Shepherd's Bush Recap - day 1, 2, 3 and 4

Hello dear friends!  I'm back with tales to tell today.  I promised a recap so let's get to it...
 

This year we decided to make a week of it and flew out to Utah on Sunday.   As soon as we got the rental car we hit the ground running and ran for three days straight!  Our first adventure was navigating downtown Salt Lake City.  A couple of the peeps really really wanted to take in Temple Square so that's where we went straight away.

I have to say it was incredibly interesting.  We had a couple lovely "sisters" who gave us the grand tour!  We got to see organ practice in the Tabernacle and the inside of Assembly Hall.  The South Visitor's Center had a nice replica of the inside of the Temple on display.  That was really interesting to see.  I feel like I learned a lot.

Monday, while we waited for Marsha to get in at the airport.  We went up to the Shepherd's Bush shop and did some damage.  This wasn't our only trip there.  More on that in a bit.  

With all the peeps together now and after lunch at the Blue Lemon, we visited the Conference Center across the street from Temple Square.  The "sisters" and a cute newlywed couple encouraged us to take the tour.  We knew we wouldn't have time the first day so we went back.  Talk about an amazing place!  This is one of the biggest buildings I've ever been in.  There's even a garden on the roof!  Wow!

On Tuesday, we made another trip up to Ogden to visit the Shepherd's Bush shop for their birthday celebration and to inaugurate Marsha.  If you've not visited this shop, you seriously need to.  I swear they have one of everything and know exactly where to find it too!

This is what I called the "Bee Corner."  So much bee goodness in this little nook!  Marsha and I were in heaven.  Actually this whole shop is pretty close to heaven in my opinion!

This is the display in the front window.  That large Quaker up there stole my peep, Linda's heart.  I suspect we might see this one being stitched sometime soon.  Shirlee and Marly, I thought of you here in this corner!

 
Yep, we all did more damage the second day too.  Here's the proof!  The stash was rightly enhanced.  We even left some for everyone else too.

After birthday snacks, we ventured up the street to Jill Rensel's shop for a visit and more snacks.  Marsha brought "Penny America" to be framed by Jill.   It was fun to see the creative process in action as Jill and her helpers pulled molding and matting.  I can't wait to see it when Marsha gets it back.  I'm sure it will be amazing.  This is another "must see" place if you get out that way.

Check out these cuties!  These are Jill's babies.  You know what a dog lover I am, we had to get a little puppy love in dontcha know!  There were a couple more running about but I couldn't get them to stand still for a picture.  These two just plopped down in the middle of the floor!

After our visit with Jill we ventured on to Antelope Island.  Since this was Marsha's first visit to Utah, we wanted to give her the grand tour!  No visit is complete without going to the Island.  We were lucky enough to see a coyote, several bison and lots of birds.  I was sad to see the sunflowers were dried up for the most part since our visit this time was two weeks later than last time.  The lake was really down this time too due to the drought.  Still it's an amazing place and I always enjoy marveling at nature's beauty.

Wednesday was a pretty low-key day.  We stayed put at our home away from home and stitched most of the day.  Then we went out for dinner at Zoom!  I couldn't resist the mac and cheese I had last time.  So good!

Well folks, this post has gotten pretty lengthy.  I think I'll stop now and resume the festivities tomorrow.  There's still lots of goodness to share!  Thanks for stopping by today.

More coming,

The Inspired Stitcher