I had a perfectly lovely evening last night with minnehaha K. We took a walk through her neighborhood, admiring the gardens, had a delicious dinner at an Italian trattoria (the scallops were especially exquisite) and then came back to her house and worked on collage. I had already assembled and had with me the elements I wanted to make this card, which has ( Read more... )

You may remember the soulcollage card I made to honor minnehaha K's birthday. Well, now it's her husband minnehaha B's birthday, and as he is also a very dear friend, it was time for another card. Photo credit and thanks to dd_b and barondave who took some of the pictures I used:


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Some pictures of the girls and me at a gathering of friends this weekend.

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At tonight's Minn-stf party (mnstf), minnehaha B. was congratulating Delia for being old enough to stay home without a babysitter (minnehaha B. has gently twitted me in the past for being overprotective, joking that I'll keep hiring babysitters until the girls are twenty). "And you know," he added, "There are all sorts of things you can do when there are no parents ( Read more... )

I was invited to dinner at minnehaha K. and B.'s tonight. The shrimp truck had come to town, and so all sorts of seafood courses were planned. "I'm sure you'll have a great time eating food I would never touch," Rob said. And we did. I have been coming to the dinners at minnehaha K. and B.'s for awhile, and I am always grateful to be invited. Friends take turns ( Read more... )

We went back to the workshop for the Heart of the Beast to work on the May Day parade. Fiona repainted her book, because she changed her mind about which book she was doing. Then she repainted it again because I pointed out that she had placed the book title on the wrong side. Then she repainted it yet again because someone stepped on it and ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to minnehaha B. (I'm not sure whether today, exactly, is the day, but I know that your birthday dinner is tonight--and boy, am I sorry that I can't be with you there at Vincent's to celebrate it. Have fun without me (*sniff*!)

Went to the Irish Fair, where I met minnehaha B and K, buttonlass, lollardfish, and 90_percent_sure. (And thanks to minnehaha B. for helping me get parking.) Flogging Molly was playing, and the crowd was in a definite party mood. It was packed. The show was great, but I started being bugged by ( TMI )

Last Monday, which I had off work, the girls and I went to Cafe Latte for cream tea with minnehaha B and K. A wonderful time was had by all, partly because the tea was so good, and partly because B and K are such good company. They possess the enviable knack of conversing equally comfortably with both children and adults, a gift which is more rare than ( Read more... )