Snow Days Reveal for May

Yes a bit over due, but here are the pictures from our Snow Days class a couple of weeks ago. Adding embroidery to the pieced blocks. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jo

Lynn

Mary S

Pauline

Roz

Donna

Kay

Jane

Cathy P

Helen

Jan

Linda D

Kathy McA

Maureen

Mary D

Linda W

Anne

Elaine S

Lauraine

Jennifer

Maria

Mary C

And there you have it - the last 100% quilt related post for a while. I can't wait to see the homework that the class was assigned to do over the summer. Going to look awesome!!!!!


Have a great summer everyone and see you in September.  (I loaded these pictures BEFORE I left!!!!   - wasn't that clever of me)


Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!



Ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What I did on my day off.........

Well I said I wasn't going to blog and I lied. While I have some time, I decided I had better try and figure out how to load pictures. I am not certain I have figured it out, so here goes.    YEAH it WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   I have no idea how much space these pictures are taking, but I did resize them so hopefully I am OK. I LOVE my ASUS tablet. Except the keyboard and I think that is because I keep resting my fingers on the touch pad - it is very sensitive.

I decided to take a trip to Granville Island.




 Now I know you are wondering why I went there. Well two reasons - the quilt store that used to be close to the University has moved to Granville Island.

Ganville Island - here I come

I wondered around for a while and came across The Cloth Shop

The Cloth Shop

I love this little store. It is much smaller than it used to be. They no longer teach classes - just sell fabric, some books and patterns. The ladies remembered me!!!!!   And why did they remember me???   Well remember those FLATS (the fabric dolls I carried with me to the Arctic) I took pictures of them in the old store and the owner remembered!!!!   How could you forget a crazy lady carrying dolls with her on a bike trip. Well I have learned - NO EXCESS stuff so the flats stayed home.

The other reason I came here (OK - so it was mostly because of the quilt store and I splurged and bought TWO fat quarters. TWO!!!!!!   ) - it was easy to get to by bus. One bus - 25 minutes and $2.75 - and I was there!!!!!


Granville Island is a pretty neat place. I had an amazing goat cheese omelet for lunch, saw LOADS I would love to have bought - but alas - no room.

Even the cement trucks were dressed up for the Granville Market!!!!!!   Pretty cool place to advertise!!!!

The other cyclists are slowing trickling in. I have met a few of them and not sure how many of us are going to Victoria tomorrow.

Here is my bike and all my crap in the room. Yes - a nice cozy little dorm room. Soon we will be out on the road!!!!  

Went out to dinner with Michel and Neil - the two Albertans on our trip. Met Myra who is in the same dorm suite as myself. Saw a couple of others as well. I think we are going to have a great group.


The big thing now is - can I remember how I got those pictures from my camera to this blog??????   With my limited brain power these days - it may not always work!!!!!

Now I think I am going to go to bed - we have to ride our bikes tomorrow. And it sounds like we have loads of technology on this trip - iPads, Net books, tablets  -you name it - so far - we are all connected.

And if you want to read another aspect of the same trip - here is the link to Neil's blog

Neil's blog


Have a great day!!!!!!!!!


Ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Travel Day

Yes I have arrived in Vancouver and I am blogging on my tablet. While everything appears to be just fine, the darn keyboard is VERY sensitive and I am not used to this little keyboard so it will take a while to make that happen. Of course I am sitting on the floor with the tablet on my lap which isn't very comfortable nor the best place to type, but the power cord is NOT very long and I forgot to get an extension cord.

I left Toronto in the teeming rain. Oh dear, not a good thing to take a cardboard bike box on the tarmac so I was able to get a bike bag from Air Canada and then shoved the box inside so it arrived nice and dry. My duffle bag was sopping wet, but only a few things inside were actually wet - a little bit water proof that duffle bag - that is good to know.

Even though I arrived at the airport in PLENTY of time, I heard the LAST BOARDING call for my flight as I am walking towards the gate. Good grief - where did the time go? Well - had to deal with the bike - tape the box shut - get the bag and put the box in it. That took a fair amount of time. Then wait in line to get rid of the duffle bag, wait in a short, but VERY slow line in security. I mean - what was the guy looking for?????   It was VERY VERY slow. Then the line at Tim's was long, but I have seen it longer and then I practically walked onto the plane.

A window seat - no one sitting in the aisle. Oh NO - could we be so lucky????  There were only TWO people behind me when I boarded. The attendant had said the flight was full, but YES - we got lucky - that middle seat was EMPTY.  I grabbed my book and started to read. YES - I had NOTHING TO DO FOR FIVE hours, but read my book. Couldn't even look out the window because of the rain - there was NOTHING to see.

