Home and spring in Amsterdam

Well we are home and had just a fabulous time.. Here we are in Bamberg, Germany  enjoying a wonderful cappuccino after an equally wonderful croissant... Unfortunately I came home with a killer cold and am just now recovering..  And of course there were a long list of things needing done post haste in the garden... I haven't even downloaded the rest of my Germany pictures but will tuck some in now and again through the summer.

On our very last day in Amsterdam we went to the Keukenhof Garden.  There were 79 acres and seven million bulbs and we were there at the absolute peak of their season... it had rained all morning and when we arrived at the garden after lunch the sun came out for the rest of the day.

Here are a few of Ron's photo for you to enjoy.

Eye candy while I'm gone

Just some close-ups and details of the anniversary quilt for you to peruse while we are on our anniversary cruise from Vienna to Amsterdam.

Here is the entire piece..  many of these hankies belonged to my late mother-in-law.. The base is a vintage table linen with crocheted edge.  The entire piece is about 34" square.

 

We had our first date on Halloween and flew to Hawaii 3 weeks later on Thanksgiving and got married.  It was definitely love at first sight.  We met at a bridge game and 40 years later he tells me almost daily that I'm still his favorite partner.  Here are close ups of different sections..

Here you can see the button trail upper right.

I'm really happy with the way the border turned out.

This brooch is one I have save for years and years and this was the perfect spot for it...

 

And as a recap my inspiration for this project was this counted cross stitch sampler I did when we got married in 1976.