GETTING OUT OF TOWN

Despite a rainy start to the day

Susan and I decided to

take a day trip to

Asheville,NC.

 

 

 

 

It was a good decision to go,

 the closer we got to Asheville

the more blue sky we saw.

The Earth Guild was our first stop

where I was able to pick up

some additional needle felting

supplies for my newest

obsession.

 

 

 

 



We explored a bit downtown

then decided to have lunch at

Tupelo Honey Cafe.

Tupelo Honey is scheduled

to open a new restaurant in Johnson City

and we were keen to give it a try.


 

 

Well,

we knew it was another

 great decision

when they brought the

huge complementary biscuits with

homemade blueberry

preserves

to the table.

 

 

 

 

Many of the patrons were enjoying the

Creamy Tomato Soup

(which I really want to try)

but I settled on a breakfast dish

and Susan had a

vegetarian sandwich.

She said it was one of the best sandwiches

she'd ever eaten.

 

 

 

 

With our tummies full,

we headed down the road to

The Tobacco Barn

Antiques.

 

 

 

 

We discovered The Barn last Fall and

dearly loved it...but you know,

nothing is as special as the

first time.

 

 

 

 

We looked at all their treasures.

 

 

 

 

 And they've got a lot!!!

 

 

 

 

But we didn't come home with

very much.

 

 

 

One thing that fascinated me.

These colorful spindles.

They had tons of them,

Twelve for six dollars or

one dollar each.

 

 

 

 

I racked my brain,

but inspiration just didn't come.

 

 

 

One thing is for sure,

if I get an inspiration down the road,

I can go back and get them.

They're not going to sell out of their supply

any time soon.

 

Have a great day!

 

• 

AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN

Last night as the sun was going down

it started to rain

and rain

and rain some more!

Before we knew it

 our little downtown area was flooded

and so was our basement.

Susan and I scrambled into action.

two thirds of the basement

 was already ankle deep in water

so we threw everything we could

 into the third

 that was dry.

We set up card tables

 to empty out some of the

hardest hit boxes. 

 Everything

 that had been sitting

 on the ground

had already soaked up

 quite a bit of

water.

What a mess! 

 We have been storing

 much of my niece's things

 unfortunately

 some of her precious belongings

 were the hardest hit.

Art and books...

oh my.

This morning we were up by six

 trying so salvage

 what we could.

Some things made it through fine,

others, not so lucky.

We both worked all day

cleaning, sorting, washing,

deciding

 what could be saved.

At the end of the day

we had to say goodbye to much.

But then much was saved as well.

Live and learn!

everything on the ground

 is now air tight

and all valuables

 up

 off the floor.

Thank God in Heaven

we had a sump-pump

and were able to sweep all the water into that.

The fans are still blowing

 and will be

through the night

 and then some.

First sunny day we get this

bad boy will need to be

shampooed and

dried.

What's the good in all this?

We were able to recover

 in a days time,

I'm sure many won't be as lucky.

Hey, and we now have a

 clean and organized

basement.

Life is still GOOD!