{"id":234,"date":"2013-05-15T09:29:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T13:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/the-news-from-lake-okanagan"},"modified":"2015-03-07T00:08:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T00:08:19","slug":"the-news-from-lake-okanagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/the-news-from-lake-okanagan\/","title":{"rendered":"The News from Lake Okanagan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\"ShippingTrek\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul and I just celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary yesterday, before I
\nhopped on a plane to Penticton, BC in Canada. You never heard of Penticton?
\nNeither did the United rep at the Vancouver airport. That made me just a little
\nbit nervous, as I anticipated flying on a tiny prop plane over the sharp snowy
\npeaks. <\/p>\n

It turned out to be a gorgeous one hour flight, over lush green
\npine forests, huge blue<\/a>
\nlakes in deep gorges, and wide rivers running through fields dotted with
\nlivestock. As we flew over yet another lake to land in Penticton, I checked out
\nmy "beach" hotel from my little round window, and plotted my sunset walk along
\nthe water's edge.<\/p>\n

Anyway, we are SO excited that the arrival of our Star
\nTrek<\/a> fabric is actually corresponding with the premier of the new Star
\nTrek<\/a> movie! I mean, this NEVER happens! Usually the fabric arrives 6 months
\nbefore, or 6 months after the movie comes out. So for us Trekkie fans it is
\nrather thrilling that we can buy the fabric, whip up a quick lap quilt, and wrap
\nourselves in it by the 3rd time we see it in the theater.<\/p>\n

Sadly, I will
\nnot be able to participate in opening night fervor at the new movie. Usually I
\nam there at the midnight show with all the other diehard nutcases, and then I go
\nsee it again a day or two later, and then again a week later, etc. I've been
\nbegging our suppliers to get the license for Star
\nTrek<\/a> for YEARS, and I assume there are a good number of Sci-Fi \/ Trekkie
\ngroupies out there in our customer base, to keep us busy cutting yards of Kirk
\nand Spock (Original Series, of course!) for months.<\/p>\n

Our 2nd year of
\nbusiness was partially funded by Harry Potter fabric. The trucks would roll up
\nto our back door, and disgorge dozens of cartons of HP fabric. (when we were
\nstill in the 4300 sq ft warehouse that was previously occupied by Celestial
\nSeasonings….and everything smelled like mint tea) As fast as it came in, we
\nshipped it out. It was like a miracle. No, it was like MAGIC! Yeah, that's it! I
\nbelieve in magic!<\/p>\n

The view as we flew into Vancouver today was
\nspectacular, especially when we turned and I could see the Northern Passage
\nbetween the islands and the coast, where the cruise ships sail up to Alaska.
\nMaybe some day I'll make that trip, to see the whales and other wildlife in this
\nwild coastal region. For those of you who live here, I can see why you would
\nnever want to leave.<\/p>\n

For those of you in this area of BC who are coming
\nto the show, I will be at the award ceremony on Wednesday night, and I hope to
\nmeet some of you there! Please do come and say hello if you see me there. I will
\nbe walking the show Thursday morning, and then I have to figure out how to get to
\nKelowna for my flight to Portland. Quilt Market starts Friday morning in
\nPortland
Oregon.<\/p>\n

Live Long and Prosper. <\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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