tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34328316184251241282024-03-25T09:58:56.119-04:0022 Applegate LaneCome along as I downsize and decorate our cozy retirement home in Coastal Maine. Travel back roads in our little "Casita" and meet amazing people along the way. Join me in the craft room as I learn, practice, mess up, and try again. Follow along as I struggle to get fit. Share in my love of books, antiques, politics, photography and fiber arts. But, most importantly, laugh with me as I stumble along into "geezerhood". As Ward Cleaver said, "You're never too old to do Goofy Stuff!"Cheryl Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524443209448032565noreply@blogger.comBlogger218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432831618425124128.post-8768520477685115762019-06-12T15:42:00.002-04:002019-06-12T18:18:35.286-04:00Daddy's Strawberry Rhubarb PieIt's rhubarb season in Maine, with strawberries to follow soon. My Dad (aka "Daddy") loved strawberry rhubarb pie and we often substituted it for birthday cake on his June 15th birthday. I can't even smell rhubarb pie without remembering Dad (a humble member of the "Greatest Generation" who survived the beaches of Normandy) and how much he enjoyed it.<br />
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We knew a pie was in our future when friends of ours, two sisters who have lived in our small Maine town their whole lives, surprised us with a big bag of fresh rhubarb last week. DH, who is the baker in our family, found some beautiful strawberries to add to sweeten the pie.<br />
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Here is a <a href="https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/06/strawberry-rhubarb-pie-improved/">link</a> to the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie recipe he uses. It's from the website Smitten Kitchen.</div>
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He likes this recipe because it uses tapioca to thicken the pie so that the juice doesn't run when you bake and serve it. This recipe also uses less sugar than previous recipes he's tried.</div>
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DH usually uses refrigerated Pillsbury pie crusts. They worked perfectly.</div>
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The green of the rhubarb mixed with the bright red strawberries makes a delicious-looking pie filling.<br />
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Add the top crust . . .<br />
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Brush it with a little melted butter . . . </div>
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And it's ready for the oven.</div>
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I only wish Dad was still here to enjoy it with us. </div>
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Since we had enough rhubarb for two pies, DH gave the second pie to our sister-friends, Jo and Margaret (we lovingly call them "the Ladies"), who gave us the rhubarb.</div>
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I love the foods we look forward to every summer in Maine. </div>
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We're enjoying rhubarb and and <a href="https://newengland.com/today/food/side-dishes/vegetables/easy-fiddleheads-recipe/">fiddlehead ferns</a> now . . . </div>
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. . . and later will be able to make pies with sweet Maine blueberries.</div>
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It's all good!</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer"><div class="linkwithin_div"></div></div>Cheryl Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524443209448032565noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432831618425124128.post-50733982159590520082019-05-28T14:55:00.003-04:002019-05-30T14:18:57.702-04:00Let's Talk: Mammograms, Cancer & Abortion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Today I took my 43-year-old special needs daughter for her first Mammogram. I know that I was a lot more nervous than she was.</div>
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"Mommy" went first to show her that it "didn't hurt".</div>
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And when it was her turn, my daughter was a trooper (as was the mammographer!).</div>
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I bring this up as a gentle reminder to my all of my blog friends to be sure to stay up to date with your mammograms and wellness visits to your gyn. or primary care doctor.<br />
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Our family is BRCA2 positive so screenings for breast and ovarian cancer are very important for us.<br />
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We discovered our genetic mutation when we lost our sister, Nancy, to ovarian cancer. This picture is difficult to look at but, having cancer is more than difficult. I miss my sister every day.</div>
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Please don't take a chance. Get screened for women's cancers and share any symptoms with your doctor, <i>even if they seem silly</i>. Nancy's symptoms mimicked menopause so she waited. <span style="text-align: center;">Then it was too late. </span>Here is Nancy's ovarian cancer story <a href="http://cheryllawsonsblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/nancys-storyin-her-own-words.html">in her own words</a>.</div>
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Graduating from college in 1969, I grew up before Roe v. Wade. I clearly remember horror stories of friends who became pregnant and had no options. If your family had money, you could fly to Europe for an abortion; if your family was poor or middle class, there was <i>no</i> safe option. Lives were ruined and families were torn apart. Women <i>can't</i> get complacent. <span style="text-align: center;">We simply CAN'T GO BACK THERE!</span></div>
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If my special needs daughter got pregnant it would literally kill her. Who should decide then? Her family . . . or her Congressman? For me the choice is simple.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This arrived in my email box earlier this week from a fellow blogger:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. I can't let my blog go when things get busy around here, and</span><br />
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Somehow, time seems to have sped up since we returned from our <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2019/04/road-trip-unpacking-antiques.html">road trip</a> last month. First there was Easter.</div>
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I have no idea why I felt compelled to make 23 Easter baskets, but I did. So no blogging that week! While going through the Easter stuff, I came upon this old photo of my sisters and I all dressed up for Easter 1954. Do you remember that we all wore "Spring coats", hats and gloves on Easter? And corsages, of course.<br />
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The week after Easter, was spent with our grandchildren. They live in Brooklyn, NY and love to come to Maine. Our granddaughter wanted to "do crafts" so here's what we did together.</div>
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Do you remember weaving potholders as a kid? My sisters and I would weave them by the hour and then either give them as gifts or try to sell them to the neighbors for 25 cents each. Happy memories. Our granddaughter picked it up quickly and made lots of potholders to take home!</div>
