Hey there, Everybody! Happy New Year! I didn't await to live away from the weblog for thence long, but sometimes it plant out that way. So I direct hold lots to demonstrate in addition to tell. Let's exactly dorsum upward to the hateful solar daytime nosotros left home, shall we?
It was moisture in addition to dark. Lots of RVers alongside similar predilections to us telephone telephone themselves "Snowbirds." We don't instruct a lot of snowfall inwards our area, in addition to thence when it snows, it's to a greater extent than delightful than disturbing. Instead, nosotros instruct a wintertime that looks exactly similar the 1 you lot reckon below. Lots of dark, wet, in addition to dingy days.
And because of that, nosotros telephone telephone ourselves "Rainbirds." Yeah...like the sprinkler. So anyway...off nosotros went. You know on these driving days, I amuse myself taking pictures of barns. We've seen a lot of barns the yesteryear few days, in addition to thence I'll portion some of the best ones alongside you lot inwards this post.
We stopped for dejeuner at a residue area. It gave all of us a run a endangerment to run the facilities in addition to to instruct some food. Sadie was stealth, looking at what was going on exterior from the security of 1 of the side tables.
Smitty was to a greater extent than bold, checking things out from his window seat.
And in addition to thence nosotros were dorsum on the road. This is pretty much how our drive looked the offset day.
We spent our offset nighttime inwards a new-to-us nation park. We were planning to direct hold breakfast alongside a honey friend from high schoolhouse the side yesteryear side day.
The kitties couldn't hold back to go out on the catio. Sadie asked me to hold back thence that she could purrsition herself to direct hold payoff of Smitty's tail. She's e'er wanted to reckon how she'd aspect if nature had endowed her a niggling to a greater extent than generously.
I had some fourth dimension the side yesteryear side forenoon to complete the embroidery on the offset Snowflake.
It was likewise bad it was raining thence much because nosotros had a prissy serenity spot alongside a stance of the Rogue River. It was exactly a brusque distance to walk over there, in addition to I'm told there's a trail along the river. This is a identify we'll desire to come upward dorsum to 1 time to a greater extent than when the conditions is better.
And in addition to thence nosotros had a actually prissy breakfast alongside my friend Becky in addition to her husband. I'd never met her husband, in addition to thence it was wonderful catching up. We graduated from high schoolhouse the same twelvemonth inwards 1972. Becky visited our abode inwards the early on 90's, but nosotros hadn't seen 1 some other since then.
And Becky offered to direct hold a motion painting of Mike in addition to me earlier nosotros got dorsum on the route heading due south 1 time again.
I took this side yesteryear side motion painting to demonstrate you lot that nosotros had no problems getting over the Siskiyou summit, which was our 1 worry alongside honour to route conditions. There was snowfall on the sides of the road, but the route itself was exactly moisture pavement. No problems at all.
As nosotros crested the summit, it was every bit if nosotros were heading into the light. It got brighter in addition to brighter, in addition to nosotros discussed donning our sunglasses.
When nosotros crossed over...YAHOO! Blue skies in addition to sunshine. That's what I'm talkin' about!
And it wasn't long earlier nosotros crossed the nation draw into California. Bye-bye, Oregon!
Hellllllooooooo, California! Land of my birth. And Mike's too.
Shortly downwards the road, nosotros had to instruct through the agricultural inspection station. As we'd pondered our offset hateful solar daytime on the route exactly earlier leaving home, it of a abrupt occurred to me that nosotros were going to lose all our produce. I was able to detect a nautical chart showing what was "subject to inspection," in addition to what was "prohibited." On the prohibited listing was whatever citrus, in addition to I had a whole unopened handbag of clementines, several limes, a lemon, in addition to an orange. Gah! I texted my neighbor, in addition to she took the citrus off our hands. As for the rest, at that spot was a lot of it, in addition to I could alone promise for the best.
As it turns out, they were alone interested inwards the fruit, in addition to the alone affair I had left was apples. When I fessed upward to the apples, he only waved us on through. Thank you, Sir, in addition to Happy New Year!
And in addition to thence it was to a greater extent than hours of driving in addition to to a greater extent than barns.
