Just for the Halibut at Jewels of the Sea exhibit

I made this for the "Jewels of the Sea" Challenge by the San Francisco School of Needlework and Design, and it is there on display until March 4. The address is 360 Post Street, Suite 604. I am told it is across from Union Square. There's a reception/party next Saturday from 11-4, and I will be there, come hell or high water! Which may be the case, because there is a lot of rain going on up there and flooding in some places.

I updated this post since I first wrote it, because the photos needed to be tweaked. Here I am with Miss Halibut at the exhibit!

Speaking of Rainbows, etc.

Here's another view of the pumpkin hat that I knitted for Samantha.


I'm still hoping for a photo of Samantha wearing it. Hint, hint, pretty please?

I forget if I posted this yet. Three beautiful pomegranates, the first harvest from our tree. Two more split open, and there are two more left on the tree.

We recently did a driving trip up to the Bay area, one of our favorite places. I snapped this on the Golden Gate Bridge heading towards Marin County. It takes me back - we used to ride our bikes across this bridge when we lived in San Francisco in the early 70's.



Here's the rainbow bridge on the way to Sausalito. It was painted this way back in the 70's, too!

Speaking of rainbows, isn't this amazing? We saw this just as we were heading into Yountville, which is in wine country. Cars were stopped along the road to gape at the sight. I took this through our dirty windshield, hurriedly - I can't believe it turned out so well. 

This was the incredible view of the vineyard right outside our hotel window in Yountville..

Now we're back home and I'm facing my snowflake quilt. I tried to get a nice photo of Matilda on it, to add to my "Cats on my Quilts" collection, but she was in no mood to pose for the camera.

Sights of San Francisco

Can't show you photographs of my quilts these days, so how about a couple of photographs from our recent trip to San Francisco? The first one would have been better if that darned car hadn't blocked the view of the front cable car! The second photo is better, and there's a lot crammed into it: you can see our hotel, the Argonaut, on the right. It's part of the old Cannery building - Del Monte used to can peaches and whatnot there. You can also see the throngs of tourists that were swarming in the Fisherman's Wharf area, with the wharf and fishing boats in the background. Beyond that is the San Francisco Bay, complete with a little fog in the distance, plus a peek at Alcatraz Island.

I'm excited about a Rayna Gillman workshop at Fullerton College that I signed up for. It's in June. I already had a lot of the needed supplies; I ordered the rest from Dick Blick and they arrived today. I have taken a few screenprinting classes before, but Rayna has some new techniques that I am eager to learn.