Shanghai was my favorite stop on the cruise.
Here are some sights from Shanghai.
This is the view from our balcony, across the river. The architecture is not at all what I expected. I expected older style buildings but found this incredibly new architecture.
The combination of the old and new.
Love the green.
I was not expecting to see so much laundry hanging outside.
The one with the most laundry outside wins!
Our fearless leaders, Kim and Amy, hired a guide for the day and we went on a journey via bus. Our guide, Alex, was the best…just the right mix of humor and history. He gave us tons of information.
While we were touring we came upon some school kids out touring also. They loved the Americans and wanted to talk to us and to have their pictures taken. Cute kids.
On our second day in Shanghai we took our own tour and traveled to this temple. This is what I had in mind for the architecture I thought I would find.
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I just finished listening to The Panther by Nelson DeMille. I finished it on my drive to and from the Hunderdon County Quilting Guild in Readington, New Jersey. I am a Nelson DeMille fan. My husband turned me on to him years ago. In this recent saga, John Cory is on the anti-terrorist task force, and his wife, Kate Mayfield is an FBI agent. They are posted on an overseas assignment in Sana’a, Yemen which is one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. I love Demille’s sense of humor for the John Cory character. I laughed out loud many times on my drive. Cory with the help of the CIA are hunting the Panther, a terrorist responsible for the bombing of the Navy ship the Cole, or is the Panther hunting them? The ending was eye opening!! This book did drag in the middle but I still liked it.
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In March I taught my Ocean Sunrise class at the seminar in Pigeon Forge. Cookie has her quilt finished. I mean finished. Not just the top. It is quilted and bound. And she really did some fun stuff.
Cookie actually turned the center of her quilt into an aquarium. Very cool.
On Sunday I was asked to lecture for the Cranberry Quilt Guild in McAdoo, Pennsylvania. Each year they host a luncheon for their members and it is also open to non-members.
This was a really lovely group of ladies. You can see their raffle quilt hanging in the background.
Check out the cake they had made by one of the local bakers.
They opened the luncheon with a show and tell. Some of the ladies I had just seen at the quilt guild in Bloomsburg made the trip to McAdoo. Shirley brought her quilt to share. Shirley used her Kansas Rose block from a workshop I had taught for her guild as the center of her wonderful wall quilt. Thanks for sharing Shirley.
I also taught this past week for the Hunterdon County Quilters in Reading, New Jersey, http://hcqgnews.tripod.com We had fun in a 3 hour hand applique workshop. Sometimes I think I pack to much into my 3 hour workshops because the students faces look exhausted when we are finished!
Until next week…..