https://quinnsquips.com/2018/03/21/shaking-out-the-cobwebs-in-paraparaumu-nz/2018-03-21T03:47:07+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2018/03/09/going-to-school-in-new-zealand/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2262-1.jpgimg_2262-1https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2269-1.jpgimg_2269-1https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2270-1.jpgimg_2270-1https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2274-1.jpgimg_2274-1https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2275.jpgimg_2275https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2264-1.jpgimg_2264-1https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2263-1.jpgimg_2263-1https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2266-1.jpgimg_2266-1https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2267.jpgimg_2267https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2273-1.jpgimg_2273-12018-03-09T04:11:06+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2018/02/28/call-of-the-north-pulls-at-my-heart/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_2479-e1519804461872.jpgDSC_2479https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/rangers2014_3701.jpgRangers2014_3701Casandra Dievert, Lynn Hooper, me and Samantha Oldale at the MacBride Museum of Yukon History, in front of a Girl Guiding exhibit.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/rangers2014_3679.jpgRangers2014_3679Lynn Hooper, me, Samantha Oldale, Casandra Dievert after hiking to Five Finger Rapids.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn0660.jpgDSCN0660https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn0634.jpgDSCN0634https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn0593.jpgDSCN0593https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn0576.jpgDSCN0576https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_3123.jpgDSC_3123https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_3092.jpgDSC_3092https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_3019.jpgDSC_30192018-02-28T14:17:14+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2018/02/20/under-the-sea-in-port-alberni/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_1642.jpgimg_1642https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_1646.jpgimg_1646https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_1632.jpgimg_16322018-02-20T08:04:19+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2015/08/07/us-air-force-brings-f-22-raptor-to-abbotsford-airshow/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cummings_john-maj-web.jpgCummings_John Maj-webMajor John "Taboo" Cummings, commander of the F-22 Raptor aerial demonstration team out of Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/f22raptorweb-lizmatzellephoto.jpegF22Raptorweb-LizMatzellePhotoAn F-22 Raptor jet fighter flown by the United States Air Force.2015-08-07T22:37:52+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2015/02/15/year-of-the-twos/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4173.jpgIMG_4173The baby blanket, unraveling it using my ball winder. Can't claim originality on that one, but it sure worked well!https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn7611.jpgDSCN7611I had only been knitting for a year when Beth S., my friend and knitting mentor, suggested I join her sock knitting class. "You can totally do this!" she said. It took me five—FIVE—trips back to the Village Yarn Shoppe in Comox to finish my sock, which I ultimately made into an ankle sock because I wanted to finish it! That was nearly three years ago. I finally cast on the second sock, but still have not finished it.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn7618-e1423976941710.jpgDSCN7618Baby bootie No. 1 (Christine's Baby Booties pattern, c/o Ravelry.com)https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn7614.jpgDSCN7614Happy fingerless glove in Noro Mossa yarn, courtesy Pages and Stitches in Amherst, NS. Assistance on the first glove by my sister. Second project on DPNs.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn7613.jpgDSCN7613Basic Baby Booties, by Bernat Design Team; a different way to make a baby bootie, on straight needles, thanks to my friend Teresa B. for the pattern and suggestion.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn7573.jpgDSCN7573My first toque, Sandoval Hat Pattern (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sandoval-hat), a challenge accepted a completed for Chris M., husband of my good friend Charmead.2015-03-02T20:01:18+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2015/02/05/sometimes-the-little-stories-are-the-gems/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_3455.jpegIMG_3455https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ejohnmager2-02feb15_8813.jpegeJohnMager2-02feb15_8813https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ejohnmager-02feb15_8810.jpegeJohnMager-02feb15_8810https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_9038.jpegDSC_9038https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_9003.jpgDSC_9003https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_8905.jpgDSC_89052015-02-08T07:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2014/08/07/why-do-you-give/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ggoc-meritaward.jpgGGOC-MeritAwardIn June 2014 I was presented with a Gold Merit Award on behalf of Girl Guides of Canada. I am humbled by this award because I was nominated by my peers.2014-08-07T08:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2014/07/29/flat-mark-twins-ii-five-provinces-10600-kilometres/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tatamagouche_3406.jpgTatamagouche_3406Welcome to Tatamagouche, NS (short for Nova Scotia)! Lori and Susie both knit so we went on a trip to a yarn store in Tatamagouche.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sistersgrad_8736.jpgSistersGrad_8736Susie's sister Lori shares her university graduation day with the Flat Mark Twins. Lori graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a nursing degree.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/shipmuseum-ns2_8925.jpgShipMuseum-NS2_8925A sign showing that we were travelling on the Bay of Fundy shore.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/shipmuseum-ns1_8909.jpgShipMuseum-NS1_8909Age of Sails is located at Port Greville, Nova Scotia. More than 700 sailing ships were built in this area from 1812 to 1927.