A group of my rug hooking friends used to get together regularly....at the cottage, at the OHCG Annual and sometimes just randomly we would go somewhere for a weekend of hooking, eating, drinking, shopping and socializing. Over the the last 5 years or so life has got in the way and we don't get together as often, or as easily, as we used to. But recently we manged to find a couple of days that we could all make.
We haven't been "girls" for a long time but "Girls Weekend" was how I described it when I was picking up lunch contributions at the Dover Cheese Shop. Its an expression that is universally understood. "Womens Weekend" does not have the same ring to it. It also wasn't a weekend. We are all retired so it was a Sunday to Tuesday.
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| As host I was gifted some lovely wine and flowers. |
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| We each dealt with our own breakfasts, provided lunch in two teams and ate out, or ordered in, for dinner. |
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| Coffee in the sunroom or as Heather labeled it "Looking out to sea". Photo by Heather. |
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| Ruby gave everyone lots of smiles and was rewarded by lot of loving. Photo by Heather. |
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| I finished hooking this cushion top and |
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| started working on this. Heather also hooked while Sue, Pam and Pat all worked on multiple knitting projects. |
There was not as much drinking as there used to be. No shopping. But we still caught up with each others lives and families, talked about projects and workshops and got some fibre work done. Fun.
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| I have also now finished this cushion and it is in the Woodhouse Gallery for sale. I forgot to take a picture of it before taking it in. The back is the front of a blue jean shirt. |
