Lois Hilterbrand

This post is dedicated to my friend Lois Hilterbrand.  She passed away last week.  Her favorite color was orange.  It was always my least favorite color.  I met her over 20 years ago when I first moved to this area.  She was the president of the Mt Harrison quilt guild when I joined.  She talked me into taking her job that year when it was time to elect new officers.  I tried to convince her that not only did I know nothing about quilting, but I had never been in a leadership position!  I had only joined this group so that I could learn to make quilts.  She reassured me that I could do it and if I would just say yes to the nomination, they would elect me.  The only qualification seemed to be saying yes.  She promised to be at my beck and call anytime I needed her help.  So we became close buddies with my very frequent phone calls.  I later learned that one of the hay fields where I was baling belonged to her and her husband.  That gave us a whole new shared interest.  She told me some great stories about her baling adventures.  I miss her.