We just had a wonderful week in Rehoboth Beach at the Edgewater House with our balcony overlooking the boardwalk, beach, and ocean.
Planning and packing what knitting to bring took almost a day:
Do you think I packed enough knitting??? With the one yarn shop in Rehoboth now closed, I wanted to be prepared for all knitting “moods” that might come upon me!
Soon after we arrived I started to knit in my favorite place (see blog post July 30, 2009) and my second favorite place:
A happy beach balcony knitter!
I worked on a number of knitting project, but not on ALL that I brought! My favorite project was making a Snowman Gnome for the Baby Gnome Workshop.
Besides knitting (me), we got in lots of reading (I had 4 books in progress…all very good, hard to put down types and Max had 3), walking (Max took VERY long walks, I took shorter ones!) on the beach, boardwalk, and the cute little side streets in town. Saw some beautiful flowers, clouds, and sunsets, and the always, endlessly beautiful ocean.
I made a video from our balcony to encourage you to remember your favorite beach sounds and sights. Listen for sea gulls, laughter of children, the rising and falling sound of the waves. Look at the beautiful colors of the water and sky, the sun and shadows on the sand, beach umbrellas, and happy people walking along the edge of the shore. Watching this also brings me back to the special “beach-y smells”: sun lotion, spicy sand, salty fishy smell of the ocean, warm wood smell of the boardwalk. What delightful sight, sound, and smell memories do you have of beaches and ocean in your life?
Good night, dear family, friends, and knitters everywhere...have soothing seaside dreams as you sleep tonight.
Mary
I love the idea of sitting on a balcony overlooking the ocean and the boardwalk and knitting! It's the best of both worlds ~ beautiful view and no sand to keep out of the apartment and out of your bed! (Can you tell I'm not a teenager any more??) You look so happy and content on the balcony and the pictures are beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing your experiences, and my best to Max for getting all your knitting into the car and the apartment and never complaining!
Love the sounds and sights of the ocean. Hopefully, Snowman Gnome (SG for short) wasn't too hot there!! Glad you had enough knitting to keep you busy (you could have moved in for a long while!) I have some ideas for other Gnomes - will surprise you if they work out...see you next week...Norma
ReplyDeleteIt looks wonderful. Wish I could get away. Pat Beneckson
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your comments. As I took each picture I couldn't wait to share with my blog readers!
Yes, my dear heart Max is a rare husband who not only cheerfully packs all my knitting gear for our road trips, but also happily takes a walk or enjoys his current book when I find a yarn shop on said road trips...which I now can readily do, thanks to my iPhone and "Gertrude" our trusty GPS!
Mary
Oh,Dear friend Pat, I sure wish you could also. Hope you're having fun with your grandson this week. See you Sunday.
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Norma, my wonderfully creative student, I can't wait to see your Gnome creations!
ReplyDeleteSnow Gnome almost had a "melt down" when I had him out on the beach for his "photo shoot" but he revived once I got him back into the air conditioning!
Can't wait for next week's gnome workshops...I had such fun in this week's ones! I think Baltimore is soon going to have a Baby Gnome population explosion...it's hard to make just one...
Mary
loved sharing your love of the beach especially your sandfree knitting, and probably reading, spot.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ellen. I know how you enjoy the beach and ocean also!
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A Snowman Gnome at the Beach!! My, I hope he doesn't melt. Maybe he needs a Sandman Gnome to play with?
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