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After a week with kids (fun but exhausting!), we decided to take a quiet ride up the coast of Maine for a couple of days. just to get away.<br />
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We love the mid-Coast so that's where we headed, stopping to visit friends along the way. Our Searsport friends have goats. The baby (above) is only 12 weeks old and so cute. When she cries for her mother, she sounds just like a human baby.<br />
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Our friends also own a campground. I've offered to help out the past few years ordering and organizing the campground store. The floor is freshly painted and it looks beautiful now - just very empty. So, I've been busy getting ideas from places like Pinterest and Etsy for things we need to order asap.<br />
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While we were on out getaway, we stopped for our first fried clams of the season. So good! And, just for old time's sake, we shared a root beer float to go with them. Delicious! <span style="text-align: center;">Sadly, my Weight Watchers meeting was the day after we got back. Those clams cost me two pounds that I have to get off this week but they were so worth it!</span></div>
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On the way home, we stopped at an antique shop we like. Being downsized I try not to buy much these days but I couldn't resist these four M.A. Hadley Berry plates. I've collected M.A. Hadley since I worked part-time at the Yankee Peddler Country Store in Connecticut when my kids were little. They sold her hand painted pottery and I coveted it. I couldn't afford even one piece then so now I can't help treating myself to it once in awhile.<br />
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When we got home, I found yet another reason to put off catching up on my blog: I decided to start digitizing the thousands of slides we had stored away from our college graduation through our children's early childhoods. Remember the boxes of Carousels that seemed so high-tech back in the day? Again, I have no idea what possessed me to do this now.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I did find this neat little <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O2BU8PK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1">Kodak Scanza</a> on Amazon. It c<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">onverts Old 35mm, 126, 110, Super 8 & 8mm Negatives & Slides to JPEG Digital Files that are saved on an SD card. Since it costs 40-50 cents a slide to have this done professionally, I figured the purchase would be well worth it. When I finish (if ever!), I'll put all of the photos on thumb drives for my children and sisters. </span></span><br />
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And in my spare time, I purchased three trees at the local nursery (that's another story) and set up the deck (<i>finally</i> - we've had NO Spring in New England this year!),<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer"><div class="linkwithin_div"></div></div>Cheryl Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524443209448032565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432831618425124128.post-75933378284337445592019-04-09T14:43:00.000-04:002019-04-12T18:52:03.183-04:00Road Trip: Unpacking the AntiquesWe arrived back home in Maine Sunday afternoon after an amazing month-long road trip through the Southern U.S. We unpacked the things that had to be unpacked and then fell into bed at 7:00 p.m, exhausted from the long drive from Tennessee.<br />
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Imagine our surprise when we woke up to this. On April 8th! This should NOT still be happening - even here in Maine. After a month of green grass and palm trees, this is a difficult adjustment!<br />
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It was fun to unpack the few antiques that I purchased "down South" though. This vintage pillow is my favorite. It was a bargain at the original price of $10.99 but was marked down to $8.00. Needless to say, I grabbed it. You can't see it in the photo. but there is vintage rick rack around the edges.<br />
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I've written quite a few blog posts about my long distance love affair with <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2014/06/frankly-scarleti-dont-want-to-leave.html">South Carolina</a> and I have the perfect spot for this pillow. It will remind me of happy times in the low country every time I walk through the living room.</div>
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I also was lucky enough to find three <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2018/03/shawnee-hunting-in-south-carolina.html">Shawnee Pottery miniatures</a> to add to my collection.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; text-align: center;">These tiny (<3")vases and pitchers were produced from 1937 through the 1940's and given away as premiums at stores and movie theaters. (Back in 2011, I wrote a post about my collection, with lots of photos, which you're welcome to revisit </span><a href="http://mysisterscottage.blogspot.com/2011/02/collecting-shawnee-miniatures.html" style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #ba5320; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a><span style="background-color: #fefefe; text-align: center;">.)</span></span><br />
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I can't resist these little replicas of the full size pottery pieces so popular in the 1930' and 40's. Years ago I found the perfect wall case for them and love the touch of whimsy thy add to our kitchen.<br />
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Since we've downsized, I'm very careful not to give in to my love of old things too often these days. But, I did have to have this little oval serving dish.<br />
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When my Mom passed away in 2014, I inherited her large <a href="https://www.deseretnews.com/article/660203519/California-Ivy-made-until-1984.html">California Ivy</a> platter. I love to use it because, when I do, it brings back happy memories of Mom serving meals on it when I was a child in the 1950's . The little oval platter I found on this trip will be a good compliment for the larger platter.<br />
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The Poppy Trail California Ivy pattern was introduced in 1946, the year my parents were married, and remained in production until 1984. I was excited to find another piece and at $4.50, it was a good<br />
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There were gorgeous old tobacco baskets at so many of the antique shops we visited down South. These were on the porch of an antique shop in <a href="http://visitwearsvalley.com/">Wears Valley</a> Tennessee. I love them and wished I could have thought of an excuse to buy them all!<br />
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But I bought a HUGE one when we were in South Carolina last year. You can read the story of how I finally got my tobacco basket to Maine <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2018/04/my-tobacco-basket-survived.html">here</a>.<br />
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As you can see, I really don't have the wall space for two of them. It still killed me to leave such gorgeously aged ones back on that old porch in Tennessee though.<br />
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Here are a few of the antique shops we stopped at on our road trip. Especially in Tennessee, they were everywhere.<br />
