More trips have been happening:
Last week, I first went to Detroit to see my daughter. The weather was nice and the trip was so beautiful with the fall foliage. It was truly lovely to repeatedly see a copse of trees with a rainbow of crimson, gold, rust and greens of every shade. Sometimes it seemed like they were leaning over the fences greeting me as if to say, " Hey! Look at me, too!"
We spent time in Ann Arbor browsing different shops. I picked up a few Christmas presents. The next day we toured Edsel and Eleanor Ford's residence in St. Claire Shores. It is on the lake and has beautiful grounds. The house was built for them and is just incredible. I thought 50 to 75 year old antiques were good. No, they had a Ming vase 4000 years old as well as many, many others several hundred years old.
Edsel was not born into a wealthy home as Henry Ford did not get into his automobile production in his 40s. That was something I did not know. I have been to Greenfield Village and the museum before. So I was somewhat familiar with what Henry had done.
It was short but just great to spend time with my daughter.
Then I left for my hometown, Shelby, Ohio for a birthday party of old friends in my childhood. My BFF and I were born a day apart and our mothers shared the hospital room. So I had so much fun seeing him again
I also spent time visiting my old Victorian house I grew up in. The tears flowed as I saw the property and even met the owner who showed me the kitchen renovation. Such stories were recalled and shared. The ghost, Levi, whom my mother saw when we lived there, is still present and pulling tricks. And not scary at all. Even the owner in between now and my era was familiar with him.
On the way, I stopped in Galion, Ohio for a cross stitch shop which is housed in the hardware store. husband and wife as well as their daughter work together. Of course, I purchased a few patterns and some canvas and floss.
On the trip back I got caught in 2 snow squalls...I gripped the steering wheel and refused to change lanes for fear of ending in the ditch like so many others.
I have been home for 2 days, sewing away on my mini log cabins. I now have 76 of them completed. Hooray!
Tomorrow I leave for Indianapolis to see my sister and mother while my husband attends a percussion convention.
Hand stitching for now.
"a copse of trees"
ReplyDeleteOMG--who uses this phrase any more??? Thank you!!!
Hope you greeted Levi with affection. I know I would've. I've had too many occurrences that bent the 'borders' to NOT believe there's some way one plane can reach another.
Carolyn, wishing we'd been seated at the same end of that table in the Mexican restaurant!