My grand vision of having a tiny retreat in our back yard was to not only share this amazing and inspirational natural space but to also bring me varied stories in the form of wonderful visitors from many different corners of the world. I figured in my future years, I'd slow down on my personal adventures yet still want to travel vicariously with our guests. So far we have not been disappointed by the many unique, charming and charmed characters who have managed to find us.
Our latest guest is Dirk Rohrbach, www.weltgeschichten.com a German adventurer here to write a book on his latest tour paddling to the Bearing Sea in a birch bark canoe he made himself last summer. Dirk is a good sport who had no trouble humouring me with sending out an alert to his many followers that I was in need of clothing labels to finish my next label quilt. Many people responded and yesterday I received my first significant contribution in the mail from L.A. The challenge is to receive 500 labels during his stay here, until April 3. The official count so far is 79, mostly thanks to Britta. Many of them I've never seen before.
So Dirk and I are hoping to drum up more to reach our goal. Later today, I'll be visiting him with my seem ripper in hand. His generosity has no limits, he's letting me take all his labels!
Much gratitude to Dirk and his many friends! I'll keep you posted.
Looking forward to an update!
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