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.