Sunday, July 8, 2007

Making progress on June's BJP

Just came home from 4 days of camping with my entire family - 8 adults, 10 children, 1 dog. This was our 11th year of our annual tradition of camping together and we had the best weather ever. It is one of the few opportunities that we have to enjoy conversation as adult siblings...since we've all had children, most of the get-togethers have been full of child care issues and activities. But when we camp together, we have more time, while watching the children at the beach or sitting around the campfire, to chat and catch up on each other's lives. Tomorrow I face a mountain of laundry and gear to unload, but I have lots of happy memories to think about while I work.
I took my June beaded journal along and had a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon to bead. Here is my high-tech set up: my beads in a bag, needles and nymo in a tin, and a lawn chair for a table. I thoroughly enjoyed this time of creative rejuvenation and was able to dream of how I might finish the beading for the June piece.
I also have a rough idea of how to start my July piece, but have promised myself to only work on one month at a time until finished.

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