Ready and Waiting...
The Retreat Committee had a meeting at Pictou Lodge with Amanda, the events manager, yesterday. This is her first Retreat and I think she is looking forward to it as much as we are! We had lots to do, plans to be made, meals to choose etc. It felt so good to be back. We saw lots of familiar faces and had a wonderful lunch in the Rotunda overlooking the Northumberland Strait.
We toured the workshop rooms, made decisions as to where each workshop would be, where our merchant, Timeless Stitches would be. We will have 60 quilters plus the 3 teachers with us this year, many are returning and some will be with us for their first time.
We realized that in just 3 short months we would be there, sewing, quilting, talking, eating...
Let's hope the weather will co-operate! We never kow what to expect! We have had snow (once!), hurricanes (remember Juan!) and simply wonderful warm weather, warm enough on many occasions for our quilters to swim in the ocean.
The chairs await, we are looking forward to seeing everyone again from far and near!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Reader Comments (1)
Don't forget Floyd in 1999. I was in Jo Diggs' class out on the glassed-in part of the dining room. I remember watching the storm move in and we just kept sewing away. Had to move the tables away from the windows because they were leaking. The causeway in Pictou ended up under water. Good thing we didn't have anywhere else we needed to be! I know Floyd was even close to being the hurricane Juan was but it was still exciting.