Ono Organic Fruit Farm

If you have ever been on a vacation with us

 

You will know it's jam packed with adventure

 

We needed to purchase a calendar to keep everything straight!!

This was day one....it's all filled up now!!

We headed up Hana road to the Ono Organic Farm Tour

 

Ono means delicious which it all was! 

This farm grows coffee and fruits

They are off the grid so use solar panels and manual labour 

These are the beans  drying in the sun 

This machine dehusked the beans after they were dried

 

They don't get the dark couloir till they are roasted

I don't drink coffee but Arnold, Joy and Gary said it was delicious

Bananas were growing every where  

We tried ice cream banana and apple banana

There was pineapple, soursaw,jackfruit, papaya, pomelo, tangerine, guava, lichen, Mexican limes

 

These are the remains of my fruit!!!

 

Yummo!!!

I had to keep asking him to tell us how to eat some of these as we had never heard of most of them 

Some you just sucked the seeds and spit out, others you ate the whole thing

 

This was a coconut sprouted which turns the milk inside into a sponge they called candy

 

It was sweet but a weird texture!!

Star fruit...

It was quite the variety to try... 

They also had macadamia nuts

Which you used this little cruncher for!! 

They bring their fruit down each week to sell locally 

It was a great learning and tasty experience! 

Mahalo

Christa 

 

 

Stitched Together

I got a surprise package in the mail

 

Love Surprises!!! 

 

I was sure I hadn't ordered anything from Missouri Star...

What a nice surprise...

 

Missouri had asked for quilts with a story 

so 

I submitted my Wedding Ring and Pat Jones Glacier Star

 

Our quilts made it to the 3rd edition of Stitched Together!!

 

 How fun is that!  

I hope that Pat can find a copy to read it for herself!!

 Our friendship was the creation of two beautiful quilts.

I won't spoil the story for you...so look for a copy of Stitched Together near you!! 

You'll never guess where I am reading my copy?!? 

On the beach...in Hawaii...

Traded snow and cold  for surf and sand....

 

In the airport we met some girls on their way to Mexico 

 

It wasn't a good start to their vacation....

 

Their plane was late by 3 hours

Then they got the news that the resort was ON FIRE! 

I suggested they come to Hawaii 

 We still left before they had!!

However....

 Justin is holding down the fort and there are water issues and 100 thirsty cows!

Hope it isn't something too serious.

Yeeesh

Only gone ONE day....

Aloha 

Christa

 

Winter not so wonderland

Winter has been pretty brutal the last couple weeks 

Pretty much wearing as much clothes as I can

Blowing snow to get cows fed is a daily event

Even the water bowl is iced up more than I have ever seen!!

At least it hasn't frozen up!  

Just when you think it can't get colder.....

It does.

Dawson did not object to wearing her winter coat 

She is usually tough but she's getting old 

and 

has been shivering at the thought of going out 

The two of us headed over to Justins to blow out his lane

 The fence posts are now just tops!! 

It's only JANUARY!!!

It's been a job to keep the hot tub dug out!

I feel like we are doing the polar bear dip just to get in!! 

After a day of freezing 

I felt like I deserved some time with my iron to warm up

Lucy thought it was toasty in the window 

With all the stars done for my Infinity quilt

It is time to tackle the snakes of flying geese and checkerboards 

I am trying to keep it a little simpler and calmer than the original

It takes some thinking and foresight to plan this part

It is coming along...

I hear the Dory song in my head....

Just keep swimming...Just keep swimming....

(Or I'll drown...)

Christa 

Open Bar Thread Class

The Block Party Guild will be hosting a class

It is called Open Bar Thread Class

Anita Zobens is the Superior Threads rep and teacher.

This is what the class entails....

OPEN THREAD BAR WORKSHOP

Have you ever wanted to experiment with different threads

before buying them? Well, now you can! Iʼll bring the

threads, and you bring your machine. Enjoy a full day of

using all the Superior Threads and see how they perform in your machine.

No UFO, no project, no stress.

Learn how to choose the correct needles, and how to

overcome your fear of the tension dial. Weʼll discuss the

properties of the different threads available today so that you can make an informed (and inspired) decision when

choosing thread.

At the end of the day you will have a new perspective on

threads and your own samplers for future reference. For

those wishing to engage in retail therapy threads will be

available for purchase after class.

Suitable for all skill levels.

As a thread retailer for 20 years, and the Certified Canadian Superior Threads Educator since 2008, I am passionate about sharing my knowledge of threads.

Anita Zobens

www.cottonmillthreadworks.com

It will be May 1, 2017 

at

The Sacred Heart Church 

in

Torquay,Sask

Cost will be 40$/ person

(Bring your lunch)

I know...

Seems like an eternity but it comes faster than you think!

To save your spot in this class,

email

(acmarcotte@sasktel.net)

 or

 call one of the Block Party Girls!!

Christa 

Stars in the Night Sky

I spent the day doing Year end paper work as my tracker visible shows....

 

 

But I obviously am not going up to my sewing room enough...

 

It says I only did 2 flights of stairs!! 

 

I really should remedy that by trying to get up there more often per day!  

 

I had to wait for some reenforcements of Latitude fabric to continue with my Infinity project

Pleasant Pheasant Fabrics in Crosby, ND is having a huge sale right now

 

She has 40/60/80% off tons of fabrics.

We did our best to help her make room for the new stuff! 

So far I have only tackled the stars on my infinity Quilt

They seem to be the easier start on how to eat this elephant! 

The flying geese and checker boards will take a lot more thinking

I am not sure if I want to make it scrappy or calm it down and keep it more solid

I do know ......I am loving this line of fabric

I added some Thicket fabric with the black and white 

Decisions, decisions....

Or 

Procrastination....not sure which is more fitting! 

Christa 

Chantel's Weekend Bag

The Amy Butler Weekender Bag.....

 

Tannis'

 

Anita's....

I love my Amy Butler Weekender bag 

So 

I thought it would be a good gift for Chantel's birthday 

 

That way we would never have a mix up with the grandkids bags and the parent bags again!! 

 

I started with this piles of FQ I had used in a class in Houston

Was I excited to find my favorite seam ripper in the middle!!! 

 

I forgot that I had put it in a 'safe' place to get it home

 

I have been looking for it since I got home!!!!

Instead of batting I use Soft and Stable for bags

I didn't quilt this one. 

Wants to keep it simple for Chantel 

I purchased these feet for bags in Houston

They were simple to put on

I like the bottom of my bags to have some clear plastic to keep them clean 

Grandson, Jaxon loved it! 

He filled it with toys right away!

He asked his mom if they could use it to get groceries today!

It was a hit! 

Hope you're staying warm....this -30C is ridiculous!! 

Christa 

 

Ringing in the New Year

We rang in the New Year with Mr and Mrs Harris

 

Jimmie and Chantelle

 

Jimmie is one of the racers we love to follow each summer. 

 

These two kids actually got married in Hawaii on February 14,2016

 

They celebrate their marriage with a great party 

 

It was a party with all the diehards we hang out at the races with!!

Todd&Mar Adams, Brent&Raelene Fieber, Arnold and myself

 

It was a great way to ring in the New Year!!

 

TODAY IS our grandson, Brayden's first birthday!! 

Chantel did an amazing job on the cake....

 

Look at all those cute farm animals!

 

They tasted as goood as they looked!! 

Brayden demolished his!! 

Happy Birthday, Brayden!

We love you! 

Christa

(Gma and Gpa Marcotte)