The day after the storm

Yesterday we were treated to a nor' easter , a blizzard which left us with 30+ cm. of snow and lots of high winds , a great day to stay inside and sew to my hearts content . I am going to share some snow photos but they are not from yesterday but from the weekend when another snowfall that left us with the most beautiful scenes possible in winter . We lost power for five hours in that storm, probably from the weight of  all that snow on the power lines .

 This country road had yet to be plowed which made me wish I was in a horse drawn sleigh instead of a vechicle ,it was just gorgeous !

Some roadside cattails , rather interesting I thought  :-)

This is much higher up than it looks , the road has no guard rail which freaks me out and down below you can see a waterfall that is really flowing heavily , we had a spell of warm weather and lots of rain just before this snowfall so there is lots of open water , too bad you can't hear that water , it was deafening .

So are you wondering what I was working on yesterday during that storm day , well I am back at my mystery quilt I started last year with Darlene  . This mystery has long ago been solved but I got sidetracked and never finished the last two rounds so it is time to get this finished . This round involves some four patch blocks , easy enough ,but a lot of cutting and sewing but since it is something you can just sew and sew and sew it goes quickly . Here is my little piles .

This pile is waiting to be sewn for the next step and this one is complete .

Now to sew these together again ..... 

 While I am sewing these I am also grabbing the odd blocks to add to my Good night Irene blocks so it is a win win situation . 

 I must show you some mail I received this week , yes more lovely mail of the squishy nature . This package arrived from Cath of Bits and Bobs as a giveaway from her blog .

In the package was the most adorable pattern by Lynette Anderson called the Toy Trolley and some tags and a pretty fat quarter , thanks so much Cath , I really appreciate it !!

 Time to get back to the sewing machine , hope your day is going well and you get to also do something creative .

 hugs Sheila