Time Has Gotten Away From Me! Grab a Cuppa, lots of Show & Tell!

 The time this summer has just  flown by! 

I was commenting to Bill the other day that this is by far the fastest summer ever! 

Since your visit here, I entered the Napan Agricultural Fair in the Handicraft section & out of the nine items entered I won 8 first place ribbons. It was a great fair this year with no rain & that in itself was very unusual as it always rains on that event. I was  asked if I would be interested in having a table to sell my things as many people were interested in my crafts. I said yes, so next August will be a busy time for me again.

I'm also doing the Nerdy Little Christmas with Miracon this year on 29th of  November with some space & fantasy items that I'll stitch up. It's a one day event at The Rodd in Chatham, we went last year & my table will have different items that were not there. I'm hoping people will be Christmas Shopping! 

Here's a sampling of some items!

Useful & cute, nerdy things
 

I've posted the wins through the year, I know I should have taken photos...next time.

 

The main happening this year is the building of four townhouses.  It has been a big job & Bill is wonderful helping with keeping things organized and moving. The water well is now installed & that was interesting with the drill breaking & waiting on a part to get it fixed. The well is 245ft deep with 110ft steel liner, we went over budget on that step of the construction. Water is needed & there's a lake size at that depth!

The new telephone pole for the extra 400amp needed is now installed & the electrician has  now wired in what is needed with extras like electricity at the island area.

Bill & I at the start of this grand event!

The shade of the trees helped during the very hot drought season.

The views from the kitchen/bedroom windows, to the nature outside will be restful. I really feel connected with nature around me.

 

The outlined footings were done a couple of weeks ago.

And this is how far it has come today. The cement for the living area should happen later this week! Then the two garage floors will be poured. 

We have had forest fires this summer, very close to where the kids live and this was terrifying for many as the fire was out of control & had jumped across the main highway. We drove on the highway on Sunday to view the devastation from the Oldfield Fire. It is still very dry here and we were blessed with two days of rain which will be helpful & the temps are cooling with single digit nights.

Bill surprised me with an electric golf cart  to move around our 5 acres here and it will be a people mover for sure. I've trained Baxter to sit next to as we drive up/ down the lane-way, Bridget wants no part of it. She's such a silly dog. 

The used electric golf cart as seating in the back when the holding area is flipped up. This is so useful with moving landscaping equipment around.  

The Boston Terriers got their rabies/distemper shots a few weeks ago and Baxter weighed in at 14.5kg/32lbs, with the vet commenting on how muscular he was for a nearly 9 year old dog.  Bridget weighed in at 14.3kg/31.8ozs, with the vet saying, "Oh my, she's round" we all laughed & I told the vet she takes after me. They both had a good health report, although Bridget should just eat her food and not everyone else too, she does have a large appetite and with winter she exercises outside a lot less. More throwing the ball down the hall in the evenings is going to be needed. 

This is Bridget getting the afternoon sun on her, sleeping in the foyer.
 

This week Bill was so mad at Baxter for upsetting his wood pile trying to get at a chipmunk that was hiding from him inside the wood. lol

 

 

The flowers are gone, just the sweet peas flowering & then changing to pods. The blueberry bushes did well, and the wild strawberries are done too. The Donny Apple Tree has done very well with all the watering that has had to be done during a drought.

I made Gluten-free blueberry grunt that was delicious from the New Brunswick blueberries that Rose C had picked!
 

 

 

About a dozen & half apples this year.

Bill picked on to try.

And I finished it, it was sweet & tart all in one bite! 

This plant was noticed for the first time to us at its colour is what caught our attention, beautiful!

The Chatham kids, Nick & Leslie gifted us this holly bush that is gorgeous & I hope to decorate with it in the coming months!

Yes the Chatham/Miramichi kids, they are engaged!

This was the celebration cake from Dairy Queen.

Nicholas waited for Leslie's mother & sister from Brampton to be here & he proposed to her walking in our woods. August 4th was a day to celebrate here. They're planning the wedding in July 2028. 

Liam has had his first birthday September 5th & I mailed out his Winnie the Pooh 100 Acre Woods quilt, with a project bag with the Winnie the Pooh chapter books, and his first addition, 100 years old now, Winnie the Pooh book printed in Canada.

Nicole,Liam, & Mitchell, Liam's first birthday. xXx

The quilt turned out bigger than I thought! This is a queen-size bed! I hope he has years of enjoyment from it & the books. 

The outer border & the backing are the same 100 Aker Woods fabric. I lucked out having a Kona in gold that matched the dyes perfectly!

With the Alberta kids coming in later this month, I made Liam crib sheets & a bear quilt for his crib. Thank you Bev H for the crib your grandson slept in & now mine will. Thank you Linda D-M for the loan of your grandson's highchair whilst Liam is here. It's so exciting having a grandbaby visit for the first time!

 

Rose C, you do such beautiful longarm quilting! I added a black satin blanket binding around the edge.

The three crib sheets for Liam's crib & he'll take the quilt & sheets home to Alberta.
 

The Farm Fresh Sampler by Art East also has been finished!

I really like this whimsical farm quilt! And I made the quilt from my stash or as Bill calls it - inventory. I did have to purchase a backing & feel in love with Kathy Schmitz's fabric. I use her fabric a lot & have done may of her patterns. This winter I'm working on Merry Mimi Christmas embroidery. I'll post next visit!
 

Rose's lovely quilting again! I did a sliver of black piping around the outer edge, which I though finished it off nicely.

