Spring In Full Force!

 It is so glorious these days with no snow in sight & blue skies & blue water again!

Each season has its own beauty but the wonder of nature is truly in spring.

Beneath the lilac bushes, the tulips & pink ground cover are showing the signs of spring's arrival!

The ground cover is loaded with bees with a red stripe on them! 

The green emeralds have been released of their green fencing to hold them together during our harsh windy winter. Buds are getting larger & soon there will be leaves!

The little rhubarb patch is coming to life too! 

    

Blue sky & blue water, it doesn't get much better than this!

Bill has cleaned the yard of thousands of pinecones that had fallen from our trees & landed from the winds in our backyard. He then aerated the lawn to help lighten it to breathe better after the huge blanket of snow & ice for several months.

I spent some time in the potting shed on Mother's Day, such a happy place for me!

I put the spring wreath on the door & brought the small bistro table out.

Our pond is alive with so many singing frogs right now! Bill got this photo for me as I have never seen them!! I watch the tadpoles grow & watch their legs appear, I've heard them but never have seen them!

The hola plant is in bloom inside, this plant has the most surreal look to its flowers that I've ever seen!

I brought in more forsythia stems to see this sunshine yellow flower. The ones outside are just starting to show their colour. In the bin behind them are the orange & yellow marigolds that we saved the seeds from last year. The marigolds have started to grow!! We also planted sweetpeas from last year's seeds.

Next week the road trip to Scott's Nursery in Fredericton will add five Duke blueberry bushes to our garden boxes! Mmmm blueberries.

I worked on using a gifted Kansas Trouble jellyroll up with the Slides & Steps block, it was so easy to do! It is only one block! The border is also Kansa Trouble backing that I had & there was enough for the back too!

I played to make the cornerstones fit & added applique squirrels & roosters to create more movement & interest in the border.

Each pair of squirrels had an acorn to share. I enjoy working with the Northcott Canvas as it has shading to it creating even more interest & depth to the applique.

My tulips have not bloomed yet so the tulip wall hanging gives a colour of welcome to the front porch.

The tulips are all batik fabrics & the vibrant colours only enhance the feeling of the tulips & what is to come from our garden blooms!

The Walk-Through Grandma's Garden really gives off colour too!

I used a Tula Pinkerville jellyroll with great fantasy colour & broke it up with 2 1/2" squares.

I cut out sparkly unicorns for each corner &  a white metallic dotted border to encase all that colour.

The jellyroll was wrapped in the manufacturer's twill tape Free Spirit & I thought it went well within the 2" finished block.

I finally finished The Neighbourhood Quilt on Saturday!

The finished 4" house cornerstones took most of the time.

I put stained glass windows in the door & a kitty has a drink of tea in the shutter window.

This is such an easy quick sewing caddy to make with just two fat 1/4s & batting the same size.

The directions are on YouTube on Tiffany's Quilting Life channel - Sewing Caddy.

I added the white pompoms because I did not realize that the bobbin had black thread in it. Grrr after sewing around the whole edge with 1/8" stitch. So rather than unpick it all, I covered it with the trim!

So many sewers are talking about wrapping fabric in Comic Book Covers, so I thought I could use that technique to help organize my collection in the sewing room.

You really can see the fabric & it takes less space!

This is my organized chaos sewing room that I create in, it now has one shelf very neatly organized & I will do more when I have time.

There are just so many projects on the go right now!

The sun is so warm inside as the wind off the water is still quite cool. The foyer's sun through the top window is a popular spot for this trio. 

The wool New Brunswick tartan blanket is everyone's favourite & right now it belongs to Rexton. lol

Then Bridget gets her cozy spot on the leather wingback with the blanket!

With the Canadian flag, the MOD Bearpaw unfinished quilt, & Walk Through Grandma's Garden quilt on the back of the chair, she is warm & cozy in the blanket on the chair. 

Thank you for stopping by this glorious spring day!

I hope you too are enjoying the rejuvenation of the earth after this cold winter.

Enjoy life - you only have one opportunity, make the best of it!

Stop by again for a visit, it is a wonderful life!

Cynthia xXx