On our second morning at Lake Wallowa State Park, we woke up to a winter wonderland. I can’t believe I’m going to say it, but I enjoyed the snow. Everything looked so pretty and we were nice and cozy in our yurt.
In the afternoon, we took highway 350 towards Imnaha. It’s 30 miles from Joseph and [...]
Last week Rick and I headed out to Eastern Oregon to see the sights. Friends have told us how beautiful it is out there and boy, they weren’t kidding. It wasn’t at all what I expected but then again, I can’t tell you what I did expect. There is everything from vast prairie to alpine [...]
This past week, I took a quick trip up to Yakima, WA to give a lecture and teach a workshop at the Yakima Valley Quilt Guild. From Portland, the drive is really amazing. You head east through the Columbia River Gorge before turning north into Washington. You drive for 60 miles through some beautiful rolling [...]
This is my last post about my trip. Promise. Before we went there, the only thing I knew about Bruges was that it was the setting for the 2008 film “In Bruges” starring Colin Farrell. It’s a dark comedy (which I thought was hilarious) and the scenery was spectacular. And our friends Katie and Gene [...]
Kristy and I decided to do a special knitting project for our trip to Paris. We figured we would have all that time on the plane plus our rest and wine time every day to knit. So we both got the yarn and the needles to make the Multnomah Shawl. (It’s a free download on [...]