--- Jenny De Angelis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here in our town on the Costa Brava Spain ....
> Some of the ladies that would normally attend the
> classes and others of us who don't, meet each
Saturday afternoon for 3hours in the patio at the side
of the church in town from about mid June until
> about mid October. The patio is a gravelled area
with plane trees set in it and we sit under the trees
making lace in the open air. ....
> This Saturday meeting of lace makers is informal and
> we just turn up when we can and leave as we please.
It is a nice way to spend a few hours in the
> sunshine doing what we enjoy doing chatting.
>
Doesn't this sound idyllic! There's something about
lacemaking in the open air that makes it the best of
all. Perhaps it's because the light is so good that
makes it easier. Or perhaps it connects us more to the
old-time lacemakers sitting at their doorways. Or
perhaps it's just the combination of our favourite
pastime and pleasant surroundings. Whatever it is,
some of my happiest memories are making lace on....
apartment balconies in Greece and the Canary
Islands....on a yacht at anchor in beautiful bays in
the Mediterranean (I have a photo which I sometimes
show other lacemakers "That's the way to do it!")...on
the same yacht gently cruising along the Canal du Midi
in southern France....outside a bungalow on holiday in
the Maldives (frantically making lace ivy leaves for
our group entry to the John Bull Trophy)...on the
balcony of a friend's house on a marina on the south
coast of the UK.
In the future I shall look back at sitting on the
jetty here (while DH works on the boat) and I'm
looking forward to lots more in the future.
Do other people feel the same way? I suppose some
climates make it difficult but I can't be the only one
who always takes a travel pillow when they go on
holiday.....
We are soooo lucky!
Hazel (in Oude Wetering, Holland where it is a little
too cool for outdoor lacemaking today!)
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