Month: May 2025

Opening Day 2025

Opening Day in Markerville is always a lively event, and Saturday, May 17th, 2025 was no exception!
The day began at Fensala Hall for Pancake Breakfast with staff and volunteers ready to greet the many visitors that began showing up at 9 am. With sausages, ham, scrambled eggs, watermelon; and pancakes with syrop, berries and whipped topping, there were tasty offerings – including gluten free options – to please everyone.

As breakfast was winding down, staff were already finishing preparations for the Kaffistofa and Creamery Museum opening at 11 am and ready to serve up some ice cream this long weekend!

Icelandic Baking Day

Icelandic Ladies Aid, better known as Vonin, recently met at Fensala Hall to practice traditional Icelandic baking. This spring’s gathering saw a wonderful turnout, with 22 people in total! We were delighted to welcome summer staff from the Creamery Museum and the Stephansson House, as well as some lovely friends from the community who came to learn and lend a hand.

Everyone found a job, and together we made many batches of delicious flatbread and pönnukökur. These will be featured on the menu at the Creamery Kaffistofa this summer, so be sure to try them! Last week, Vonin members made vinarterta, which can be enjoyed when you come for coffee in Markerville.

It was a productive and enjoyable time together.

— Bernice Andersen

Cemetery Cleanup 2025

Above: Headstone of Gudbjorg Hannesdottir, Stephan G. Stephansson’s mother

Cemetery cleanup was spread out over a few days, with an impressive job done by workers from the Bowden Institution. Both Tindastoll Cemetery and Christinnson Stephansson Family Cemetery received their annual maintenance.

Ron Stephansson shared a video of the Christinnson Stephansson Family Cemetery after the cleanup was completed on May 10, 2025. Workers from the Bowden Institution painted posts, cleaned headstones, and pruned trees.

Season Cleanup 2025

Above: Marie, Marlene (and d’Arcy behind the camera) are happy with the fruits of their labour at the Church.

Historic Markerville’s May 10th, 2025 cleanup went very smoothly, with only a few items left to check off the “to do” list. Some of the volunteers and other helpers this year spread the workload over a week or so, from raking leaves and gutter clearing to Cemetery cleanup, and even the big red Tent in front of the Creamery Stage was put up the day before! Still, there were cobwebs to sweep, gazebo and picnic tables to wash down, signs to put up, and some ongoing work on the little library to do.

All in all, we’re pretty much ready for PANCAKE BREAKFAST and OPENING DAY on May 17th, 2025.

d’Arcy G., Marie S. and Marlene P. took on the Lutheran Church, vacuuming and wiping everything down; making sure that it’s ready to go for the upcoming COUNTRY AND GOSPEL CONCERT FUNDRAISER on Sunday, May 25th!