The markers were totally psyched for the weekend… I had promised them some excitement and I delivered…
On Saturday morning we went to the local WWKiP. Hosted by On the Lamb in Staunton, with complimentary iced tea from Blue Mountain Coffee Shop…
About 20 plus (?) showed up to knit and spin a little…
And compete in the crazy hat contest… 
It was great fun and many thanks again to Joe and Angel from On the Lamb, Blue Mountain Coffee Shop (no website, but great coffee!) and Byer’s Street Housewares (who donated one of the contest prizes).That afternoon I had promised a trip on the Shenandoah River but I had to renege a little… Instead the markers took a simply GORGEOUS trip down the valley and into Highland county…
To a friend’s cabin by Bull Pasture river…
Where they sat and soaked up the dappled sunshine, the call of the kingfisher across the river, and a very nice gin and orange juice…
Later that night they helped me wind a skein of yarn by firelight.
The next morning, by sunlight, I fixed it… by myself…
There was fishing...
( no really, there's a fish there... look closer... reallyreallyreally close.........)
and good food, and dancing (no photos), and great friends. A wonderful time, and the markers agreed… it was good as a riverfloat.
Then… last week the dentist, this week… the doctor’s office!
Where besides the bronchitis and plantar fasciitis (which I knew) I got x-rays…
showing a probable nerve pinching bone spur causing my arm pain.
The markers attempted to convince the doctor that the most plausible treatment option involved long days off of work doing nothing but knitting… but he didn’t buy it.
(and by the way… how cool is it that the x-ray tech was a knitter and thought the idea of taking a photo of my knitting with my x-ray was perfectly reasonable!)
A boring week of work rounded out the time… and we re-entered the new weekend with a nice dinner with the hubby (and the markers) 
on our candlelit front porch of eclecticism…
I'll have the markers for this one more week... I have a little treat planned for them on the 4th... and then they'll go on to their next host(ess).
I'll kind of miss them though... they certainly got me taking photos!
5 comments:
Oooh, the "Front Porch of Electicism! Better than the "Bat Cave" any day. Also, I have to say again, you live in an incredibly beautiful area!
That cabin by the river looks like a fabulous place to spend some time!
Those markers sure are lucky! That picture of the chair by the water looks soooo peaceful!
Those views are just gorgeous....so peaceful looking. But, that tangled yarn is SCARY!
ohhhh, how I envy those markers!
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