I could easily leave my heart in San Francisco

After a lifetime of being an "Armchair Traveller" you sort of know what youd like to see in the world.
San Francisco has always appealed to me, .........i just knew i'd love it here.

Sea lions lazing near the Pier.

Majestic Civic buildings.

Journeys over icons.

Amazing architecture to please my eye.

interesting doorways that must tell stories.

Huge Redwoods that huddle in their family circle.

Peaceful bays.

Another view of that iconic bridge.

A row of beautiful ladies.

A tiny bit of shopping, the camera connecter lets me use the little point and shoot to "snap"and then blog, the US flag cushion cover came from Potterybarn and will be a comfy reminder at home when next I do some "Armchair Travelling" and the 4 tiny little stones, signed by the artist, were absolutely worth the king's ransom they cost.

Then we found this place not five minutes walk from our hotel, I had never heard about the Palace of Fine Arts before but it stole my heart anyway

Tomorrow we leave this wonderful place for the long train trip to New Orleans.
Woohoo! Hold onto your hats friends.

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The Robots are coming and we are going!

This week, before i pack away my sewing machine, i ran up a couple of big floor cushions.

This one is called, "Beware, beware.....don't play on the road", good advice i thought.

And this one is "Danger, danger.....don't sit on me" Possibly because it bends his legs!

My two little grandson's will be celebrating birthdays while we are in the USA so these are going to be left here for them. Cant have Nanny ignoring their birthdays can we?

Our first stop will be San Francisco, i'm so excited, i've studied Trip Advisor and Viator and a zillion other apps to plan fun activities to see. The Painted Ladies and the Golden Gate Bridge are on the list, pretty sure we'll get to see the redwood trees too. A drive down to Los Angeles and then just maybe a train ride to New Orleans.

Random events in my life

Had a Sunday breakfast with some interesting compamy.

Celebrated my 43rd wedding anniversary but not with my bloke........he was away working!

We were so young and SLIM in 1970!

The river broke through after recent rains, Hooray, the farmers are busy seeding now.

Went to a family wedding and caught up with my great-niece Amy who was born on my birthday 12 years ago. Is she tall or am I shrinking?

Stitched a quilt.

Received beautiful blocks from some of The Bee Balm for my quilt this month. More to come.

And I took in the legs of a new pair of jeans.

They are very comfy....I might have to take them to the US.......only 9 more sleeps.

Petite Retreat

I had a few friends over this past weekend, they all brought along a dish of food, a bottle of refreshment, a pillow and some gossip.............More than enough to keep us going until today.

On Friday we watched an episode of The Quilt Show featuring Karen Eckmeier and then we cut and glued until very late at night.

It was so much fun.

Then on Saturday, We turned boring white fabric......

Into this......

With the help of this lovely person

And all her little pots of colour.

Now we can all make lots and lots of these.

They have all gone home now..........it's way too quiet...........

Life sometimes just gets in the way!

I haven't added to my blog in ages.....

I've been way too lazy so here's a little rundown since my last post.

 I finished my holiday on Bali,

bringing home far too much stuff,

fancy buying 5 pairs of identical sandals!

Snapped this shot from a moving car,

a taste of old world Bali and what I really love about this beautiful island.

 Bought a fun painting and will one day

make a coordinating quilt to accompany it.

 Finished up this quilt using my sis in law's longarm.

I won the 56 sample blocks from Block Lotto, so piecing it all together was easy.

Had a little celebration at the Patch, delish!

and now I am packing.......

Not long to go now and I promise to write about our travels next time.

Some days are diamonds

Running the risk of sounding like a self absorbed show off, I just have to say I'm having so much fun this week.

I am on holidays, not with my Gorgeous Bloke, nor my lovely family but with three fun quilting friends.
We arrived at the airport at midnight with large empty bags.

Tried to catch a few hours sleep on the plane.......here is Donna just waking up before landing in Denpaser. Trust me, I asked her permission before posting this highly descriptive photo!

Our hotel was quiet until we arrived.

But after a moonlit Mojito we were raring to go.

Plenty of shopping to be done, I love using Bali fabrics in my quilts.

There will be plenty of time for girly chats, more shopping and one or three more massages before we have to come home. These days are truly diamonds and so are these friends.

Another day at Quilt retreat

A string of bunting

This is for my friend Ros. She is planning a display of "rustic charm" at our Public Hanging in October.

And a teeny, tiny quilt. I made this from go to whoa this afternoon and evening. It would have been much quicker if I have sewn it straight the first time.
Oops, it's not very straight the second time either.

Technically this "schoolboy's cap" is a retreat finish too. We dressed to celebrated our Skooldays last night.......I thought I'd aim to look like Just William or maybe Billy Bunter!
The cap was whipped up before hand from 3 squares of felt and a plastic ice cream lid.
I thought it looked the part until all my mates told me I looked just like Benny Hill. Yikes!