Puff-Puff-Puffing Along!

Last night I made my triumphant return to the Minnesota Centennial Showboat!  (The last time I'd been on-board was for its inaugural season -- Jekyll and Hyde in 2002.)

Some lovely black-eyed susans from Harriet Islad.

A beautiful vista... the boat, the river, and the skyline.

It's the boat!  Still beautiful, 9 years later.

And a view FROM the boat.

So I sat next to this great couple, who's been coming to see shows on the boat for the past 8 years or so.  They were just a stitch and a half, and made me feel like quite the Showboat Celebrity!  (The coolest part for me was when I saw that they were using the SAME BAG I made in 2002 for the Newsboy Olio!)  The show was wonderful, and my favorite olios were the parade olio (a Practical Man) and the one featuring a hotdog, ketchup, and mustard.  (Frankfurter Sandwiches!)

I kind of want to go again.

More finishing is happening!

....and to the relief of many, the things that are getting finished are for the show! Hooray! Still hitting a couple snags, but that is to be expected.

In other news, I got to go for another outside run today! The sun was out for a little bit, and aside from having very many unkind feelings for those responsible for the snow removal around North Dale, it was a nice little jaunt. The next three days look like they will be fabulous, and Friday will be ABOVE FREEZING I hear.

Many things to be excited about!

Not a UFO...

...though I do have to conquer UFOs every time I work on a show -- but a hard deadline will do that for you.

Anyway, the show I'm working on is set in the 60s so I had to find a reasonable facsimile of a 60s camera (luckily the SLR design hasn't changed much.) Once I did -- the fun began! Obviously it needed a camera strap. I've been keeping my eyes peeled for a week or so while making the rounds to the fabric stores for something appropriate. I really like what I found! I may use it on my own camera if it survives the show.