Weekending and Making…

I want to start off by saying thank you all so much for the kind words you left me last week.
Aging hands and brand new hands. ❤️

Ken took a few days to head south to visit his mother and brother's family in Pennsylvania last week and after working 2 long weeks, I was ready for some down time for sure.  Saturday I spent some time knitting, reading and playing in my shop trying out some new things.

 
Sunday, I packed up my car with both a winter and a rain jacket not knowing what kind of weather I would find at the beach.
I was looking forward to feeling the cold salty weather on my face once again.  I was definitely happy that I brought both my winter jacket and a hat…and the lonely single Angora mitten that I pulled out of my pocket was so appreciated because it was very chilly.
(Reminder…you need to make a new pair of mittens!)

As I was searching for beautiful stones, I met the sweetest nun who was also enjoying her walk along the beach.  She told me a story of how she found a half of a sand dollar with a tiny sand dollar tucked in as if tucked under a blanket…and how it grew little by little into a little tiny nativity scene.  Precious!

As I was heading off the beach, I ran into her again and she held out to me this small little stone and asked me if I saw anything?  
I told her that I could kind of see a face and then she pointed out all of the face features.  She asked if I had any children and when I told her that I had grandchildren, she tucked the stone in my hand and said, "take this little stone for them".
Sigh…such a endearing moment.  You never know who will walk into your life at just the right moment, do you?
I have tucked this little stone away to make something special with it.

…and for the Making part of my weekend…
I spent part of my Saturday trying out a new drill press that will give me so many options for endless creations with the rocks that I have been collecting for years.

It's going to take a little practice, but I think I did ok with the first 3 stones I drilled out, other than the scratch on the big one. No cracks and the teeniest of blow-outs on the back of the stone with the bigger hole.
Isn't it fun to discover new things?
I love it!