Good evening!
I'm back from my Mineral Point trip - it was great to see friends and spend time doing crafty things. This year it was a silks scarf dyeing class - I now have two nice scarves - one I made myself and one I traded with a friend - my friend got a shade of oranges scarf I made and I got a blue shades one from her. We also took a class into making small colorful boxes from plastic Coke bottles - we glued colorful napkins to the outside of the bottle, then cut it so that you can make petals to close the box. Coke bottles have that shape that folds in on itself when cut - Cool!
—This unique box is made from a one- or two-liter Coca Cola bottle. Note: It must be a Coke bottle as other soft drink bottles are not the right shape to produce the box. The box flaps open so you can fill the box and stays closed, to hold your item. A fun gift box for something special. Jo Ellen and David will help you cut the bottle in the right shape so that the top flaps fold over and close the box. You will then use printed paper napkins to decorate the box. You can add a bead to the top as a “finial.” I think those boxes will work as cool gift boxes! Otherwise, lots of good dining out at a BBQ place and a nice breakfast in town. Mineral Point is a cool city!
The only bad part of the weekend was that my flat tire light came on about 50 miles from home - I'm here without a problem, but kept my car in the driveway in case it's a true flat by morning - AAA can come fix it... If not, I'll drive it to the car tire place for a fix.
My reunion with my bio-aunt didn't work out. She wasn't home when I hit her home town Friday, and today we took a different route that didn't bring us to her home town. We've messaged each other, but that's it. I only feel bad in that I don't know if I'll have another chance to see her and she's getting pretty aged (89 years). I did meet a Latvian lady in Mineral Point that was from the Twin Cities and kind of knew I was at the Song and Dance Festival - it was fun to talk to her in Latvian
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Laura, I'm glad you got a break from your heat wave today! Mineral Point was a cool town - lots of historic buildings and some cool art galleries. Very hilly though! You'd climb about three stories every other block on the sidewalk! I noticed gas was a bit cheaper in WI than MN - about 10-30 cents per gallon. I did stock up on my favorite beer from WI though! (Can't get it in MN
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Paula, I think I have varying allergies to cats also - some I go into sneezing fits with, some are just fine - luckily I don't need a hairless one to not sneeze
. I got a medical alert for Covid exposure from my days spent at the Latvian Song and Dance Festival - unfortunately the warning came a week after exposure, but glad I wore my mask there at the festival.
Waves to all!
Anita