Poodles and Quilts

     First of all I hope that those who celebrate Easter and Passover had a blessed day .    For us it felt like the middle of the night going to 7 AM sunrise service. Still quite dark!   March did go pretty fast. Of course being away the first week helped. We left Port Lavaca the morning of the 5th for Rockport, TX. It was a nice day for the drive. Before we crossed Copano Bay we stopped at Goose Island State Park near Lamar. They were pretty well up and running again after Hurricane Harvey. The campsites had just reopened that weekend. Drove down to the water and Galen got some pictures of the birds in the marshes. Then we went looking for the Whooping Cranes. We only saw a few this time but fun to see them again. Same field as in December. I had taken 2 quilts along to give to Jeanne at the quilt shop in Rockport. I knew she would be giving them to a place on the East side of the bay where we were. So we hunted it down. . Schoenstatt Shrine  They ...

Managed some sewing this past week mostly on blocks for 2 yahoo groups where I am a member; Quilted with Love and Quilters Who Care. The QWL group is making the 6.5 inch bow tie blocks for this quarter out of kids, novelty and bright prints. Most of our quilts go to the little ones. They are fun to make. We send them to one person and she makes them into quilts.        The QWC group lotto this quarter is a certain block in reds and wow and coc . At the end of this next quarter at least half of the blocks will go to a member in Canada and quilts for the Canadian service men and women will be made. Last quarter we did blocks for American military. It's fun to make all these blocks and know they will be put to good use. On Saturday April 1 we took off for a drive to San Saba.  For your next trivia question read this historical marker and use it as a question! The color really does not show up very well. The bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush and Ind...

We decided to take off and head towards Fredericksburg, TX for the day and drive the Willow City Loop off of route 16 between Fredersicksburg and Llano. you can read about it here .  First we stopped at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock to get a few pictures of the girls in the bluebonnets. There was another spot with more Indian Paintbrush mixed among the blues but there was some one else there with their 4- legged family member. Another day! After getting these we drove to Fredericksburg. Made a quick stop at the quilt shop in Dripping Springs.  At the intersection of 281 and 290 outside Johnson City the median was full of Indian Blankets.  Taken through the fence at Wildseed Farm. Huge field of Poppies in front and Bluebonnets in the back. We headed north on 16 once we got to Fredersicksburg and  found the Willow City Loop I think we probably crossed 10 cattle guards on the 13 mile loop. The road goes through ...