Stella Bella Quilts

The aspens are changing colors in the mountains, and cooler nights have arrived. Mr. SBQ's parents were in town last week and we d...

Even though he was all packed up and ready to go (see previous post), Remy and the other three cats stayed home while S. and I went on vacat...

Mid-afternoon on one of the first warm, sunny days this spring, S. and I were surprised to see a strange shape in a tree in the yard.  Altho...

taken at Sweet Home Quilt Co. with my iPhone & Lightbox camera app

I have a new resident in the neighborhood--a red tail hawk. I was immensely surprised to see this hawk perched on the fence by my big oak t...

Question 1:  How did I not post this weekend?  Beats me. I was all over blogland but didn't stop by my own blog.  I had a very productiv...

How perfectly Halloween-y a full moon tonight!  Even more Halloween-y was last night's visit to the oak tree outside of my bedroom windo...

If I had a big pile of ice, this is what I would feel like...

As I wrote in my last post, I spent the weekend at Snowbird Mountain Lodge in North Carolina. It was so nice to get away, especially because...

What I'm reading: I am finishing up a fascinating book called The Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich. I am a nature-lovin' girl a...

Am staying at the Lake Quinault Lodge for a couple of days. The lodge was built in 1926 and Franklin D. Roosevelt stayed here. Look blue ski...

Hello from chilly Washington State! Everyone I've talked to has said this is the worst spring/worst weather they have had in a long time...