half way home

last night lucy woke crying. when adam went to her she was saying "nana don't go". we hadn't told her that i was leaving today but her little almost 3 year old soul sensed it. happily they're coming for a little corner brook visit in a week. this back and forth is tough for us all. at least they're not in fort mcmurray like so many young newfoundland families.
so today we (craft council members) travel in a convoy to lumsden. 1st stop chapel's cove to pick up linda and see her new sheep and get my spinning wheel from her. prrrr. then a picnic in terra nova park (it is a gorgeous day for it) and arrivng in lumsden (about 1 1/2 hours from gander) around 5:0) meetings start tonight.

a lucy day

this is my last day in st. john's. aside from my exhibition opening, it's been a very family oriented visit. my daughter is 2 months pregnant (a very lovely thing for all of us) so is feeling all day morning sickness. i've taken over much of the food prep to help her out. today lucy stayed home from daycare and we're spending time together. walked eamon to school and then lucy and i spent an hour in the playground. heading over to devon house now to drop off my shawl. tomorrow morning i'm heading out to lumsden for a weekend of craft council meetings. it's always hard leaving the little family but fortunately they'll be coming out to corner brook for a short visit next week.

giving over

in st john's i become nana. lucy refuses to accept that i have any other name. "no, you're my nana" so while i'm here, i have 6:00 am camping adventures. i walk back and forth to eamon's school. i watch colourful pinata and rescue heroes on tv. i read "caps for sale" over and over and act out the part of the pedlar. today eamon is ditching
school and we're going to toys 'r us and then to the movies to see prince caspian. tomorrow is lucy and nana's day. and then thurs. i head off for the craft council agm for 4 days in lumsden. i have

managed to knit a shawl that i'll enter into the craft council summer exhibit. tonight i'll finish off the fringe and take it over tomorrow.

after the show

i can't believe that bob dylan and leonard cohen are in st. john's and i'm not seeing either of them. tickets were impossible to get...
soo... the show went well for me. only 2 of my mats sold at the opening but they were the two largest and most expensive. this means no financial worries this summer! i can go home and learn how to spin, and knit in the garden and stockpile product for the one of a kind show in december. clear...

my birthday

today is my birthday. i always love my birthday. i feel strongly that it's a special day. there is always a light around it. i'm in st.john's this year. missing keith but happy to be spending it with my daughter, her husband and their children. today i dropped off an order at the craft council shop, did a radio interview for my show that opens tomorrow and edith and i spent the rest of the day clothes shopping at 2nd hand stores (i mistakenly gave all my summer clothes to the salvation army last december!). i'm very grateful for value village! we're having takeout chinese food for dinner and then going to a one woman play (at the lspu hall) written and performed by a childhood friend of edith's and directed by another. this morning i was about to walk with my grandson to school and told my grand daughter that i would be back soon. she said "good because i don't want to miss you anymore.

honest beauty

i'm flying out to st. john's this afternoon. i'll be gone for 10 days. my "honest beauty" hooked mat exhibition opens on saturday. next thursday i drive on to lumsden for 3 days of craft council meetings (i'm looking forward to seeing a part of newfoundland i don't know). today i make decisions about what to take. my knitting has become so complex that it's hard to carry it with me. i have a large hooked mat to do (as an exchange for yarn and roving from whorlingtides). so i'll take that along. and a few tiny mats to finish up for my order. i want to clear the decks so that when i return june 1st with my spinning wheel i can throw myself into spinning and knitting. i think i can continue writing on my blog and keep my etsy shop going while i'm away - just no photos...

summer craft fair and pretty toes

yesterday morning barb, rilla and i met with christy at the humber valley resort. we've decided to have a summer craft fair in july to highlight some of the wonderful craft that's being produced on the west coast of the province. it's not been done here before. many of us send our work out all over the world but (aside from the november christmas craft fair) we don't have an outlet here, other than our home studios. the humber valley resort it a perfect venue - access not only to local clientel but also to european customers who own and rent the chalets on the resort, not to mention the most amazing setting. fortunately christy, who organizes the resort's events agreed. it won't be only a sale but also a day of demonstrations, socializing etc.

in the afternoon florence (keith's mum) and i went for our annual pedicures. keith gives us gift certificates for christmas and we wait until the warmer weather before we cash them in. my grand daughter lucy told me to get pink so i went as deeply pink as i could....