During this adventure, I was working with Kim and Amy from Quilt Seminars at Sea. You can find out more about the quilting cruises they offer by going to their website www.quiltcruises.com
Prior to the cruise, we stayed at the Intercontinental Hotel in Tahiti for two nights. The hotel was fabulous. So, before sharing photos from the cruise, I’m going to share photos from the hotel.
I have seen photos of hotel rooms that sit out over the water. Never in a million years did I think I’d get to stay in one. But, Joe surprised me and booked us a room over the water. Here is our little cabana.
As I sat outside on the little deck, on the opposite side of the above photo, this is what I saw. Peaceful. Serene. These are words that come to mind.
One morning as I sat outside and read, I saw about a hundred rowers. I later heard they were having some kind of competition. They were really moving as they came by. It kind of scared me because it was so peaceful and then out of no where comes all these rowers. They were actually very quiet as they moved across the water.
A lot of them were young men with their shirts off and very nice upper bodies due to their strenuous workouts. So, I was not scared for long!
I saw all kinds of interesting things as I walked around the hotel property. One morning, I saw this very large snail slowly making his way across the lawn.
And then down from the snail was a small pond with four turtles. Joe is always laughing at my fascination with turtles. I love them. One is on the rock and one is getting on the rock.
I named them Cuff and Link!!! Anybody see Rocky?
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BOOK REVIEW
I read “Gravy, Grits and Graves” by Vicki Blair. The story takes place in McWhorter, Kentucky. In this little town lies a secret club that meets Tuesday mornings over breakfast. The town mayor, Jock, controls the meetings. And, of course, the town. A Baptist housewife decides to challenge the current mayor in the upcoming primary and things really get out of control. One of the other characters is Trooper Daniel Brooks who has previously lived in this town. He’s returned because he was assigned to investigate the deaths of many of the mayor’s buddies from the Tuesday Club. Daniel crosses paths with FBI agent Tillie Grant and he’s also in a relationship with the mayor’s daughter, Caroline. Interesting story and plots. The style of writing reminded me in some ways of Janet Evanovich.
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QUILT SHARING
Peggy Smith shared the following photos with me of the quilt she made using blocks from my book called “Applique Basics: Flower Wreaths”. And Peggy got a ribbon!!! Nice job Peggy.
Thanks for sharing Peggy. Your quilt looks great.
Next week I’ll have more photos from the trip to Tahiti……