Our latest bouquet

We have been very busy making flowers for our "bouquet". I had mentioned before that we had invaded Rhonda's home and had a day long gathering with "Gene Shepard" via his book and CD and we have been producing and having fun with these flowers which we are hoping to sell. Our goal is to make as many as we can and again, the proceeds will go to the Women of the Congo. I will keep you posted on our progress and hopefully some great news in the future. If you see any that you like, let us know and we can keep it aside for you. All it takes is $15.00!!!

The Rug Went on the Road

We took a little road trip just recently to visit with the ladies at the Beaconsfield Rug Hooking group in Beaconsfield, Quebec. We had such a warm welcome and you can see here two of the rug hookers who purchased flowers from our bouquet of flowers. Denise, the president of the group, came to Canada from Brussels, Belgium about six years ago and has now settled quite well into life in Canada. Thank you ladies for such a warm reception and we hope to see you again sometime soon. You too can visit with them online at www.beaconsfieldrughookers.com.

A Red Hat Challenge

Here is one of the beautiful women that we get to spend our time with every Monday. What a blessing!! Eleanor is a proud Nova Scotian who now makes the Thousand Islands her home. A retired nurse (there are many in our group) and anyone of us would want to have her looking after us in a time of need. Warm, witty, and to paraphrase her, a dear soul!! She has only been hooking for about 5 years although she remembers her Mother & Grandmother doing it when she was a young girl. Eleanor has extended a challenge to the rest of us.....we get together 30 red and purple flowers and Eleanor is going to present them to her Red Hatters group and I bet that all 30 will disappear. Let's go girls.