What can you say? So I've sat and pondered about it..So decided on a public THANKYOU to Nora.
For years now, I have envied her beautiful pineapple afghans she has made for different rellies and friends, all that work, and it is truly a work of love, the finished afghans a masterpiece in themselves.
She sent me a pattern for it, and I did start it, but didn't finish it, well I did a small thin yarn one as a sample, and still I envied the ones she made.
Then a couple of weeks back the postman called, with what I thought was to be my koolaid she'd promised to get me, when I answered the door, I was amazed at the huge parcel that the postie stood smiling at me with.. Gosh I thought reading the ''from'' label, Nora's gone berserk and sent me a whole store pack of the stuff...
I couldn't believe what I found inside...Oh yes the koolaid was there alright, some samples of yarn, so that I would know what she was talking about when explaining yarn to me, but there wrapped in layers of tissue paper, was a huge pineapple afghan....I was quite shakey as I opened it and envied her workmanship, I wrapped myself in it and hugged it...too shocked to say anything... Dave laughed at me...but that wasn't all, as well as this beautiful crafted item, was a absolutely stunning variaged blue white and pink Vstitch afghan...
Dave made me a coffee and told me to leave it alone for a minute before I wore them out by fondling the afghans, lol. but I was so shocked and amazed, and worst of all, it was at the time when my emails weren't getting through to her to say how totally inlove I was with these precious afghans..
So even though it's a few weeks on, I'd like to say thankyou publically, and to let you know what a truly wonderful friend and emailer Nora Balcer really is.. the parcel came at a time when I was not feeling quite myself too, I'd had a migraine a few days before and it had only just gone, so this was a real boost to my morale.
Looking at the afghans as I do every single day, I am still in awe of all that work, every little stitch that has been made with me in mind..these will be an heirloom for generations to come..
So Thankyou Nora....higz Cher