Summertime

I hope you don't mind if I share some of my photos from our trip to Ontario. We had such a great time visiting friends and family in various places (Kingston, Toronto, the Bruce Peninsula) and I had fun recording it all on my little point and shoot Canon Powershot SD 750. I won't bore you with too many, I promise....just some of my favs to give you a flavour of the three weeks. Then it'll be back to sewing, quilting & fabric (I hope. I'm picking up my machine from the dealer tomorrow. It's been gone for 2 months now and I really, really need to get busy on my Doll Quilt Swap project, like PRONTO!). And if you can last, there's a sewing picture down there eventually.

I'll start with Georgian Bay and Bruce Peninsula National Park. This is natures most beautiful (and frigid!) swimming pool. Crystalline waters over limestone. Breathtaking.

Hiking on the Bruce Trail through all of the incredible geology is pretty fab.

So is the cliff jumping!

Here are some images from the 4-corner hamlet of Keady's Tuesday flea market. The hugest radishes I've ever seen!

QUACK!

At the cottage Flynn and I did a lot of this:

While D did this:

And the boys did this (well, usually the sail was up!):

And, luckily I managed a couple of days of this:

I wonder if the owner of this car was getting some sewing in on her cottage time as well?

And finally, I'll leave you with my two favourite pix of the trip from my Dad's water lily garden. I procrastinated for 2 weeks and finally on our last morning I went down to the shallow channel where he has planted these stunning flowers in the bottom silt.

Wasn't I lucky? It was a good thing I waited so long, look who decided to visit at the same time:

I always seem to do my best work at the last minute. So....to my Doll Quilt I go! Back soon with some vintage quilts I told you about a few days ago....