QUILTING RETREAT

This is the nice bedroom that Donna and I had

These are the stairs going to the sewing room

Spacious Sewing Room

Large quilting supply warehouse
 

 

I had such a nice time at the Quilting Retreat.  It was so wonderful to visit with everyone.  I am so happy that I can still get around and go places.

I loved looking at all the beautiful quilts.

At the Quilting Supply warehouse I found a pattern to make a soft cover to go over my tablet.  I will still leave my tablet in the hard cover.

We decided on a name for our Quilting group.  We are the "Jelly Rollers"

wall hanging

I did finally manage to get this picture back on

pictures

On my samsung galaxy tablet , I think every picture that I ever had put on my computer is here.  I have pictures of clayton and me on our first cruise, pictures of debbie  and I in washington dc, pictures that were on my "lost post".  I was trying to do a new post and I can't get any of  the pictures to go on my blog. I don't know much about computers.  I didn't put these pictures on my tablet. They just went on by themsellves, Also, this intelligent tablet downloaded all my sites, like my bank, everyone's blogs , everything in my favorites.



I have put lots of pictures on my blog so I cannot figure this out. The recent pictures I took are no problem.

COVER FOR SAMSUNG GALAXY TABLET

Cover standing up

Debbie has been looking for a cover for her Samsung Galaxy tablet.  I sent for this one.  It will do.  I am not really thrilled with it but the cover is very durable and will give good protection.  It holds in fairly tight but I wouldn't go carrying it around open because I would not trust the tablet not to fall out. The corner built-in clips are not very large and even though it is in tight, one corner tends to be a tiny bit loose.  It stands up pretty good.  I would not suggest buying this.  I paid too much for it in my opinion.  I read all the reviews before I bought it and thought it would be better. I am sure there are better ones than this but for now I will put up with it.

HELENA, MONTANA

Debbie and I are taking a trip to Helena, Montana in July.  Helena is a historical city.  It is the city where my sister and I were born.  I have always wanted to see where I was born.  I'm in the process of finding places to see in Helena and nearby.

                A little history about Helena------

Helena was founded with the July 14, 1864 discovery of gold in a gulch off the Prickly Pear Valley by the "four Georgians".  The city's main street is named "Last Chance Gulch" and lies close to the winding path of the original gulch through the historic downtown district.
     The townsite was first surveyed in1865 by Captain John Wood.  However, many of the original streets followed the chaotic paths of the miners, going around claims and following the winding gulch.  As a result, few city blocks are consistent in size, rather they have an irregular variety of shapes and sizes.
      By 1888, about 50 millionaires lived in Helena, more per capita than any city in the world. (About 3.6 billion in today's dollars.)
      The Last Chance Placer is one of the most famous placer deposits in the Western United States. Much of the Placer is now under the streets and buildings.  As late as 1970 when repairs were being made to a bank a vein of Placer


Helena in 1870

Gold was found under the bank's foundation.
       The official symbol of Helena is a drawing of "The Guardian of the Gulch", a wooden watch tower that still stands on "Tower Hill" overlooking the historic downtown district.
        In 1902, the Montana State Capitol building was completed.  Helena has been the Capitol of Montana Territory since 1875 and the State of Montana since 1889.


Capitol Building

City of Helena today

Watch Tower

        Helena is located at an altitude of 4,058 feet.  The population of Helena is 28,592. I am excited about going and it will be fun to go on a trip with Debbie again.

There is a tourist train that I want us to ride. We should see several of the historic sites including the watch tower.

Helena in 1920

SAME PICTURES AGAIN

I put these pictures on again.  When we go to the Quilting Retreat this weekend I wanted everyone to see the quilt she is working on.  Thought I would put a picture of my counted cross stitch project on too.  I will be helping Donna with the new quilt she is making.  The one in the above picture is the one she will be putting on their Murphy bed.  The new quilt Donna is making has a lot of blue.  Blue is one of Donna's favorite colors.  I am more into bold colors.  I like deep pinks, reds and purples.

NEWEST TOY

This is a picture of my newest toy.  The Samsung Galaxy 10" tablet.  It is so great.  This computer does everything I need it to do.  I really didn't pay that much for it.  A while back I thought I would like to go on the Christmas Cruise that Donna and Leif are taking.  It is 11 days.  I got to thinking it over and decided that was just too long.  Also, that is usually the month that I get Bronchitis. I really had it bad last winter and the last thing I need to do is be out on a ship and be sick.  Anyway, I had put a deposit down on the cruise and when I decided to cancel the deposit was refunded to my American Express Card.  The Samsung Galaxy that I bought was $325 and  had an instant manufacturer's rebate of $50 and I had $229 left on my refund on the American Express card so I decided that was what I was going to do. David will be down this Winter again so we will just do our own Christmas things.