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/quebec4-museum_9463.jpgQuebec4-museum_9463The Flat Mark Twins in front of the Canadian Museum of History, a beautiful museum in Gatineau, Quebec, located across the Ottawa River behind the Parliament Buildings. It is one of Susie's favourite museums in the country.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/quebec2-susie_9448.jpgQuebec2-Susie_9448https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/quebec1-mom_9446.jpgQuebec1-Mom_9446Susie's Mom with the Flat Mark Twins in Gatineau, across the bridge from Ottawa in Quebec.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/qualflt421-2_3476.jpgQualFlt421-2_3476Flying in a Cessna 421 twin engine plane over Qualicum Beach, B.C. on Vancouver Island.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/qualflt421-1_3470.jpgQualFlt421-1_3470https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/parl15-sign_9412.jpgParl15-Sign_9412Parliament Buildings2014-07-29T04:45:54+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2014/05/27/the-flat-mark-twins-go-on-an-adventure/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_8320.jpgDSC_8320A little history of the fort, for those who are curious.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_8309.jpgDSC_8309Fort Beausejour, Aulac, New Brunswick.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_8277.jpgDSC_8277A gun port built into the stone walls of the fort. Many of the fort's foundations are still standing.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_8268.jpgDSC_8268An historic cannon.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_8267.jpgDSC_8267Visiting Fort Beausejour in Aulac, New Brunswick.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_8322.jpgDSC_8322Welcome to Nova Scotia, Flat Mark Twins!https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6778.jpgDSCN6778Oh no! That was a close call for the Flat Mark Twins!https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6760.jpgDSCN6760Some of the actual elasmosaur bones that were discovered along the Puntledge River.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6752.jpgDSCN6752Wow, those are big teeth!https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6749.jpgDSCN6749The Flat Mark Twins meet the Elasmosaur at Courtenay Museum.2014-05-27T04:05:48+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2014/05/20/where-has-the-time-flown/2014-05-20T04:55:52+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2013/04/01/communing-with-nature/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscn3410.jpgFossliPark9-3410A great experience with a patient partner. He waits for the slowpoke with the camera.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscn3346.jpgFossliPark8-3346Someone was having some fun (it's not mine, honest)!https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscn3341.jpgFossliPark7-3341Can anyone tell me what kind of butterfly or moth this is?https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscn3396.jpgFossliPark6-3396Green moss and a longer exposure give a softness to the water that rushes over the rocks in St. Andrew's Creek.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscn3401.jpgFossliPark5-3401A visual reward. The trail opens up into a view of the creek bed.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscn3366.jpgFossliPark4-3366The other side of the suspension bridge at Fossli Park. No trolls under this bridge — just rushing water from St. Andrew's Creek.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscn3331.jpgFossliPark3-3331This post is the trailhead, just past the 4 km mark on Stirling Arm Main.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscn3405.jpgFossliPark2-3405The waterfall in Fossli Park can be seen over my right shoulder.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn3388.jpgFossli1-3388Cyril walks along a path along the valley floor in Fossli Provincial Park.2013-04-01T05:54:00+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2013/03/12/a-glass-half-full-kind-of-gal/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/goodthoughtsjar-mar2013_2363.jpgGoodThoughtsJar-mar2013_2363My 2013 jar is chock-full of positivity. How about yours?2013-03-12T14:38:00+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2012/08/15/golden-hat-trick/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_7548.jpgSecondMedalaug14_7548Judy Quinn and her teammates receive their second medals of the day, for winning the 1000-metre sprint.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0909.jpgMomDaughterMedals-14aug12-0909Judy Quinn and her daughter Susie, following the final medal ceremony for the Masters 70s kupunas.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_7521.jpgMomMedalNo2-14aug12_7521Judy Quinn sports her second of three gold medals earned at the 2012 Va'a Outrigger World Sprint Championships. https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_7524.jpgCanada1-V6medal-14aug12_7524Five of the six members of Canada 1 kupunas show off their gold medals for the V6 500-metre event held Monday.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0897.jpgPodiumWaves-14aug12-0897Canada 1 waves from the gold medal podium after receiving their second medal of the day.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0826.jpgVictoryGrin-14aug12-0826Mom accepts congratulations from other members of Team Canada following her race.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0816.jpgLoadingMasters70Boat-14aug12-0816Canada 1 loads into their boat in preparation for their final race of the 2012 Va'a Outrigger World Sprint championships at the Calgary Canoe Club.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0814.jpgHawaiiConch-14aug12-0814A member of the Hawaiian team blows the conch horn to acknowledge the Masters 70 women from the Keauhou canoe club in Kona.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0794.jpgPreRaceTeamMeeting-14aug12-0794Pat talks to Canada 1 in a pre-race meeting following warm-up.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/twomedalday-14aug12-0901.jpgTwoMedalDay-14aug12-0901Judy Quinn displays the two gold medals she picked up at the medal ceremony.2012-10-09T07:02:15+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2012/08/14/history-repeats-itself/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0566.jpgJudyQuinnPaddleArch-0566Mom makes her way through a paddle arch after winning her second gold medal with her Over-70s V6 team.