This week the kids had a half day afternoon camp so we had the morning to hang out together and have some fun. As it turned out I volunteered to water the school garden for this week with my helpers – the kiddos! The school garden is in full summer bloom at the moment and is looking really wonderful with lots of pumpkins growing big and round with splashes of sunflowers up high towards the sky.
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| A beautiful ombre shaded flower |
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| Find the caterpillar in the sunflower! |
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| One of the many pumpkins in our school garden |
We ended up running into some friends from our school at the afternoon summer camp so we had a pizza night together where the kids could make their own pizza at Pizza My Heart. Every Tuesday night the kids have a few toppings to choose from that are bought to their table with a rolled out pizza dough and the kids have the joy of making their own pizza complete their own little flag for when they bake it.
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| Mr Ash with his tasty Canadian Ham and Pineapple pizza |
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| A rainbow of Lego made by Ash’s Play Well Lego Camp teacher |
Mid week was our 8th wedding anniversary and the material for the celebration is pottery so I made this succulent planter in my ceramics class as our gift. I had so much fun making this pot and I had some inspiration from a class mate who makes a lot of garden decor with tonnes of textures. My teacher helped me with the glaze and rubbing back the colours to sink into the texture and I just love how it turned out. We all went out for meal to a local fancy Mexican joint downtown and had some drinks to celebrate later in the evening!
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| Jalapeno and Guava Margarita |
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| Our new succulent pot made in my ceramics class |
These are the totes I have been working on and managed to complete over the week in production and my new patchwork tote bag that I am now road testing. FabMo had another wonderful stock reduction sale this week and they were selling fabric bags for $2 (fabric perfect for lining) now I have a fair amount of fabric to build up a decent inventory for the show in October. I scored a unfinished patchwork quilt for $10 so that will be made into totes for the show – they will certainly be one of a kind and limited edition!
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| FabMo fabric and a feather turned arrow |
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| Close up of the arrow |
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| A blue version with the arrow |
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| My new patchwork tote ready for road testing |
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| All my goodies inside with pockets for organization |
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| Stitching detail from the patchwork quilt |
And to end the week we had a BBQ appreciation for the FabMo volunteers at a local park and I made a fig and strawberry tart with a rosemary cornmeal crust from
epicurious. And friends of ours we only met last year who moved here from Portland are moving to Taiwan so they had a pool party farewell late Sunday afternoon – so relaxing to spend it in the pool and hot tub after such a busy week.
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| Fig and strawberry tart glazed with honey |
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| Find the neon cupcake against Missys swimmers 😀 |
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