Thursday, January 22, 2026

Back Home Again ~

It was a fun get away to Off the Ocean rug camp in Jacksonville, Florida, but it's always good to be back home again.  (Remind you of a song?)  The drive to and from Jacksonville was mostly uneventful, but there were moments.  I am a fair weather driver since crashing on ice on a highway 14 (?) years ago.  Well, guess who was driving when there were white out conditions in West Virginia?  Thankfully it only lasted about 20 minutes!  Coming home we left the hotel in northern South Carolina at 6:21 am to beat the rush hour traffic in Charlotte.  It was dark and the traffic was heavy, but thankfully not stop and go.  Did I mention Ohio to Florida is a loooong drive?  But we did it 😁

The weather the day we arrived was gorgeous, then some rain and chilly temps and when leaving once again beautiful.  Here we are home to frigid temps with possibly large accumulations of snow this weekend and it will be in the low 70's in Jacksonville while we are freezing our butts off in Ohio.  At least we are not alone.  I heard something like 35+ states may be affected by the storm.

Anywho, back to camp.  My class was with Lucille Festa of Vermont.  Of course I didn't make nearly as much progress as I had hoped, but I never do.  Here is my progress at the end of camp.


Sue is speed hooker and nearly finished her rug!  If it hadn't been for her reverse hooking, she may have had it done.  Isn't he just the sweetest little pooch?

 
Sue has shared many pictures from camp (since she can blog from her phone!).  Check it out here.

I have a bit more to share in another post.  There was supposed to be a throw down for each class so we could see what others were working on, but it did not happen 😞

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren

3 comments:

Prims By The Water said...

Your rug is looking good too! Yes I saw Sue's sweet pup in other posts. Glad you both had fun and also glad you are safe back at home. I almost got into an accident last week driving home in the snow. Not fun. God was with me. Janice

Leonora said...

I love your rug so far! I especially love the placement of your loops and the varied directions. I really do not like the traffic around Charlotte...or white outs. Glad you stayed safe.

Saundra said...

Seems we never accomplish what we'd hoped in our rugs when photo time arrives. Your deer are looking mighty fine. With the upcoming foul weather you will have plenty of opportunity to get all the loops pulled you'd planned at camp. Happy hooking!
Saundra