a friend .... and a friend

Today I had a lovely day with a dear old friend.

She faced a long car journey with her man

 in rainy and stormy weather to meet me in Rotterdam,

and it was fun together

like it always was.

She brought me a wonderful piece

of Kaffe Fasset "Megamendung"

and some pieces of lace.

She provided me earlier with some old odds and ends

so I took the finished pieces with me, to show her what became of it.

(We first met thirty years ago in textile-art classes)

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The other friend I made only recently,

through the internet

I most likely will never ever meet her in real life :

she lives in Australia !

We talked about felting and making little "Waldorf"dolls

and visited each other's blog and talked some more

and I sent her something for her seasonal table ...

Last Saturday a big envelope arrived through the mail :

... ? ...

did I order something that I totally forgot about ??? 

.....

until I discovered the name on the back

Ronnie !

Thank you my dear, for your lovely early christmas presents !

a magazine about felting, some wonderful variegated threads

(of which I surely will make good use in some stitching projects)

and three little angels and a tiny baby Jesus

( I put up the christmas tree this afternoon and they are in it !!! )