It has been a while, my friends. So where have I been?
My mom passed away last November. We knew it was coming but it still happened very quickly. I went to Saskatchewan for the funeral.
I brought back a bunch of her clothes, and made 7 memory quilts for family:
And then at winter camp, my Pathfinders made a quilt to donate. I then used up the remaining Pathfinder fabric and made a second quilt.
My (Canadian) cousin and his (Australian) wife had a child, so I made a baby quilt of animals from both countries.
By then, it was summer. I couldn't take much time off this summer due to work, but managed to go camping for a few days at the beginning of July.
Our site was a swamp - we'd had a lot of rain - and a storm went by and broke our picnic shelter, but we spent most of our time at the dog beach and had a good time. (Except for the dog, who does not like water.)
I did a couple of Guess Where trips, which are always a good time.
I bought a yearly provincial parks pass, and went to Rideau River and Sandbanks. (We also used it for our camping trip, where people were coming and going.)
And then, at the beginning of September, Wanda and I went back to Saskatchewan to help clean out mom's house. I found the travel harder than usual, and it took a while to recover.
When I got back, my Pathfinders/Rangers were working on their Duke of Edinburgh Adventurous Journey. They did their practice journey and found an injured mouse. I went to meet them to take it to wildlife rehab, but by the time I got there, it had died. I got a dead mouse; they got ice cream.
I have informed them I would prefer to be in the ice cream group rather than the dead mouse group next time.
The next weekend was camp; they biked to and from camp. There were some frustrations, but overall it went well.
And then it was time for one last memory quilt. This one was harder because I was working with uneven sizes, but I am happy with how it turned out.
And that's what you missed.
