The Miramichi Bay Is Open = Spring!

 This morning I can see the top of the black deck railing! Yes, the wind is howling today making the trees dance but it is a blue sky & blue water kinda day!

 Snow is still around & it will be for a while, usually the 1st week of June it is done!

The Miramichi Bay has now opened up & that means spring has arrived in NE New Brunswick!
The snowdrifts are shrinking & the windows are making noise as the wind gusts invisibly throw themselves into them.

This was a couple of days ago & so much more ice has left the bay giving way to seeing the water come in & out with the tides. The blue water & blue sky makes your heart sing!
Bill makes me go outside on nice days, I'm an inside person & always have been but life is changing & we too must change with the times.
I really enjoy my time outside & will be doing more of it as the days warm up.

I made a spring arrangement from an old part of black/white pokla dot boots.
The look & feel of the days to come as spring morphs into summer!

 On our out & about time on our property last week, Bill cut down some pussy willows for me to decorate with. Such a sign of spring to see those fuzzy branches!
It was warm this weekend so I put together this arrangement with the found nest placed in the bottom.
You really do feel a connection with nature & a grounding of oneself when you walk about.

 I moved the boot arrangement to the front entrance, not that anyone comes with this social distancing time but it does make me feel better seeing spring decor. :)

 With some of the leftover pussy willow branches & some fabric flowers that were the colour of daffodils, I made an arrangement in for the potting shed window box.
The potting shed is going to be moved this summer to the otherwise of our property so it will be close to the new Porage Garden that will be going in.

The fire pit area is starting to show it's a brick structure. What an exciting time of year to see the ground once more. The tulip bulbs are coming up around the lilacs too!
I hope you enjoyed your outside tour, now let's go inside to see some projects that I've been working on.

Sewing Inside

Block two of the Christmas Carol from Farmhouse Threads & Friends.
I was so excited to see this block that I made one for the quilt & one as a hanging...

It was perfect for the Christmas dishes, so I did this on in white with gold hatching, an old Joanne Fabrics piece from my stash.

I just loved how it worked out & will look forward to seeing it again at Christmas with the dishes!

 Then I stitched around a woods & wolf silhouette that I had done a few years back. The plan is to make a small decorative lumbar pillow, with dark brown faux suede fabric on the sides & back.

I had a week moment at Walmart a few weeks back & thought I would have this done in no time as it was all prestamped. I was wrong! I've undone so much that I'm hoping there's enough thread that I don't have to dig into my stash DMC. I thought it would compliment the lumbar pillow, must take time to work on this!

 I had ordered an April Cornell dress for Easter, I've always had a new outfit every Easter since I can remember, & it was so long in length. The cotton dress fabric & slip fabric made a nice dress for this colonial doll. I needed to play with some colour & design in a miniature size, she looks better now!

 A Kathleen Tracey Mystery quilt that I never finished will be a pillow for the front porch this summer. I added Rexton & Mr. Boots to the front to personalize it a bit.

 I love this sewing room fabric & used it on the back of a scrap quilt.

 A wee scrap quilt from the Peter Rabbit quilt I made a few years back with some gingham homespun fabric & some more caps. I love to play with scraps!

This is a fabric collection & accessories that I was to make a sample dress for the Alberta kids' wedding this fall. I will have to start it soon but with these uncertain times, I just don't feel the urgency yet. Everything I wear usually has to be modified as I'm 5'2" & Boddy modifications are always needed too. So a muslin pattern is made & modified before it even sees the true fabric making a more pleasing outcome on the finished project.

 Block # 3 - Oh, Frosty The Snowman is now done! On Wednesday they will revile block #4.
Each block is so different, just like each of the designers that design them!

Rexton the Manx is feeling the spring days too & lucky her got a gift of catmint from Lynn.
Lynn can grow anything! I can't wait to see our portage order from her, even Heather, my avid gardening girlfriend gets plants from Lynn!

 Rexton just loved the nibbling on the catmint. It will be planted outside in the new garden later in June. Remember all the snow, yes, this too will pass.

I was surprised when he threw her body into the plant & was rubbing her fur on it. Oh, the sight, smells, & feel of spring that we all need!

I've had time to take in YouTube classes on making felted creatures. I saw the rabbit & it was adorable & so spring-like that I made this one! It is not as large as the one in the kit that the instruction was for but I do enjoy smaller things that can be added to my shelf. I used the cat's whickers that I find around the house to enhance the rabbit's whiskers, I was going to make a blue jacket for it but now I'm seeing it as a cotton dress & apron kinda rabbit. For now, I'll just enjoy getting it done!

The province of New Brunswick is doing better than other provinces but we've been told it is not over yet & more time is needed. It is a vaccine that is much needed & is being worked on.
So until that is done, life as we know it is & will be different. I hope that you are taking the time & caring for yourself even if you are not going anywhere. This is part of history that we are living & I'm grateful to be in such a wonderful country with all the help & technology that is being offered to keep us safe.
What is old is new again as people learn to bake bread & rolls creating a shortage here in flour & yeast! There's a lot of yummy smelling kitchens here, the smell of home cooking everywhere.

Thank you for stopping in for a visit.
Stay safe, stay healthy.
Cynthia