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.
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| DAUGHTER LEAH CAME FROM DULUTH, WAS DOING WORK PROJECTS |
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MARGIE ALSO DOING WORK (ON MY BOOK)
CARRIE IN BACK, CROCHETING ON AN AFGHAN |
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| JULIA WORKING ON HER JEANS QUILT |
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| JOYCE WORKING ON SWEATER MITTENS |
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| ANDREA WORKING ON HER QUILT |
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| 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 |
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| ME, PAINTING ROCKS....FOR THE FLOWERBEDS |
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LEAH, ME, CARRIE, MARGIE
FIRST TIME ALL TOGETHER FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS....SO HAPPY!! |
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| JULIA WITH A THREAD MUSTACH....WE DID SO MUCH LAUGHING, SO GOOD FOR THE BOD |
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| HAVING A SCRUMPTIOUS MEAL......WE JUST STAYED THERE, DIDN'T LEAVE TILL WE HAD TO...... |
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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 |
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| THE MENAHGA VISITORS IN THEIR OUTFITS...I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE THE NAMES WENT..THERE'S KUMP, MADIGAN, SKOOG, KERANEN, ISAACSON'S |
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LEAH WAS "MISS DULUTH", WITH HER GARDEN STUFF THAT SHE FOUND IN THE HOUSE
(SEE RED CARPET) |
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| 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!) |
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| MEG MADIGAN, WHO IS THE "BAG LADY" ON THE RED CARPET |
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| JULIA DOING HER MODELING THING |
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| DIANE SKOOG SLIDING IN ON THE CARPET |
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ANDREA MAKING HER GRAND ENTRANCE WITH TWO DIFF. COLORED LEGS
(ASK ANDREA HOW TO RENT THIS RETREAT) |
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| OUR CURIOUS NEIGHBORS AT THE RETREAT |
