Monday, March 9, 2009

A Busy Saturday and a bunch of Pictures

It was sort of busy on Saturday and we were out the entire day
- and Sunday was way more laid back - but let us start with Saturday....

The garage sales, estates sales and flea markets were a total bust and even I couldn't spend money on something useless!!! What's up with that!!! Dale, Rico and I ran around all morning looking and finding nada - we did however visit St Dominic's in lower Pacific Heights - a beautiful church built in the 1920's - in a very high Gothic style - here is a snap of the front -

and here are some shots of the interior....

A panel from one of the confessionals -

a couple of the confessionals



The large back window -
It is a really lovely church and one I hadn't been in.

From here we went on over to the Quilt show - Here are a few of the quilts that were displayed -





I have a bunch more and will post them during the week -

From the quilt show we ended up at lunch - at the Ramp on...


It is a outside restaurant right next to a boat slip and this was our view out across the waters


It was a perfectly beautiful sunny day - and sitting out by the bay was really nice!!!!

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Sunday started off with breakfast to Los Jarritos for a delicious plate of chirizo and huevos. They make fresh tortillas all day long and serve them with all the meals - just scrumptious!!!!!!

After a super breakfast we headed over to our little farmers market.. and here are some snaps...





We got some brocolini from this guy...


and got it home....

steamed with some butter - delicious!!!!

On the stitchy front I finished up Square 10 and have moved on to square 11 - here is a an overall snap of VoHRH....

I am sorry about the crapazilla snap but you get the idea.
The linen is not this eggnog colour at all!!

I will wrap it up for the day - more to come tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by and all the nice things you had to say about the box I made for Jill.

Take care,
edgar

12 comments:

  1. Great photos! Love those quilts.
    You'll be finished with VOH soon. It looks fabulous.
    I see my directions helped with the blog list. I'm glad.

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  2. Ah, St. Dominic's...that's my church when I go. I love the details inside and out. I miss my neighborhood market! I can't wait til April when it is supposed to start back up. Good progress on your VoHRH...only 2 more blocks...woo!

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  3. Nice weekend! Great progress on the Village ... you're so close to finished.

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  4. Ohhh look at those wonderful quilts and that beautiful church! village is coming along wonderfully and not far from finished! You should be proud!

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  5. Edgar, I'll have you know that I don't do anything on the weekend at all, but on Monday I read your blog and then pretend like I did the things you did, went the places you went, stitched the things you stitched....whew! I am exhausted by everything we accomplish in those two short days! And I just love the things we do, the places we go, and the things we stitch! OK, taking a nap now.

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  6. What great photos Edgar! Looks like you had a lovely weekend. Your VoHRH is looking lovely, this is so going on my wishlist.
    Have a great week

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  7. What a great couple of days! Your VoHRH is looking so awesome. I so want to stitch this. Well, truthfully, I want to have it finished, I don't really want to stitch it! Unfortunately, the only way I'm going to get it is to do it..... Yours is inspiring.

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  8. You lead the most exciting life...this is what I saw this weekend: the inside of our church - not as ornate or lovely as the church you showed pictures of, but nice anyway...and I saw the inside of walmart and their selection of paltry limp vegetables...not the lovely sunwashed vendor tents at an open air market. Gotta laugh... :o)
    But it was a sunshiney weekend and life is good anyway!

    YOU GO on the Village...man it is so close! You are my hero!!!

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  9. Beautiful job on your Houses! You're getting SOOO close to the end now! It looks like you had a great Saturday; beautiful pictures!

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  10. Great pictures - I almost felt like I went along with you! You must have been a photojournalist in another lifetime :-D

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  11. I didn't know where to look first - the church, the quilts, the market or Village. What a wonderfull stroll through your city.

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  12. VoHRH looks great! I'm going to have to visit St. Dominic's ...what a gorgeous church.

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