Yearly Archives: 2013

56 posts

Swift (but not fast) bag

I’m taking a short break from travel photos today, but I’ll get back to them next time. 🙂 A few days ago, I posted about the swift my brother-in-law made for me. I’m so happy to have it, but I was worried about it possibly being damaged if I didn’t […]

Bergen, Norway

Our first actual stop on the cruise to the Norwegian fjords, after a full day at sea, was in Bergen. What a beautiful city it is! When we arrived, we took a tour of part of the city; our “ride” was really cute. 🙂 Once we’d finished this overview of […]

Amsterdam

DH and I recently flew to Amsterdam for a couple of days, met up with my twin and her DH, and then took a cruise through some of the Norwegian fjords. What a beautiful trip it was! Our first stop in Amsterdam was an enormous wholesale flower dealership, where they auction […]

Hibiscus

Before I get around to showing some of our travel photos, I thought I’d show you what we came home to. Not too long ago DH redid our outdoor fountain area, planting three hibiscus bushes in the process. We have a red, an orange, and a yellow hibiscus, and the […]

Swift

Open swift Yarn swift, that is! My very thoughtful brother-in-law made this for me! He’s quite talented at building things, and my twin needed a yarn swift — an item not so easily obtained reasonably in France, where they live. While he was making one for her, he very kindly made […]

More Ditty Bags

I actually made these two Ditty Bags some time ago, but I couldn’t post a photo until I’d given them to my twin sister and my brother-in-law. That happened almost two weeks ago, while we were all on vacation together in Amsterdam and, a few days later, on a cruise […]