A Day With Marion...

Our first time together, yet we knew from our correspondence,
phone calls, and hearts that we would hit it off. I walked into

Starbucks and she was already standing to greet me.
It was as though we'd always known each other.

Hugs were exchanged and she introduced me to her
good-lookin' husband, Doug - greetings which we promptly
punctuated with coffee and strawberry swirl pound cake.

Doug left us to visit and we chatted for two hours before we
looked at our watches and decided to move ourselves to
Beads F.O.B. for a little "bling" shopping.

After the bead shop, we headed to the local yarn shop,
The Spinning Wheel on Siesta Drive. I introduced Marion to
my friends Barbara and Jean, but we missed Klara (the owner)
as she has Wednesdays off. When we left the shop
we decided on Monterrey Grill for a nice, leisurely lunch.
Before we knew it, another two hours had disappeared!

Onward and southward on the Tamiami Trail to A Good Yarn.
We managed to get there just before closing time,
but Susan was kind enough to let us (and about four other
late shoppers) stay until we'd ooo'd and ahhh'd all the new
and scrumptious yarns. By the time we left, it was nearly
5 pm and time to take my friend back to her sister's home.
We couldn't believe how quickly the time passed during our visit!

We took photos for posterity (and my blog, of course!) and
then said our farewells. Marion and Doug will leave Florida today
for their trip back to Michigan. I'm so grateful that she took
time away from her family to spend the day with me.
I'll look forward to the day when we can visit, in person, again.
(BTW-For our Ravelry friends, I'm "craftydeece" and Marion is "downsize".)

Safe travels, my friends.
xoxo

PS. I'm having a ball playing with images at Photofunia! Click on the site title to see how many wonderful things you can do with your photos there! Thanks to Jodie, at Everything Vintage for putting me onto the site!