A time of refreshing...

We just returned from three weeks away from the farm. One week was spent coming and going through Saskatoon and two weeks in Panama. We returned relaxed and ready to continue with the packing, auction sale and relocating process. We had a wonderful time with our friends, made some new ones and came to an bigger appreciation of cool temperatures :-) Oh my!! it was hot!! It is already February and we are experiencing such a mild winter that some days it feels like Spring is crowding in on us. I'll enclose our "touristy" picture. Stan bought a beautiful carving from the Embera Indians of a harpy eagle, the Panama national bird and I bought a very beautiful crafted bowl that will look so great in our new sun room. The other local craft is the mola which is an amazing stitching almost the reverse of applique where they first layer several colors and then cut down the the color they want and then stitch around the area. Being a quilter, I appreciated ALL those little stitches!!