Thanksgiving in Salida

It's been a week since Thanksgiving and I wanted to post our photos before now, but I've been busy with this and that.  My daughter came for Thanksgiving but now that she is working, she can't stay as long.   At least she still lives in Colorado so that's good!!

Here is a photo of the dining room table.  Set for three.  After dinner Kendall and Lee drove up to the mountains and cut down our Christmas tree.  I think they were gone for just an hour or less.  The sun was shining and since we have no snow, it was much easier than in years past.

Here is the tree decorated and up.   It's a little too tall so the Angel can't fit up there! 

A lot of the ornaments are home-made.  I painted some when I was addicted to tole painting years ago.  Last year a man here in town made us several glass ornaments. 

 

This is a moose though its kind of hard to tell in this photo.

  

 

Lee wanted a dragon.

 

 

My mom made this angel when she was in a doll club many years ago.   So that's an heirloom.



Okay, I thought I could move the photo above, but maybe I can't.  Still learning the process.  Anyway, that's my Santa I made a few years ago of felt.  His one eye is a tiny bit bigger than the other.  Too many cookies!! 

That's it for now!

Pam

Waiting on Winter

It's the day before Thanksgiving and we are still waiting on winter.  I guess it doesn't officially arrive until December 21.  Went for a walk yesterday in my capris.  No gloves and no hat.  Monarch Ski Area was scheduled to open tomorrow, but alas, no snow.  The snowboarders will have to wait. 

So, what have I been up to while I'm waiting for the snowboarders and skiers to arrive?  I have continued on with my quilting projects.

Here is my cowboy boot wall hanging:

And then another row in my "row" quilt.  These are cups incase you couldn't figure that out.  :)  Next row will be leaves:

And for Christmas gifts I have decided to make some ruffle scarves.  They only take one skein and that's about $5 and 30 minutes of my time.  Here's a link to what they look like:

http://www.knitting-warehouse.com/free_knitting_patterns/Coats_Clark/RH_BoutiqueSashay/smokeyswirlscarf.pdf

My daughter is in town this weekend.  When she is here we go to the shops in downtown Salida and see what's new or what we can't live without.  The first stop was to Murdoch's Home and Ranch which is actuall on the highway.  You can check them out here:    http://www.murdochs.com/salida
They are having an awesome sale next week.

Then we went to Yolo, which she loves:  http://www.yolocolorado.com/   I have done some Christmas shopping there already.

Our third stop was my favorite store, which is Fringe.  It has fabric and gifts and yarn.  I love the fabric section being a quilter.  Their web site is:  http://www.fringefab.com/

Who is coming to Salida for skiing this winter??  Check out our web site to make your reservations:
http://salidacoloradomotel.com/  Or just call - 719-539-6296.

Moving into November.

Saturday night and I'm tired.  It's been a busy weekend at the Circle R Motel.  Just three weeks until Monarch Ski Resort is supposed to open, but its still in the 60s.  I'm not ready for winter, but I know some of the skiers and snowboarders are more than ready.  Here are some photos from our last ATV trip.

Naked Aspen trees.

Got into a little bit of snow.

quilting at the Circle R Motel

As the busy days of summer turn to the slower days of fall, I have been doing some more sewing and working on my quilting. In between I've been ATVing.   But, here are a few photos of quilting projects.

This photo above is my picnic quilt made from scraps.  Lots of memories in these fabrics!

 Now, this photo above is my unfinished table topper.  Those are bee hives and then the bee squares
are there in the bright yellow.  Thanks to my friend Nanette for the pattern!    http://fredashive.blogspot.com/

 This photo is my row quilt.  Every three weeks or so, the quilting teacher gives us a pattern for the next row.  The apples are my favorite so far!    http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/

This photo above is the back of the picnic quilt, which I got also from Nanette. Thanks Nanette.

Since this quilt has cowboys on the back, I may give it to my daughter if she can handle another quilt!

 

 

And finally, this is my new winter wall hanging.  It's mostly applique.  I love Cardinals

and so that's why I bought this "kit".  Thanks to Mari for quilting it for me! 

 

 

Fall in the mountains

It's been an amazing fall in Chaffee County and Salida.  Still warm.  We have had Arkansas River fly fishermen visit, adventure riders on their dirt bikes, and hunters of course.  The river is perfect for fishing.  Lee and I have been ATVing.  Monarch Ski Resort has sent out information for ski season.  I guess I have to resolve myself to the fact that winter is coming.  Our cleaning gal is leaving tomorrow.  We will miss her.  Now Lee has to get back to cleaning the rooms.  He had a nice break! 

High lake fishing

Another beautiful summer/fall day.  It's in the low 40s in the morning and then about 75 during the day.  We have harvested about six minature corn cobs out of the garden.  Still plenty of green tomatoes.  Some carrotts.  Bell peppers.  Still have hikers coming through and a bicyclist too. 

Went ATVing the other day and Lee caught a rare greenback cut throat trout.  Catch and release.