A friend messaged me the other day wanting to know how I made one of my hats. I tried explaining it to her, but I wasn't doing a very good job and WhatsApp really wasn't the right place to do that anyway, so I suggested we do a meet-up at the library and I'd show her. We did that today. I returned library books while I was there. We had coffee and chocolate (me) and ginger tea (her). She crocheted and we chatted. She asked if I wanted to go to lunch and I accepted. We went to a place down the street that I'd never been to before. It was quite good. We both had some vegetable soup--she had a toasted chicken sandwich with a red onion marmalade (chutney?) with hers and I had some chips with mine. Then I had some sticky toffee pudding, which was like a large cupcake. It was good. She asked if I'd been to Port Arthur. I said I hadn't so we went there after lunch. She took me down a country road wide enough for one car at a time and full of potholes. It was only 5 minutes or so off the main road but felt like we were in the middle of nowhere. She parked and we walked down to the pier, where we stayed for a while just drinking in the views, breathing in the fresh air, and listening to the water lapping on the rocks and up the pier. It was lovely.
So it was a nice outing. She got her hat started, we talked up a storm and made some preliminary plans for next year, we had a nice lunch, and I saw a place I'd never seen before. Good craic* as they say. Hope you're having some good craic today too.
*'craic' is pronounced 'crack' and means fun, a good time, etc
14 comments:
What fun. One grand will be doing a semester in Ireland. Her sisters and parents will visit over the time…live your blog. Bb
I hope they'll get to visit Donegal!
I think your move was a great thing because it sounds like there are so many friendly people in your new area. Not that they weren't friendly elsewhere, but you've had so many exciting adventures lately. Wishing you a great last day of 2025 and start to 2026.
It's thanks to the library 🙂 I never would have met these people if not for the knit and crochet group that one of the librarians started. Libraries are wonderful.
Sounds like a match made in heaven for creative sisters, Shari. Food, drink, new places and conversation, and plans for future get-togethers. What could be better, and what a great way to close out 2025. May you enjoy many more such encounters in 2026. May great joy and good health be your constant companions. My very best wishes to you and Bill. David
Thanks, David--and the same to you and Miriam. 2025 has been quite a year in many ways. I can't even imagine what's coming next.
I am so glad you were able to do that, Shari. I know you have moved a bit and it is sometimes hard to find friends to share 'girl' things with when you aren't planted in one spot permanently. Love that you experienced lots of NEW things. Happy New Year to you and Bill. Hugs- Diana
This new knitting and crochet group at the library has been fun for all of us, so I'm really glad it got started. Yes, we've moved around a lot. That makes it easier for me to adapt and really, I'm not a 'planted in one spot permanently' kind of gal I think. At least, with one exception, I haven't found a place where I'd want to be planted permanently. Then again, as the years go by, 'permanent' gets shorter--LOL Happy 2026 to you and your family Diana :-)
What a nice day, particularly when it wasn't exactly planned. Happy New Year.
Happy 2026!
Sounds a lovely day ... and your photographs are lovely too.
All the best Jan
This sounds wonderful. A new friend, doing things you like to do. Discovering new things. It's stuff like this that makes life joyful!
Thanks, Jan. It was fun.
So true, Jeanie!
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