Yellow & Purple Blooms!

 Everything is blooming the colour of yellow & purple with green leaves & stems!

It was pouring rain outside when I took this photo but you can see the miniature purple iris in full bloom with the yellow lilies behind them.\

I picked flowers from one of the side yard gardens with the yellow/purple iris, the allium greens we eat in our eggsalad sandwiches & a yellow blooming flower that Bill keeps pulling out & insisting that it is a weed. I like it for its colour & how delicate it is.

Lupins & bleeding hearts, & bachelor buttons fill the anniversary garden with their colour & unique flowering texture.

How glorious now that summer has arrived & this burst of life has emerged!

The bumble bees are back enjoying the garden too!

The lilacs are nearly done for another year, but I have heard of a new bread of lilac called a Double Bloom & it will bloom twice!

The peonies are reaching for the sun & the ants are coming in to help them open up, soon these too will be in bloom once again!

It is such a joy to walk around the house & view the life that has been hidden with snow all these months! The white pom-pom bush is singing its praises too!

The lamb's ear that outlines the back deck has really taken off this year. I cannot help but touch the soft velvety texture of this beauty, the flower is a soft mauve that the bees adore!

The scent of something has got Bridget & Baxter's interest as they sniff it out.

The corner of the deck is the harshes with the nor'easters & the harsh winds but many have survived, we'll replant some more there since the large deceased evergreen is now a Gnome Home & sun can reach the new batch.

Bill has started the cedar shingled roof & it is quite detailed so this will be time-consuming for him on top of all the other summer chores & working full time.

 

Lilies are beginning & flowering in other areas where the sun reaches them more.

This is our kitchen garden of alliums in the backyard.

It is also by the back deck, the plant will grow anywhere!

Out Of Province Company!

Jim & Karen Cole came for a visit of 6 days & what fun we had! I had not seen them since their last visit in 2019.

Karen & I had so many laughs together, she too is a quilter & artist. 

I told her I like to learn a new art form every year so this year she taught me, latch hooked rug making with the gizmo that looks like a crotchety hook at one end and a very large needle eye at the other!

And I taught her stained glass another art form of colour & design with a different medium & she loved it & did it very easily!

Karen chose an art deco design & her glass colour was beautiful!

Once the black patina goes on the colour & texture jump out!

I worked on finishing a student's work that was never finished.

It is now ready for the sun to shine through it!

I made a mug rug with one-inch fabric strips to make this blue beauty! I like the look of the wrapped cloth & plan on making a whole rug with it this winter. Now I have the basics of starting & finishing it!

Shuffling around my studio area I found a pattern that I made for our eldest son & will make it for him this year! I promise Donald...by the end of 2023 it with have the sun shine through it! xXx

The sun coming through my student's wonderful colour choice for her tulip!

Bill is enjoying his zero-turn lawn mower & feels that it could cause me or the property harm, so I was never given a lesson about it.

It is a lot of lawn to keep mowed the way he likes it & I do enjoy looking out & seeing the mowed look as I view Miramichi Bay.

I'm ready for the next company this Friday of our eldest son & his childhood friend Jon Cole, who is no relation to our company that has left. We have not seen Jon for decades, it will be fun!!

These purple flowers are so pretty with the red geraniums. I'm seeing purple as one of my new summer colours, it so makes me think of my girlfriend/quilting buddy Paulette. I made a purple quilt once & could not stop thinking of her, so I gave it to her, and she loved it!

Our laneway is an 800-foot one but well worth the travel up it to say hello & view the beauty that this gorgeous Beaver Moon has to offer.

He's sitting on the front porch to welcome you!

Have a wonderful week & enjoy this fast short season & all it has to offer!

A fun saying my son taught me - 'Look through the windshield it is a lot larger to see ahead than the review mirror behind you.' 

Oh so true with the seasons!

Cynthia xXx

Time Has Wings!

 Next week June 21st is the first day of summer!

