We’re Off to Salt Spring Island…

Don’t just sit there…grab your sweater and come along…I thought I’d take you with us on our day trip to spectacular Salt Spring Island!  What a day…note the blue skies, beautiful scenery and the BIG smiles!!  Here we are on the ferry going to Salt Spring Island for a little shopping, sightseeing and lunch! Here’s the little ferry that took us over…it’s much smaller than the jumbo ferries that travel from Vancouver to Victoria or Nanaimo.  This one takes about 20-30 minutes to get to Salt Spring Island and holds about 50 cars (I’m guessing here…?)

What a glorious day…we haven’t seen the sun in weeks…so this felt wonderful!  We were the first ones to drive on the ferry…which meant…

… we were the first ones off…YIKES!!!  Let’s hope they put the ramp down properly…

..and lock it down!!

Whew..we made it and look at the view as we moved up the ramp!  Gorgeous!

Every Saturday there is an Artisan Market in downtown Ganges, the main town on Salt Spring..and boy was the town hopping.

Lots of neat things for sale..and even if you don’t buy there are lots of things to see, enjoy and sample.

There goes the diet!!  Look at all these goodies!

Lots of vendors selling plants…

And of course there is fresh baked breads, jams, jellies, relishes, chutneys and pickles.

And of course there is always a Thrift shop or two!

Lots of cute cafes and restaurants over looking the bay.  

Lunch at the Oyster Cove Restaurant…just look at that view!!  Ahhh life is good!

After lunch we had time to hit the cute little shops before boarding the little ferry for home!

One of the shops, ‘Stitches’ has become a‘Fibre Arts Shop’.  It use to be a Quilting shop but I guess the demand was more for fibre arts and knitting supplies than for quilting.  Years ago it was the other way around, the shop was mainly a quilting shop with a small fibre arts sections…oh well they still have some lovely things and it’s always fun to see ‘what’s out there’ in the way of other hobbies or ways to take your quilting in another direction…

 

There was a huge section of wool felting…imagine felting this jacket and scarf! 

 

A wool felted purse…a work of art!

Figurines made from muslin and then painted with something to harden them.

‘Requiem for Cedar’ was made by Susan Paynter.  Stunning- Just look at the detail of the cedar branch! 

 

Incredible detail!!

I love this wool felted pillow…what is it about pears…and apples…and lemons…and cherries…and strawberries…and grapes…OK OK all fruilt……that I love so much!

You have to see a close up!

Well that’s it for our trip…we all arrived home in one piece with all of our loot.  What did I buy?  I bought absolutely nothing…lots of lovely things called my name…especially the bread, muffins, cookies, jams and jellies…but then you know what would happen next…Yup, I’d eat it!!  From my lips to my hips!!

I hope you enjoyed your little romp through a small corner of Salt Spring Island…you saw just a snippet of it!  If you ever come to Vancouver Island you must go over and see it for yourself and plan to stay more than just a few hours.  It really is a slice of paradise!

Have a super Sunday and Happy Quilting!