The Wool is in the Villiage

Here I am! In front of Saks, they were waiting for me and made a perfect spot to take my photo. That really is the window with my name on it. In Rockefeller Center!

It has been an incredible week. I found an apartment about 6 doors down the street from my friend Neil's apartment immediately. This is wonderful as I have been coming here for 15 years and I know my way around, and the studio is adorable! The only drawback is that it's a 5th floor walkup! Not really a drawback, as now I'll get my aerobic workout twice daily! Life in the village. The apartment is a sublet for a month, which should give me time to find a job. Once I find a job, I can seriously look for a permanent location to live, hopefully still in this neighborhood.

For your viewing pleasure, a photo of the moon from Neil's porch:

The Night Before....

OK - tomorrow I'm off to Manhattan! Mary made two little videos - the first when I arrived in Aventura, and tonight... leaving Aventura. I will try to put them on u-tube, didn't work here.. boo!

More things to remember..

...when I get to the big city:

Viscaya

(notice the baby lizard)

Manhattan South

Just a reminder of where I am at this minute..

and another

because next week I'm on my way to the real Manhattan! I'm starting up the blog again as a way to keep in touch with everyone.

Just to keep this sheep related - here is a photo of my sewing room when we did the South Florida Sheep and Wool Festival, and a link to the Great Balls of Yarn Blog entry on the event that took place a year (!!??!! How did that happen?) ago.

http://greatballsyblog.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html

see you soon!

European Friends

My trip was so special, meeting new people from all over the EU and the US that I would have never known. Now, via the internet, we can keep in touch and continue to relive the trip.

S and R from Wales were some of our dinner companions, R is fine and likes to boast that he was the only man amongst seven women at our dining table. Don't we all look so elegant!

When we were in Ireland, on the bus trip, we had the pleasure of the company of a quartet of women from the Boston area. This photo was sent by the group and was titled "Advice from locals on where to eat" in Killkenny. What fun!

and - just for the record - here's another photo of me with a lamb.

Who Knew?

There are sheep in Boca Raton, not 5 miles from Neiman Marcus, and two minutes from my house! This was very exciting to find out, a few months ago, and even more exciting to find that there are SIX bags of wool from these sheep waiting for me upon my return from Europe! The owners of said sheep were so excited to give me the wool, they took photos of me loading my car with the bags of wool. I think they are just as excited as I am!

So now there are six bags of wool in my garage! (My garage is a story for a rainy day… keep watching for that one.)The wool is waiting patiently to be sorted and scoured (washed). I’m trying to figure out how to scour using solar power, and am going to try to get a group of wool enthusiasts together to assist.

Suggestions and volunteers gratefully accepted.

Reflections and Home

This trip was the dream I had for almost 20 years. It became so much more, as I could not take it with my husband, but COULD take it with my Mom! I am so happy that we did this, I learned so much about my mom that I never knew, and our friendship grew so much stronger! It’s really good to be best friends with your mom.

It is so important to take the moments in your life as you can, don’t keep waiting for the right ones to come along as they rarely will. I learned that with this trip. I had this wonderful time with my mom, and carried David in my heart. People have told me that they hear their departed speak to them, but I never could hear David until this trip. I heard him loud and clear now. He is always with me, and I can treasure all our life together, but move on alone now. I found my independence, thanks to Mom, too, for letting me be the tour director.

I learned that I have to take the time to fulfill my dreams, too. Learning French and taking ballet to end up on pointe shoes are my current goals. We’ll see how that goes. There might be an aerodynamic issue with the ballet thing… Going BACK to Europe is also on the list, maybe to live for awhile, we’ll see.

So stay posted for more yarns. Quite a few in the near future will probably contain yarn and knitting information!