11/26/2007

Post-Thanksgiving


Hi everybody, hope all of us in the U.S. had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Timothy and I spent Thanksgiving Day hiking in north Georgia. We packed in our turkey sandwiches, pumpkin pie, and apples and ate at the end of the trail next to waterfalls falling over and in between 90' tall granite slabs. We had some heaven-sent wet weather to help Georgia's terrible drought, complete with blustery wind sending the leaves everywhere, falling temperatures, and it was fabulous. The only thing that could have made me happier was a blizzard. I love violent weather (the kind where nobody and nothing gets hurt :-) ). You could even hear the very strong winds blowing through the forest and what a miraculous sound, made me think of home.





Oops did the wrong color combination for Block Swappers earlier, so got this group done that is due December 1st, and will be able to use the earlier combination for next month.


And got this stitched out this morning before work. It's a design that I digitized a few years ago in PatternMaker. Next I'll age it and then use it in a project.

14 comments:

KC Quilter said...

Karen, what a wonderful way to spend Thanksgiving! Sounds so beautiful.

MARCIE said...

So glad you and Tim had a nice day hiking. Now about that stitchery--is that by machine? I love it! You are amazing!

Libby said...

Sounds like a perfect Thanksgiving day . . . love the video *s*

Quilts And Pieces said...

Oh what a fun and beautiful way to spend Thanksgiving! I could sit there by that stream for a long, long time!

Little Penpen said...

You are a very fast stitcher! I love samplers... yours is very pretty.

Jenni said...

That's the same double pink I'm using for my 4 patch quilt. Your day out in nature sounds lovely.

Unknown said...

What a beautiful way to celebrate Thanksgiving! Love your stitchery.

Mary Johnson said...

We were at Lake Oconee just before Thanksgiving and saw both my boys. Chris has been keeping an eye on our condo at Big Canoe and was saying how beautiful the leaves were. I don't miss living there but I miss my boys and hiking in North GA.

Where were you visiting? We used to like going up to Amicalola Falls.

YankeeQuilter said...

So glad to hear they got some rain! The hike sounds wonderful.

corry said...

What a beautiful sampler pattern! I love cross-stitch samplers.

Snowman Expert said...

Hi Karen,

Love your work. I would like to show your snowman quilt and give you a credit and link on my very popular blog, Today's Snowman at
www.historyofthesnowman.com
Please respond back to me at snowexpert@pipeline.com if interested.
Thank you!
Bob

Joanna said...

I love what you did for Thanksgiving! Something non-traditional with a twist of tradition still there!

Grazia said...

A really cute sampler!!!!
You're a very fast stitcher...I like it!!!
Grazia

Erin said...

a very cute sampler, I love doing those..I love your talent! Thanks for sharing your Thanksgiving! Very Nice!