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I loved all of the 1930's green kitchen appliances and cookware displayed in this "kitchen".<br />
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Yesterday dawned bright and sunny so we decided to spend the day in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.<br />
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I had forgotten how beautiful it is here in the Smoky Mountains.</div>
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Swollen brooks run down through the woods to join the Little River as it runs through the valley.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We were looking forward to driving the eleven mile loop road through <a href="https://smokymountains.com/park/cades-cove/scenic-drive/">Cades Cove</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">"The first European settlers arrived in Cades Cove in the early 1820s. They quickly built log homes, barns, corn cribs, smokehouses and cleared land for farming. The land was rich and fertile and provided the settlers with abundant crops, such as corn."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">After learning about Henry Lawson on Tuesday, we weren't totally surprised to learn that the Dan Lawson family once lived at Cades Cove. DH's grandparents were farmers in rural Amelia County Virginia. Now we're even more curious about possible ancestral connections to the many Lawson families who farmed here.</span></div>
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Again, DH went to the door to introduce himself. But the house was closed up with shades drawn as if no one had lived there in awhile.<br />
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DH was disappointed to think that maybe Paul Lawson was deceased as well. We would have like to say "Hello" and ask about possible relatives in Virginia.<br />
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We're so thankful for this trip and the opportunity to watch Spring arrive as we travel through the South. What a beautiful part of the country!<br />
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Feathered Nest Friday at <a href="https://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/2019/04/feathered-nest-friday.html">French Country Cottage</a></div>
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Late Monday afternoon, we arrived in Townsend, Tennessee, "the quiet side of the Smokies".<br />
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On our way in from Rt. 40 , we passed the Bush;'s Baked Bean factory (and <a href="https://www.heraldcourier.com/community/famous-tennessee-bean-factory-open-to-visitors/article_d2a34deb-6cb3-5b6f-af14-93979e5a1792.html">Bean Museum</a>!) in Dandridge, Tennessee.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Since we live right near the OTHER baked bean company, <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2017/05/14/for-150-years-this-company-knows-beans/">B & M</a>, we just had to stop to check out the competition.</span></div>
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We finally arrived at our campground, which is right on the Little River (tubing headquarters) in the Smoky Mountains town of Townsend. The Internet is a bit "iffy" here because of the mountains so I may keep my "Tennessee" posts a little shorter than usual. Hopefully, the pictures will tell most of the story.<br />
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Yesterday we took a ride. It's been 14 years since we last stayed in Townsend so we wanted to get our bearings again. We hit the brakes when we passed this old gas station.<br />
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Since DH's name is Henry Lawson, he decided to get out and introduce himself to the "other" Henry Lawson. </div>
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Sadly, the other Henry Lawson, who owned the place for years, passed away in 2004. But the new owner was thrilled to meet DH and tell us the story. </div>
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She even shared with "my" Henry Lawson a pgoto of "her" Henry Lawson. I guess he was a fixture in the area. That's him on the left. We only wish we could have met him!</div>
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There are antique shops around every corner here in the Smokies so I'm in my glory. We stopped at a few yesterday and will visit more tomorrow. (I'm seeing lots of gorgeous old tobacco baskets here!)</div>
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And vintage kitchen items. (Since I still use my original 1970 Betty Crocker Cookbook, like the one in the photo, I think I might now be considered "vintage" as well).<br />
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Everywhere you drive here is beautiful. Here are some scenes we passed on our way back to our campsite.<br />
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The Little River in Townsend is popular for tubing in the summer. We did it when we were here fourteen years ago - so much fun. You can tube downriver for miles. Just before the falls a bus picks you up and takes you back upstream for another river run. It's still a little cold for that this trip but I hope we can do it again someday!<br />
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Little white churches dot the valleys.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"> All of the flowering trees are in bloom here.</span></div>
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And roads lead to "hollows".<br />
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And a few quiet moments with our books before bed.</div>
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NOTE: If you've ever watched "Naked and Afraid" on the Discovery Channel (a very strange show BTW), we could have starred in our own episode entitled, "Naked and Afraid in a Tiny Camper". But, we're better now and have been trying to make up for lost time.<br />
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Yesterday afternoon we visited <a href="http://mountpleasanthistorical.org/items/show/41">Oakland Plantation</a> here in Mt. Pleasant, SC. The land that <a href="https://koa.com/campgrounds/mount-pleasant-charleston/">our canpground</a> sits on was once part of the plantation and, although the plantation is not open to the public, the owners do allow a tour guide from the campground to take campers through the plantation on a wagon.<br />
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Our wagon driver/tour guide was quite a character; at each wagon stop he'd tell a joke. He did not have a Southern accent either. His was the Yorkshire accent of Northern England. DH and I spent time in Yorkshire in 2017 and that, along with the fact that my grandmother had the very same accent, made it easily recognizable. Our driver has lived in SC for 40 years after spending his youth in the UK. </div>
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As we drove, he told the story of the enslaved young man who planted these trees; look how beautiful they are now!<br />
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The Oakland house, dating from 1750, is the oldest house in Mt Pleasant. Although it's smaller than many plantation houses, it is unique in that it is one of the few plantation houses that survived the civil war. Most were burned. Six slave families were living in this house toward the end of the war and, for that reason, the building was spared.</div>
