Spring Equinox, Sisterhood Swap, how did mid February to March 20th go by so fast?

Today is the Spring Equinox, arriving at 2:58 Pacific Standard Time today!  It is also the anniversary of my Dad's birth so always a special day for me.

 I've decided to take part in the Sisterhood Quilt Swap hosted by Berene Campbell of Happy Sew Lucky blog. I follow her on Instagram at HappySewLucky On her March 7th International Women's Day blog post she shared details of the Sisterhood Swap.  The swap is now closed but if you are interested in participating you can still do so in private swaps.  The organization that will benefit from the sale of the patterns is Beautiful World Canada.  I emailed and asked Berene if I could share this picture and she gracefully said yes. Berene has donated all the money from the sale of the patterns to them even if you choose not to participate in the swap.  I'll share pictures of my finished blocks once I've made them.

 She also shared the following statement with me.

 I chose this organization for our Sisterhood project as Beautiful World is run by women for women, I know them personally, and I love their level of professionalism and dedication. Good to know where your money goes when sending it to a charity! 

You might notice that their logo has a flower of circles. I designed it while in Toronto. It has a similar story to the quilt block does. Each orange petal represents one of the support systems that they offer the girls, who in turn are represented by the pink dot in the centre. So a circle of support resulting in a blooming flower.
Explained a bit here: https://beautifulworldcanada.org/our-work/

 Each swapper is making either a right or left half square triangle sister block and sending them off to their group.  I'm sending mine to swappers in Japan, Scotland, USA and Canada...one just down the road from me!

 I could not resist this cute Spring ornament!

 Also these bunny "paper clips."

 And this flying geese bunny.

 Pictures of the last day of Winter Spring flowers.

 These are mini daffodils in my friend Rita's garden.  She and her puppies were sitting on the patio enjoying the sun.  We broke warmest day records that were in the mid teens to twenty Celsius around the province.

 Full size daffodil.

 Even her hyacinths are blooming!

 Hellebore started blooming last month.

 I love this little square of crocuses that are overtaking the winter pansies.

 A closer picture.

 Snowdrops and ?daisy.

 Love these star blossoms.

 Here are some of the star buds.

 Grape Hyacinths and more crocuses.

 The ornamental grasses survived our winter snow.

 Seagull partying at low tide on the river.

 Our crazy rhododendrons that bloom in October and February.

 Love this large grouping of Crocuses.

 This Peony plant is sprouting like mad.

 These ones just adjacent are also bursting out.

 Back in February I got some work done on my Fresh Cut blocks. 

 I went a bit more turquoise with my bird block.

 Next block all ready for embellishments.

 I got 5 fishes added to the background but no embellishments yet except for background.  Something's Fishy is designed by Uschi Greiner of Woolies on the Coast. She is dying wool and taking pictures trying to get her website up and running.

 One of two of these.

 Another one, haven't added the eye yet.

 Another Angelfish.

 Number 2.

 Not the greatest picture of the school of fish so far.  I also have a seahorse and Orca whale to add after adding the borders.  I plan to get started on the embellishing stitches for these first.

 I also picked up my Bird Dance blocks by Sue Spargo.

 This one needs it's bird.

 As does this one.

 Apricot birds 1.

 2.

 3.

All the birds have been stitched down and some have a start on their embellishments  I've also stitched three more down.  Just one left to be done which was missing it's background so I ordered some wool of a different dye lot and then it will be time to stitch them together and get the borders done.

Been busy stitching in February and March!

Happy Valentine's Day and Snow Days on the New Westminster Quay.

This quilt top was the result of a heart swap I did with my Mary Lou Weidman yahoo group several years ago.  I went overboard making hearts and it has ended up a small twin size.  I have it prepped for quilting but haven't tackled it yet.

 Sunday morning a day late the snow started to fall with very fine flakes.  I went out and at times it was coming horizontally towards me hurting exposed flesh.  I saw at least 3 joggers along the walkways.

 This is facing east at the bend of the river.

 Looking west you can see the difference of the blowing wind.

 The witch hazel was starting to be covered.

 The yellow witch hazel is a bit more protected.

 Back looking from my condo.

 About an hour later.

 I went out around 10 pm and the road was covered and several cars.

 Lobby view.

 Outside about 10.

 About 4-5 inches in the protected area of our front driveway.

 Next day on Monday I went out for another walk.

 Lots on the witch hazel.

 This poor daffodil is up to it's neck.

 The Native Paddle wheeler at the dock.

 Spotted a Robin a humming bird buzzed in and out before I could snap the picture.

 Some more birds joining the robin, chickadees or sparrow, hard to see their marking and another robin.

 Startled by an eagle flying overhead.

 A few poking thru but the rest were basically buried.

 Love the blue in the sky and the green of the leaves on the palm.

 Lobby view lots of snow on the ice.

 Viewed from my condo.

 Looking across the river, you can hardly see the sidewalks in our courtyard but a few people have walked one of the paths.

 Wednesday Rita and I went for lunch at Angelina's, this tree looked amazing.

 More ice and snow on the river.

 A pigeon swooped by.

 Looking west along the river, the plowing stopped here so walking was a bit dicey.

 Rita's flowerbeds are covered.

 Snow starting to melt on the yellow witch hazel.

 Same with the orange.

 Rita and her two dogs walking, Cupcake looking back and Buddy moving forward.

 The mountains peeking out behind some low clouds.

 Even more snow melted in the half hour.

 Lovely colours.

 Snow on the winter flowering Viburnum.

 Love this picture.

 View from the walkway.

 Crow hanging out.

 More higher in the tree.

 Playing peek a boo.

 Day moon out.  When I enlarge this picture it's hard to see.

 Don't know if you can see the moon here.

 Lobby view things are melting.

 This car hasn't moved since the snow started or the ones behind.

 This morning it's about -3C with a high of 3C later with possibly some snow and rain.  More snow may arrive or maybe rain.

 Ice is melting in the ponds.

 You can see the top of the table.

 Working on my block 3 of Fresh Cut.  Stitched wool pieces on last night and then removed them along with the green crescent shape to the left as I misplaced and forgot to sew some of the cotton pieces.  Back to the drawing board later today.

Short attempt at showing the ice flowing down the river.  Hard to see the screen in the bright sunlight.  A helicopter flew over head but you'll get the idea.