Closeup of some beading on the Five Fancy Fish Frolic:

Sonji’s Bundle Study XXII arrived in the mail and I love it. 

And I received a bonus gift of this collage!! It is stamped paper, beading, copper mesh fans, Chinese coin charms and really cool!

Our JR, Maggie, is not letting me out of her sight. When Steve came home last week without me, she was not happy and didn’t eat for a day and kept looking for me. When I got home on Thursday night, she was ecstatic and jumped in bed with me. Steve put her in her crate and she cried herself to sleep.

She will be 11 years old in November and we wonder how long we will have her with us. I was quite surprised by this because I thought that Steve was her main person!! Anyway, it is great to be loved!

Arrived safely in Santa Rosa last night and got a good night’s sleep. Hope my jet lag will not be too severe!! I am posting some pics of time with the family – mainly for the family. Sorry to bore the rest of you. I promise an update on the fish quilt later.

Here is the whole fam damily at the reunion last Sunday. There were 76 of us.

Here I am with my siblings in birth order. I am the oldest we go from 56 – 66.

There were so many cute kids at the reunion. Here are some of them.

A group of the relatives got together to sing. This little girl was there biggest and maybe only fan!!

This past week I was at my sis, Carole’s, home. She lives on Little York Lake. Here are some shots of the lake and the JR’s.

The lake in the morning.

The lake at dusk.

My two buddies – Toby and Jake:

I had a very relaxing time. I spent a lot of time reading and beading the Five Fancy Fish Frolic quilt. It is good to be home.

This afternoon I leave the heat and humidity of the northeast and return to paradise. I’m flying through Dallas and have a fairly long layover. Hope the weather behaves. I don’t get in to SFO until 10:10 tonight and then have an hour+ drive to Santa Rosa which will be like the wee hours of the morning here in upstate NY. I am going to try to make a quilt related event with Diane and Janet on Friday afternoon/evening. I may nod off during dinner!!

Tomorrow there will be pictures of my time with family. My sister who I have not been close to did a 180 and I spent a day and evening with her. It was an interesting experience. She is so different from my other sisters. She was so excited to show me all the work she has done on their 100+ year old house. She has built decks, laid Pergo flooring, trimmed windows, dug ponds, etc. I mean she personally did the labor. She is not one to sit around and hope for something – she just gets in there and does it!! She called this morning to say good-bye and give me her e-mail address. I am very happy for this turn of events! I invited them to come out for a wine country tour.

Well, I’m off for a little fun this morning then I have to pack and get out of here!!