Up North

My friend Mary and I took a trip to Pennsylvania to see the other person who ignited my quilting fire and then to Canada to visit with my cousin and his wife who have a place on the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario.  Our friend lives in Doylestown Pa. and we had to visit a quilt shop but it was in New Jersey.  It was Pennington Fabric Works and they had lovely fabrics but more expensive than here.  However they were not as expensive as the quilt shop in Kingston Canada.  The fabrics there were 16 and 19 dollars a meter.  Ouch.  We had a great trip except for the drive from here on Sunday 19th when we could not see more than the flashers from the car in front because of the heavy downpour for about an hour and a half and could not travel more than 20 mph, the drive  from Canada to Pennsylvania was delayed by road work in up state New York and the flood in Roanoke Rapids on Saturday caused traffic to back up for hours in both directions.  When we finally got to our destinations we had a lovely time. 

Sunset from my cousin's floating dock( he has to pull it out each fall when he leaves because the bay freezes)

Picnic lunch outside one of the MANY small local winerys we visited

Taking it easy on the dock, enjoying the view and breeze. Wednesday morning was so calm Art took us in his boat around the bay to see some beautiful houses and the harbor of Picton.

Spider web found in the back yard this morning.  So pretty in the morning light.
Now to get to quilting..
Happy quilting
s

butterflies

A short post today as I need to get quilting!! Takes too long to play 6 wwf games, read, delete and reply to emails and get started sewing!!
I took this picture yesterday after I had discarded some watermelon rinds on the deck railing for the birds.  I forgot how the butterflies love melons.

Life is so good.
Now to quilt
S

Yard Sale

What a day.  Started with C waking me up before 6 to get coffee and get moving.  I have never seen so much stuff.  There were three of us having a yard sale.  Thank goodness for such a wonderful venue-C's front yard with u-shaped drive.  Don't know how many people came through.  Just know we were thankful for the trees.  Afterward we hauled the trailer full of leftovers to GoodWill.
You can tell how tired we were from the pictures.

We really had the hat thing going on.  A good time was had by all and the pizza was great.

As you can see the people in my car (5) packed lite so there would be room for fabric.  We had such a great time at Mary Jo's , the Long Creek Mill thread place and Faust fabric Mill.  We also stopped by the fabric shop at exit 141 in Burlington. did not want to miss any chance to buy fabric.  We ate at the Battleground Steakhouse in Kings Mt. and the Village Grill in Burlington.  Just love to eat at local places.  The food was terriffic and we had a wonderful trip.  A sharpie made sorting out like bags a lot easier.  I wanted to just open the hatch and take off then we could just walk along the street and pick up our bags but I was out voted. 
Maybe we can plan another trip in spring.???? Start Saving.

This quilt was made by Judy and I got the pattern at Ye Olde Forest Quilt Shop in Burlington.  Really like the movement and busi ness of it.  So much to do so little time.
Happy Quilting
Sally