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| Red Hibiscus |
The other quilt is a whole cloth quilt. Again, in wandering
through another fabric store, I found this piece on sale, and it was too bright
to pass up. It was a piece, so it was buy it all, or buy nothing. I bought it
all, and cut it in half. I have enough to make a second quilt, just by adding
borders, and I think they will go nicely on my twin beds, don't you?
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| Whole Cloth |
After getting these two quilted, and the edging sewn on
(machine edging only) I folded and stacked the dozen quilts that will need hand
sewing and got busy cleaning and dusting. My, my, my (as my favorite detective
of the day, Lt. Joe Kenda, would say) but quilting certainly adds dust to the
house. It took 2.5 days to get the house if not cleaned, at least de-cluttered
;-)
Then, it was time to pack books into the car, buy a
collapsible 2-wheel cart to carry the box of books, get laundry done, the bed
changed, the suitcase packed, and I was out of the house at 7.30 Friday
morning. First stop was to fill Suvie Star Car's tank so she would get me to
Albany, OR with a second stop at Campbell's BBQ on Powell Blvd at about 87th to
meet a friend for lunch. I arrived about 5 minutes past 11, and he arrived
about 11.15. For those traveling I-205 around Portland Town, let me tell you,
this is an easy off-easy on stop, for some of the best BBQ I've had in a
restaurant in ages. They have the usual beef, pork, and I think chicken, but
the also have buffalo and elk! I had elk, my friend had buffalo. The red beans
and rice were good, the greens not quite cooked enough to be truly soul, but
pretty good. I imagine had I come a couple hours later, they would have been
trop drawer! They had plenty of sides from which to choose, but those were
mine!
Spent the night with my travel buddy, Kay, and Saturday
drove about an hour back the way I'd come, to spend about 5 hours at the GeorgeKirby Gay family reunion to which I was invited, and asked to bring some of my
Madame Dorion books, as one of her daughters by Jean Toupin was Gay's last
wife. I sold some books, and made, I hope, some new friends. Jennifer Gobin-Bales (a third great
granddaughter of Marie by her daughter, Marguerite Venier) was there and
brought her dad, Delbert. Someone thought it would be nice if he sat with me,
and I'm so glad he agreed. What a hoot. We told stories and tall tales, and
laughed a lot, and when I finally left, I was rewarded with a truly marvelous
hug. Jennifer had best watch out, or I may end up adopting him myself!
Shortly before leaving Champoeg State Park, where the
reunion was held, the descendants of George Gay gathered on the stage for a
family photo, to which I was invited. It's nice to be part of another family. I
left the park about 3.00 and headed back south on I-5, to meet up with Hwy 22,
and took the North Santiam Pass to Bend, OR where my friend, Judith lives.
It has been about 60 years since I'd been to Champoeg State
Park, and probably 55 since I'd been by Detroit Lake and across the North
Santiam. My, my, my, how things have changed! I guess it's progress, but I'm
not totally sure ;-)
Sunday Judith and I shopped at Trader Joe's—will the tri
cities ever get a TJs??—where I did some shopping for a friend, and a tad bit
for me, and then came on home. I put something like 750 miles on Suvie Star Car
(fed her 3 times), and by the time I got home yesterday with only one pit stop,
and one stop for a milk shake, I was totally worn out. I think this next week
will be spent watching movies and reading books.
Speaking of movies, a highly recommended family movie: Nim's
Island.
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