Many months ago Loren and Karen agreed to trade handiwork. Loren agreed to make a hand crafted silver bracelet in exchange for a hand knit sweater. It took a while since Karen hand dyed the superwash merino yarn before undertaking that knitting and Loren made the fine silver wire and twisted it into 9-ply before tying it into an intricate turk’s head knot. Both pieces promise to be treasured by their recipients for years to come!
Aboard the Norwegian Jewel we’ve made stops in Cozumel, Mexico and Georgetown, Grand Cayman to explore beyond our previous experiences here. Soon we’ll be making our way to ports we’ve not yet explored in the Southern Caribbean.
What a treat to pause for a BBQ lunch with the locals at Pearl Country Store and Barbecue on US-441 in Micanopy, Florida. It’s a taste of the Florida we remeber from our youth.
By deliberate choice we were in Medina for all the winter holiday festivities from Candlelight Walk in the days before Thanksgiving through A Christmas Carol and A Celtic Christmas as well as an Alex Bevan Concert and a historic house tour all the way through Medina’s 31st Ice Festival but perhaps the highlight was the town hosting hundreds of folks whose homes and lives were devasted by Hurricane Helene at the A Promise of Christmas Event the middle of January. It’s an honor to be a part of this amazing community!
I witnessed part of the knitting, both gifts are truly amazing.