Beautiful Valley View

We had hiked up to this outlook in Sypes Canyon for a beautiful view of the Gallatin Valley. The storm clouds were just beginning to roll in. By the time we got back to our car, the storm was very near and soon it began to rain. The time we had hiking was wonderful though. This is such a beautiful place to live. But summer is short here. We already had a frost last weekend, so even though it has warmed up a lot, you can still feel autumn in the air.

All week I have been getting ready for the Quilting in the Country show next Saturday. I made labels for all my work so that each one has its name and mine on it. They were handmade and then handsewn on so it took several days to get that all done. From now on, I'm going to label them as they get finished so that I don't have such a huge project again. Next week I have a few more things to do for the show but mostly will spend my time designing and warping a tapestry on a Mirrix loom to take to demonstrate while there. It has been a couple months since I finished the last tapestry so I'm excited to get back to weaving them again.

Last week, Jess designed a really wonderful business card for me and I sent that to an online printer hoping they would be done on time. They are scheduled to be delivered on Tuesday so that was a relief they would be here well before I needed them and also it will be a thrill to see the finished card. When we got back from Kansas, I knew there was just 3 weeks to prepare for the show and I had procrastinated some things until our return, like the business cards, so I'm pretty happy that it is coming together well.

Tomorrow we are driving down to Yellowstone National Park for our first visit there. We are going to start at the Mammoth Hot Springs area and maybe stay there the whole day if we find some good places to hike. Otherwise, we may go on to see Old Faithful too. I can't wait and spent a good part of today fixing food for a picnic lunch. The weather is supposed to be perfect too.