Re: OT and not OT: back from trip

In your description, my mind saw a swirly type design, all the colors
of the field and sky and cranes dancing and twirling together. Sand
Crane Mambo. Dunno where it came from, that is the title that just
typed itself out.......

Spoke to my sis in Seattle yesterday, yep they had snow also!

Your trip sounds like it did you a lot of needed refreshment of the
spirit! Good for you!

Ginger in CA

On Mar 29, 6:42 pm, Sunny <onetex...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We just got back from the crane trip. It was a great trip. We took a
tour late yesterday afternoon. They loaded us on a yellow school bus
and drove us around till we were good and lost out in the country and
then pulled up to a field and ..... there they were -- thousands and
thousands of Sandhill Cranes. Close. They were flying and landing and
calling. What a thrilling sound and sight. And, for perfection, the
sun fell below the clouds we'd had all day and lit up the field.
Golden crop stubble against a dark gray clouded sky, filled with huge
light gray birds with bright red atop their heads. We all just gasped.
It was like something from a Van Gogh. Of course, cameras were quickly
arranged and there was much clicking and ooooohing and many viewing
scopes and binoculars. It was truly wonderful.

Snow fell while we were gone and we returned to find the hills around
our home covered with snow and the temperature colder by far than when
we left. Looks like winter decided to pay one last visit before
clearing out for good.

Now the OT part -- we stopped at two incredible quilt shops. The first
is in Waterville, a tiny farm community up on the prairie. The shop is
amazing with beautiful fabric selection. And she's decorated with her
collection of antique sewing machines. I couldn't decide what to buy
until I rounded a corner and there she had a shelf filled with "dots".
Solids and near solids in a huge variety of colors and VALUES (which I
need), each with tiny white dots all over. I love working with dotted
fabric. It's really versatile. And to find a shelf full was really
great. I exercised great self control and stayed within budget. Sadly.

BG<

Then we went to Ephrata, home of the Fabric Patch. Gorgeous stuff and
tons of it and all extremely inexpensive. I bought a good selection of
batiks for an average of $7 a yard. They carry some manufacturers I'd
not seen before. I fell in love with Diamond Batiks. The colors are
luminous. Once again I was very, very careful and left way more of the
store there than I wanted to.

I'm pooped out so tonight is an early sleep night. I suspect we will
concentrate on laundry and the house tomorrow. But Monday I'm headed
down to my sewing room early and I'm not coming out for anything. I
have finished some obligations (Cosplay costumes) and I'm ready to get
back to fun.

Sunny

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