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0545.jpgPaddlingToVictory-0545Canada 1, including Judy Quinn, backs away from the dock in preparation for the Masters Women Over-70s final.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0575.jpgMomandPat-0575Mom and her coach, Pat, discovered that they were born in the same hospital in Ottawa, two days apart. Mom is older.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0523.jpgMomsGoodLuckFeathers-0523Mom found this feather when she was sitting on the ground doing warm-up stretches. She tucked it into the velcro strap of her sandal for good luck. Feathers are a talisman for her, reminding her of my late father. It was almost like he was there watching her.2012-10-09T06:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2012/10/09/the-wild-blue-yonder/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/flyingtrio-07oct12-2244.jpgFlyingTrio-07oct12-2244https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/flying-wheel-07oct12-2280.jpgFlying-wheel-07oct12-2280https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/flying-comox-07oct12-2281.jpgFlying-Comox-07oct12-2281https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/flying-mtwash1-07oct12-2259.jpgFlying-MtWash1-07oct12-2259https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/flying-glacier-07oct12-2252.jpgFlying-glacier-07oct12-2252https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/flying-susie-fb.jpgFlying-Susie-FB2012-10-09T05:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2012/10/09/halfway-to-90-and-loving-it/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/knitting-08oct12-dscn2326.jpgKnitting-08oct12-DSCN2326Current project on the needles: a dishcloth.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/fb-book.jpgFB-bookMy one and only book signing at the Capitol Theatre. Thanks to Charmead Schella for the photo.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/fb-hockey.jpgFB-hockeyFollowing a "learn to play hockey" session at the AV Multiplex in 2011.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/fb-kingfisher.jpgFB-KingfisherEnjoying dinner at The Breakwater restaurant at the Kingfisher Oceanside Inn, Royston, BC2012-10-09T04:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2012/09/27/the-19th-hole-look-up-look-way-up/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/hollieshorse-26sept12-2146.jpgHolliesHorse-26sept12-2146The golf course backs onto a farm, so we had a single fan in the gallery. My golf mates looked for an apple tree to give the horse a treat while I looked for my shot in the rough.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/holliesmtn-26sept12-2149.jpgHolliesMtn-26sept12-2149The moon rises over Mt. Arrowsmith, as seen from one of the fairways at The Hollies Golf Club.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/holliesfivers-26sept12-2152.jpgHolliesFivers-26sept12-2152The ceiing at The Hollies, covered in scorecards and fivers, is a conversation piece.2012-09-28T05:04:29+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2012/09/07/storm-warning/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/storm-pressbox-1118.jpgStorm-pressbox-1118The roof over the press box at Athletic Park was tin and made a heck of a noise during a hailstorm. Despite a new coat of paint, the press box (left, with windows shuttered) and scorekeepers' booth look the same as they did 20 years ago.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/storm-running.jpgStorm-runningIt rained so hard the water was running down the pavement in little rivers.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/storm-petaluma-0862.jpgStorm-Petaluma-0862Members of the men's team from Petaluma, Calif., take refuge in the boat shed after their race was cancelled.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/storm-treetrio-0852.jpgStorm-treetrio-0852Judy, Erin and Sheila find a tree for shelter when the rain starts. Then decide with the thunder and lightning, it's probably not a good idea to stay under the tree!https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/storm-clouds.jpgStorm-cloudsOminous storm clouds gather over the Glenmore Reservoir in Calgary.2012-09-07T09:31:14+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2012/08/18/a-poignant-farewell/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/paddlermemorial-aug2012-0981.jpgPaddlerMemorial-aug2012-0981Nearly 1,300 paddlers, including those from New Zealand performing a ceremonial haka, line the access road waiting for the van carrying a fallen comrade's body to leave the dock at Glenmore Reservoir. The man died of a heart attack in the middle of a masters-70 men's race.2012-08-18T07:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2012/08/13/one-golden-morning-in-calgary/https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_7203.jpgJudyQ-goldmedal_7203https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0446.jpgGoldMedals-0446Gold medals lined up on trays, waiting to be presented to athletes at the Va'a Outrigger World Sprint championships, at the Calgary Canoe Club, Glenmore Reservoir, Calgary, AB.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0392.jpgHawaiiPaddleArch-0392The Hawaiian paddlers form an arch with their paddles, waiting for their Canadian competitors to walk up the ramp from the dock. It was a classy move. Once the Canadians were through the arch they created their own, so Hawaii could also walk through an arch.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_7181.jpgMastersOver70Women-gold_7181Nine of the 12 Masters Over 70 women from the gold medal winning team display the medals they received at an awards ceremony at the end of the day's paddling on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0386.jpgPaddleMom-0386Judy Quinn and her kapunas team from False Creek get ready to go through the security gate prior to their race the morning of Aug. 12, 2012.https://quinnsquips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn0500.jpgMedalCheers-12aug12-0500Judy Quinn, right, cheers after receiving her gold medal for the Over-70s women's V12 win at the Va'a Outrigger World Sprints in Calgary, AB2012-08-14T23:20:25+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2012/08/07/blogger-blogs-about-an-outrigger-blogger/2012-08-12T15:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2012/07/28/taking-the-plunge/2012-08-08T00:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/2012/07/28/hello-world/2012-07-28T09:07:26+00:00monthlyhttps://quinnsquips.com/about/2012-07-28T09:07:26+00:00weekly0.6https://quinnsquips.comdaily1.02018-03-21T03:47:07+00:00