor basketball court, two volleyball courts, a baseball diamond, and a couple of small structures we haven't figured out. We think at one time it was a park. On our last evening, around 6 PM, young people started gathering - they came by cars, bikes, ATVs, trucks, tractors, some walked in - to play baseball. There were Amish and English. About 8:30 PM (dusk) everyone left. It looked like a fun Tuesday evening even though it rained some. At least half of this county is Amish, probably more</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We enjoyed our time in Holmes County, OH, - seeing the Amish buggies, the Amish bikers (many on e-bikes), the Amish or Mennonites in the golf cars, the Amish homes with 2, 3, or more houses per farm, the countryside, the horses in the fields, the laundry hanging out, the children dressed the same as their parents... We've been delighted with our rental homes so far and the one in Berlin also had an attached garage which came in handy when we had rain.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The next part of our trip will be about our time near Kent, OH.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Amish saying:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(58, 58, 58);">“A man is never old until his regrets outnumber his dreams.”</span></span></div></div></div></div>Ray and Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com2