Starting April Scratched

Placed in a beautiful dish

Harry arrived on April Fool's Day

A sink hole appeared in our driveway over the culvert.

The black ducks are back

and the beaver too.

Everyone is busying themselves with springtime activities

despite the freezing cold!

Drove to Oak Island for the Fibre Art Retreat.

Funny how some lakes are still frozen and others clear.

An eagle kept an eye on me from up above.

Some of us visited Mahone Bay and it's famous view of the three churches.

Weavers, spinners, quilters, tatters, lace makers and knitters

gathered at round tables working and chatting.

Harry's Back!

Harry returned in time to celebrate Easter

He was alone

The RP's bounded towards the pond

excited to see him again.

He didn't go far

just sat in a spruce tree

and watched the excitement below. 

The End of March Scratched

Daily scratchings accompanied the RP's and me deep

into the tangled woods

Monday was a day of designing

trees and moons

Followed by two days of making marks

Eagles soared overhead

probably rejoicing on a sunshiny day

The garden at midnight

lit up by a big bright moon

and woods danced in celebration

My mother's hexagons

She used to stitch these on long car trips.

When she died five years ago now

I stuffed my suitcase full of her UFO's and fabric scraps.

I love those old silks and cottons from the

fifties and sixties

full of so many memories.

and

of course

Happy Easter.

Happy Easter

So far this Spring has been a great Winter!

Tennis balls freeze outside 

while Rusty Pups come inside to warm up the fire.

But then

the sun comes out again

and there is a spring in everyone's step again.

Springtime blessings on you all.

Daybreak on the Basin

Walking along the Basin as the sun comes up

Way down there on the horizon

the suns rays hit rooftops in Digby

Birds were very active this morning

Small groups of geese flew overhead

and ducks paddled the waters 

reacquainting themselves with their surroundings

One RP chased a deer across the marshlands

and got a big finger wagging when she returned.

A murder of crows cawed a noisy hullabaloo

but I couldn't see why....no eagle in sight.

Starting Points

Design wall
Pins
Bits and pieces of cloth
A Threesome that can provide hours of fun.
That middle strip of seductive silk velvet

surprisingly adds nothing to this arrangement.

Much better to my eye.

On another wall

a second piece is being designed

but can't show you right now...

Showing you more
might give away this surprise for somebody special!

Scratched So Far This Year

At the end of March I will start a separate scroll for the next three months.

They will be separate but will either button or Velcro together when necessary.

Life will be easier looking back through several smaller scrolls than one looooooong one!

The grass was revealed

and low and behold the geese arrived back

from their winter vacation

on Mark's Birthday

This week we sprayed marks onto blue fabric

The snow came back with a vengeance!

We're wallowing in it

Decided to put some blue back on my discharged fabric.

On Friday our Steve and Andi came round

and so, four place settings.

We have the greatest neighbours

On Saturday monochrome was the word

For Sunday I used two of the button loops from my wedding dress

and then went loopy!