A delicious lunch and more shells as promised.

We had our first group meeting of the year today and made it special by each contributing to a delicious spread of quiches, salads, ham, pate and a marvellous pavlova and rocky road bites to follow. A lovely change from a hastily made packed lunch which is our usual fare. We used to do this at our December meeting but decided to move it to January. Here, we are just enjoying our soup, hence the mugs - well, who has 14 soup plates?! Our hostess is the member with the largest dining room but even she had to add a small table at one end to accommodate us all. It was laid so well and looked beautiful before we all sat down and cluttered it.

I couldn't resist a shot of this lovely piece of driftwood which will be used in our shell display. I love the texture and lines worn into it. The following pics are of all the other shells which have been made - there will be two more but those members were absent today.

I was trying not to get in everyone's way while I took these pics so I hope I haven't blurred any in my haste. I didn't get an overall shot as they were placed randomly on the table along with various bits of wood and other shells just to give us an idea of what worked. Final choices will be made next month. I haven't put the names of the makers to each shell as I can't remember who did what and I have discovered that there is one missing. If I can find it I will add it on.
.

I met my counsellor yesterday and think we will get on well - he is a very pleasant man and very experienced in his field so he should be well qualified to untangle me!