Pictures from a quilt show
I loved this one
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
One of the early families of the adobe
Rancho Buena Vista was a 2,288-acre (9.26 km2) Mexican land grant in present day San Diego County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to Felipe, an Indian. The name means "good view" in Spanish. The grant was south of San Luis Rey River and Rancho Monserate and encompassed present day Vista.Formerly a part of Mission San Luis Rey lands, the grant was made to Felipe Subria, a mission Indian. His daughter Maria La Garcia, who married William B. Dunn, inherited the property, and then sold it to Jesus Machado.
With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1853,and the grant was patented to Jesús Machado Jesús Machado (1823- ) married 1850 Lugarda Osuna de Alvarado, whose husband, José María Alvarado, had been killed in the Pauma Massacre.[3] When Jesús Machado was killed by Indians, his son, Luis G. Machado, inherited the rancho. Lorenzo Soto acquired the rancho from foreclosure in 1860. Lorenzo Soto (1821-1863) was the son of Francisco Soto of Rancho San Lorenzo Baja. Soto married María Ygnacia Morena, after his first wife died in 1857. After Lorenzo Soto’s death, his wife married Tomas Alvarado of Rancho Monserate. They then sold the Rancho to Cave Johnson Couts in 1866 Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874), was a native of Tennessee, and was a nephew of Cave Johnson. Couts graduated from West Point in 1843 and came to California in 1849 as a lieutenant with the US Army forces occupying California following the Mexican–American War. Couts left the Army, and settled in San Diego. In 1849 he was commissioned to survey and map the pueblo lands of San Diego. He married Ysidora Bandini, the daughter of Juan Bandini in 1851. Couts began buying property and developing political influence in the area. Couts also owned Rancho Guajome and Rancho Vallecitos de San Marcos.[6] Having been appointed sub-agent for the San Luis Rey Indians in 1853, Couts employed Indian labor to improve the properties.After Couts died, his son, Cave J. Couts, Jr.(1856-1943), took over management of the ranchoIn 1874 Couts’ widow, Ysidora Bandini gave the Rancho Buena Vista to their daughter, Maria Antonia, who had married Chalmers Scott, as a wedding gift. Scott moved to San Diego and Maria Antonia gave Rancho Buena Vista to her sister, Ysidora, who had married George Fuller.Thank you wikipedia!This was the easiest way to condense the history of the Rancho Buena Vista Adobe.
It was a very interesting tour!
There is even a skeleton in the walls of the adobe that is sealed up.
Our docent clearly loved her job.We were probably in the Adobe
for about an hour.I almost forgot we were going to a quilt show.
One of the owners Cave Couts was quite a character .The way our docent
spoke of him was really a colorful tale. I have to find books on this family it really
sparked my interest!
He swept the wealthy daughter of Juan Bandini off her feet and married her.
The gift shop where we waited for our docent
to start our tour.
There were many land grants owned by the Californios in San Diego
In this room a skeleton is sealed in the wall with a gun.
Ghost hunters visit in October to look for Ghosts.
There have been a few ghost sightings.I didn't see anything.
The chapel in the adobe
The man that swept the Bandini daughter off her feet
Cave Couts
The lady of the house
One of the bedrooms. Originally there were no beds
The family members would just roll out
bedding at night and sleep
on the floor.
There were many owners of the Rancho Buena Vista Adobe
One of them was a California starlet during the 1930's the bathroom reflects her taste.
wool knitted swimsuit
The bathroom
The starlet
We left the adobe and then went across to see the Art Quilts
The contrast of old historical building and the art quilts
was interesting to see.
Ladies from a bus tour enjoying the quilts
Believe it or not this was just part of our day after that we were off to the Escondido
Quilt show more pics later this week.
Here is one quilt from that show.
Little Jack with a hat I bought him
at the quilt show.He loved it!
Jack is almost a year and a half.
He is thinking of something.Lol.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I already voted last week Hubby and I sat together and I nicely informed him what I thought were some good choice. So today I am going to the library pick up my books I ordered and hope for the best. In the old days you watched Walter Cronkite and you believed everything you saw on T.V now there are so many spins and passions on what people believe and so many news stations that have their own journalistic spins on each party and how great their candidate is.
This is a hot patriotic Crest dog
I took a picture of last 4th of July
America is such a great country and every politician thinks they have the answers my hope for this election is no matter who wins they will all work together and work for what's best for America.
I took a picture of last 4th of July
America is such a great country and every politician thinks they have the answers my hope for this election is no matter who wins they will all work together and work for what's best for America.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
I know this post seems a little frivolous when you see whats going on back east but it might be a little diversion.
Crestridge Ecological Reserve
mosaic lizard
This is a Hubble inspired kiosk made of straw
Linda and I went to a California native plant sale at Crestridge Ecological Reserve. I have always wondered where it was in Crest and finally found the entrance with Linda last Friday so we went back on Saturday to the plant sale . There are 3,000 acre's of hiking trails with native bushes and native wildlife .
Native Plant sale
Everybody that goes hiking has a big stick. The people we met on Friday explained that you will see coyotes,there are mountain lions, rattlesnakes.Hummmmm. I can handle seeing a rabbit but the thought of a mountain lion munching on me or Maulie. Not so happy with that thought! Dogs have to be on leashes so we did see several people with dogs.It's a great place to explore so once it cools down Hubby Maulie and I might take a hike.
mosaic bench
After the fun of buying some plants we were off to Julian which is a darling mountain town about an hour from where I live.It is filled with tourists eating apple pies and shopping at the cute shops. We had such a great day we stopped at an antique store on the way home. Linda bought some wonderful potpourri at my favorite shop in Julian. I felt like we got alot done.The best part as we drove thru the mountains we saw a group of wild turkeys! This Saturday were going to a plant talk on native plants in Alpine.
sheep and pig knobs
Buckets of Potpourri
Yes pigs can fly!
fall is slow in coming to Julian
We went up to the Julian pioneer Cemetery
up on a hill looking for old headstones.
Next Saturday were going to a bunch of quilt shows!
Crestridge Ecological Reserve
Linda and I went to a California native plant sale at Crestridge Ecological Reserve. I have always wondered where it was in Crest and finally found the entrance with Linda last Friday so we went back on Saturday to the plant sale . There are 3,000 acre's of hiking trails with native bushes and native wildlife .
Everybody that goes hiking has a big stick. The people we met on Friday explained that you will see coyotes,there are mountain lions, rattlesnakes.Hummmmm. I can handle seeing a rabbit but the thought of a mountain lion munching on me or Maulie. Not so happy with that thought! Dogs have to be on leashes so we did see several people with dogs.It's a great place to explore so once it cools down Hubby Maulie and I might take a hike.
Loved this autumn wreath
Bath salts
up on a hill looking for old headstones.
Next Saturday were going to a bunch of quilt shows!
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