Tuesday, February 7, 2017

                               ME, MARGIE AND OUR GIRLS STAYED AT A RETREAT NEAR SEBEKA, MN IN NOVEMBER.2016  10 BEDS, FULL HOUSE AMENTIES, DOUBLE GARAGE WAS MADE INTO A CRAFT ROOM, SEWING MACHINES, LIGHTS, IRON, FELT WALL TO PLACE YOUR QUILT SQUARES, CUTTING TABLES, SCISSORS, GLUE, ANYTHING FOR CRAFTS AND SEWING.  WE STAYED 3 NIGHTS, REALLY ENJOYED OURSELVES DOING OUR CRAFTS, ETC., EATING, LAUGHING, ETC.
DAUGHTER LEAH CAME FROM DULUTH, WAS DOING WORK PROJECTS

MARGIE ALSO DOING WORK (ON MY BOOK)
CARRIE IN BACK, CROCHETING ON AN AFGHAN

JULIA WORKING ON HER JEANS QUILT

JOYCE WORKING ON SWEATER MITTENS

ANDREA WORKING ON HER QUILT

ANDREA PLACING HER QUILT PIECES  ON THE FELT WALL...I WAS IMPRESSED BY THIS, YOU CAN SHUFFLE YOUR PIECES WITHOUT PINNING, TO SEE WHERE THEY LOOK BEST

ME, PAINTING ROCKS....FOR THE FLOWERBEDS

LEAH, ME, CARRIE, MARGIE
FIRST TIME ALL TOGETHER FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS....SO HAPPY!!

JULIA WITH A THREAD MUSTACH....WE DID SO MUCH LAUGHING, SO GOOD FOR THE BOD

HAVING A SCRUMPTIOUS MEAL......WE JUST STAYED THERE, DIDN'T LEAVE TILL WE HAD TO......

ANDREA PUT A PILE OF CLOTH SCRAPS ON ONE TABLE, ANNOUNCED THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FASHION SHOW TONIGHT.  WE HAVE TO MAKE SOMETHING USING THIS MATERIAL.  SO WE WORKED ON OUR "OUTFITS", IF YOU CAN CALL THEM THAT, ALL DAY IN SECRET.  SOMEONE SEWED RED MATERIAL TOGETHER TO MAKE THE RED CARPET FOR OUR GRAND ENTRANCE.  WE INVITED LOCAL LADIES TO COME, BUT THEY HAD TO BE DRESSED FOR THE FASHION SHOW, TOO, OR THEY WOULDN'T GET IN THE DOOR.  BK ROW...JULIA, CARRIE, ME (A CHICKEN OUTFIT), MARGIE, JOYCE
FRONT:  ANDREA, LEAH

THE MENAHGA VISITORS IN THEIR OUTFITS...I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE THE NAMES WENT..THERE'S KUMP, MADIGAN, SKOOG, KERANEN, ISAACSON'S

LEAH WAS "MISS DULUTH", WITH HER GARDEN STUFF THAT SHE FOUND IN THE HOUSE
(SEE RED CARPET)

I AM HENNY PENNY, WITH MY RED HEAD, YELLOW BEAK, AND BIG TAIL (THAT I KEPT BUMPING INTO THE GIRLS ON MY WALK)  I HAD JUST LAID TWO EGGS. (MY ROCKS THAT I DIDN'T PAINT YET!)

MEG MADIGAN, WHO IS THE "BAG LADY" ON THE RED CARPET

JULIA DOING HER MODELING THING

DIANE SKOOG SLIDING IN ON THE CARPET

ANDREA MAKING HER GRAND ENTRANCE WITH TWO DIFF. COLORED LEGS
(ASK ANDREA HOW TO RENT THIS RETREAT)



OUR CURIOUS NEIGHBORS AT THE RETREAT