A quilting retreat

From left, Sandy, Judy, Sharon, Jeanette, me, and Doreen.

On May 2-4 weekend, I joined my St. Mary's Hospital Emerg buddies at "Ladies at the Lake" quilting retreat held at Brentwood on the Beach. While some of us in our group had been coming to this annual retreat for several years, this was my 4th visit here.

After an afternoon of driving from Kitchener and shopping at various Quilt Shops along the way, we arrived on time for a "Happy Hour" in the screened-in porch. From left, here's Sharon, Judy, Jeanette & Doreen .

The sewing room is set up at the lower level which is the same level as the indoor pool, hot tub, sauna, guest kitchen and several bedrooms.

Meals at this B&B are culinary adventures which sometimes makes it difficult to concentrate on sewing when the aroma wafts down our way. Shown here is just a sampling for this particular meal; there were breads, beverages and desserts, too!

Besides the camaraderie and continuous "grazing", we did manage to be productive and worked on our perspective quilting projects. The pictures above were the "show'n'tell" items. Unfortunately, the photographer (me) couldn't take pictures when I had a "show'n'tell".

The facilities include an indoor swimming pool (windows in the sewing area looks into the pool), a hot tub and a sauna; a group can prebook spa treatments (massage, facial, manicure, pedicure) as well. One can work on a quilting project as much or as little as one wants and just do "nothing" and still have a good time.

The views are always terrific: The first picture was the view from where I was sitting in the dining room. (We usually have sunset views but not this weekend.) The middle picture is the beach "down below". The last picture is the view from the balcony off our room.

If you want to know more about this place or the retreat, make sure you click on the link above.