Another double yolked egg!! When the eggs come in in an extra large size, this is usually inside. I've had three this year. The hens are all doing very well and the new ones are the size of the old girls now.

 

Ten hens is my limit, I have several egg customers enjoying their eggs!

 

Bill extended the size of their area again. It goes into the canopy area of trees along the walkway into the woods.

You can see the hens fencing on the left & their hen run/coop in the background on the left. They are happy hens & bring us enjoyment having them.

It will be a busy weekend with a lasagne dinner planned for our eight apartment residents at our home. I had one several years ago(the apartment was opened Nov2018) and it was enjoyable for all. It's long overdue & the weather looks good too! I will be able to use the people mover to move them (they are all seniors) around the property to show them some of my favourite spots. It's an unusual outing for most of the new tenants & the ones that have attended are so looking forward to Saturday.

Thank you for coming by for this visit & I hope to be here soon with more to show & tell you!

Remember...You don't grow old and stop playing - You grow old because you stopped playing! xXx 

Hugs,

Cynthia 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Walking Tour At Beaver Moon

Hello and I'm finally here to greet you with your visit here in the Atlantic NE village that we live in and love so much! The weather has been warm to hot & humid and summer has just begun.

Bill is out every morning to water the gardens & new transplants that have been put in. It looks so lovely when you do a walk about, let's go!

This is the view from the dining area at the beginning of June.

This is a close-up view from the front porch. Thank you Nick & Leslie for the cement fixtures. It's so had to keep seasonal things nice with the harshness that comes from living next to the Atlantic saltwater.

The limelight hydrangeas are now past the railings! It's amazing haw fast things grow once the earth warms up from the ice/snow from the winter season.

The Anniversary Garden has taken on a life of its own and the weeds sure do follow suit with them too!

Mowing of the back lawn has been a weekly chore for Bill but he is loving the zero-turn lawn mower for that!

I'm surprised at how these two trees that Mitchell & I planted over a decade ago have grown and at different speeds and both are healthy!

The back deck is now enjoyable and the sun can be a bit like an oven heating you if you stay out too long!

The daylilies from the Thames River area in London ON are doing well outside the dining window and are late blooms.

One of my favourite blooming flowers is the lily-of-the-valley, Bill planted some right where I hang the laundry & the fragrance is heavenly! They have come & gone now for another year, summer does move fast with the blooming succession. 

Bill put up an arbour next to the small laundry porch, it's the same as the one in the Anniversary Garden, one on each side of the house giving it wings that both view the water in the Miramichi Bay!

Namama (Bill's Hungarian Grandma) had this tree in her backyard & we wanted two in ours! Thanks to Lynn for harvesting them for us, they too are growing strong.

This is our garden area, we are not very good but will give it a try with zucchini, tomatoes, and a pepper. This was 2 weeks ago, I'll post more pics when they really start to grow!

This is the climbing hydrangea from Heather the avid grower, she said it takes time for them to grow their roots and now it has finally taken off & has begun to flower for the first time! 

And the wooly moss that Heather gave me has also taken to flowering this year!!

Here is the wooly moss next to the boulder, how exciting to see these first time blooms!

The lilac tree next to the roses on each side of the arbour have given a strong wonderfully sweet smell to the salt air! Here is the other arbour at the other side of the house.

The lilac tree will have more room since the pom- pom bush was moved to the apartment & has since flowered when the lilac tree there flowered.

Iris, lupine, bleeding hearts, peonies, hydrangea & other flowering plants are are doing their show in the garden that has the best sun!

The Gnome Home garden of tulips have come & gone & this area has not been put back together, next post I'll show you how it gets dressed up!

I brought in some of the tulips & when they opened they looked more like poppies!

The new additions! More Reba aka Rhode Island Red hens!

These girls were 19 weeks old on June 20th when we got them.

They stay together from Henny & the Reba's as they're top in the pecking order & let them know it!

They still don't settle in properly in the evening without Bill going into the coop to settle them, soon I hope it will be like they were always here.

The back deck evening sunsets are back & beautiful! You know what the next day will be looking at it, another line drying laundry day! lol

The Parkade Garage has started...

The foundation for the frost wall has been dug out, now just waiting on the cement contractor to begin.

It look odd to see a square with a ditch around it but it will make the garage walls stable & ground solid.

Bill making the laneway neat again to get the width back. Next week I'll take photos of the townhomes area, goodness that's going to be spectacular, when finished! But right now it's just been cleared & getting the ground ready for its very large foundation.

Sewing is going slow...life does have a way of getting into our hobbies. lol

Christopher Robin is now done!

And the quilt assembly has begun with nine more clouds to make, three more honey pot, some bees, & the fillers that will bring them all together! This truly has been a labour of love for Liam.

Liam is now pulling himself up to stand, I'm so grateful to see these moment via Facebook, he's so precious to us.

Liam is so familiar to us too. lol He is learning to feel the outside for the first time & has now gotten use to the feel of grass. lol

Just to do something different, I did the 4 installment blocks from Buttermilk Design that were done in a 4th of July USA style & made mine Canadian. I added some bees instead of the black crow & put a lace tablemat down for the pot.

It makes a great Canada Day pillow on the woodland bench in the dining area.

Wishing you a happy and safe, Canada Day! 

Well, I have Bridget wanting my attention and I really must get busy as today is sunny & it will be raining all day tomorrow, making it a 'sew day'. I think I will take to the 100 Acre Woods & begin to put it together, I'll take pics to share with you!

Thank you for stopping in & so hope you enjoyed your tour around the property of Beaver Moon.

Cynthia xXx