Wow, time is moving quickly into summer. It is glorious seeing the tide come in & the tide goes out, the water moving one way or the other way gives movement to the frozen water that laid still just months ago!

Bill has been busy outside making the Gnome Home come to life! He has put solar lights to illuminate the darkness of night. Here is a pic of it last night!

He is now making an octagon roof with cedar shingles to crown the top of the tree so we can enjoy it for years to come!

A taste of summer is rhubarb pie! This is from our batch & will now have to wait until more comes up but oh,  the taste of summer having this pie! It makes me think of my Grandma Haynes & her pantry with pies! xXx

The garbage bin now has our Beaver Moon on it & will help navigate those up our laneway this summer. Our home is not viewed from the road & an 800ft laneway must be travelled to even see the house.

And now coming up the laneway you see...

The Bunkie! aka The She Shed! The siding has now gone on & we're waiting for the decking to be put on the front & back & the front will have three steps across the front to have a sit down outside when the mosquitoes are gone this fall.

Our eldest son Donald has accepted the Kone Elevator job for New Brunswick & now he too will be living here with his English Bulldog Gordo. They will be here until he too finds a place to live. 

Our youngest son Nicholas & his girlfriend are happy in their home in Miramichi, in Chatham. 

With our one son Mitchell in Alberta & his wife, Nicole lives away & we will visit them again in their new beautiful 10-acre property & when we can. They will be visiting us on Labour Day & at Christmas this year! xXx

Sew Alongs------ oh my I love those sew along, some are BOW(block of the week) and some BOM(block of the month) they keep me sew busy!!

This was a Patchwork Possie with Becky - BOD(block of the day) called Walkabout - one block & you were to walkabout your neighbourhood, daily! With so much going on I did do a bike ride with my girlfriend Debbie!

I also changed it out a bit to make it my own. I live on the Acadian coastline & have many Acadian friends, so this is to honour where I live & my friendships.

This is a mystery BOW with Little Red Rooster called Jack-O-Lantern Lane: a pumpkin wooly mystery.  Block 1.

Block 2 

This is a BOW with Piecing the Past Stitchers called Dresden Picnic, we're on week 5 this is from week 3 & more blades to the fan have been made!

There are also Edyta Sitar's mysteries that I'm keeping up with but have no photos to show that are recent.

Sew many projects!!

These are pillows in the making!

A pair of velvety bolters for the sofa, they were so easy to make & cost a fortune to purchase!

Oh, Canada Day is just a couple of weeks out now!

So I got a head start on my decor for that day as the company will be here soon!

Holding down the table topper is a piece of petrified wood that Bill found on the beach last night, it is so heavy!

I covered the rotating chair at the end a couple of years ago & will make throw pillows for the new sette. I smile at the yarn-tied Canada red with white maple leaves from a small throw I made the guys when they went to the Route 66 race back in the early 90s. It has survived so many washings, kids, & pets!

This is the new seat that Bill got me & it has a matching glass-covered table. I put a tablecloth on the bottom & covered the two cushions with flags I made several years ago attaching them with 5pcs of elastic for easy removal & storage.

The Canadian geese are all decked out too!

The porch is one of my favourite places to sit & watch & listen to the birds at the feeders.

I'm making a sewing bag with this in the pocket front! 

The Labyrinth Walk has gone off to be longarm quilted & will be raffled off by the 4-H Club.

My donation to the community to help it grow stronger with our youth.

So much sewing in my daily life & ideas of sewing & decorating when I am not!

The sunsets in our yard at this time of year & each one is so beautiful. On really red nights the house has a red glow in the rooms that face the water, such a sight!

Bill & I are always saying how wonderful it is to live year-round at the resort! 

Thank you for stopping by for a virtual visit & I do hope you too get the opportunity to visit the beautiful Atlantic Maritime.

As always, wishing you health & happiness.

One of my many favourite sayings...

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind.  -  Dr.Seuss, pen name for Theodor Suess Geisel

Until next time enjoy what summer has to offer!

Cynthia