Today In…

Tree number one

Parker/Jones Tree, Parker Tree, Ross Tree

Self-timer — nice downhill shot

What do you think, Hill?  Enough to decorate?

Weaver’s Winter Wonderland. The man who lives in this house has been doing this for 14 yrs. & makes everything himself. It takes him 30 days to set it up. Today it is being filmed for Good Morning America!

Sleigh ride!

Ice skating at Snoopy Home Ice!

The turkey was awesome. We did it en papillote. The gravy was salty. The pies were straight-up amazing. All in all, a good thanksgiving.

New Buddy

It’s about 7:30 pm and Durry is cooking some chicken on the grill. This little guy stood on his legs behind the wall to see what was going on. He stayed. Durry went in for a handful of peanuts, I went in for the camera. He stayed and ate peanuts. Sorry about the bright eyes. Red eye reduction doesn’t seem to work on animals.

(Loren Justice, Gerry Smeltzer, dp, Edith harmer, Molly Miles and Pat Durbin)

My quilt guild in Eureka has had a group of quilts juried into the national show in Nashville this August.  We entered a group of eight quilts in “The Ultimate Quilt Guild Challenge”.  We were one of the ten groups in the country to be selected as semi-finalists and to possibly win one of the three monetary awards.  Our guild challenge was to individually create a quilt with the theme: A Peak into the Forest.   My quilt was created with hand-dyed fabric and photo-transfered images.  This is what “my forest” looks like at sunset at the end of the summer.

So we have sent eight quilts off for judging, and we hope that we can win some of the prize money for the guild.

State Street Shopping.

Tender crust, mozzarella, tomatoes, mixed greens & goat cheese - Montecito, CA.

Iraq War Memorial & Sand Soldiers.

Santa Barbara Shoreline.

Hannah & I at Chad’s (Restaurant).

Amanda Chino & I at her beautiful school.

Santa Barbara City College - what a stadium!

The Mission.

A night out with my suitemates. This isn’t a very exciting pic, but I feel guilty never posting & then being bummed when no one else does for a few days :]

Kevin & Karen got a new dog. I usually am not a small dog fan but this one is pretty cute. It’s a Boston Terrier.