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Last night it rained, hard! Like we don't already have enough rain, the ground is so saturated, it can't hold any more. We did have some very nice days during the week though so we shouldn't complain.  The sun shone brightly a few days and yesterday wasn't a total loss, rained late in the day.

It was a busy week last week.  The Northport Loopers had Periwinkle Laine in to teach us all about hooking a Poppy.  Did they bring their A game or what?  It was a fantastic couple of...

My mom and two sisters had a shopping trip on Friday.  My sister Debra (back right) has a birthday coming up this week so we used that as our excuse to celebrate together. My mom (Joan, back left), my other sister Dianne (front seat) and myself wanted to shop for our pending cruise in July so another good excuse to shop together.

I finished up my Kilim rug from rug school, I love it!

I finished this mini punch pattern below I...

I spent the weekend at my daughters and my oldest granddaughter turned 6 on Friday.  Her father loves to 'rock climb' and Sophie has been asking for some time if her father would let her rock climb.  He promised her when she turned 6, he will take her rock climbing.  Friday Sophie went rock climbing.  This is her above and guess what?  She loves it and wants to go again.

When it rains daily, we need to find other things to do inside.  Dream about your next hooking project?...

My rug above, I started at rug school, has been finished being rug hooked.  Now I am working on the Kilim stitch on the top and bottom and I will whip the sides then fringes come last.  If you zoom in, you can see the kilim stitch is almost done on one end of the rug.

Last week in Springhill, a great time was had by participants who played the ever popular, Right, Left, Center (RLC) game.  Below is the crowd playing. In Springhill the group play with not only swatches,...

A special day to celebrate all 'mothers'.  My own mother, Joan Ripley, I wish a very Happy Mother's Day, hope you get to do whatever you would like today. We went flower shopping yesterday with my sister Dianne. Always a fun time getting new blooms for the summer. We try to do this annually, thankfully my sister Dianne reminds us to do this.

Last week I attended rug school at the Mount Saint Vincent in Halifax, NS. The above photo were my roommates, crazy bunch but we had so much fun. ...