Twins game, wool, brewery tour, and trains

Summer work party for Paul was another Twins game - we went two years ago as well.  We had Friday off to visit two great wool shops in western Wisconsin. Red Wool in Rice Lake had another woman visiting with her Newfoundland dog. As the shop is at her house, the dog was outside. Made for something fun for Paul to watch. Her room was amazing....I told Paul if he could build me that room I would never ask for anything again! We had time to visit the Leinenkugal brewery as well. Very fun and Paul enjoyed the tastings.

And of course we visited our favorite train watching spot in St Paul. I enjoy my wool applique while we watch.

Another great adventure.

Nantuckets 2015

This should be my final year of Nantuckets. I am running out of room. This year I wove a 10" potbelly lamp and a medium Lizzie. It's been so much fun to weave the nantuckets all these years and will hopefully take a road trip next year to visit with my weaving friends.

Horseshoe Curve

We went to Pennsylvania for the train convention and got to Horseshoe Curve.....check that off the list. Paul could have stayed for days, just watching all of the traffic.  The fact that it was a lot of Norfolk Southern (his favorite) just made it all the better.

 While Paul was doing convention activities, I went to the National Coverlet Museum in Bedford PA.  It was so lovely. The nicest and most informative man was the tour guide.  The coverlets were really nice and the museum is in an old school. After that I was able to visit downtown Bedford and even had a Lebanon Bologna sandwich for lunch in honor of my friend Becky. It was tasty.

 On our way home, we went to Cleveland to visit Monica and her new puppy Sophie.  We rode the Cuyahoga Falls train with Louise and Owen. Owen loved watching the train speed on an app on Paul's phone.  Owen loves trains; he connected with Paul.  Actually Paul saw them the next day as he was watching trains in Berea. It was a great trip. 

A finishing kind of day

My mom...here in our first selfie...helped me finish these two fun projects. Or lets just say SHE finished and I was a tiny bit of helper. One is the Shepherds Bush fold project...borrowed pattern with my over dyed threads and buttons. The other is the Needleworker cross stitch pattern attached to the liner of a longaberger Boardwalk  basket. Love them both and so excited that I finished the shaker box top in record time. Guess binge watching the first season of House of Cards does have its advantages.

Happy Memorial Day

Beautiful service this morning honoring all who have served this great country of ours. Especially  beautiful was the bald eagle....a great tribute.

Patriotic Present

Monica gave me this lovely Civil War Needlebook kit for my birthday and I stitched as fast as I could. Because the best part was it came with finishing. So when we visited in April she gave it to me finished. It is so nice and a great addition to my patriotic sewing things.

It's Bee season

The Easter was taken down but the shelf was pretty empty. So glad to get my bee stuff out. Many lovely handmade gifts that remind me of my great friends. I am blessed to surround myself with people and things that make me happy.