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I am checking in from our cabin in the Deschutes National Forest in central Oregon. I have never been here in the fall, and I am overwhelmed by the beauty of the Aspen Trees wearing their golden fall color. It is glorious for an Aspen lover such as myself to see these groves of Aspens in shades of gold and green.
Our cabin is in the Lake Creek Resort.
Here is the view from our porch. You can see the Lake Creek which flows from Suttle Lake.
To get to the main lodge, we walk over this quaint bridge.
We have Scooter with us and we are all enjoying walks in the cool, crisp air. I am so glad that I brought my puffy green down jacket.
When we got here yesterday, about 4 pm, we took Scooter on a 2 mile walk. We wanted to pick up some things at the Camp Sherman store, unfortunately, it closed at 4 and would not open again until Friday. This true of many places around here, we have found. The summer season is over and they are on a week-end schedule. We did get to have dinner at the Black Butte Ranch Lodge. However, they were out of just about everything on the menu – poor planning, I guess. I was so disappointed, but since it was my birthday, they comped me my steak dinner and dessert and he gave me a double poor of wine!
This morning, we took a hike through the forest to find the beautiful Metolius River. We walked from our cabin to the stocked fishing pond on the lodge property where I was able to get some close up photos of Aspen leaves.
We did not see another soul on our hike, just a couple of deer, until we got to the river. Here are some photos I took.
Here is the Metolius which has a very melodic sound.
On the hike back we stopped to rest and take in the beauty by the fishing pond and I snapped these Aspen saplings reflected in the pond.
We went into Sisters for lunch and picked up some food for dinner tonight. I worked on the sweater I am knitting for Paige and then we took another walk. This time, we followed the path that circumvents the resort property. A shorter walk, but beautiful, too.
Mr C found this indigo blue Aspen leaf. I love it.
We are heading home tomorrow, feeling rested and satiated with the beautiful surroundings of Central Oregon.
Here is my cake – a delicious gluten and diary free Irish oatmeal spice cake. Steph made little flags out of silk shibori that we dyed together.
It was a nice, uneventful day. We are beginning to get some fall color. Makes our daily walks very enjoyable.
I saw this pile of pumpkins on my shopping trip yesterday.
My present to myslef was a clean-up from the recent creativy and bobbin hunt. I got my Janome back yesterday and this afternoon, I got the pet postcards ready for their backing.
These two are on some deconstructed print fabric.
These are done on whitish fabrics – I think the Scooter motif shows up better.
Here are my Maggie cards.
The yellow and green ones are from a print I did with a masking paper resist on a silk screen. I used green paint on yellow fabric. I am glad I finally found a use for it.
Tonight we had dinner at a Japanese restaurant that specializes in tasty small plates. It was very yummy. Miles dressed very nicely for the event. I love that he likes to get dressed up.
As we left the restaurant, we saw this tree illuminated by red lights from the restaurant and the moon. Awesome sight.
So that was my birthday. We are extending it a few days with a trip to Camp Sherman in the mountains of Central Oregon on the Metolius. We have a cabin for two nights and can take Scooter with us. I will try to post some photos from there.
I wanted to get my pet postcards finished because I have to get busy on my quilt for the SAQA Oregon show. I need to have it done by the end of the month. So, I decided to resurrect my Bernina 170 which I have been using as a felting machine for over a year. To use the felting attachment, I had to remove the bobbin case and hook race. Dummy that I am, I forgot about the hook race. I thought I had misplaced just the bobbin case. I looked high and low and could not find it. I finally found one at a Bernina dealer near me. When I started to attach it, I realized I was also missing the hook race. I knew then that both had to be some place in my studio. There is no way that both could have been thrown out or disappeared. I had to find the bobbin hook race because it is really expensive to replace.
I finally found them safe and sound in the Bernina accessory case, under some fabric in the bins behind my sewing machine.
The problem was that I had a storage case from my former Janome that looked similar so I thought they were not where they belonged. There were in fact two bobbin cases. So, now I have 3 – I can play with tension to my heart’s delight.
So I got it all assembled and had to do some futzing around because I have been using a Janome for so long, I couldn’t remember how to do anything. I had to get out my manual.
Once I started working, I realized how much I love quilting with the Janome. This Bernina is several years old.
I am not happy with the one up at the top because the script gets lost in the quilting. I went over it with a pen and it did not help. So, I decided to experiment with the monogram feature on the Bernina. I think this will work better, especially if I use a contrasting color.
On another note, I am having the ultrasound tomorrow. I will be glad to get that over with.