knit, read, quilt (another blockbuster movie!)

 "School's out for the summer"

and I was definitely ready for it to be over this year.

With a wedding just a week and a bit before the end

I only realized after I was back at school that I was exhausted!

Fortunately, I save all my music movies for the end of each year

so it was another nice way to end things off.

 This doesn't really go with the title but it's an interesting story.

We were in Winnipeg on Monday evening when a very wild storm

roared through our village.

When we got home we noticed that there was some accumulation of rain

but nothing other than that because it was

dark and late and off we went to bed.
Howard was up very early - so early that when he looked outside

and saw this in our backyard he wasn't really sure what he was looking at.

As it grew lighter the mystery definitely deepened.

I got up several hours later and he showed me what we had gained overnight.

Believe it or not, it was not an act of vandalism.

The wind picked this thing up, scattering its springs as it bounced over two sets

of hedges and one set of rather tall poplars.

It plowed over a fire pit in our neighbour's yard right before it bounced

into our yard (scattering more springs) and landed where you see it.

There was no damage at all to our yard, garden, house or deck.

We walked to the neighbour's house two doors down and left a note

telling them that their trampoline was in our back yard!

After work, a rather embarrassed and frazzled neighbour came over

to collect his property.

He works for Manitoba Hydro and he said that the last few days had been

insane with power outages and poles collapsing because of the wind.

He didn't have any trouble imagining that his trampoline could have

ended up in our yard.

We neglected to suggest to him that maybe he should "tie it down"!

Now to the title of this post.

I have been happily quilting since school let out last Wednesday.

I have fabric accumulated that has been waiting anxiously to be put to

good use.

So I'm finally on it.

It feels lovely to have time to quilt again.

And yes, there's been time to read (I've already read one book this week)

and I'm knitting a scarf for my nephew.

I really love summer holidays.

And hopefully I will get back at my blog again. 

One can at least hope!