City folks often ask if I get bored living out here in “no-man’s” land. Little do they know the pressures, pleasures and sweet surprises inherent in country life! We are not all relegated to the kitchen baking pies and putting up jars of things. Some of us crochet! And some of us meet fascinating people!
Here it is! The finished crochet project!
It looks like a bag. It holds things. It must be a bag. Actually it is a bag! It’s a “Market Bag” that might get saggy-er with veggies and fruits inside. That’s why the photo is of the empty bag.
It’s pretty saggy empty but I like it because it is the first crochet project I have ever done that is not a scarf.
After completing the market bag I did start another project – a shawl. I failed miserably, ripped it out and made a SCARF! It’s really light because it’s holy (having lots of holes). It has no warmth of course, but I like it anyway because it is well, airy.
Hopefully the crochet teachers, Ellie and Dymph, who had such high hopes for a beginner’s progress to an intermediate level will not be too disappointed.
Dianna and MotorMan are in the back seat!
I met another blogger friend in person!
Dianna of These Days of Mine, and her MotorMan, came for a surprise visit yesterday! We met at the Lexington Carriage Company loading zone. That means they were unloaded from a sweet carriage drawn by two sweet horses. This was a fitting beginning since Dianna loves horses. Bill and I waited for them in a gazebo at a downtown herb garden.
Dianna and MM are really nice! They are not axe murderers or anything like C and M, some other scary bloggers I met. Seriously we are all now great friends and C’s wonderful blog is called Photos from the Loony Bin! Anyway, we went with Dianna and MM to lunch at the Sheridan Livery Inn, which used to be a parking lot for stabling horses. Really. That was before cars and no parking zones of course. I think I might remember those days.
We stopped to mosey around Stonewall Jackson’s back yard. He had this garden which now features antique vegetables and plants. Stonewall, whose real name was Thomas Johnathan Jackson was a quirky Confederate general in the Civil War.
Dianna Finding Antique Treasures No, Dor Did Not Crochet This Beautiful Piece
And then we went to two big antique malls!
I tend to go blank when there are too many options, but Dianna is an antique expert and has great ideas for converting seemingly useless objects into arty decorating accents. I am so envious.
I loved meeting Dianna and MotorMan in person! Who’s next?
Other random events of the week included a book club discussion of Yes, Chef, by Marcus Samuelsson, a cooking class I walked out on since I had to cook, and a mad effort to stay away from bread, crackers, and sweets.
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