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We passed the slave graveyard on the way out. Only a few of the graves have stone markers. Our guide noted that the rest were marked with either a shell or, more commonly, a cup, bowl, or plate that the deceased enslaved person used at his or her last meal. <a href="https://www.sciway.net/hist/chicora/gravematters-1.html">This practice</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"> can be traced back to Africa, where a wide variety of items used by the dead individual were placed on a grave.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> The area is now fenced off out of respect for the people interred there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">After our carriage ride, we finally made it to </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/REDSSHEMCREEK/" style="text-align: center;">Red's Ice House</a>, our favorite annual stop for shrimp, Margaritas, dolphin watching (and people watching!), and sunsets.<br />
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Red's is<span style="text-align: center;"> in the part of Mt. Pleasant known as </span><a href="https://www.scpictureproject.org/charleston-county/shem-creekhtml/" style="text-align: center;">Shem Creek</a>, where a large fleet of shrimp boats are moored. We love to eat outside on the deck where you can see the creek and enjoy the dolphins and the sunset.<br />
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Dogs are allowed and the locals bring them to the bar with them. The dogs sit there patiently, in an odd variety of dogginess, as their masters share stories about them over a cold one.<br />
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We always order the "Killer Shrimp" - very spicy! They're served with french bread for dipping. This time we tried crab cakes as well; they were delicious. And of, course, Margaritas!<br />
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Today is our last day here in Mt. Pleasant. The weather continues to be perfect, sunny and in the low 70's. We decided to take an afternoon ride to <a href="https://www.historicgeorgetownsc.com/home-historic-georgetown-sc">Georgetown, SC</a>, which is north of here, about halfway between Charleston and Myrtle Beach. It's the third oldest city in South Carolina. In her recent autobiography, <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2019/03/book-review-becoming-by-michelle-obama.html">Michelle Obama</a> traced her roots to <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obama-slavery-01-dec01-story.html">Jim Robinson</a>, an enslaved man from Georgetown plantation; he was her great-great grandfather.</div>
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We stopped for lunch at <span style="text-align: center;">the </span><a href="https://www.bigtunarawbar.com/" style="text-align: center;">Big Fish (Big Tuna)</a><span style="text-align: center;">. </span></div>
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Because my sister insists that DH looks like <a href="https://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/music/jimmy-buffett-ends--year-utah-break-with-vivint-show/article_27bd6c96-0054-57c1-98f6-5598c2adda88.html,">Jimmy Buffet</a>, I had to take a picture of him with the parrot. She's always kidding him that <strike>he</strike> aka Jimmy needs one, so, Joanne, this one's for you!</div>
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I ordered the She Crab Soup. It's a local Charleston favorite - hot, creamy, and delicious! <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">soup is</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> named for the </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">She</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Crab</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, or female </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">crab</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">as the orange </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">crab</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> roe is an ingredient in traditional<b> </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">she</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">crab soup</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> In case you'd like to try it, here's a local recipe for </span><a href="https://www.southernkitchen.com/recipes/soup/charleston-she-crab-soup">She Crab Soup</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Just outside of Orlando, we hit a traffic jam and soon realized why: a series of hot air balloons had just taken off and were passing over the highway in the early morning light.</span><br />
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DH had awakened with some kind of stomach flu so I did the driving - about 8 hours of it. We were really happy to finally get to to South Carolina. We're staying at a KOA Campground in Mt. Pleasant, just over the <a href="https://www.hdrinc.com/portfolio/arthur-ravenel-jr-bridge-cooper-river-bridge">Ravenel</a> bridge from Charleston.</div>
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<a href="https://koa.com/campgrounds/mount-pleasant-charleston/">Our campground</a> is on part of the original site of the historic <a href="http://oakland%20plantation/">Oakland Plantation</a>. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "raleway"; font-size: 18.75px;"> p</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">lantation is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and includes the main plantation house, kitchen, dairy, smokehouse, family cemetery, and slave cemetery. Some of the plantation's acreage is preserved while a number of acres have been sold for commercial use - the campground and a shopping center. Unfortunately, Oakland Plantation is not open to the public.</span><br />
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Later, we had a light supper at the <a href="https://boonehallfarms.com/menu/">Boone Hall Farms Market & Cafe</a>, which is very close to our campground.</div>
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The food here is fresh, local, and delicious. Much of it is grown right across Rt. 17 at the still-under-production, <a href="https://www.boonehallplantation.com/">Boone Hall Plantation</a>.<br />
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The cakes are homemade and huge. We passed on dessert tonight (in deference to DH's still-unsettled tummy) but hope to come back for cake and coffee some afternoon before we leave Mt. Pleasant.<br />
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Fresh-picked strawberries (they're in season now in South Carolina ). . . </div>
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The market also carries a small selection of local crafts, like these Mt. Pleasant <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-sweet-grass-baskets-of-mt-pleasant.html">sweet grass baskets</a>.</div>
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It's not easy to describe where we're staying in Tampa. The <strike>campground</strike> RV Resort, <a href="https://www.lazydays.com/locations/florida/tampa-florida/rv-resort">Lazy Days</a>, is everything we always thought we would hate in a campground: Crowded; small concrete-slab sites, mostly huge class A RV's, very few trees, no view, and attached to the biggest RV sales lot I've ever seen. Horrible, right?<br />
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When we first stayed here in 2013, we chose LazyDays because it was near USF, where our grandson was starting college. It's also fairly close to DH's daughter's home in Spring Hill. We thought it would be the perfect location for short visits, in spite of all the negatives we imagined.<br />
