Monday was our row exchange and these are a row for my good friend's quilt. Her original was a leaf and several rows have been added since with a variety of patterns. It is paper pieced which I like to do.
This was a sad week for us as we had to say goodbye to Hildy, our old border collie mix. She would have been 14 in December and was the best dog we ever had. I could go on about the love she gave us and the joy having her with us always played such an important part of our lives, but anyone who has had a fur kid probably knows this.
The two little boys and the Mr. and I went for a drive to the mountains yesterday. Although we did not camp but once this year, the area is so close that we can make day trips easily. With lunch in hand, we headed up Black Hall road and eventually found a couple of neighbors who were camped there. They had just pulled off the lake with some nice trout on the string and we all went back to their camp for lunch. The trees are just beginning to change colors and there is still much evidence of the damage the bark beetles left, but still fairly pristine and spectacular.
There is so much logging because of the dead trees that the log trucks are traveling the forrest roads like freeways. On our way back, we encountered several in a train behind a derailed truck with engine trouble probably. Luckily we had enough room to pass. The other thing we did was search for a couple of geocaches (sp). Two were located with ease and we did log in both and left a small toy alligator in one. It was our intention to leave one someplace, but that will be for another trip. It was a very good day!
"To be beautiful and to be calm is the ideal of nature." ~ Richard Jefferies
