Were Is Time Going?!

 The autumn time in Northeast New Brunswick is so beautiful to take in as nature sings out fall colours. Where did the summer go, I tried to savour every day, it had wings & flew into autumn & soon it too would evolve into winter. I know I could not live without seasons coming & going. With my favourite saying, 'This too will pass' with winter coming.

The winter too has its own beauty & seems to last the longest!

I've been working on Edyta Sitar's SAL with Seasons In Blue & have nearly completed that project.

The month 10 was a busy appliqued one!

It's a monthly sew-along with her Seasons In Blue book, you do one or more of the 16 quilt blocks to make the quilt. This is much like Lori Holt's Scrappiness Is Happiness that I did this summer. This quilt is scrappy too with all my neutral backgrounds & blue fabric scraps.

I'm hoping it is going to look OK when it is all together!

I was going through my background scraps & found a piece of French writing on it...

Then I had an idea from watching  Vloger to make French hens, yes, three French hens!!

This is the scrap that is left from that scrap & I had crocheted a red, white, and blue basket with scrap fabric & that would be their nest!

I love how they turned out from scraps to an idea!

This was what I saw from my sewing room window last week, the pigeons were enjoying the water fountain/birdbath. lol All the garden cement decor has been brought in for the winter now so the snow & ice won't damage them. I hope the Thompson water sealer keeps the gargoyles safe through their first winter season.

The Thanksgiving bird was delicious this year & we don't eat turkey again until Christmas Day. Bill covered the top of the bird with a woven blanket of bacon to keep everything moist & yummy.

I tried something new with the grapevines this year, a grapevine orb!

It was quite the job using the hog grips to put the metal holding rings around the vines. My hands are losing strength due to arthritis, very frustrating as I use my hands for many of my crafting items. 

The last of the visiting friends/family this year was Sandy from London, a girlfriend that I had not seen for four years due to the Covid restrictions & life's timing. She is the owner of The Red Door Antique Shoppe in London & always enjoys seeing the antiques here on the East Coast. She took home a few treasures from this visit.

Bill was arriving from Holland at Pearson Toronto Airport & she was arriving from London ON at the airport, they met & flew to Moncton together. They arrived at midnight & then the drive to Hardwickee was in a terrible rain storm having them dodge construction road signs on the highway in the dark!!

One of many things we cannot control is the weather!

The sunny days would open up & she had a great time taking in the views from our shoreline. I was having a bout of sciatica & knee pain, not making a very good walking buddy for her.

Bill managed to get the lawn cut, hopefully, for the last time before the snow flies, we had a very heavy frost the day after this photo was taken.

Donald has settled into his new job at Kone Elevator & does the NE of New Brunswick service/maintenance. He does Don does 2500km on an average each week! Nothing is close by in all these rural areas & schools are now open & servicing them needs to be done also.

Gordo has beautifully fit into our family & it's like he has always been here!

I am keeping up with the daily number of sleeps until Christmas...

Where does the time go?! 

On November 4th I am doing my first craft show at the Baie-Ste-Anne Community Center with some of my sewing goods. It is a 6-hour show so it should be a good one! I still have pieces to finish so I need to stay focused & not do anything new in the meantime. lol

Thank you for stopping in on this virtual visit with me & I'm sorry about being so tardy with my blogging but life does get in the way & time flies by way too fast. 

Take care and stay healthy, health is what keeps us going in a positive direction & I'm noticing it more & more as I have turned into a senior! A privilege that many are denied.

Hugs

Cynthia xXx