Carli The Quilter

Our son and girlfriend made room for us in the living room at their home in Victoria, B.C. This lovely traditional style quilt was made by Micaela's grandma and its hand quilted. Wow, its like a step back in time, hand stitching impeccable and straight as an arrow. Jon's grad quilt is still being used and loved, I made this one back in 2005 and its holding up really well. It was a lovely 23 C. each day and I noticed a bunch of tourists wearing parka's. It must have felt a tad cold to them. But we still went for lunch to our favorite lunch spot, the famous Sam's Deli. Yummy sandwiches and great staff!! I totally recommend this place for lunch whenever you are visiting Victoria, B.C.  Arbutus Cove Park is one special spot and has a gorgeous pebble beach that is quite and great swimming too! Happy Quilting everyone, I've also been canning my brains out and going between the heat pad and the kitchen to get it all ...

Recently, we took 8 days and traveled south to the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and sunny the whole time. This sweet country of rural Canadians is alive with color in season and cultural diversity.  These first two photos are what we left behind.  Sockeye spawning in a creek off Babine Lake. Fall is upon us! A walk down a country road, the fall colors explode all around me!   Clinton, BC has some lovely historic buildings, perhaps this the first hospital or court building? Sorry, we were on a mission to complete the drive in 14hrs to Abbotsford from Telkwa. I wasn't officially site seeing. But the flavor and feel for the poeple comes through in so much that really describes hard working gentle regular Canadians.  Then across to Victoria, BC  Tasteful way to improve a boring brink wall and add to the color of Victoria, BC.  Fine architectural structures even being a rela...