2017 April

Project Wildlife

April 23, 2017 Leave a Comment

Aside from being a full time student, dear daughter volunteers at the San Diego Humane Society. Project Wildlife was offering a Paint Your Favorite Animal class, so dear daughter and I decided to participate. It was a 3 hour class, and we were to specify our animal of choice, or send them a photo. I chose a flamingo, and dear daughter chose a falcon – I think. Here is my finished painting. The instructor encouraged us to take photos of our progress. Always a fun day to drive down to SD and visit with dear daughter 🙂

And here we are, posing with our work 🙂

Filed Under: Outings And Adventures, Painting

Sashiko Workshop

April 22, 2017 2 Comments

Our local quilt guild, the Citrus Belt Quilters, recently hosted Nancy Ota, an amazing quilter/designer/teacher. One of Nancy’s talents is in the art of Japanese Sashiko. My friends and I were fortunate to participate in her workshop. Since I am of Japanese descent, it was all the more interesting. Now I really want to make a Sashiko quilt! Or a jacket, or a purse… 🙂 I posed in front of Nancy’s beautiful work, and my friend Terrie is holding up a kimono from her trunk show that I purchased for dear daughter to use as a robe 🙂

Filed Under: Quilting

Hiking

April 21, 2017 2 Comments

I’ve been under the weather lately, and thus have been missing my hikes. So, I’m sharing some of my favorite local hikes 🙂 The abundance of rain this season has given us a beautiful and bountiful display of wildflowers.

Mt. Rubidoux:

Oakmont Oakridge Trail:

Diamond Valley Lake:

Vernal Pools at Santa Rosa Plateau:

Crafton Hills:

Wildwood Canyon:

Scott Canyon:

Whitewater Preserve Rainbow Rock Canyon:

And we even hiked in the rain! while visiting dear older son in Washington State; Poo Poo Point Trail:

Filed Under: Outings And Adventures

Birthday Pillows

April 20, 2017 2 Comments

For the last three years, I made quilts for my mom and my sisters for their birthdays. This year, I changed it up a bit, and made them all floral pillows. My friends were making them, and I just love the look. I had made some for myself, and as you can see, they are not just decorative pillows. Someone who shouldn’t be on the couch is using them as camouflage 🙂

Filed Under: Crafting

A Doggie Quilt

April 8, 2017 2 Comments

When we go out of town, I have a friend who takes care of our dogs. She is a super dog lover, and takes such good care of our dogs that I wanted to make her a quilt. I saw this on Pinterest, and thought it would be perfect for her. In lieu of batting, I sandwiched flannel, and backed it with fleece. I love the feel of this combination. And here in So Cal, a lighter quilt can be used year round. It isn’t her B-day, but I liked the dogs on the bag, and the quilt fit just right 🙂