Puzzled!

We got bitten by a puzzle bug the last couple of weekends. Nathan got us started and we finally finished it. (with a few slight distractions) Phew.. finally done! It was a tough one - so many tiny pictures.

Once it got together it didn't want to come apart.

Annual Picnic

We lucked out and got a beautiful day for our staff picnic today. This park is about 10 minutes from the office. It's a nice spot, overlooking the bay. Here are lots of pictures.

Olivia wasn't sure if she wanted to get out of the car. (She looks like Kilroy.)

Mmm - lots of goodies.

Glamorous Kristen

Happy customers

The balloon game - we had some disagreements about the rules but it was fun anyway.

Secret strategies

Whose tower could stand by itself?

I don't think any of them did. The wind wasn't helping. Anyway the balloons were a big hit.

Finn had a great time.

Elaine won the rubber band game. Max (Paul's dog) is in the background taking a little snooze. He looked like he was having a good time too. Lots of fun - maybe we should do this more often??

Susie's Project

Sarah and I wanted to help Susie with an afghan project so we got together some of our leftover yarn and made a colorful basket. We were trying to inspire her to make a Babette Blanket. We knew it was fun because Sarah had already made one. The squares are easy and it's fun to put the colors together.

Susie liked the idea! Here's her first square. Don't the colors look nice with her couch?

Here's another one of Susie's projects - delicious quiche with a side of fiddleheads. Even more colorful than the blanket. ;-)

Country Store

Sarah and I went to visit Calef's in Barrington last weekend. It's a real old-fashioned country store. I kept finding photo ops and Sarah very nicely recorded them for me. I don't know how they make beans look so beautiful.

A maple syrup display

The put a light behind the jellies - very pretty

My quilt group meets at this quilt shop next door. Those "quilts" on the porch walls are actually made of wood.

I love porches!This picture isn't related at all but I had to put it in - so cute! Susie and Emily on their way to Maine - don't they look happy?

Green Basket

Katie got me this cool basket. It's really for vegetables but I thought I'd use it to keep my yarn from tangling for a while first. I started another project (so bad but I just love to start new projects) - this one uses two strands at a time so I figured I'd try stringing each one through a different part of the basket. Works great!

Yarn Weekend

Sarah and I went to Northampton, Massachusetts for the weekend. It was kind of a field trip to Webs, a giant yarn store. Sounds exciting, right? It made me happy anyway. :) So many colors, so many choices! We walked over to a coffee shop to hang out and knit. Sarah's friend Angela came too. This is her special afghan project basket.

Still knitting at midnight!

I bought a piece of fabric at a quilt store there. I don't know what I'll make yet but I really love African prints lately.

Do you recognize this guy? We stopped at the Eric Carle museum on the way home. It was pretty cute.

Sarah gave me this fun book and some flower samples.

Pretty! And a beautiful bouquet of spring flowers from Katie too - what sweetie girls!

This is the start of a couch pillow from some of my new yarn. I know, it doesn't look like a pillow yet. I'll have to post it when it's finished.

Quilted Bag #2

Do you remember that wild fabric (scroll down a little) I got awhile ago? I finally made it into a bag. I actually don't think the bag is too wild but maybe I've been looking at it too much. It's the same pattern as the yellow and blue one I made for my mother, but the black and white fabric makes it look different.

Haha - I was trying it out on all the trees.