My friend Marsha and I took off on a girl trip - we were going to our condo in Florida~
The drive down was beautiful - the fall colors were making their last big showing for the season. The evening sun highlighted the colors in a grand display along the highway.
We knew this beautiful display would most likely be gone by the time we returned home.
We stopped in Campobello, South Carolina at the North Woods Yarn Shop - one of our favorite yarn shops along the route headed south. (just one of the great things about a girl trip - you can stop and shop whenever you want!)
Deb shared the photos from their trip on her beautiful blog, Mountain Musings. She chronicled their stay in the form of several interesting posts - you are going to love reading about their trip! She has all the posts listed on her sidebar - so please go and read all about the great fun that they had on their first ever trip to Florida! You will love seeing the photos of Granny in the ocean! and their trip to the Space Center! and Granny's fabulous basket making while she was at the beach! and the special surprise that was waiting for ME at the condo - a gift from these precious people that touched my heart and made me cry~~
We arrived at the condo about 11pm later that evening. It had been a LONG day - but now that we were here - we both took the traditional "girl trip oath"!
Deb and her family had left a gift bag for me sitting in the living room of the condo. Inside, I found this beautiful quilt that they had made especially for me! I cannot even begin to tell you the feelings that came over me as I looked upon this beautiful gift. That someone would make such a beautiful quilt and then give it tome - I was so overcome with emotion, that I sat down and cried. This was such a wonderful gift and so very special to me~~

Girls gotta have their crafts - Marsha brought all of her jewelry making supplies ~~
Guess whose crafting "mess" this belongs to?
I'm always "nesting" you know! The great thing about our girl trip - is that we just left our stuff out all week long - didnt have to clean up our mess each day!
I am always fascinated by the trail of foam bubbles that the waves leave along the beach. These foam bubbles were part of the inspiration for my shorebird nest series.
My friend Mary, broke a beloved depression glass dish. Rather than throw it away, I brought all the broken pieces to the beach and threw them into the ocean. In time, as the pieces toss and turn against the waves - they will become seaglass - and some lucky person will walk along the beach and rejoice that they found a beautiful piece of red seaglass!
I found mybe 15 or 20 pieces of sea glass this week on my beach walks. Mostly browns, and greens, and white. I used to think that this was a wonderful place to find seaglass - until I visited this beach in Bermuda!
This is a hamburger bean - one of my favorite seabeans. I love finding them on the beaches in the late fall. I have a huge collection~~