A quilt for little pirate's play begins to take shape.
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| I LOVE drawing in thread! |
When finished, this quilt will be for sale at a brand new artisan shop in Salem, OR:
Eclectic NW. I will post when the quilt is done and the shop has its grand opening!
Photos from my trip to the Southland, part 2: Can you believe how blue and beautiful it was when I visited the land of my birth,
La Ciudad de Nuestra Señorade los Angeles (aka L.A.)! On this trip I went places I don't normally visit in LA, and it's all thanks to Emily and letterboxing. Emily & Michael took Janet and me to The Grove, a giant outdoor mall that looks like something out of Disneyland (and I'm wondering if its name is a reference to The Coconut Grove, the nighttime hot spot much beloved by my mother in her youth. The Next Generation also took us to
Wacko, the coolest store in LA, that's been around for 40 years but I never knew about it. How could that be!?!?! Thank goodness for daughters who know what their mothers would like!
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| "The Next Generation," Emily & Michael |
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| Inside Wacko |
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| Nuestra Señora de los Angeles |
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| And other strange celestial beings |
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| Even the bathroom is uber-cool! |
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| I want this in my house! |
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| Oh, lookie! There's a Lulu doll (and she looks just like me)! |
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| Cuteness! I want to make one of these! |
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| Wacko carries all your Day of the Dead décor needs. |
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| Gotta love the signage ( and my lomo-ish photo ap!) |
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| Yes, we are Wacko! |
Letterboxing took us toMulholland Drive and to the Griffith Park Observatory. Strangely, as a native Angelino (a!), I had never been to this part of Mulholland Dr., the part that looks over Hollywood and Downtown. What a clear blue day to do it! Blue sky! Greenery! Fresh air! LA!
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| Overlooking one of LA's reservoires |
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| Downtown! |
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| Finding the Tinsel Town letterbox! |
Our intrepid letterbox explorers next went to Griffith Park, a place I hadn't been to since 4th grade! Why didn't we go more often? It's a beautiful place! Here at the Observatory we found our trickiest clues yet.
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| Michael, Emily, and Janet |
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| Finding clues for Voyager - the Column of Astronomers |
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| Hi, Emily!!! |
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| The painted ceiling of the rotunda inside the Observatory |
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| Just can't get over this clear blue day! |
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| Upper deck of the Observatory |
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| Mother and child |
We never did find the Voyager letterbox, in spite of finally figuring out the clues and its location (in fact, the owner of Voyager wrote and told me the box had gone missing some time ago). On to the next box, also at Griffith Park, with new and FANTASTIC views of the Observatory, and once found, Janet and I were rewarded with the BEST carving yet!
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| Amazing view of the Observatory! |
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| Starry, Starry Night, my first 5 star letterbox! Amazing carve and a great hike! |
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| As twilight begins to descend over the Hollywood sign... |
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| we hurry back down the hill where Emily and Michael await. Was that a coyote I just heard? |
As the sun sets, we bid you adieu, LA. Thank you for such a wonderful, fun-filled day!
xoxo lulu
