Sunshine, Waves, and Friends

One of my favorite places is a beach - any beach will do - I just love being near the water - anytime of year.  Well I finally got down to the shore to sit on the beach this summer.   Spent a few days by the Jersey Shore this past week and it was nice and relaxing - read a few books, did a lot of walking, and even took a dunk in the ocean!  Was in Ocean City, New Jersey visiting with a friend I used to work with that is down there with her daughter for the summer.  It was so nice catching up.  Will have to try to get back a few more times this summer.   Some day my dream is to own a beach house - someday....  Oh and do you believe I was away 4 days and forgot to take one picture with my camera! Geez!

Have to say - it's so nice to have good friends!  When I got home there were two packages waiting for me.

Ginger from our group AAPG sent us all a scrubber to get those stubborn bugs off our windshields or whatever! Really fun! Thanks Ginger!  She is always doing things for other people - Her blog is a fun read too - always up to something! 

The other package was from my friend Jacque (You can check out her wonderful creations and get a link to her Etsy shop here -   I've known her only online for a number of years thru different rug hooking groups.  I've been lucky to have her as a swap partner numerous times.She's a dog lover also and has a very handsome man named Tag E. Butt living with her!   Anyway - I was blown away by the quilt she made - It's so me - the fabrics and colors and block style is just my "style!"  I saw this on her blog and loved it - I was hoping it was going to show up on her and Bren's Etsy shop but instead it showed up in my mailbox!  Thank you so much Jacque - I absolutely will treasure it!  You are so kind!

The kindness of friends doesn't stop there!  Today I had to go out to do some errands and decided to stop in to visit with Judy from the Cinnamon Stick - I am always reading her blog to see what's new and love going up to see things in person (Check out her blog here)  Even if you can't get to her store you can get to her picturetrail and purchase things!  Always fun things in this store!  Judy had a little gift for me.  A few posts ago I showed a pic of the cool necklace I got there - well she made me an addition for my necklace.  She stamped "Rug hooker" on a butter knife end! So cool! Thanks so much Judy I just love it!  She had a whole pile of knifes and spoons and forks to stamp on her counter!  She and her husband make them into jewelry pendants, posie pockets and garden stakes.  I saw the posie pockets on her blog and had to buy one - I was happy to see she had two left!  I have to get some real "posies" to put for right now I have two of my wool daffodils - they are a bit too big for it i think!

Here's a pic of the almost 3rd week of trying to dry my sunflowers (again from a previous post)

They are drying up nicely - they actually do not look as bright as this picture!

I haven't done anything creative this week but hopefully this weekend I'll get some motivation.  Sunday though is the Tom Petty concert where I won those free tickets!  Excited to go - haven't been to a concert for a while - used to be years ago I would see bunches of concerts thru the year and mostly in the summer.  Now a days it's just so expensive and driving into Philadelphia is always just such a hassle with the traffic and the "Schuylkill Expressway"! Anyway - for Tom I'll do it! LOL!

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend and hope it's filled with good friends!  I for one am reminded on a daily basis of such wonderful friends I have from their emails, their "texting",  their jokes they send, their phone calls, surprises in the mail and everything they do!  Thank you!