The Frayed Edges, October 2009, Part 1
The weekend after I returned from Houston, Deborah Boschert flew up from Texas for a glorious Frayed Edges reunion. It is SO WONDERFUL that Deborah can manage to get up here…almost every year!…since she moved to Texas. We miss her daily presence, so appreciate her visits so much!
Deborah visited various ones of us spending the night (tho Camden is too far flung for her to reach, alas!), but on Sunday we had a wonderful sleepover at Kathy’s house! Thanks bazillions to her hubby, Bruce, for taking a night away with his family so we could run amok!
Kathy always decorates for the season, so it is lovely to visit. Look how she used candy corn to anchor the bittersweet—lovely!
Since our sleepover was on a Sunday night, we had various family-kid obligations (well, Kate, Hannah and I did). Hannah missed lunch, but here we are:
Then I had to decamp to Topsham, where Deborah used to live, for Eli’s last two soccer games of the season–and learned that her daughter used to play on the very same fields (directions: go to the parking lot, then take the path through the woods to the fields… I kid you not, those were the actual instructions!)! Here’s the goalie supreme (red shirt) in action:
By the time I got back to Kathy’s house, Hannah was there, and Kathy’s book group at the China Village library was over. We had a blast making ornaments… I was the poop in the group and didn’t get kits made–just too much to do and too stressed after Houston and getting the pre-ordered books out, but the others came up with such wonderful projects….Here’s Deborah working on a felted wool rose-ball (from Hannah!)
and of course we indulged in some potent potables… I don’t even remember what this drink was (Kate brought it) except that it was tasty! I am SO not a drinker of mixed drinks, so I don’t know what ANY of them are!
as we got up to go to dinner (we did potluck…I brought lunch, Kathy did dinner, Kate did breakfast, Hannah brought munchies) I loved this picture: the chaos of friendship! Stuff and gifts and projects and crafts everywhere!!!!
and then two shots of us at dinner (which was delectable…but why am I the only one to have seconds????)
and then another of Kathy’s charming goodies…a little needle felted wool cozy, with embroidery and stitchery and beads and buttons…. sigh…. beauty on a daily basis wherever you turn in her house!
It was my birthday not too long ago, so Deborah brough prezzies to celebrate assorted birthdays over the past year…. here we all are with our lovely pieces:
Don’t we all look so happy?!!!! What a wonderful day… And that was just Sunday! I decided I’d split the visit into two posts, then started processing the photos and realized I’d best make it three! So I’ll share the rest of the visit over the next week or two.
November 21st, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Ayyy! A cliffhanger! Well at least I’ve had a sneak peak at Deborah’s blog, so I guess I can wait…You all do look like you’re having a great time!
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:08 am
What fun to spend whole blocks of quality time with friends!