Monday, November 12, 2018

I had a wonderful weekend at the retreat. It was nice to get to know my house guest a little better – we had a good time and never ran out of conversation. We slept at the studio but other than that we were hardly there. I bought a new memory foam mattress topper and Moreen was the first to try it out. It was nicer to set up than the air mattress and, apparently, it was very comfortable.

The best of our conversations was on the way back home – it turns out that Moreen would also like to hike the Sunshine Coast Trail; she’s actually done parts of it on the annual Marathon Shuffle so she’ll be a natural guide for me. They also have a boat so they can get us to the start of the trail at Sarah Point, a few miles from Lund. The whole trail can be done in sections and, if we had to stay out overnight, there are huts all along the way. She is in the middle of a kitchen reno but as soon as that is finished we’ll start walking together with a goal to doing the trail during the Spring and Summer next year. In light of those plans I spent a bit of time on the treadmill today. It was a nice day out but I have a book I need to get finished (because I have a short loan of another book from the library) so I was able to read while I walked.

Most of my day was spend unpacking my numerous bags from the weekend and putting things away. I managed to get at a bit of sewing this afternoon and I’ll do a bit more before supper. While I worked I started my Christmas playlist from iTunes but it wasn’t working for me – I guess it is still too early. My quilting playlist is working much better for me (Leonard Cohen is playing right now).

Here are a few of the things I worked on this weekend (click each one to enlarge).