Orange is the colour for June for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge so I dug into my 2.5" squares bin and pulled out all of the orange squares. I cut a few from my orange fat quarter bin to add some variety before making 6 orange hollow nine patch blocks. I am getting quite a stack of these blocks! When I run out of the centre squares, I will put the blocks together to make a quilt.
My husband's birthday was in April. His gift from me was a three night getaway at a bed and breakfast near Orangeville. There are several places to hike in the area and we chose two ...Mono Cliffs Provincial Park and Island Lake Conservation area. Mono Cliffs is a popular hiking spot and can be quite busy on the weekends and during the summer. Since we are retired, we were there on a Monday and there were very few other people around. Such a beautiful spot and the breeze kept the mosquitoes at bay. Island Lake was formed by damming the Credit River to control flooding downstream. There is an accessible 8 km trail all the way around the lake which we hiked on Tuesday morning. Here are some pictures from our hiking adventures. The highlight was a close encounter with a porcupine beside the trail at Mono Cliffs. He quickly climbed a nearby tree when he saw us.
Don't you just love the spring green colours this time of year?
When wandering around Orangeville, we came across their library and went in to check it out. It is in an older building--a Carnegie library--which has been completely gutted and renovated into a beautiful, accessible hub for bibliophiles. The local theatre created some giant books to create an entrance to the story room in the children's department. We were very impressed!
I will link up with Kathy, Frederique and the RSC folks this weekend.