Another Snow Storm

We didn't get the huge snow they were predicting, but still got enough to bring lots of birds to the feeders, including this red-bellied woodpecker.  Whoever named it did not know their anatomy since clearly it is the head that is red.

First Snow

About 4.5 inches.

Quilt 36

A Bird At Last

I've been trying to attract birds to our new home.  Finally, with the new platform feeder I received at Christmas, I now have at least one junco who appreciates it.

Quilt 35

Well not really a quilt.  I made this pillow for my cat-loving daughter.

Quilt 34

It is a good thing my husband likes this quilt, so it has a good home.  My daughter complained it was too psychedelic - I can't imagine why.

Quilt 33

I finally got to use the long-arm machine to finish this quilt that I pieced last summer.  It goes perfectly on our new sofa.

Another Great Bike Ride

Yesterday we rode another section of the Delaware and Raritan Canal towpath.  We found a good place to park, complete with portajohn, on the south side of Alexander Road in Princeton.  We had intended to ride north along Carnegie Lake, but taking the southern route meant we didn't have to cross Alexander Road and it looked inviting, so we figured we'd see how far we could get.  The path surface was quite good most places.  We ended up riding south about 4.5 miles, going under Route 95 and stopping when we got to the nice-looking bridge over Route 1.  We would have loved to ride further but had a time limit - more on that later - so we promised ourselves we would explore farther south the next time.  There is good parking at Quakerbridge Road so we could start from there.

After the ride we had dinner - at PJ's Pancake House on Nassau Street which was just so-so - then headed onto campus for a lecture by Hugh Herr, the head of the Biomechatronics Lab at MIT.  The Lab's work on artificial limbs is fascinating.

More Biking

We rode the Henry Hudson Trail north from Freehold again today.  This time we continued up into Big Brook Park and did a total of 13 miles.

Trip to Oregon

Just some notes on my latest trip to Oregon.  I went sort of late this year - October 23-27 - because there was a quilt class I wanted to take earlier in the month.  The weather was quite rainy so we didn't make it to the coast.  Since my daughter was with me, I looked for hotels with 2-room suites.  The Holiday Inn in Albany advertised that but the room we got was basically one room with two beds.  I won't make that mistake again.  The Holiday Inn at the Portland airport did have 2 separate rooms, which was great.  But the hotel itself was pretty old so I wouldn't stay there again unless I needed the 2 rooms.