Playing tourist and hexagon heaven

Please don't forget me, I know I have been on vacation for too long! The visit with my Dad really was wonderful and I just didn't find time to blog.

Mostly we just had a good time enjoying time together, but we did play tourist a bit in Oslo. The photo above is Oslo City Hall.

I had to take Dad to Vigeland Park as he had never been before. You see, on his previous visits he had been so sweet to come in the winter months, and the cold and darkness during those months make staying indoors much more inviting than going out to do touristy things. So he hadn't ever seen much of our city.

The sculptures are slightly larger than life and so very life-like they are.

It was a lovely day and we nearly had the park to ourselves.

While many of the sculptures seem happy or serene, this one seems disturbing.

Now we are back downtown again, getting around by foot and public transport as I usually do. This dome-topped building is the National Theater.

The waterfront was a great place for a little rest and a bit to eat.

While he was visiting I didn't spend as much time sewing or knitting as usual. I guess I really did have a vacation from my usual handwork. This is what I started on after our tearful farewell. I am going to make a hexagon pillow. This is English paper piecing. It is so much fun. I have been stitching on the sofa, in my sewing room and sometimes out in the sunshine.

I tried not stitching through the hexagon papers, but the fabric seems to sit better when I stitch right through the papers and it appears that the papers can still be used again and again despite the pin holes. I just cut off the threads holding the papers down as soon as the hexagon is completely surrounded.

I promise to be around more! I have much to show and a give away coming very soon!

  

Comments

[Melissa P]

So glad you were able to truly take a break and enjoy the time. The hexagons look amazing!

[Millie]

Thanks for showing us around your beautiful city...Such wonderful photos. I did a bit of hexagon sewing recently, it is very relaxing. Your hexagons all look great together. Looking forward to seeing the pillow!

[Selina]

I'm glad you had a relaxing time! Your hexes look great.

[gretchen/juneatnoon]

How funny, I was just dreaming of making a hexagon pillow myself! I just love English paper piecing. Something about the basting and then suddenly having this perfect little hexagon is very satisfying to me. :)

[Di]

I am glad that you had fun with your dad - nothing better than a visit from family. My parents arrive today! They only live 75 miles away and I do see them quite often but it's still nice to have them to visit.

I loved all the photos of Oslo - reminds me of my visit (although it was raining most of the time I was there) and perhaps I will show them to my parents tonight - they went to Oslo and Oslo Fjord for their honeymoon in 1964!

[Haust]

Puta vert fantastisk fin! Gler meg til å sjå ferdig resultat!

Ha ein god tysdag! :)

[maya]

The hexagons are just the cutest! Would love the see the ultimate result!

[The Muse of The Day]

When I was much younger I backpacked through Europe and was delighted when I saw Vigeland Park. The "disturbing" monolithic sculpture was so hard to photograph as it was so tall. You brought back many memories, thank you.

[isa]

I've been to that park a couple of years ago, and it was just amazing. What I remember the most is a sculpture of an angry little boy.
The hexagons looks good :-)

[Rosana]

Of course we have not forgotten you. It's good to have the family around and doing a bit of tourism for a change!
I also came to invite you to a post I made some time ago, somehow inspired by you. I had forgotten and not invited to you. I do it now.
http://labibliotecasilvestre.blogspot.com/2009/11/matrioskas.html
Kisses from Spain

[Jacqueline]

I am SO HAPPY you are having a relaxing and wonderful time during your lovely papa's visit! These are gorgeous photos and i love those flowers! Your hexagons looks so pretty! Have a lovely merry happy day and love to you!

[SofiAlgarvia]

Your absense from the blog was for a very good reason, and you shouldn't apologize.
Enjoy the good moments in life with the family, it's the best thing!
And was much fun for me to see the beautiful city where you live.

[Grace]

as always, i enjoy the photos you take. :D

[Kim]

What a beautiful place to have a holiday. Kim :)

[Sheree]

What a lovely spot on Earth, Emily...thanks for sharing the pictures. Leah has a good friend from her class that is from Norway. We must get there for a visit some day...it looks so beautiful!

Enjoy your time with family and enjoy that hexagon project!

Sheree

[Mary]

Forget-me-nots are absolutely my favorite flower. Your Forget-me-not photo is stunning . . .

[Kate]

Your hexagons look really pretty - what size are they? I have just "discovered" hexxys too! So much fun - and very portable, I take a small ziplock bag of them to cover while at my daughter's football matches!