My honey and I went on another grand adventure last week. This one covered seven states in three days but was a week long. This trip we headed south to Alabama for the
Barber Vintage Festival. We decided to make a week of it so the first part of the week spent doing whatever caught our attention. The actual festival was the end of the week.
We made a couple stops on the way down. The first was here at
Stitchin' Post in Nashville, Tennessee! I suspect this building was once a doctor's office or maybe a vet's office because the rooms are off a central hallway that makes a loop around the inside. It's a super nice shop!
The first room you enter is where this notions wall can be found.
Then you enter the floss hall!
The first room on the right is the fabric room. (sorry for the craptastic pic)
At the end of the hall you make a left and it's frames galore!
On around the corner you find the chart room where I found some of this stash haul. I liked that this shop had "vintage" charts in a special section of the chart room. That's where I found the "vintage" Prairie Schooler chart! If you find yourself in Nashville, stop and check this place out.
After the stash enhancement, we hopped back on the interstate and made our way to Alabama! Our main destination for the week was Birmingham but I convinced my honey that we were really close to the ocean and I
needed to see it! We live in landlocked Ohio dontcha know. Besides four hours isn't that far to go...
really! So we kept on movin'.
Now you folks who live in the south are going to think I'm a total nutcase and you might be right, but I got to see cotton growing! Yes, actual
real cotton plants!! It looked like it had snowed in one section of the field but I knew it hadn't since it was 82 degrees. No, I didn't get a picture or I should say one that you could tell what it was....you'll just have to take my word on it. Yes, I squealed and my honey gave me the "woman-you-are-crazy" look. Just had to share that. LOL!
This also made me squeal! Yes, palm trees made my day. We don't have
those at home either. It's the little things people...seriously!
We got to looking at the map at a rest stop and realized we weren't that far from Florida! My honey said he didn't have a Harley t-shirt from Florida and I
needed to see the ocean so off we went. State number six...day two...check!
Now just look at that! I finally got to put my feet in the ocean. Squeals again!
We spent a couple hours walking the beach collecting seashells and just generally taking it all in!
Here I am with my sea treasure! Two handfuls of beautiful seashells. Just look at how clear that water is! It was a lot deeper than I thought because I got my shoulder wet trying to pick up a shell. Did I care? Are you kidding me?! No way! I was lovin' every minute of it!
This was the highlight of our beach time. You'll have to use your imagination a bit here but that splash you see in the picture is actually a pair of dolphins! They were playing just off the shore. Yep, this sent me over the edge to crazy woman land again. It was so awesome!!!
After our beach excursion, we headed back toward Mobile and got a room for the night. We'd had a big day and the next day promised even more fun.
Since this post has gotten lengthy, I'll save the rest of the fun for tomorrow. I hope you enjoyed our grand adventure so far. Stay tuned!
More next time,
The Inspired Stitcher
