Sweet on You Blog hop

Our friend Joan, over at MooseStash Quilting, is hosting this Sweet on You challenge that began on Monday, and it was off to a very sweet start. Lots of eye candy, that I really appreciated. At home here we are attempting to cut back on the extra sugars in our life, but the kind of sweets in this hop, well, "let them all roll". 

Our February weather has been unremarkable except for its unpredictability. Life in the Maritimes often can bring us three weather patterns between breakfast and supper, but I think this year tops the February's(weather) in my recent memory. This increases my joy when I see what all of our quilting friends are creating. 

Before I share my projects with you, I want to share somethings very close to our hearts, and a sample of what happens here in the back woods. If you want to move on, just scroll by and you will see my projects, but I love to share the beauties and sweet experiences we get from nature.

These gentle creatures amble around our yard, usually close to the wild apple trees, but in the summer they come for the Hostas, and in the fall their specialty is the tender grass that comes with the unseasonable fall days. We don't feed them, but they seem to be quite comfortable in their surroundings. We don't live in an habitated spot so I guess there is not much risk from humans.Then this year my husband was helping me figure a way to provide a daily breakfast for the little chickadees and nuthatches we seem to have in abundance. I wanted it to be squirrel proof, and you know that can be a difficult mission. However determination prevailed. At a thrift store he found a lipped metal plate, and with the help of some really old tupperware containers, our fabulous feeder was constructed. At the feed store I bought raw peanuts, niger seed, oiled sunflower seeds. At first, our crew was small, just the little ones we wanted to help, but wow, now we have a number of diners daily. Early morning we see the downy woodpeckers, then the Hairy woodpeckers. The chickadees and nuthatches visit all day .They just fly in and out. Recently a flock of Evening Grosbeaks have decided they like the menu so they come in droves. I forgot to mention that when my husband makes up the feast, he uses lard and peanuts only peanut butter so there is a source of fat for body heat. Every evening before dark, the dish comes in gets washed and scrubbed, ready for tomorrow. There are two small squirrels who get daily rations as well, but in a different spot.

They are not anxious to share.

Now on to my sweet projects. It took me some time to finish this one. Working with black backgrounds was not easy for my vision, but I love the finish. This was a mystery online last year with FWFS I believe. I used red thread for the quilting, and it worked quite well.

This little topper was a short Valentine Sew Along this year from Buttermilk Basin .




This one was a great way to play with and use up scraps. It is 28" x 28", so not too large for a small topper

And what I would be remiss if I didn't have a sweet pincushion to celebrate sweet times. Thanks Joan for allowing me to be part of your special hop.

I am posting a bit early, as I can't seem to figure out the time for preset publishing. It's 10:15 pm on Feb 21/23

Thanks for stopping by today. I love hearing from you. Lend a hand when you can. hugs

Lynn