Home Sweet Home

 

"19th Century-Inspired Wool Hearth Rug"

design by Maggie Bonanomi

from her book Buttonwood Farm

 

It's finished!

 

I stitched the last berry as we pulled in our alley.

I backed it and labeled it and it is now complete.

I intend to display it on our hearth during the summer months,

but for now it is on our kitchen table so that I can admire it every time I walk by...

 

Our family vacation was just what I needed.

 

Lots of canoeing down the Namekagon River

 

Lots of kayaking on the Chippewa Flowage.

 

Lots of fishing on the flowage

 

I caught quite a few ~ always catch, take photos, and release.

 

Lots of ATVing in the Chequamegon National Forest

 

And most of all, lots of time to reconnect with my husband and our sons.

 

I tried to focus on living in the moment.

 

Enjoying the views and just drinking it all in.

 

The day after we arrived home it was time to return to Ravinia - for my Mother's Day gift - ticket to Goat Rodeo Sessions. What an awesome evening enjoying the incredible talents of Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Yo-Yo Ma and Chris Thile (and Aoife O'Donovan, not pictured).

It was such a treat and a joy to watch their passion and enjoyment in performing.

 

Now it is time to catch up at home and work

and get everyone ready for the upcoming "back to school" season.

But I will try to keep the calm and contentment of vacation and the concert in my heart as I go...

 

 

"By day the Lord directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life."

~Psalm 42:8

Blessings, Patti