LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA

We just came back from our annual spring trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We love it there - I could move to Lancaster in a heartbeat. There is so much to see in the arts and crafts, folk art, antiques and I could go on and on. I got a load of treasures from Adamstown, had the most wonderful food and this time we ventured a little farther to Mount Holly, New Jersey for a lovely bear show and to Atlantic City, to see the ocean and the boardwalk. I am posting a few pictures here and also a link to my photo album on my Facebook page, as there are just too many to post here.  I hope you enjoy them :o)

My favourite place in Lancaster :o)

Lots of gorgeous furniture

Lovely garden things

Patriotic items

On to my next favourite place :o)

 

Gorgeous quilts

Upstairs to the Museum Shoppe :o)

 

Gorgeous Folk art

Lovely Scherenschnitte

                                     

  Bud vases made from antique silverware - very pretty

Plowing the field with a few tag-a-longs

                                         Farmland everywhere you look

                                          Peaceful scenery

                                    Entertainment at Kettle Creek Village

                                         Teddies of Mount Holly

                                Gorgeous needlefelted mouse and owls

                                          Paula Strethill Smith bear

Forget Me Not bear

                                 R. John Wright fairies and mice

Two Forget-Me Not bears

                                            Ingrid Schmid bear

                                                     Taj Mahal Casino

                                         Showboat Casino

                                       First view of the beach

                  Neil taking pictures of his favourite site - the ocean :o)

 Gorgeous tapestries inside the Taj Mahal Casi

                                         Sweet covered bridge

                                        Village Hardware- Antiques Market

Amish craftsmanship

                                         Wonderful furniture

                                         Eldreth Pottery

We have a full collection of their dishes :o)

Favourite spot to stop on the way home: NY-PA border

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

It's that special day when we honour our mothers and although my mum has been gone now for 17 years, it doesn't take Mother's Day for me to realize how much I miss her, every single day.

I love these pictures of her, when she was young and starting on the road to having a family.  The second picture shows her with her first child, my sister, Marian, who died just a few months after my mum.  It is also the only picture of my great grandfather, Samuel, that I have ever seen. As life got too stressful for him, he actually moved out to the garden shed, where it was quiet.  There are days when I understand him, completely lol!

The last picture is all four of us with mum,  I'm the baby with the chubby cheeks :o)  Funny, how as time marches on, these memories become even more special.  The days were so innocent, with not a hint of all the technology to come.

So "Happy Mother's Day" to all the mothers in blogland.  Have a wonderful day with your families :o)!

FUN IN LANCASTER

We just got back from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, again!  We love the area and this time I stumbled on a weekend of antique market extravaganzas.  I was so lucky and found some fabulous treasures - clothes and sweaters to dress my bears :o)  Here's a quick peek and I'll be back in a few days with more pictures of the area and our trip.  :o)

  

Sweet wool jacket and matching blanket, baby's romper outfit

 

Gorgeous baby dresses

  

Not sure I can cut this one up

 

Collection of goodies

 

 Boys hat and coat and baby sweaters

 

More gorgeous baby dresses  

 

Pretty blue dress

 

Lovely old lace

 

More baby dresses

 Tiny crocheted doll bonnet and vintage purses

Small mohair tiger - perhaps English?

 

 My new Forget- Me Not bear, Estelle

                                                                Estelle loves her new friend :o)