Yeah for the Bingo!

I hope everyone had fun doing the Holly Jolly Bingo over at In Stitches.... I know I did....

There was a lot of excitement over the last 18 days...
My poem was in the top 8,
This blog was mentioned on day 8
I won this lovely quilting kit... designed by Diane Nagle using the Siena collection from P&B (here's the link to the free pattern).

And, congrats to the winner who seems to be Darlene at this time....

I hope everyone else had fun... now to unpack and dust off the sewing machine and get to making that quilt!  .... and a couple or three UFO's I have lying around...

Merry Christmas everyone and a joyous and prosperous New Year!

Happy Happenstance

While on the interview trail in the Pacific Northwest, my husband and I were traveling through a small town in California called Weaverville.  Imagine my surprise when we turned the corner and saw this...

and this...

and this...

We stopped in front of this...

and I fell in love with this...

 

I would have driven off with it, but lots of other people were stopping to look, too.

It's the "Autumn in the Alps", I later learned.

Sure hope I get a job out here so I can come back next year for a closer look....