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But - surprise - the more we've stayed here, the more we like it. For $42.00 per night we have perfect weather, a huge pool, hot tub, tennis courts, restaurants, a pool bar, camping store, RV service on site, poolside entertainment and free educational programs on topics related to RVing.<br />
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The restaurant is right off of the pool area and enormous indoor rec hall.<br />
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There's even a daily Happy Hour with tropical drinks and Margaritas for only $3.50.<br />
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Ironically, the clock by the pool has stopped . . . at 5:33 . . . proving that, at Lazy Days, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere!<br />
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We've really enjoyed reading, snacking, visiting and just relaxing at the tables on the pool deck. This is not at all like our favorite woodsy, waterfront campgrounds in Maine and New Hampshire but, strangely enough, we're having a great time here! Guess it pays to try new things sometimes.<br />
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Today our daughter and two granddaughters, who live in the Tampa area, drove to Lazy Days to spend the day with us. We don't get to see them as often as we'd like so this was a special day for all of us. <span style="text-align: center;">We spent most of the day catching up by (and in) the pool.</span><br />
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Today is our last day in <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2019/03/road-trip-st-augustine-fl.html">St. Augustine</a>, Florida and the weather is perfect: sunny and warm. We spent the day in the Old Town and Lincolnville sections of St. Augustine with friends, Fred and Anne.</div>
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Our first stop was a return to La Herencia Cuban cafe on Aviles Street.. We'd been promised that the owner would be making a new batch of our favorite dessert, <a href="https://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/tres-leches-cake/">Tres Leches</a> cake, by today.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">T</span><span style="background-color: white;">his cake is very popular in Latin America, especially Mexico and Nicaragua. It'ss a yellow cake soaked in a mixture of three different types of milk: evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and whole milk or heavy cream. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">It's topped off with whipped creme frosting and a marischino cherry. </span>In case you;d like to try making your own Tres Leches, here's a <a href="https://whatscookingamerica.net/History/Cakes/TresLechesCake.htm">recipe</a>. Delicioso!<br />
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After enjoying our fill of Tres Leches and Cuban coffee, we wandered the narrow streets of "Old Town", the <a href="https://daily.jstor.org/st-augustine-the-real-first-european-settlement-in-america/">oldest part of St. Augustine</a>, first settled in 1565.<br />
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The flowers in Old Town are beautiful; walled gardens are everywhere.</div>
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I love the Spanish architecture.</div>
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The walls, and many of the homes, in Old Town are made from <a href="https://www.nps.gov/casa/learn/historyculture/coquina-the-rock-that-saved-st-augustine.htm">Coquina</a>, a very hard, and very old, material formed from crushed seashells.</div>
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This old house is also on Aviles Street. Notice that the houses are built right on the edge of the narrow streets.</div>
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It actually looks as if it belongs in New England rather than Florida.</div>
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The <a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/blog/2016/08/19/the-forgotten-history-of-lincolnville-fla/">Lincolnville</a> <span style="background-color: white;">Historic District is St. Augustine's most prominent historically black neighborhood and is associated with many significant events in the city's African American history. I love the little house, each with a shady front porch, that line the streets of Lincolnville.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Lincolnville was founded in 1866 by former slaves. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">During the Civil Rights Movement</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">, Lincolnville was the base for activists who worked for the end of racial segregation in schools and public facilities in St. Augustine. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Rev. </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr." style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: inherit;" title="Martin Luther King, Jr."><span style="color: black;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> and activists from other parts of the country came to join local activists in non-violent protests.</span><br />
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The residents of Lincolnville are definitely not afraid of using color on the exteriors of their homes.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Aunt Kate's is s</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4);">ituated in a grove of live oaks on the banks of the inland waterway, adjacent to the campground. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4);"> Just a few steps from our campsite, it's the best place to watch the sunset while enjoying local seafood, . . . </span><br />
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The sunset was absolutely beautiful. Perfect way to celebrate our last night at North Beach.</div>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div class="linkwithin_div"></div></div>Cheryl Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524443209448032565noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432831618425124128.post-61447012923583560402019-03-19T15:06:00.000-04:002019-03-21T10:44:58.798-04:00Road Trip: St. Augustine, FLThis is our fifth year visiting our friends, <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2013/12/too-old-to-make-new-friends.html">Fred and Anita</a>, in one of our favorite cities, St. Augustine, Florida. St. Augustine is not the typical city one would think of when imagining Florida; in fact, is is something of an "anti-South Beach". St. Augustine is very old, very Spanish, very artsy, and very beautiful. It brims with both flowers and history. Sadly, cancer took <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2013/12/finding-street-art.html">Anita</a> from us much too soon, but we continue to come down to visit Fred each year.<br />
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This is our favorite restaurant on our favorite Street, La Herencia ("The Heritage" in English). It's just a little bistro with a few wooden tables inside and three umbrella-topped tables on the sidewalk. </div>
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We come here every year to enjoy the Cuban food and galleries along quaint Aviles Street.</div>
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We sat outside where we could watch sightseers, trolleys, and horse-drawn carriages go by on the narrow cobblestone street as we shared a Cuban sandwich and a bowl of rice and beans.<br />
