Friday odds and ends

Yesterday I published a re-post sharing my thoughts on meeting friends via the internet - social sites such as Facebook and most specifically Blogger.

I would like to share with you a wonderful memory of a very lovely woman whom I met a few years ago when she had her own blog, "Wiccan Writes." Her craft name is Robin Larkspur and I had the pleasure of meeting up with her on my way to Kingston, Ontario Canada with my husband and in-laws. We all met for lunch at a Cracker Barrel in Syracuse, New York. We chatted and surprised each other with special gifts as well ...

Robin presented me with this lovely journal book which I still have to this day ...

And beautifully wrapped in green tissue paper decorated with a sprig of her homegrown rosemary from her garden.

I gave her a framed square PA Dutch handmade quilt from Berks County, PA. She liked it so much that she displayed it on her living room mantel. 

I wished I could have met up with Stacy (Magic Love Crow) as well, but she lives in Aurora, Ontario, and unfortunately it would have been way too far of a travel for her to make. Perhaps someday!

(A pic of a cool flag we saw hung up in one of the restaurants we dined in while in Canada.)

Wednesday evening, I actually did get to know better a
very sweet woman (via telephone) whom I have been chatting with on Facebook as we both belong to a really awesome closed group (members only) fan site called, "MASTER, Jimmy Page." She had asked me if I could tag her on a pic I posted which she really liked a lot, but for some reason the tag did not implement. And so I did the next best thing I could think of and IM'd  (private messaged) her the pic so she could share it on her FB page. The next thing I knew, she messaged me back thanking me and told me that if I ever wanted to give her a phone call, she would love to chat with me off line and gave me her cell number. I told her I do not have long distance nor my own cell phone and gave her my land line phone number. She asked if I was available for her to call me that night if I had the time and we talked for at least two hours ... seriously. She seems like such a lovely lady and we had a very enjoyable time! We will most probably get the chance to speak again soon and I told her I would like that as well. Now, I do not make a habit of speaking on the phone to folks I barely know on FB, but I had a good vibe from her and she me. Life is strange sometimes, isn't it? 

And last but not least, here is the scoop -  it is National Ice Cream month ...!