The Woolen Rabbit

Beach Walk....

Earlier in the summer I had made a decision to do a year long project along with my friend Anne. It's called Beach Walk, designed by Marion Mitchell.
When I saw how lovely the finished blanket was and the inspiration for it, I was hooked...literally!

Now mind you I haven't crocheted a single thing since I was a young mom over 40 years ago, so it has been a big mind stretch for me to find my crocheting groove again for sure!  After a number of failed squares it finally clicked.  Aren't the colors pretty?

After making all of the beginning squares it was time for a bigger mind bend for me....joining them! This was something that I had never done, so it meant watching multiple videos.  I found this one to be the most helpful.  The designer also created some videos, one of which will really help me with the next step....joining all of these little mini squares once I weave all of the ends in (yikes!!)

Yep...there are a lot of ends!  I crocheted all of these little mini squares while we drove back and forth from Prince Edward Island.  I should have woven the ends in as I went along, but they were so addictive to make, I just kept lining up the colors.  I can't wait to see how they look against the portion of the blanket that is finished.
Next week I will finish up with our vacation pictures and maybe even have theses little squares at least semi attached if not completely

I hope you have a wonderful weekend in your corner of the world...

Imagining Anne...

Continuing on our adventure on Prince Edward Island, Ken humored my desire to see all things "Anne".  
Even though the day was overcast as many of our days were, the rain held off for most of the day, so we had fun exploring.  We started out by visiting the "Anne of Green Gables" museum.  As a child, Lucy Maud Montgomery loved this home that her cousins lived in, she referred to it as the "Wondercastle of her Childhood"

Her family turned the home into a museum dedicated to Lucy Maud.  Ken really enjoyed walking through this older home preserved.

The property was just breathtaking.  This big barn reminds you so much of the one Matthew in "Anne" spent a lot of time in and the open fields are so pretty.  The pond that Anne referred to as the "Lake of Shining Waters"...so peaceful to sit by.

I loved this beautiful bookcase filled with all of the author's books that was the inspiration for the "Enchanted Bookcase" in Anne's story.
So much of Lucy Maud's own life was wrapped into the Anne of Green Gables book.  

From there we stopped at the tiny little home that Lucy Maud was born in but only lived there for a year before her mother passed away from Tuberculosis. She went to live with her mother's parents in Cavendish afterwards.
After we left the little house we went to the Green Gables Heritage Place, (pictured above) which was the house and property that Lucy Maud grew up on and where so much of the story inspiration was here.

This was my favorite place...I loved the house, it was utterly charming!

....and we were able to walk down the trail that was the inspiration for the "Haunted Woods" in the Anne book.  Just short of a mile, there were stories along the way to read.  Seeing the trees in the middle of the walk, I can see where a child would find them a little scary. 
(not sure what the rusted tank was for??)
The rain started when we finished that little hike so we did not do the Lover's Lane trail.  We will save that for another time.

All in all it was a wonderful day to do all things Anne.  I think my most favorite part of our adventure as seeing and walking along the Red Cliffs in Cavendish...the very same ones seen in the Anne movies.  Just stunning!
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Thank you for joining along with me today...

 

A Trip to Prince Edward Island...

It's been a while since I have sat down and actually blogged, but with the change of seasons, I thought I would utilize this space that I keep paying for every month a little more.

With the new season, Ken and I went on an adventure!  A good friend of mine owns a house on Prince Edward Island that she rents out, so after booking this sweet home 3 years ago, we were finally able to cross over the Canadian border..whoop!

 

It was a long ride for sure and we managed to get ourselves to the bridge in PEI without getting lost, which was no small feat given that once over the border I was navigating a paper map to save phone roaming charges.  You forget just how attached we are to our phones when navigating new places.

Once over the bridge however, I managed to put Ken on the wrong route to the house we were going to.  I won't say that we were sad though.  We landed in a little town called Victoria By The Sea.  It is so incredibly beautiful and charming!

How lonely that house looks sitting all by itself against the skyline....but so beautiful!
I loved this town enough that we spent another day visiting this spot and I will share the special treat we found in another post during the week.

Finally we made our way to the place we would call home for a week. How pretty is this view?

Once in the house, Ken was thrilled!  There is nothing he likes more than an older home that still has,what I tease him with...Granny features.  Older furniture, old wallpaper and original fixtures. Ken is always saying he was born in the wrong decade..LOL
He was in his glory all week long!

Once we were unpacked and settled in, we sat outside to enjoy the view and a beautiful sunset that was about to happen.
We knew then it was going to be a very good week!