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Just our luck, La Herencia was out of Tres Leches yesterday. The good news is that that gives us an excuse to return on Wednesday, when they will have more. <span style="text-align: center;">It's homemade and so worth waiting for!</span></div>
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We even saw grapefruit growing high behind an old <a href="https://www.nps.gov/casa/learn/historyculture/coquina-the-rock-that-saved-st-augustine.htm">coquina</a> wall. </div>
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Inside this gallery on Aviles St., a leathersmith was making belts and shoes.</div>
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I loved this tray of old shoe forms.</div>
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Just as we left the gallery, this horse ignored his passengers and stopped right out front.</div>
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Out came the gallery owner with a bucket of feed for him. Seems this is their daily routine!</div>
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Aviles Street runs right off of the town green, La Plaza de la Constitucion.</div>
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Shaded by old palms and Live Oaks, the plaza is a good place to cool off.</div>
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The old Slave Market is at one end of the Plaza, a reminder of a sad time in St. Augustine history. It is now a quiet place to cool off and reflect about what once happened here.<br />
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On the opposite side of the Plaza from Aviles Street is St. George St., which is usually crowded with both shoppers and tourists.<br />
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In the evening the whole street is lit with tiny white lights, as is much of the city of St. Augustine.<br />
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As we left the city to head back to camp. we passed the iconic Bridge of the Lions, which crosses the inter-coastal waterway from the center of St. Augustine.<br />
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I managed to get a picture of one of the lions from our car, even though he is competing with a poorly-placed red yield sign.<br />
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El Castillo de San Marco, the Castle of St. Mark.</div>
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The Castillo de San Marco<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is the oldest masonry and only extant 17th century fort in North America. <span style="font-family: inherit;">The fort was c</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fdf9e9;">onstructed by the Spanish between 1672 and 1675 and was used to defend their primary trade route to Europe.</span></span><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div class="linkwithin_div"></div></div>Cheryl Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524443209448032565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432831618425124128.post-21233762516230186592019-03-17T08:40:00.000-04:002019-03-19T20:48:43.201-04:00Book Review: Becoming, by Michelle Obama<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.08px;">Since DH has done most of the driving on our </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3432831618425124128#editor/target=post;postID=2123376251623018659" style="letter-spacing: -0.08px;">road trip</a><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.08px;">, I've had some extra time to read. A friend lent me Michelle Obama's new memoir, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=becoming+michelle+obama&i=stripbooks&crid=8BA4VQ128MJW&sprefix=Becoming%2Caps%2C234&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_8">Becoming</a></span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.08px;">, and, as the miles went by on one interstate after another, I finally had the chance to finish it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.08px;">Mrs. Obama divides the book into three parts: “Becoming Me,” “Becoming Us” and “Becoming More.” </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.08px;">In “Becoming Me,” Michelle Obama recounts her experiences growing up in a small apartment on the south side of Chicago alongside her mother, father and brother, Craig. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.08px;">She remembers her father's strong work ethic in spite of multiple sclerosis</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.08px;"> and</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.08px;"> the time her mother spent teaching her to read. She recalls the times she sat with her Aunt Robbie and labored over piano lessons (Boy, could I identify with that!). At school, even in kindergarten, she notes that she "just wanted to achieve". She shares her mother's advice about bullies: "Just remember that they're just scared people hiding inside scary people". That advice served her well long after she left childhood behind.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">Due to her hard work, and her parents' support and high expectations, Michelle was accepted at Princeton, where </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">she was a minority student for the first time, learning to navigate in a white world. She then went to Harvard to study law, followed by her first job, where she met her future husband, Barack Obama.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: inherit;">In "Becoming Us" and "Becoming More", Mrs Obama opens up about her marriage and children, including her experiences with in vitro fertilization. She shares stories of her time on the campaign trail and insights into her transition to life in the White House.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: inherit;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The theme woven through Michelle's story is </span><span style="background-color: white;">how a few key people in a life can support a young girl and elevate her, so that she, in turn, can elevate others. It is with this in mind that she developed her priorities in her years as First Lady.</span><br />
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I enjoyed <i><b>Becoming</b></i>. Probably because I admire Michelle Obama. The book was written in a conversational style and the story drew me in. It read almost like a novel and, even though I knew what was going to happen next, I couldn't wait to read about it in Michelle Obama's own words.<br />
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My sense is that if you liked the Obama's, you'll like this book. If you did not, you probably won't.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: inherit;">She insists that the correct answer is, "Yes I am."</span><br />
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We left Virginia Thursday morning and, after two days on the road, we're finally in St. Augustine, Florida!</div>
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St. Augustine is a beautiful old city with cobblestone streets, Spanish architecture, tall palms and huge live oaks covered with hanging moss. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Founded in 1565 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">St</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Augustine</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">origin</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> in the United States.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> </span></span>To read more about the history of St. Augustine, click <a href="https://www.trolleytours.com/st-augustine/history">here</a>.</div>
