Brenda Hotinger
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Vernal Falls, Yosemite NP, May 16, 2023.Pictures of El Capitan and Half Dome from our trip a week ago to Yosemite NP. Also included are pictures of Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls from our hike and a hike my son did to the top of Nevada Falls. The reflection of Half Dome is at Mirror Lake and the reflection of Yosemite Falls is from the flood water in the center of the park. The falls were spectacular!On our trip a week ago, we went to Yosemite NP. The weather was perfect and the sound of the waterfalls could be heard throughout the park. There was water everywhere! We spent three days here exploring and hiking. It was wonderful.We have been home just over a week from our wonderful trip to the National Parks of the Sierra Nevada. Our first stop was Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP. Because of the road conditions and snowfall, we were only able to visit the foothills of Sequoia and the Grant Grove area of Kings Canyon. The wild flowers were in bloom in Sequoia and the mountain sides were beautiful.Follow on Pinterest
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Tag Archives: Planning
New Plans for a New Quilt
Hello Everyone and welcome back. It’s been a fairly busy week. I took an afternoon to kit a few new cross stitch projects, took an overnight trip to visit parents and started to plan a new quilt. I also finished … Continue reading
Posted in Ambience Quilt, County Fair Quilt, Planning, Quilts
Tagged Ambience Quilt, County Fair, free motion quilting, Planning
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New Year Cross Stitch Plans and Organization
Hello Everyone and welcome back for the second part of my planning and organization post. Today is all about cross stitch and I would like to share some of my plans for the Winter Quarter and my newly organized floss, … Continue reading
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New Year, New Plans
Well maybe not all new plans, in fact most are old plans! Hello Everyone and welcome. Today, I am sharing my quilting WIPs and UFO’s and plans for some of them for the winter quarter. Tomorrow, I plan to share … Continue reading
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Swoon 16 Blocks Finished!
Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a great weekend! The rain finally stopped here and it got cold. I think we are finally going to have some winter temperatures this week with a little bit more rain. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Quilts, Rainbow Quilts, Sunday Best Quilts, Swoon Quilt
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WIP Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Hello Everyone! I thought I would try something new. I plan to post my cross stitch progress and plans each Wednesday. If I don’t have much to show, I may post every two weeks. I thought it would keep my … Continue reading
Mostly a Stitchy Update
Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a great weekend. It was rainy here yesterday, but a good day to get some things done. I am slowly starting to move things out of my sewing room, getting ready for the … Continue reading
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Weekly Update and Retreat Projects
Hello Everyone! I was hoping to get this post out a little earlier, but I’ve been busy getting ready for my quilting retreat with my quilt guild. I’m leaving today and will return on Sunday. I’m looking forward to good … Continue reading
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Works in Progress and a Few Other Things, Memorial Day 2019
Hello Everyone and Happy Memorial Day! I hope you have a great day with family, friends or your favorite hobby, but I also hope you take a few moments to remember all those fallen heroes who served our country and … Continue reading
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Just Cross Stitch
Hello Everyone! Has anyone else discovered the Flosstube craze? When I first saw the term on a Fat Quarter Shop video title, I didn’t know what it meant except Kimberly was talking about Cross Stitch in the video. I was … Continue reading
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January 2019 Progress and What’s up for February
Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week. I’ve been enjoying the warm weather here and have sat outside on a couple of afternoons to work on some cross-stitch. I knew January would be busy with finishing the … Continue reading
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