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The heart at Squam |
Here we are in mid-June. So much has been going on behind the scenes. We've attended carnivals and an air show. I've worked on my spinning skills. We took our first ever family camping trip to a beautiful CCC camp in southern Illinois. We've gone hiking. And been gardening and cooking new things. It's good, this time of year.
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First ever airshow |
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My mom's - big as a saucer - clematis
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Our garden at home... coming along
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Chickadee cardigan in progress |
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Newest fiber project - Polwarth Silk blend
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Singles in work |
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First handspun, hand knit sweater.
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Giant City State Park trail
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Giant City State Park trip |
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Textures in green
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And I went back to Squam Art Workshops for the third time. It was so incredibly wonderful. I returned there with one of the amazing women that I met four years ago at the first one I attended. And we stayed in a cabin with eight other women who were just delightful. I can't write about it without sounding like I'm gushing, and I've already used my best adjectives in the beginning parts of this paragraph... so I'll just say it was just what I needed.
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A gift from my roomie, Jen.
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Favorite Squam purchase... Crave yarn. It's incredible and so is the proprietor. Seriously, go see her! |
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I think it might be the contrast that those five days offer me. It is a luxury at this point in my life to have five days to be responsible only for myself – without the pressures of being a parent, spouse, employee or manager. My favorite indulgences were all indulged in... I knit, drank wine, ate food that others prepared, talked and laughed, swam in the wee hours in a brisk and amazing lake, learned a bit about a few new things (book binding and tapestry weaving) and there was yoga and ice cream and luna moths and loons.
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Warp and Rya knots at Squam
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Re-entry to home life was super smooth. I was so happy to get back to my nest and my family. Re-entry to work was a bit difficult... I spent the first day trying to recall what I was doing five days earlier and simultaneously trying to convince myself that it was worth remembering. That lake and those people... they are a powerful force.
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Evidence of our last 6am swim. Thanks, Donna! |
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Only 50 more weeks before I can return |
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