June installment

I have been absent from my blog because I have been travelling and busy sewing/knitting other things. Once my photos have been downloaded and made smaller, I shall post them. 
In the meanwhile, here's my June installment of the Gnome for the Holidays BOM.

Just presents in this block. No Gnomes. I need to think of sashing for this wall quilt. Maybe green, or blue or perhaps a darker gray. I shall be auditioning some fabrics.

The worst real estate agent signs/billboards/ads #5

Sort of a take off of the Ikea ad.

 

 

Photo taken by M in Baltimore, Maryland, US.

The worst real estate agent signs/billboards/ads #4

Perhaps a take off of the saying, "yes, siree"?

 

 

Photo taken by K of Toronto.

The worst real estate agent signs/billboards/ads #3

 Cowboy country ad.

 

Photo taken by L in BC.

The worst real estate agent signs/billboards/ads #2

Another billboard and the subject is real estate - again.

Silly take-off.

 

 

Photo taken by D in Toronto.

 

Photo taken by D in Quesnel, B.C. 

The worst real estate agent signs/billboards/ads #1

Yep, it's a long title but here's a couple of billboards.

Real estate agents really love billboards.

 

They like being "cute."
 

 

All photos were taken by A. 



Serenity #5

The following photos are from K in TO.

Winter in the Haliburton area. Quiet snow.

 

Taking a little break while snowshoeing.

Serenity #4

Two little kitties sound asleep. Peace.

 

 

Photo taken by D in TO.

Serenity #3

Rest, relaxation, beach, water...

 

tropical palm trees, a gentle breeze...

 

a water gliding turtle.

 

Slow, holiday time, serenity.

 

All photos taken by AS in TO.

Serenity #2

Music, listened the old fashioned way - on vinyl.

 

A walking bridge in High Park.

 

 

All photos were taken by M in TO.

 

Serenity #1

Peace. A sleeping baby. What could be more serene?

 

Photo taken by L in BC.

Construction #4

These are from A.S. in Toronto.

There are a lot of these cranes in and around the city with all the construction that's going on.

Amazing how they always manage to get a huge crane so high up.

Construction #3

It's been a while but here's another group of photos with the theme being Construction.

The photos are of the soon-to-be Goldring Student Centre on the Vic campus at University of Toronto.

 Two photos of the actual construction... 

and one of what it will look like when completed.

All photos were taken by K of Toronto.

Construction #2

Constructing a Quilt

Take a variety of fabric.

Cut up some equal sized squares and sew them together.

Sew more squares together alternating the colours.

Keep sewing squares of fabric until you have a block size that you like.

Vary the colours of the blocks.

Sew the squares altogether to make a quilt top, sandwich it with batting and backing, quilt it, bind it and you have a whole quilt.

All photos taken by D.

Construction #1 (B)

The front yard - Before.

During planting.

The front yard After.

All photos taken by M.

Construction #1 (A)

All photos were taken by M.

Looks like bridge repair. This is the bridge to West Cleveland, Ohio.

Salvaged bricks from the Evergreen Brickworks in Toronto...

their use is To Be Decided.

Summer Fun #4

Here's some summer fun photos from AS in Toronto.

Fishing on the Fraser River in B.C.

Playing baseball in Toronto.

Summer Fun#3

Having fun watching the first baseball game of the season.

Photo by A.P. in TO.

Summer Fun#2

Summer always sees a gathering of people. This time coming together to raise money to feed communities around the city. The event was STOP's Night Market.

A reggae keg party in Cabbagetown. A little bear watching to make sure you don't overdo it.

All photos take by M in TO.

Summer fun #1

Playing in the dirt.

Playing in the dirt and not caring where the dirt ended up.

Photos taken in B.C. by D of Toronto.