the beneficial effects of coffee talk and future adventure planning

Last week my friend Mary Joan and I got together for some pre-holiday coffee talk.  We met at Starbucks for a PSL (to boost their lagging sales this year) with plans to wander around after that and try to get into some trouble. 

She brought her needlepoint (Kaffe Fassett's red chinese peony) to show me and I brought some yarn and needles to give her a double point needle knitting lesson. 

After discussing books, our hair problems, and how it is absolutely inconceivable that we can be the ages we are, we headed out to see what we could see.  

Joan quickly spotted items to add to her Thanksgiving table setting and then we found reminders of Mama Thompson and Angie at J'adore in Brookside. 

We also committed to saving the stems from our pumpkins this year and getting together next October to make velvet pumpkins like these.  There will also be a walk in the woods in our immediate future so we can forage for giant pine cones to spray and use in our Christmas decor.  Last but not least Joan has put it on her to-do list to find a class we can take to learn how to re-upholster furniture.   She has assured me that it will be quite doable.   

The beneficial effects of coffee talk, and future adventure planning, with a dear friend, before the rush of the holidays can not be over-stated. 

 

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Comments

[Vicki in Michigan]

"The beneficial effects of coffee talk, and future adventure planning, with a dear friend, before the rush of the holidays can not be over-stated."

Amen.

Or any other time of year, I add. :-)

[sister]

joan gets better looking everytime i get a look at her. LOVE her fabulous KNP kaffe needlepoint project! wowza!

[Diana]

Makes me miss coffee dates with my OK friends. Love those pumpkins and that sign on the front door! You do the nicest posts, Carol.

[Joan]

Check out the size of those leaves! My sycamore used to put out leaves of that size until the arborist "trimmed" it (read that as "ruined" it. Now the leaves can't cover a tiny tea cup.

I'm interested in knowing how to make the velvet pumpkins...is there a pattern available?

Too bad you aren't closer, the cones produced by my Canary Island Pine are enormous and beautifully shaped. Dripped white paint with glitter applied makes for a stunning display in a large basket or urn.

[Leslie J. Moran]

What Vicki in Michigan said. Ditto.

[SusanS]

It's especially awesome to have a friend reply, "we can do that, we can figure it out" no matter what cockamamey idea gets concocted in between your ears.
xo