What happens at retreat stays at retreat!

It was a great day weather-wise, but we were in the house for most of the day! I was a bit delayed in heading out for my morning walk, so I had company on the walk, which was fun. We were off to the local general store to see if we could find a few goodies! 

And we scored on the goodies!!!! What do you think? 

YUM YUM

Yes - it was barely 9 AM, and we were devouring Black Cherry ice cream in a waffle cone! All I can say is that it was amazing! Life is too short to not eat ice cream when you want it! I have been craving a good ice cream for several weeks, and the wait was well worth it! 

We picked up a few fresh produce items, jelly, and a few other things. We stopped at the goat dairy farm and picked up some fresh goat cheese. Does it get any better than that? 

I had been up early in the morning, and I managed to complete this quilt top. It's the same pattern as the one from the day before, but with different-colored sashing. The fabrics were black on white, while the other one was white on black. 

Quilt top - done

And that means another project will not have to return to a retreat ever again! I'm madly working on the next quilt top, which is a scrappy one for Quilts of Valour. I've made good progress on it, and I should be able to get the top completed later in the day. 

I'm doing well with the projects I brought, and I should be able to finish this one and at least one more. That will make me happy!!!

I went back to InSeason. Okay -- this store is fantastic, and I could have spent hours in there! However, I didn't, but I did buy some incredible things, which I'll be sharing with you later this week. I'm eager to get home and install them!

The owner was in the store, and we had a chance to chat with him. The store has just celebrated its 12th anniversary. Here's a picture of the store when it was a hotel, back in the 1860s or so. What a treasure to have that photo, and the building looks practically the same! 

When the store was a hotel!

This was some advertising for the building. How fun!!  

Hmm - I don't really have a picture of what it looks like today, but I'll take one later. If you check out the link, there is a shot of the building on the landing page. 

We had a great day yesterday, and everyone accomplished a lot of things! However, you know what they say: what happens at retreat stays at retreat, so I can't share any further information with you. 

Technically, I'm writing this the night before it gets published because something came UP, and I need to be up very early in the morning and won't have time to write the blog. It involves quite the adventure and, well, duty calls. You'll see what I mean tomorrow!

On that note, I'm out of here. I'm tired because I went to bed late last night, and I have to be on the road very early in the morning. 

Have a great day!!

Ciao!!!!