Happy Canada Day Weekend!!!!

Wildflower gone to seed - Greenbelt- Late June 2012

Canada Day is Sunday, a long weekend for our Canadian family and friends! Have a wonderful holiday!!!!
Enjoy the journey.

Happy Birthday To Us!!

Birthdays are that much more special since I have my twin sister to share them with!!!!
Thanks to all of you wonderful people for sending amazing birthday wishes, cards and gifts, you warm my heart and have made my birthday super special.
Enjoy the journey!

Wildflowers

Wildflowers - June 2012

Have a great weekend!

A Bit Of Sewing

I used the following tutorials to sew up a new tote and zippered pouch:
The Forty Minute Tote 
Scrappy Make-up Pouch Tutorial
Enjoy the journey!
Update: The fabric print is a bit too cute, but it is a hemp and organic cotton canvas weight fabric that is terrific to work with. I ended up making a couple more unlined grocery totes yesterday and they should prove very handy.  I love the boxed corners which make loading the bags far easier.  ox

Hello Summer!

Grasses in morning light - 21 June 2012

How Are Things?

A rose bloom - Back yard garden - June 2012


The following is something I thought you might enjoy, a wonderful excerpt from a book I have nearly finished reading, Three Views Of Crystal Water by Katherine Govier. It was sent to me by a dear friend and it has been a most enjoyable read.

Bodies of water, we call them. Fresh, salt, dead, alive, still, fast-moving, tidal, land-locked. I know little about those other bodies which span the world, but I can tell you that the sea I plumb is a trickster. Lashing at the black lava rocks, tasting of the mysterious living things, shot with sunbeams or sunk in massive gloom, it is bitter to the nostrils and stinging to the lips. I've seen rock cliffs under water that trail air bubbles out of some crevice as if they were breathing.

Katherine Govier, Three Views Of Crystal Water, pg 3.

What are you reading these days? Any recommendations?
Enjoy the journey.

Orihime - 2012 Mini Cooper Coupe

Orihime - 2012 Mini Cooper Coupe

Happy Weekend To All!

Golden Thryalis in bloom - Georgetown, Texas - June 2012


A few interesting links:
Herriot Grace film trailer
A lovely short video: Manos, Pottery Studio
Beautiful new work by Paula Valentim creator of otchipotchi 
A wonderful collection of photos: bee watching

Enjoy the journey!

Blooming Again!

Rose bud beginning to unfurl - Georgetown, Texas - June 2012

Meet The Gang

Felt inch worm toys - Georgetown, Texas - June 2012


Hello there!  Using the Evelyn Inch Worm pattern from a pattern book by Wee Wonderfuls, I hand stitched these felt toys over the course of a couple of weekends.  The bottom image was taken before accessories and facial features were added.  All but one are gifts and were sent out today in the post.  This is the first felt worm I made and this is Emma-Leo, the pattern was also from the same book.
Work begins tomorrow on the bathroom and bedroom upstairs. They were the only rooms in which the walls were not re-textured and painted before we moved in.  We are also having new flooring put down, it will be nice to get this checked off our to do list.  The project should be completed by the end of the month (if not sooner). Hope the weekend was a fun one.  Enjoy the journey.

Roses in June

Looking up at roses - Georgetown, Texas - 1 June 2012

The following are a few things I have been enjoying lately:

• A new recipe series, "for the love of pie"
• Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts
• A beautiful image - Sunset over the Rideau Canal
• Harvesting our vegetables from our back yard gardens
• Toasted tomato sandwiches
• The riot of colours in our gardens

Enjoy the journey.