The Big Trees - Sequoia National Park

My trip to Orange Blossom Quilter gave me the opportunity to go for a back roads wandering into Sequoia National Park/ Kings Canyon. For those who don't know this is one of the few places on earth that is able to have the big... big... really big sequoias. I feel pretty lucky to be able to go wander through these special places, but at this time of the year it is even better. Springtime in the foothills and the lower regions of the parks were full of the softly swaying wildflowers. The color this year on the California Redbuds were incredible. The very showy red-violet was seen everywhere... splattering the wild color amongst all the green all the way up the mountains. The river was running high with the springtime runoff, and all was right with the world. There were definitely opportunities for a raven conversation or two, as well.

Pictures never really convey how great it is to be there... but if they can tempt you to do a bit of wandering on your own they are worth sharing. Enjoy!

Happily Wandering!
~Rose

Orange Blossom Guild Visit

The travel up the grapevine was beautiful...

the mountains still green and just around Gorman the wildflowers overtook the hills. In almost every direction there were fields of purple and of course the orange of the poppies. At certain points there was no green visible only the orange of the flowers.

The visit at the guild started with a presentation I gave on the Organized Quilter. There were lots of ideas share and of lots of quilts as well. It was a great group.

The Dream Landscape workshop followed over the next two days, and there are great quilts in the works. The folks at the guild were great as well and a special thank to Dyanne for making the visit happen, and to Elaine for being the perfect hostess. Can't wait to see some of these pieces when their done.