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This is the last of my photos from St John’s. I was only there for a few days, but is was so pretty and the landscape so striking that it was hard to stop taking photos. We were supposed to go on a whale and bird watching tour which I was so excited about, but then it was cancelled due to bad weather. We went out to Cape Spear instead, the eastern most point in North American, just so we could say we’d been. Even though we could barely even see the ocean, the lighthouse still looked kind of cool in the fog.

One of the most picturesque things about St John’s is the brightly coloured houses. This was an especially nice contract against the grey fog while I was there.

An iceberg was hanging out in a little bay in St John’s and it was one of the highlights of the trip to go and see it. The colour and texture of the ice was pretty amazing.

I was in St John’s all last week for work. I’ve never been before, and it sure is a lovely place. Unfortunately, we had terrible weather – very grey and foggy. In fact, fog so thick it closed the airport down for more than a day. But we finally made it back to the mainland, as they say, and even in the fog it was awfully pretty. These are shots from a walk up Signal Hill (before things got too fogged up, luckily).

Another treasure from my aunt that’s now hanging on my wall – this great poster by Victory Gardens of Tomorrow (Joe Wirtheim). Based on historical propaganda posters, there’s a whole series of these on the themes of organics, eating locally and community. I love ‘em all.

I’ve been thinking about a quilt made from vintage linens for awhile now. Something like this or this. My mom and my aunt both very kindly brought me some new additions to my collection on a recent visit. Then I started pulling out the ones I had already and it made a much bigger pile than I thought it would. I think I’ve got about enough to make a good start, although I haven’t quite decided on pattern or how to edit the colour scheme. Decisions, decisions.

Some of my tulips didn’t come up this year – it was too warm too early and then got cold again and they couldn’t handle it I guess. But some of the new bulbs that I planted last fall did pop up and I’ve been enjoying seeing all the new colours. Particularly these green and peach coloured ones. They’re so delicate and unusual.

For May, a new soundtrack of legal, free mp3 downloads, in the right hand column. It’s a good one this month, take a listen.

WYE OAK – warning
SAID THE WHALE – heavy ceiling
THE GOSSIP – fire/sign
CHROMATICS – into the black
THE WEEKND – montreal
THE HANDSOME FURS – repatriated
HALLELUJAH THE HILLS – get me in a room
APOLLO GHOSTS – what are your influences
THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE – sons of stone
PS I LOVE YOU – facelove
THE CLIENTELE – i wonder who we are

A few photos taken on a weekend a few weeks ago – farmer’s market, brunch, and a visit to the farm.

Recently we had guests come to stay with us, and I needed an extra set of bedding for our guest room. We do have an extra duvet, but when we bought our new one we just kept using the old cover – so no spare to use for guests. I was thinking I’d have to go out and buy one when I remembered that I had this beautiful vintage sheet that I’d been saving for just the right project.

I love the pattern – it’s colourful without being garishly bright and is one of those vintage ones that has an almost painterly look.

I had another plain coloured sheet around that I sewed on as the backing – the whole thing only took me an evening and now I’m kind of thinking that I like it so much I’m tempted to use it as our regular bedding!

Six more done. Sometimes I feel like I’m making great progress but then I think about how many more I have to go and it doesn’t seem quite so impressive. I haven’t decided on a target number yet – it’s somewhere between 50 and 83 and I’ll see how I feel about it as I get closer.

#28 Duck and Ducklings

#25 Cups and Saucers

# 20 Churn Dash

#33 Farmer’s Puzzle

# 6 Big Dipper

#61 Northern Lights