Last week some really great friends gave me a wonderful birthday party. It was so nice to have a day to laugh and chat with friends - good food too. They gave me some wonderful gifts - some of which I will use on my trip Downunder, and others that I will use at the new trailer, and some for my new beading hobby (as if I needed another hobby, a friend got me hooked on beading.)
Looking around the room at my friends, I realized that I would not have met any of them if it were not for folk art. Some I met through one of the guilds I joined after retiring, and others were introduced to me by my guild friends. When I think of who painting has brought into my life, I'm eternally grateful that I picked up that first brush!
Thanks gals for the party. It was great to see you all again.
OUR ITINERARY **NEW, REVISED AND UP TO DATE**
- If we're going to be in your city and you want to get together for a cup of coffee, leave a message at our hotel, or send me an email ahead of time at shakos@sympatico.ca - we'll try to rendezvous with you. That would be great fun!
- Sat. Oct. 20 - Arrive in Christchurch, New Zealand and stay at the Copthorne Central Hotel, phone 03 379 5880.
- Mon. Oct. 22 - TranzAlpine Train ride to Franz Josef, staying at the Franz Josef Glacier Hotel, phone 03 752 0729.
- Tues. Oct. 23 - Queenstown, staying at the Novotel Gardens, phone 03 442 7750.
- Thurs. Oct. 25 - Te Anau, staying at the Village Inn, phone 03-249 7911.
- Fri. Oct. 26 - Dunedin, staying at the Dunedin City Hotel, phone 03 470 1470. Hope to meet Chris Davies for coffee while we're there.
- Sat. Oct. 27 - Mount Cook National Park, staying at The Hermitage Hotel, phone 03 435 1809.
- Sun. Oct. 28 - Back at the Copthorne Central Hotel in Christchurch, phone 03 379 5580 till Oct. 30th. We'll then take the ferry to the North Island and stay with Beulah from Oct. 30th, till November 5th.
- Mon. Nov. 5 - Pick up a car for a self-drive tour to Auckland. (Biting my nails as you guys drive on the wrong side of the road - giggle). Stay at the Lakeland Resort, Taupo, phone 07 378 3893 on the 5th, and at the Heritage Rotorua on the 6th and 7th, phone 07 348 1189.
- Thurs. Nov. 8 - Arrive in Auckland and stay with Lizzie and her husband John. I've promised to teach an ink and oil rouging design for Lizzie while I'm there.
- Mon. Nov. 12 - It's all over but the curtain calls. Fly from Auckland back to Los Angeles, where we will stay a week with my aunt. A good chance to shake off some of the jet lag.
- Sun. Nov. 18 - Back in Canada. All good things have to come to an end. The memories, however, will last a lifetime.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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Oh No! Beading! Me too! Lots of fun but I already have way more beads that I need! It must be our addictive nature to have "all" the things for a craft! Tole painting, scrapbooking and now beading have taken over! :-)
BTW...Happy Belated Birthday!
Moose Hugs!
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