Hi Annie, from Marin County California. Your picnic table sounds lovely. I've taken over the big pine dining room table (we have 5 grown children so had a big table), and my "stash" has taken over the linen closet. I am in the middle of two quilt tops, one through a class in Walnut Creek and the other through an "online" university called Quilt University. I am enjoying both, while working, etc. Redding is lovely. My husband and I recently discovered the Black Bear Diner while on a road trip through Redding. Happy Quilting. Debbie