While we were in Amsterdam, we visited a cat museum, I had read about. The museum is one of the few canal houses you can tour. The house was amazing and the collection of cat artwork is fabulous. There were posters, paintings, drawings… …and even a Picasso. This ‘Cat from Outer Space’ poster inspired movie […]
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America is a relatively new country and we don’t have centuries old buildings, especially not here in Alaska where most building were constructed in the 1970s and 1980s. I really enjoyed the variety of architecture we saw on our trip. Here are some of my favorites. Grote Kerk (Church) in Haarlem Interior of Grote Kerk
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After leaving Rolduc Abbey we headed to Germany. We wanted to visit the Mosel Valley and Burg Eltz, a fairy tale castle. The castle above is not Burg Eltz, it was one of the castles we passed via train on the way to a town called Moselkern. The towns along the Mosel River were beautiful.
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After Amsterdam, we headed to Rolduc Abbey in Kerkrade, a small town in the Netherlands near Germany. My husband had a conference there and the quiet of the Abbey was a welcome change. The grounds were beautiful. Early in the day this lake was surrounded by local fisherman. And if you followed the path behind
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A holiday far away from home is amazing but after 12 days, I was ready to return home to the kitties and my own bed. After one night in Frankfurt, Germany to adjust to the time zone, we boarded a train for Amsterdam. We then spent 4 days exploring Amsterdam and a nearby city of
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This is the next holiday quilt for our friends’ year of quilts. 4th of July fabrics featuring owls, all the states and dogs in hats. My husband picked out most of these fabrics. He chooses fabrics that are outside my usual tastes and challenges me to use them. I enjoyed the patchwork while I rested
While my eyes were attacked by allergens in late May/early June, I worked on bigger quilts where most mistakes would be hidden by seams. This Star Wars picnic blanket is for my husband. He is very excited to use it when we return from our trip.
A blue polka dot bike; what could be happier? You can’t help but enjoy the ride with a basket filled with flowers. Enjoy the ride – bicycle in blue dots (21†x 14â€)
The flowers are fussy cut from floral print fabrics. It’s a fun challenge to find prints just the right size. I had quilted ‘journey to happiness’ when I made the background, but the bike covered some of the words so I added ‘bike happy’ after the bike was applied. I like that it now seems
A boy’s boy in black/dark gray. The fabric used to make the bike is a text print on dark gray. I used a knife edge binding on the bike quilts. I’ve been experimenting with how to do it quickly and efficiently. It’s a puzzle I like solving and hopefully someday mastering. Enjoy the ride –