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Our campground is on Rt. 1A at Vilano/North Beach in St. Augustine. To get there, you cross a causeway from the city of St. Augustine to the beaches. I took this photo from the car as we crossed the causeway yesterday afternoon.</div>
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When you leave the causeway, you're in <a href="https://www.visitstaugustine.com/thing-to-do/vilano-beach">Vilano Beach</a>. This is a view of Vilano Beach looking back toward the causeway and the city of St. Augustine.<br />
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Vilano is a little ArtDeco-inspired village that still shows remnants of its history as a tourist destination in the 1940's and 50's.<br />
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I love this hand-painted fence at the base of the causeway in Vilano.</div>
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Just North of Vilano on Rt. 1A is North Beach. This is our fifth year staying at North Beach Campground to visit our friends Fred and Anita. Fred and Anita retired in 2014, sold their home in Maine, and began to live their dream of being full-time RVers. </div>
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Sadly, our dear Fiber College/camping friend Anita passed away in 2016. We've continued to come here each year to spend time with Fred. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">The beach is right across the street, a short walk from our campground.</span><br />
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I took this picture of the beach yesterday afternoon while Hank was checking into the campground.</div>
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We're on site #52 . . . </div>
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Where the Casita is nestled into the palms.</div>
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In the site next to ours is one of the neatest vintage campers I've ever seen.</div>
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These used to be nicknamed "breadloaf trailers" and were manufactured throughout the 1940's. I've never seen one on the road, until now. And it's turquoise; I love it!</div>
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By suppertime, we were all set up, just in time for a sunset pot luck<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white;">on the river </span><span style="background-color: white;">side</span><span style="background-color: white;"> of the campground </span><span style="background-color: white;">at the Matanzas </span><span style="background-color: white;">Inlet. The sun rises on the beach side here and sets on the river side so we get to enjoy both.</span></span><br />
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We spent Tuesday at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Charlottesville, VA.</div>
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I've been looking forward to this part of our trip and reading what I could about Thomas Jefferson before we visited. Since I could never tell you about everything we learned in this blog post, I've included a lot of <span style="color: #b45f06;">links</span><span style="color: #741b47;"> </span>that you can click on to read more.<br />
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Although Jefferson is best known as the author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd President of the United States, touring Monticello allowed us to see him as much more - a man of the enlightenment who designed his own home and used it as a laboratory for his interests in botany, horticulture, architecture, astronomy, art, music, and books.<br />
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Monticello is located on "the Mountaintop" outside of Charlottesville, where Jefferson owned 5000acres. It is simply a beautiful place.<br />
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Jefferson's gardens are not in bloom yet but the cover crops are already getting green.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Collecting and disseminating seeds of choice plants was an important chapter of Jefferson's horticultural life.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Many of them are still available at the Monticello shop.</span><br />
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At noon, we met our guide for a one-hour Slavery Tour of Monticello.</div>
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The tour took place on <a href="https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/overview-mulberry-row">Mulberry Row</a>. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Mulberry Row was the hub of the plantation. Over time, it included more than 20 workshops, dwellings, and storage buildings where enslaved people at Monticello lived and worked.</span><br />
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This is the Hemings' cabin on Mulberry row. A family of up to 8 people would have lived in a cabin like this, the children sleeping on straw pallets outside or, in the winter, in the loft. The parents would share the bed and the one blanket given to the family every three years.<br />
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Nearby is the textile building on Mulberry Row. Enslaved people would work here to spin hemp or, in the winter, wool, for clothing.<br />
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Jefferson, as always, kept detailed records of their assignments and production.</div>
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At 1:30. we joined eleven other people (from Texas, Delaware, and New York) for the <a href="http://eternallifestyle.com/living/discovery-at-monticello-plantation-sheds-light-on-incredible-thomas-jefferson-mystery-fb2/">Sally Hemings</a> Tour.<br />
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Sally Hemings lived from 1773 - 1835, most of those years as an enslaved woman at Monticello, although she was 3/4 white. She was actually the half-sister of Jefferson's wife, Martha. Both had the same father, John Wayles. Although Martha lived a life of leisure at Monticello, Sally, whose mother was one of John Wayles' slaves at a nearby plantation, was enslaved.<br />
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In 1998, during major renovations at Monticello, the room believed to be that of Sally Hemings was unearthed, under the South wing of the main house adjoining the kitchen, wine cellar, and Jefferson's bedroom. Sally is thought to have borne her six children by Jefferson here. This story of the "rest" of Jefferson's life has only been openly discussed, and now memorialized at Monticello, since the geneological use of DNA in the past 20 years.<br />
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Sally Hemings' <a href="https://ideastations.org/radio/news/sally-hemings-descendants-visit-new-exhibit-we-knew-our-story-was-real">descendents</a> are now welcomed to share their oral histories for recording as part of Monticello's oral history project, <a href="https://www.monticello.org/getting-word">Getting Word</a>. The now-hundreds of descendents meet at Monticello for a reunion each <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth">Juneteenth</a>.<br />
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Although the focus of our afternoon tour was Sally Hemings, the tour did include the interior of Jefferson's home, which he designed himself. This is Jefferson's bedroom. He died in this bed on July 4, 1827. Note how he built the bed into the area between his library and chamber.<br />
