Stratford Ontario

The girls and I left the boys at home on Friday and headed up to Stratford, Ontario. This place just makes me happy. It was a beautiful warm spring day to end our week of freedom that was March Break.
The architecture makes me swoon. I wish they made buildings like this now a days....

I can only image how sweet it would be to live here... and peer out this pretty window ... can you see those sweet pink geraniums blooming on that window sill?

The street-scape goes on and on like this...... oh, so pretty.....

This lovely lady sits atop a pretty water fountain.... there wasn't any water yet....

These true words are engraved on the bottom of the fountain. They ring very true for me.

In the warmer months these lion heads will shoot water from their mouths....

A war memorial which made the girls stop and think for a moment...

And of course.....

Cuz... you know I wouldn't love it if it didn't have antiques.

And then there is the churches.....

Thanks for the hospitality Stratford. We had a great time and we'll be back again soon!

Artisitc Creations with Trudy

http://www.artisticcreationswithtrudy.blogspot.com/

I am patiently awaiting the arrival of my new book.... The Artisitic Mother. Check out the blog link above as Trudy is forming a new art group which I think is just going to be so much fun. We will work along together through the book, sharing our projects on our blogs or Flickr. If you haven't been for a visit with Trudy yet...... you should go!

Roses with Love

Hope your Valentine's Day was as lovely as mine! xo J

Remains of the Day

I joined up for Mary Ann Moss' online workshop "Remains of the Day" and I absolutely had the time of my life. It was SO much fun. The idea is to use up all of your scraps and use your sewing machine to put them all together to make pages for a journal.This is my cover.... And my many many pages

It truly was so much fun. I loved her freestyle and you can make no mistakes attitude. Fun fun fun!

Now I am busy filling the pages with journalling and photos.

If you are considering trying this online tutorial I would highly highly recommend it.

Still Hibernating Here.....

Inspiration Cometh

I may have the inspiration to come back to blogging....http://theadventuresofb­luegirlxo.­blogspot.­com

Miss me?

I know, I'm sorry. What have I been doing? Bit of this.... bit of that.... not much. Not really sure where I went. I've got the three munchkins busy at hockey which keeps mom busy and tim horton's busy too! Cannot go to the arena without coffee.... I've been here and there... collecting this and that.....

Sewing a little.... journalling a little.... dreaming a little....

Maybe dancing a little....

Time just kind of got away from me... and its kind of nice..... just to just "be" for a while. You know what I mean? I haven't forgotten you.... and thank you to those kind souls who checked in on me.... just to nudge.... make sure all is well.... it is. Thank you.