I'm a Wimp

Fall has arrived in Cape Breton a few days early

and with a vengeance.
But that's just my opinion.
I'm a wimp.

Most of the birds are gone now,

even my favorite migrants,

the Whimbrels, 

large shorebirds that breed in the Arctic

and pass through on their return to South America, Africa,

south Asia, or Australia for the winter.

Check out those sexy blue legs!

Or is she just cold, like me?

And there are still some American Goldfinches

feeding their young.

Mother Nature is pretty smart. 

Goldfinches breed late in the season

 to coincide with 

when Thistle goes to seed.

Now that the weather has so abruptly turned cold,

I'm able to afford more time to forge my relationship 

with my new Janome.

Goodnight Irene is a complete finish now

(are you sick of looking at it?)

minus the half constructed label,

as is my little sailboat quilt.

The extra sailboat block made a cute label.

Now that my great niece is two, she needs a bigger quilt.

But it's a surprise until it's finished!!

Before I go, I'd like to congratulate fellow Nova Scotia quilt blogger,

Linda, over at SCRAPMASTER,

on having her first pattern published in a magazine.

Well done, Linda!!

If you have a minute, stop by, check it out, and join me

in patting her on the back!

Hope you are having a funderful weekend.

xo,

karen

PS. A Quilting Reader's Garden is having a give away

to celebrate a very important milestone.

This is a new-to-me blog

that looks like one I need to follow!