We were pretty lucky weather-wise amongst our trip to Cannon Beach, Oregon, this past times weekend. We threaded the needle betwixt snowfall storms. Snow flakes were falling every bit nosotros pulled out from home, but the temperature was higher upwards freezing. Snow savage field nosotros were gone, but the roads were clear on our motility home. We were expecting snowfall lastly night, as well as it did non disappoint. This is the persuasion from my purpose window this morning.
Backing upwards to Fri afternoon, nosotros were most curious nigh this heavy wooden cutting board added to the RV since our lastly trip. I'll tell I'm sort of picky nigh my cutting boards. At home, I get got a dainty forest Boos Block, as well as I immature adult woman the heavy forest when we're on the road. The novel RV has lots of counter space, as well as therefore I wanted a practiced cutting board for the counter. Since nosotros hadn't traveled amongst it before, nosotros weren't for certain it would remain seat going downwards the road. It's pretty, no?
Underneath is some non-skid shelf liner, as well as this industrial plant good on the correct surface. The counter tops are a enterprise surface, as well as therefore nosotros thought it would work.
To live safe, nosotros moved both cutting board as well as shelf liner to the flooring for our outset trip. When nosotros opened the door upon arrival, neither had moved fifty-fifty a fraction of an inch. We took the direct chances of leaving it on the counter for the trip home, as well as it traveled merely fine there. So that was a fighting of practiced news.
We hadn't yet used this cutting board, as well as therefore it lost its virginity Sat eventide when nosotros cutting upwards limes to get got amongst our shots of tequila.
We missed the kitties...sort of...while nosotros were gone. Instead, nosotros made produce amongst the lilliputian kitty mug mat my friend Lana made. I desire to brand a tabular array topper for this table, but I haven't fifty-fifty come upwards up amongst an thought for that yet.
This was my persuasion for most of the weekend. I was barely started as well as turned the outset corner when it was fourth dimension to larn out for our dinner at EVOO.
It's such a fun eventide there, as well as the vino flows freely.
EVOO features a dinner "show" where the nutrient is cooked correct inwards forepart of you. It's a lilliputian similar watching the Food Network, alone you lot larn to consume the nutrient every bit you lot become along. This was the outset course.
Second course. This was our favorite. Even kale-hater Mike loved this dish.
This was our 3rd course.
And finally, the dessert course. The lilliputian scoop of cherries jubilee had whole cherries inwards it.
Okay, therefore that was the whole argue for our trip. The balance of the time, nosotros napped, ate, as well as lazed about.
Saturday's inchy had to a greater extent than of the dreaded cast-on stitches. These are genuinely easier for me than the bullion stitches.
Sat morn I turned the instant corner on Hocuspocusville.
After that, nosotros headed out to walk the chief drag inwards Cannon Beach. The atmospheric condition was cooperative, but nosotros decided non to hike, remembering our lastly trip to Cannon Beach. The hiking trail lastly trip was therefore muddied as well as slippery it was downright dangerous, as well as therefore nosotros stuck to walking inwards town. Of course, nosotros took complaint of the seismic sea wave evacuation route. One never knows when a seismic sea wave volition strike, as well as therefore nosotros accept no chances amongst such things.
Cannon Beach is a dainty touristy lilliputian town filled amongst restaurants as well as galleries. It's elementary to walk from i halt to the other. There were likewise many parked cars to larn a real practiced picture, but this side past times side paradigm volition laissez passer on you lot a season for what it looks like. Pretty much the whole town looks merely similar this:
This is the entrance to the library. Looks inviting, doesn't it?
Of course, I took pictures of every blooming thing.
Oh wait...that lastly painting demo was taken exterior a gallery. Inside they had some fabulous industrial plant of fine art past times local artists. I alone took pictures of the cats.
Heading on downwards the road, nosotros pulled off to larn a painting demo of Haystack Rock. This painting demo pretty much symbolizes Cannon Beach.
Backing off a little, you lot tin run into the "needles" a lilliputian better.
Haystack stone is a rookery for seabirds of all kinds, including puffins...
which explains my alternative of this fridge magnet.
Once dorsum at the RV, I stitched around the 3rd corner of Hocuspocusville.
Lord's Day morning, I stitched upwards the morning's inchy. This i is closely spaced buttonhole stitch.
And as well as therefore I stitched around the 4th corner of Hocuspocusville, as well as I had myself a finish!
The outset manus embroidery stitches on this quilt were taken agency dorsum inwards July of 2015. Of course, it's been a finished flimsy for good over a year, as well as therefore it's practiced to finally accept it over the complete line. It measures 68 x 68 inches.
After that, it was fourth dimension to caput for home. The outset matter I did was to rip off a hunk of staff of life dough to bake some staff of life for our dinner lastly night. I'd taken some frozen leftover roasted vegetable soup from the freezer earlier nosotros left, as well as that made a dainty comfort nutrient dinner for a mutual depression temperature night.
Since I'm silent experimenting, I tried baking this loaf inwards a Dutch oven to run into if the crust would live whatever "crustier." If anything, it was softer, as well as therefore baking it on the baking canvas is a ameliorate agency to go. Inside, it looked similar this. We genuinely beloved the sourdough tang of this loaf.
This morn I stitched upwards the morning's inchy. This i contained the dreaded bullion stitches, but I stitched 'em upwards similar a boss.
And at that topographic point you lot are...up to date...and I am too.
We're out of coffee, as well as therefore I genuinely withdraw to larn to the grocery shop today. Snow is silent falling, however. The roads inwards town are merely moisture pavement, but getting off our loma is a lilliputian iffy. I'm hoping it volition warm upwards a lilliputian past times this afternoon. Mike is working from habitation today, as well as therefore I powerfulness larn him to motility into town amongst me. (He's to a greater extent than for certain as well as for certain on slippery roads than I am.)
On the sewing front, I desire to brand lastly week's Tiny Tuesday block. If I complete that, I've decided to complete off the lastly 2 blocks for Chicken Buffet. With the blocks therefore unopen to existence finished, it seems lightheaded to seat it off whatever longer. All my monthlies for Feb are finished, as well as therefore the balance of the calendar month volition live for play.