Farmer's Wife Blocks 47 & 48

This weeks blocks, Homemaker and Homeward Bound, went on a bit of a holiday with Katja and Sonja. Katja saw this mail box and thought it would be a great place to take a picture for me!

This mail cart is a bit different than those we use here in Canada.  Have you guessed where they are, the writing on the box might of given it away.  This weeks blocks are in Germany at the Marksburg Castle.

They also went to the city park park in Moers Germany.  What lucky blocks, posing with the beautiful Sonja.

He Stitched in the Ditch!

I recently received this beautiful gift from Dale.  He knows that quilting is my thing, so he joked that he "Stitched in the Ditch." Dale makes all kinds of wonderful woodworking objects that are necessities for all quilters.  I would be lost without my large ironing board cover.

And because I have whined so much lately that my favourite tea is no longer available, Noeline filled the box with tea bags from her own secret stash.  Thanks to both Dale and Noeline for the wonderful gifts!

The Old Courthouse Gallery

If you are looking for something interesting to do in Kamloops this weekend, check out the art show at the Old Courthouse Gallery.  Christina, a local artist, is having her first solo art show.  Click here to view her web page which includes pictures of the art on display.

I went to the opening tonight, an was very impressed!  I may have to go back, as one of the paintings is REALLY calling my name.

For a quick change of pace, here is this weeks Hexagon.  Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Farmer's Wife Blocks 45 & 46

Grape Basket and Hill & Valley were lucky enough to go on a little getaway with Deanna and Derry.

This was a few weeks ago, and as you can see, the tulips were blooming.

As were the trees.  Can you guess yet were they are, the water is a bit of a hint.

Let's add a bit more of the skyline.

This should give it away.

This is a tour of Vancouver.  Luckily the day my blocks visited, the Olympic Cauldron was lit.

Even Trevor Linden was anxious to play along with my block.  Thanks to Deanna and Derry for showing us all the sites in Vancouver!

After my rather large hint about pictures last week, I received these.  The top two are JoAnn's, who appears to be a little of the game.  The bottom pic is Betty's.  Thanks to both of you.

Monck Park Camping Trip

This week was our first camping trip of the year.  Doug, Blanche and I headed out to Monck Park, located about an hour south of Kamloops, on the shores of Nicola Lake.

A group of deer spent an evening with us.  This is taken on the edge of our campsite.  Their colouring is perfect camouflage for the forest floor in the area.  They bedded down for the night  right next to us.  It was so beautiful to here them calling to each other in the morning.

This was the view from out campsite out over Nicola Lake, to the rolling grasslands on the other side.  This area is know for it's extensive grasslands, great ranching country.

It was a little windy, so we did our best to set up our trailers to block the wind.  Great camping with great friends!

Now to quilting.  We are already on week 21 of the Hexagons.  Wow.

Farmer's Wife Blocks 43 & 44

Joining in on the Quilt Festival has been so much fun.  I've already met a few wonderful quilters.  I've been so busy checking all the quilts out that my blocks had to stay home this week.

So here they are hanging around.....

My pond.  It's a little to early yet for any annuals, but the Azalea is beautiful.  It is one of my favourites and really seams to like it's spot by the pond.  Of course any movement around the pond stirs up these guys.

"The Boys" as Doug calls them, know that people mean food.  The grandkids love to feed the fish, so we try to have them well trained each year to respond to the sight of people.  "The Boys" are obviously not all boys as we have already had them spawn once this year.

Hope those that have joined in with the Farmer's Wife blocks are keeping up.  I haven't received any pictures lately, hint, hint.

Bloggers' Quilt Festival

Amy is hosting a Blogger's Quilt Festival.  My entry for the festival is My Quilt that I blogged about on Friday.

The original quilt that inspired me, was from one of the "Aunt Rosie" books.  The quilt had a split star and a log cabin block alternated throughout the quilt.  For a quilt this size I thought the log cabin block was way to much work, so I substituted a split four patch.  Same effect, but way less work.

The real fun part for me is always the quilting.  I had worked out how to quilt it when I did Sylvia's quilt, and loved it so much that I used the same style of quilting on mine.

If you click on the button below, it will take you to Amy's blog where you will find links to over 400 beautiful quilts.  Sit back with a cup of tea, and enjoy the show!