This doily was in one of the boxes I have unpacked so far. I totally forgot about this one. I made two of these, actually. The other one I made was white, for a friend. I'd like to make another one, too. I couldn't for the life of me remember what booklet it was in or anything. (That's been happening to me a lot lately...) But I found it today. It's a Year of Doilies booklet, the September doily, 'Welcoming Oval.' I've had it on the living room coffee table but it keeps getting knocked off onto the floor so I think I'm going to move it into my bedroom, on my dresser. I washed a couple of doilies I made today too. (I didn't make the doilies today, they are older doilies...) ;p But pretty dirty. I'll write more about those when I get some pictures of them.
We went for a hike on this trail today. Obviously this is an old picture (snow on the ground), but this is one of my favorite parts of the trail. I could just stand here and look at it for hours. Today we think we hiked seven miles. I am exhausted. I thought my knees were going to give out, they hurt so bad. I must be really out of shape. (Although hiking up a mountain is not exactly easy.)
Here are some of the wildflowers on the trail. I couldn't make out any of them. The only one I could tell was the Yuccas. They have buds on them now; and they are so pretty when they bloom. (I've never seen them in person, but I saw some on a postcard.) I guess I shouldn't have even posted that picture, since you can't even see any of the flowers on it. There are supposed to Columbines on the trail. I haven't seen any yet. We saw three lizards, a big blue beetle with black spots on it, a big yellow and black butterfly (I don't know what kind of butterfly, but I don't think it was a monarch, they are more orange aren't they?), a little blue butterfly, a little white butterfly (or moths), and my husband and older son said they saw a hummingbird. If we go on that trail again, I'm packing a picnic lunch and starting in the morning. I'm whipped....