The Frayed Edges, October 2009, Part 2
Wow…a week has evaporated. At least I have the excuse that it was Thanksgiving! Ours was small–just the four of us–but wonderful and tasty and there was lots of gravy!
Back to what now seems like a thousand years ago…the last Frayed Edges get together at Kathy’s house, when Deborah came from Texas to visit! For some reason, I woke up even though I had the chance to sleep in. Sunrise was about 7:00 am, so I woke to see this when I went downstairs:
and
WOW!
Kathy always decorates her home for the season, and this was no exception. She changes the artwork (almost always hers!) over the fireplace. Isn’t this just lovely–I adore bittersweet (the vine with the little red berries and orange husks)?
During breakfast we all looked happy, sorta sleepy, content, and busy. From left to right: Kate, Hannah and Deborah:
And here is Kathy:
Before we packed up, I took a picture of some of the ornaments we made:
Before we headed out to the Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens, Kathy wanted to walk down to China Lake, which is about a hundred yards or two through the woods you seen in that photo at the start of the post.
Talk about GLORIOUS! Here are some more pics, some a bit tipsy thanks to using a rock as a tripod and the timer (and running like mad to get down the dock and seated before the shutter tripped!):
And here is a totally funky treetrunk–makes me think of the Ents in the Lord of the Rings:
Next: I’ll share our visit to the Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens (talk about inspiration!), a bit about what I’ve been doing to keep busy (I’ve actually done some art quilting!), a postcard swap, and–drum roll–TWO giveaways to celebrate the holidays!