Colour me blue, it is very cold here right now...Sunday I went to one of the local garden centres and found this fountain almost completely frozen. The snow that arrived on the Saturday was still hanging around. The icicles were just starting to form on the lights and they looked so pretty.

But as usual on the west coast, by Monday morning the snow was all gone. But Tuesday night and most of Wednesday it snowed again. This time there was a lot more snow on the ground.

Today I went for a walk at lunch, yesterday the cars were covered by snow by the end of the day. It took me a few minutes to clear off all the windows and lights before I could drive home last night.

The sun came out for a brief appearance and most of the main roads are clear. The temperatures are expected to stay cold for about another week. "They" are predicting there may be a white Christmas all across Canada this year for the first time since 1971!

I love how the snow filters down onto the branches of this huge evergreen tree.

Most of the leaves on the weeping willow have dropped now that it has turned so cold.

I took this picture just after noon today, looking towards the south, the tree looked so pretty silhouetted against the cloudy bright sky. Stay tuned, the Fraser is freezing farther upriver and I hope to see some floating down over the weekend. Here is hoping I can get some pictures over the weekend.

It's beginning to look like winter in my neighbourhood...my front door is dressed for the season. Last night it started snowing in the early evening and this morning I went for a walk along the quay. The sun was shining on the distant mountains and the wind was gusting along the river.

The tug was working hard to come upriver agains the wind. Notice the snow on the logs that he is towing.

This beauty berry plant grows in my friend Rita's garden, I love the purple/pink colour of the berries.

From the look of the sky I think we may be getting some more snow later today.

The Kale is looking very chilly with it's snowy coat.

The little daisies are still trying to hold their heads up high.

The roses are still trying to bloom this late in the season.

This red bloom is almost electric in colour.

A white rose still hanging on by a thread.

They say we will have more snow later in the week, and it will be chilly for awhile. I guess we will have to wait and see. Stay warm wherever you are.

Remembrance Day is 90 years old today....please take a moment to remember the people who made your country the place you are able to have the rights and liberties that not all are able to enjoy. Lest we forget...never!

Red is the colour for November.... These trees were blazing red last week when I photographed them along the streets of New Westminster.

The yellow and red mingle nicely together on these two trees.

The grass was carpeted with leaves of interesting colours and designs.

I participated in two exchanges last month through and online group with Mary Lou Weidman. From my friend Karen in Tucson I got this whimsical yo yo spider that she made for me.

She also sent me some fun Fall items. The pumpkin hand is actually a pen! The package of racked leave buttons are very cute. We were part of a Thanksgiving exchange, but Canada celebrates our in October, so Karen sent me some Fall items instead. The welcome sign is hanging in my entry, and the Fall towels are now in my bathroom.

Tina in California and I exchanged Halloween/ Fall items, she decorated this plastic paint pale and had it stuffed with goodies.

Inside there was two packages to make dips, some floral hankies, napkins, 3 scented candles, some fun cookie cutters, Halloween candy treats. The cat with a crown is a votive candle holder! The spider crown is sitting on top of the fabric strips.

Splashes of colour on the west coast of Canada.... This is the view from my balcony looking over the waterfall in the courtyard of my condo. The maple is in front of my living room window.

I love the sounds of the waterfall throughout the year, some years it has frozen and it is weird not hearing the water splashing in the background.

This maple is in front of my bedroom window, it was replaced a few years ago and has not yet been topped like the majority of maples in our courtyard.

Often they say if you see a lot of berries on trees it indicates a hard winter, I love the orange colour of these mountain ash berries.

These maple leaves covered a parking lot today at one of my local quilt shops.

A few blocks away I found this amazing display of maple trees lining a residential street.

This tree almost looks electric in it's beautiful red!

The sign says it all. Even rain didn't spoil this day.

Happy Halloween! This is one of my favourite holidays of the year.... I spotted this pattern on a driving holiday in California, but it took me several quilt shops before I could find a shop with a copy to sell. I had lots of fun finding the different browns for the picket fence, the tops are 3-D. I embellished with some fun buttons. The spider in the corner is a removable pin and the cats have green bead eyes. I reversed the moon, changed the bottom of the ghost. The cat tails are also 3-D, this was one of my first pieces I tried to machine quilt.

My friend Ethel Snow designed the pumpkin quilts, I decided to have some fun and make each of the four sides a different fabric. The dancing witches have candy buttons as a treat. The pumpkin stems are 3-D.

This was the first of 4 block exchange quilts I did with friends. You each made one 12" block or equivalent and 4-4" blocks. There were 5 of us in the group. I utility quilted this with Perle cotton in 2000 while recovering from heel surgery. I added additional blocks to make it a large twin size.

This is a fun quick quilt that I made with fused leaves that are also button hole stitched.

One of my friend's adores Halloween, her birthday is in September and I designed the cat and pumpkin applique for her. She got the table runner top as a gift and then quilted it for herself.

This is the same basic table runner but with the pumpkin pattern that was part of it.

I call this wall hanging "Where's Jack?" I had fun adapting the pattern to paper foundation piecing. I didn't have enough of the pumpkin print to go around the corners, so I used a orange and black polka dot print...bet you didn't notice it at first! I designed a sunflower quilting design for the two sides, leaf vine for the bottom. Then on the top left you will see a crescent moon and star and bats flying across the top.

I call this quilt "October Weekend with Jane Sassaman." I took a weekend class in October with her. It is raw edged but finished with satin stitch applique. The piece is about 11" x 18."

Happy Thanksgiving weekend...Friday I found some frost along the quay! I walked down to my friend Rita's to visit and quilt with some friends. This sunflower is one found in my friend Rita's garden.

This one has a different centre than the one above.

This one was being visited by a ladybug.

These two were being close and cozy, but are from two different plants.

This one was just starting to develop its lovely yellow petals.

This chocolate coloured flower looks good enough to eat and appears to be floating.

This bee was busy on this flower for quite some time.

All these sunflowers were in Rita's garden! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend.