Journey to the Point

This entry is a little late...it has been waiting in my draft box for about two weeks not.  But better late than never. ;)



Point Reyes



Here we are in week 2 of the 2011 and I'm proud to say that I'm still in my creative state of mind.  Meaning, and I am still being creative everyday.  Now even though it has only been 11 days into the year I've already encountered an obstacle that upset my piece of mind one night.  But the next day I realized it was a blessing in disguise...

Here it was Tuesday, January 4th and I decided I was going to make Faustino's mom a draft dodger for her door.  And what to my surprise happens... my sewing machine isn't working.  I thought it was user error, so I took out the useless stitches, tried to figure out the issue and tried again.  Only to encounter that it still wasn't working.  Finally after 3-4 times of using my seam ripper and trying again I gave up.  Now the reason this was a blessing in disguise: the sewing machine in its brilliance was telling me I needed to finish other projects that I had started but never got around to completing.  This makes me laugh because: I'm exactly like my grandmother and I am the first to admit it.  Now I love my grandmother and she was a great woman but she, like everyone else, had her faults:

1. Starting projects but never fully completing all of them (75% of them yes, but to this day my mom and I find projects she started and never finished - that's a lot for the amount of space she had to be creative).
2. She was a pack-rat.

I posses both of these qualities.  I have started many projects but never fully completed them.  And I love to keep everything and anything.  For example - my mom and I are in the process of cleaning my grandmother's craft room and what do I decide to do...take material and anything else that I might (big MIGHT) use and store it until Faustino tells me its time for me to go through my stuff and reorganize or toss. Though I hate to do it he's right.

But enough about the background, I want to talk about the fun stuff.  I have a few projects on my list (to once and for all complete):

1. Scarf for Faustino
2. Scrapbook of the year I spent in studying and exploring Spain (5 long years overdue)
3. Old sewing projects

During the week, I have diligently worked on the first item.  I'm expecting to be done by the end of the month.  Yay!  But of course, I'll keep you updated.  On the weekend, I try to explore my other creative activities such as photography...

The need to explore this area we call home (Bay Area) took Faustino and I took Point Reyes on Saturday.  I had heard on the news that we would be able to catch glimpses of the grey whales migrating south.  And I was not disappointed.  After a two hour drive we made it to shuttle bus that would take us to the Lighthouse where the whales would be waiting.  Unfortunately we were not able to see the whales' bodies because contrary to my hopes the whales didn't jump out of the water upon my arrival. We did however see spouts and fins.  And let me tell you, it was enough to make the drive worth it.  After 15-20 minutes of spout watching we decided we would make the trek back up the 302 steps to the path.

After the long trek (even though it was only 302 steps it was still long), we decided to go on a 3-mile hike.  And what we found was great scenery, a peaceful walk and a fantastic day together.  With photos to document. :)

What would a day trip be without me insisting that we take a photo together on our hike.  He says he puts up with it, but I think he secretly enjoys all the photos I take of us.


Faustino and I on our hike

And of course I learned something new...Seals are called cows, bulls and pups.

Cows, bulls and pups down in the middle

And what would the day be without some fog?  I loved every bit of the fog, even the cool weather.  And, I enjoyed photographing it.

Fog along the coast

Finally, after 5 hours at Point Reyes we decided to head home.  We had a great time but we were exhausted.  I got some good shots in, enjoyed a nice hike, learned something new and went whale watching.  What an exhilarating Saturday it was.