Yesterday was absolutely beautiful. The temps were in the 70's so it was a good day to do some site seeing.
My parents retired and moved to the Upper Peninsula many, many years ago. So my family has been in love with the area. So much so for one member, my son Patrick. He went to NMU and never came home.
One of my favorite places is AuSable Lake. To the left of this photo is a sand dune which is covered in grass. When the kids were little there was no guard rail. This is a drop off lake. We would climb the sand dune then run down the hill, over the road, and dive in the lake at the drop off.
Things have changed so much. No more sand dune, no more swimming. They closed the beach and closed the picnic area.
We left there and headed to Grand Marais.
They have some beautiful houses up on the hill overlooking Lake Superior. This one is my favorite. I could be happy here.
This is the Coast Guard Station. It is now run by the National Parks Service. There is a huge bay area. In August they have hundreds of kayakers that come for a kayaking class and then they are taken out onto Lake Superior. They open the High School for sleeping quarters.
Our final destination was 12 Mile Beach. You drive down this old road that runs along Lake Superior. We found a spot to pull over and this is what we saw.
The view was spectacular.
We climbed down the sand hill to the beach.
The beach is covered in driftwood that is thrown up on land during the many storms. The shoreline is covered in stones and rocks. We have spent many hours looking for Agates.
We had a great time. We were so tired from all the walking on the beach but it was a good tired.
This morning when we got up it was a shock. The temperature was 53 and its overcast. So I plan on working on some applique. Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer so we can go do some more exploring.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Cathy
I finished making the last 8 blocks needed for my Plaid Jacob's Ladder. Then I got all the blocks sewn into rows and had time to sew the top together.
I really like the way this turned out. It will get quilted next month and is going to be a Christmas present.
Now for my WIP...back in 2013 Lori from Humble Quilts and Randy from Barristers Block had a QAL. I got it done up to the appliqued border.
I finished the appliqued vine and yesterday I basted the applique pieces to the bottom of the quilt. I made the date 2014 since this is the year it will be finished.
Now for my find.
While scrounging around some boxes in the basement I came across these blocks. Back in 1999 I took a class with Trudie Hughes. These are the blocks I made. Unfortunately I can't find any of the fabric I used for the stars and only a little of the fabric from the logs. So instead of a large quilt I will have a table runner. I think I want to try a large quilt with different fabrics.
As I told you in a previous post I finally made it up north to visit my son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter. It was a good visit but....I was sick all the way up, my husband was sick the next day, my granddaughter broke her arm the day we went up and she was sick the day after my husband and the day we left my son was sick.
We did have a day that Terry and I got to go out and do a little sight seeing. When we got up north they had 3 feet of snow. Luckily the weather was warm and they lost a good majority of it. Lake Superior had a lot of ice with pockets of open water. These are pictures taken at a little park by the bay.
These little islands are a favorite spot for NMU college students to swim out too and paint their graduation name on.
Here is the Marquette Light House out on the point.
The sun is shining today and I think we are going to go to Metro Park for a walk. Sammie too.
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Cathy