I love passing yesteryear this side yesteryear side thing...they are tanker-style trucks for sale. Why they are painted inwards thence many colors, I direct hold no idea. Sometime I'd love to halt along the route hither in addition to direct hold a amend motion painting because I'm certain there's a quilt here.
We'd despaired of seeing Mt. Shasta because nosotros were inwards in addition to out of the fog. We kept looking ahead, trying to reckon it, when Mike looked out his left window. Holy sh*t...it was correct there!
We stopped overnight at a casino where nosotros could remain for free. In the forenoon nosotros awakened to trucks all around us...and I hateful really...all around us inwards all directions. I was able to instruct nether way sewing the pearls on the snowflake.
These are tiny 2mm Swarovski pearls, in addition to that's a tiny sparse beading needle laying at that spot beside them. They are a niggling tiresome to piece of occupation with.
I've been using a unmarried strand of monofilament thread to stitch them on. As I'm writing this, at that spot are 12 to go, in addition to and thence I'll live finished. The black circles you lot reckon around them volition disappear 1 time I rinse the Sticky Fabri-Solvy out of the slice in addition to trim back it up.
It was a pretty sunrise earlier nosotros took off yesterday morning.
We go due south on Interstate 5, which happens to parallel the Pacific Flyway. We saw lots of birds of prey, including a duet of bald eagles. Off to the side of the road, nosotros saw thousands of geese. If you lot aspect inwards the paradigm below, stretching across the middle of the image, that band of white is geese who've come upward inwards for a landing.
The skies were total of them.
When nosotros reached our finally spot for the side yesteryear side iv nights (three now), nosotros were greeted yesteryear this Attack Cat. This truthful cat appears unhappy to reckon us, in addition to s/he agency business.
And here's where things instruct funky. We're moving into the whining in addition to complaining business office of this post.
We checked in, in addition to all was well, but something happened every bit I was getting out of the truck at our spot. I had the distinct impression I'd exactly inhaled some variety of powdery stuff, although it was invisible. It was the same sort of feeling you lot instruct when you lot choke on a drink, in addition to I started coughing, in addition to coughing, in addition to coughing. Holy moly...I coughed all nighttime along in addition to into the morning. I direct hold mild asthma, in addition to I had an inhaler along, but I run my inhaler thence infrequently, in addition to never for an laid upward on this severe in addition to prolonged. It actually didn't direct hold a lot of poop left, or a lot of quantity, in addition to thence I had to telephone telephone my doc dorsum abode to asking a refill on the inhaler. I spoke alongside the doc on call...it's New Year's Day, don't forget...and he phoned inwards several prescriptions, including a duet of steroidal medications to endeavour to close downwards the inflammatory procedure I direct hold going on.
We had to drive an hr to the nearest 24-hour pharmacy. Along the way, I wheezed yesteryear a few to a greater extent than barn photos. It took my hear off my inability to breathe temporarily, at least.
I took hits off the 2 unlike inhalers in addition to also swallowed an oral steroid, in addition to I'm feeling quite a fighting amend every bit I write this. I think I volition go this episode, but my breast even thence feels tight.
Tomorrow we're coming together upward alongside yet some other friend from high school. You powerfulness scream upward my friend Judy who came upward to watch during the solar eclipse inwards 2017.
Judy is a real smart person, in addition to a career entomologist. She's also a "birder," in addition to she's going to direct hold us to a duet of the local national wild animals refuges. At one, we'll reckon some variety of elk, in addition to at the other, nosotros should live able to reckon the flying of the sandhill cranes. I've alone ever seen it inwards videos, in addition to it is impressive. It should live a fun day.
So that brings you lot upward to date. As for my sewing projects, it's fourth dimension to laid upward a goal for January's
Hopefully, I'll arrive a hateful solar daytime of sewing hither in addition to there. My Jan goal is to quilt in addition to bind the Pumpkin Pie quilt I started a duet of years ago. It's a pocket-size project, in addition to thence it should live do-able.
So at that spot you lot go...we're all caught up. I'll go on to weblog every bit I direct hold the time. Tomorrow should live a total day, in addition to thence I don't know if I'll post tomorrow, but I'll in all likelihood live dorsum the side yesteryear side hateful solar daytime for sure. Until then...stay prophylactic in addition to healthy, in addition to let's finished lots of quilts inwards 2020.