Where have I been?

I have severely neglected posting to my blog. How rude of me. I hook you in and leave you for months.

Summer got busy of course. And now we are almost done with 2010. My latest news is my brother came from FL with his wife for a visit. It was wonderful to see them. The sad part was they came right after I had broken my right ankle and sprained my left. I was in this big boot and mostly in a wheelchair. He brought good weather with him so at least he saw some sunny days. I did too from inside looking out the window. This break happened in my front yard in a hole--Larry removed a big rock from the yard and had not filled the hole--I found that hole.

I am walking again but carefully and sometimes painfully. It was 3 months and I was not able to use my beloved long arm quilter! I am back in business with that again but I have to be careful to not over do.

We had a blizzard yesterday that fizzled. It did cover up this mess in my front yard.


Better and prettier pics to follow on this blog if I can remember to do that--getting old is not for sissies you know!

eagles at the beach

This is an eagle we encountered while walking the beach a few days back. He was chewing on a fish carcass. There were three of us walking and he kept an eye on all three of us.

Kyle's graduation quilt

Kyle, our oldest grandson, graduated from New Meadows HS in ID. Kyle is Paula's oldest son Kyle has enlisted in the US Army and leaving soon for boot camp. The pattern I used for his graduation quilt is called "Gathering Friends" by Kathryn Squibb & Deborah Jacobs. I have to admit it turned out well with a lot of free-motion quilting done on the Lizzie.

Josie's graduation quilt

Josie, oldest grandchild, graduated from high school, Monroe, in Fairbanks, with honors. Here is her graduation quilt. And here is Josie at a family picnic the day after graduation. Josie is going to the Univ. of AK Fairbanks in the fall.

way too long ago

Been a while since I posted here. Had a computer crash so lost everything. Trying to catch up and get back on speed. Pics to come soon. Spring too.

Sunset tonight

I love sunsets that involve clouds. It set about 6:30 tonight. Still above freezing when I took the pic.

Lax in posting but lots of quilting!

This is one of my quilts I recently finished. I did the quilting on my Tin Lizzie. Sure is fun and I am proud of this one.

I have been lax about posting here to my blog. I know there are those who follow me but it has been months since I have posted here. FB gets in the way.

It is has been a very mild February. We are getting lots of sunshine now too with the longer daylight and the sun sets in the west instead of the south. There is more winter to come!

grandkids

Three of my youngest grandchildren have been visiting here this summer. Here are a few pics of them. They are Greg's children.

New Quilting frame and machine

I bit the bullet and upgraded my quilting frame and machine. I now am the proud owner of a Tin Lizzie 18 and a new larger Grace frame. She is up and running well as you can see here. I plan to do a lot of quilting this winter; I have friends lining up and wanting some quilting done on their quilt tops. Some are just piecers and don't do their own quilting. So maybe I can bring in some $$ to help pay for this new toy-HA!

Baseball

Wish I was in Omaha to see Evan play. He is 12 now, a lefty, and plays 1st base when not pitching!

Summer

I have not been posting here anything new but look for some gardening pics soon. I am finishing up planting today I hope. Gonna have my flower pots done and we have two new flower gardens. I will put annuals until I can get some perennials established. Larry is working on getting the grass to grow in the new front yard we had done last summer. We finally got some rain!

Anchor Point Library Quilt for Raffle

We started this quilt for raffle about mid January and it was completed and handed over the end of March. I organized it and also did the quilting on it. Made from scraps from quilters. The label shows who worked on it or contributed in some way but sorry the photo is not very clear. Hope it goes up for raffle soon and they makes some good $$ on it.

Redoubt 4-20-09

This pull off is on the way to Ninilchik heading north and I pulled off to get some photos of Redoubt. She still talks back... Notice in the first shot that a ship or barge is going up the inlet--or maybe down...



I took this photo on my way home from Ninilchik at the Deep Creek Rd. to the beach--just outside Ninilchik on the southside. It was a beautiful day for photos. Some kids had just rode their bikes down this rd to that RV park and were looking out towards Redoubt. You know it is spring when kids are out on their bikes.

Redoubt from across the bay

I stopped the other day on my way to Ninilchik and took this pic of the mountain REDOUBT all quiet. However, yesterday a big plume was billowing up but I did not have my camera with me. It continues to build a lava dome and lahar is streaming down and into Drift River. It keeps talking!

Redoubt strikes again!

This cloud came with thunder and lightening. It turned totally black--I took a pic of that but it did not come out (just black). Now these pics are blurry but they again were taken through my windows. It was very very eerie and dark with this fall out of ash. It was heavier this time and everything was so ugly but we got snow to cover it up and now the snow is almost gone. They say the ash will be good for my garden!

First ash fall out--Redoubt

Here is what the first ash cloud looked like coming our way. The blue was beautiful color in the sky as the impending cloud moved in.




I took these two pics of course from inside as it was raining ash. This was looking over towards our neighbor's house.

Volcano

As most of you know, Mount Redoubt has erupted. Last Sat. the 4th we got major ash cloud over the southern tip of the peninsula. UGLY mess. I don't have pics ready for posting because still using Larry's computer as mine is not up and running again yet. Anyway, they say the ash will be good for the gardens this summer so that s the only positive end to it I can relate to. It is helping the snow melt quickly too. So spring is coming. We are all well here and busy as always. Watch for pics soon.

whispy waves

Larry took this pic on the 15th of this month at Anchor Point Beach. Isn't it just simply beautiful? He was able to capture a wave breaking. I don't think he even got out of the car. LOL

Another completion in quilting

I could not decide which photo was a better shot so put them both here--of the same quilt. This was a mystery quilt. In other words, they tell you what fabrics are required and tell you to make a few cuts and then you go to class and they give you steps to get the main part of the quilt finished. I did this class last spring but did not finish the border part until fall. I would have chosen something better for the interlocking circles as one fabric is too light to really show up. I quilted this right after Christmas and just now finished the binding. Not sure where it will find a home.

sunsets Jan. & Feb.

These are sunsets taken late Jan. at the beach and the one from home was taken by me from the house in Feb.. Larry took the ones at the beach. We have had lots of nice days lately but more snow is coming. Lots more daylight now and the sun has moved west again in its setting time.