Alas - I read for a few minutes and was fast asleep. I did not get a good sleep the night before. Remembering little things and I was excited?????  Woke up a couple of hours later - still heavy cloud cover across the entire country, but said HELLO to people (in my mind) as we crossed the country and I watched that little map on the screen. Funny to realize that we flew west in 5 hours and it will take me five WEEKS to get back!!!!!

I was somewhat rested and managed to read the rest of the way. Got a cab (the airport at Vancouver is SO RELAXED compared to TO). And made it to the residences only to find out that my room wasn't ready and wouldn't be until about 3 PM. I had THREE hours to kill and I wasn't very energetic. I stored my luggage at the residence and grabbed sothmeing to eat on campus. We are at UBC.

The lounge of this dorm is AMAZING and I was sitting on the couches trying to read, but I was SO TIRED, I kept dozing off. I tried at 2 PM to get into my room. NOPE not ready yet. Back to the couch where I proceeded to have a GOOD snooze and woke up - it was almost FOUR PM. YEP - my room was ready.

Oh yes - forgot to mention that when I paid the taxi driver for the ride here, I ALMOST forgot my black fleece in the front seat. I had to run after him to get it. That is my favourite. Almost asked my aunt to bring me another one tomorrow when I see her, but I like my old one even if it is getting ratty looking.

Read my book until late (how could I be tired with all that napping) and then met one of the crew members. Not the one on my trip, but one of the other trips leaving from here in a few days. More on that later.

I was up early this morning and back to the book which I finished at breakfast. I LOVE John Grisham. It was an old book, but who cares - it was good - The Rainmaker!!!!

Got the bike together and took it for a quick spin - everything seems to be OK.  Got my gear organized into groups and it is in it seperate bags. Organization is key to having fun on this trip. You must know where everything is and how to get to it quickly. Now that that is done, I have the rest of the day to myself. WHAT a LUXURY!!!!!!!!

I think I might venture out for a bit - downtown isn't far away.


We are leaving to go to Victoria tomorrow morning and staying overnight. I won't be blogging for a couple of days as I am NOT taking the tablet with me. It is small, but I am bare bones on this side trip and we can only take what fits on the bike.

I will take some pictures and try that out later - maybe later today.


Have a good day!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PROM

At last ..............it is prom day. Well that was last Friday, but I was certainly happy to see the day arrive. There was the dress that had to get done, the sashes that had to get done and the garden. A heck of a lot of stress for a few hours. BUT - this is PROM and to a certain girl - it was a BIG deal. Everything worked out OK. My hair is a bit grayer, but M was over the moon and that makes me happy.

So here goes - this is all about the PROM

THE dress (yes I know that slit is high  - well too late to do anything about it

My little girl - all grown up!!!!!!!

That Sammy - just had to get in all the pictures

 Oh - let's not forget Sparky for she was around as well

The PROM girl and her date - HI BERKE!!!!   (thanks to Berke and his friend for helping to get the garden in order)  I couldn't have done it without their help.

M and Berke

Some of the girls and their beautiful gowns

A few of the couples

Let's have some fun with this

The girls

The girls again - I think M talked to all the girls to see what colour dresses they were having and then she chose something completely different so we couldn't miss her!!!!!!

I have to say that I was surprised when I saw one of the parents that showed up. I used to work with Nancy many years ago - same company that Sandra worked for. I knew Nancy lived in the neighbourhood, but I had forgotten that her son was the same age as M. And what are the chances that they would be hanging out!!!!

M and Berke AGAIN

OH let me stand on the other side so you can see my slit!!!!

Group shot of some of the grads and their dates

The party bus arrives

So neat inside, but the air conditioning wasn't working well and it was HOT on that bus

Getting ready to get on the bus - that is a LOT of grads and their dates

Ooops - we missed a few - OK - I think that is everyone now

Yes M - you stand out in your red dress

The parents taking pictures of their kids - I just missed a really good shot by a few minutes. Got to be quicker next time

Getting on the bus

On the bus - HOT HOT HOT

 

Then my neighbour HAS    to leave. But she is afraid to back up behind the bus, so one of my other neighbours who was there to see his daughter off, volunteered to back the car out. Funny thing was that there was LOADS of room and she was driving a YARIS!!!!!!!

BYE BYE grads - have fun, but BE SAFE

And there you have it. The kids did have fun, the sashes got done and they were amazed by them. M won for MOST UNIQUE - at least I know one of them will last for a little while!!!!


Yes it was a bit of a sad moment. My goodness, my little girl is growing up before my eyes and soon she will be leaving home. Well she will always be my little girl and we will always have a good relationship (at least I hope so) and I see many fun times ahead.


On that note - I am out of here


Have a great day!!!!!!!!!


Ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!