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What I found most interesting was how Jefferson, never one to waste space, built his closet in ABOVE his bed. You can see part of a small door in the lower right corner of the photo. Behind it were narrow stairs which allowed his enslaved butler to access his clothes for him. And, being the scientist that he was, Jefferson designed the oval openings in the walls of his closet to allow air to circulate, avoiding mildew.<br />
~<i>photos from Monticello website; we were not allowed to take pictures inside the house.</i><br />
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My favorite room at Monticello was the <a href="https://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/monticello-dining-room">dining room</a>. Attached to the large dining area is the smaller "tea room" with windows on all sides providing views of the Shenandoah Valley and mountains beyond. I loved the bright yellow color and asked our guide if it was authentic. He explained that recent research indicates that it is: archeologists found evidence of Chromium in the original paint layer.<br />
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Built into each side of the fireplace in the dining room was a bottle-sized dumbwaiter so that wines could be sent up to Jefferson directly from the wine cellar as needed - another one of his clever uses of space in the house. (I wouldn't mind having one of those at 22 Applegate Lane!)<br />
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I guess I'm not the only one who loved this room; it was featured in Southern Living magazine in 2013.<br />
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Another of my favorite rooms was this octagonal bedroom, which was used for guests. James Madison and his wife, Dolley, were said to have often stayed here as their home <a href="https://www.montpelier.org/?gclid=CjwKCAjw96fkBRA2EiwAKZjFTaQtASVcpIyG0yCkpC3FVsp4WxskVYrU9qJ1GJYiCc3pj8kAq-UHfRoClCsQAvD_BwE">Montpelier</a> was only 28 miles away. Notice that Jefferson built in a closet above this bed as well.<br />
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At the end of the day, we visited the African American graveyard. Although Jefferson had about 400 slaves, only 40 graves have been discovered here. It is not yet known where the rest of his slaves were buried.<br />
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This is the view of the back side Monticello that is found on the Jefferson nickel. There is no snow on the ground here now; it's very springlike with crocus in bloom along the walkways.<br />
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I loved this visit and the sense of history that pervades Monticello. I wish we had had two days to spend there. In the late Spring and summer, the Garden Tour sounds beautiful. It hadn't started yet in March.<br />
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I have a thing for abandoned buildings. I like to imagine what life was like for the people who lived and worked in them.<br />
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And stare in amazement at the signs of Spring we are seeing here: Crocus in bloom , fields just turning green , baby lambs and calves with their mothers, and temperatures in the high 60's to low 70's.<br />
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I can't hide! I can only rely on D.H., who is very good with people, to save me. I come around the far side of the abandoned property to see a huge, rusty gray pick-up truck pulled up next to our SUV. And a big guy in a t-shirt with a Confederate flag on the pocket, leaning into the driver's side.</div>
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DH and I are both fascinated by the Civil War. We passed many battlefield markers along the roadside and were saddened by the numbers of men who were lost in innocent-looking cornfields along the quiet country roads we traveled. </div>
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At the end of Day #1, we came upon "Dan's Steak House" on a steep hill in the middle of a mountain pass. On a whim, which is how we always seem to discover great places when we travel, we made a U-turn. And enjoyed the best dinner we've had in a long time, everything homemade, with a mountain view to die for, and all for $20.00 each. Sometimes, you just have to take a chance!</div>
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A random "Which way? Left or right?" decision in the middle of nowhere led us to Virginia's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Chimneys">Natural Chimneys</a>.</div>
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"<span style="font-family: inherit;">T<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">he Shenandoah Valley was once the floor of a great inland sea. Centuries ago, as that sea receded, the forces of nature carefully etched out an awe-inspiring formation of solid rock. The seven Natural Chimneys tower as much as 120 feet above the pastoral terrain of the Valley." </span></span><br />
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Today, we're headed to Charlottesville to tour Thomas Jefferson's home at <a href="https://home.monticello.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwsZ3kBRCnARIsAIuAV_RzAwZJZi94LiM_2Pci2bzk2rvGKZCg5b0e0nXvkYzr6JKyCJkB85QaAst0EALw_wcB">Monticello</a>. We also have tickets for the <a href="https://www.monticello.org/site/visit/tours/hemings-family-tour">Sally Hemings Tour</a>, which focuses on the life of Jefferson's slaves.</div>
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We'll spend tomorrow night on the road so the bed in our little <a href="https://casitatraveltrailers.com/">Casita</a> is all made up with our new <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2019/03/finished-my-1st-gees-bend-quilt.html">Gee's Bend Quilt</a>.<br />
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I thought I'd wait to make new curtains for the camper to match the quilt, but . . . waiting is just not in my DNA so I sewed them up this morning. They have vintage campers on them, of course!<br />
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When we get home from this trip, I want to slip cover the dinette cushions in blue denim. After 10 years, this little camper deserves a face lift!<br />
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I love collecting postcards from places we've loved along the way and displaying them on the soffit in the camper. South Carolina is up there front and center. I love the Low Country and am convinced I must have lived there in another life!<br />
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The Casita has a little kitchen in it with a two-burner gas stove, sink, frige, freezer, and microwave (hidden in the cabinet) so we're pretty self contained. When it's raining, or we're just not in the mood to go out to eat, we can cook right in the Casita.<br />
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We have a little bathroom too, with a small sink and shower. The older I get, the less I want to walk to a campground bathroom at two a.m. This is perfect!<br />
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Looking out at our driveway from the Casita (aka "Cassie") this afternoon, I realized that we'll soon be trading those snow banks for palm trees. Yay!<br />
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So - my bag is packed . . .</div>
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As are the toiletries . . . and we're ready to go.</div>
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Just the thought of watching the dolphins from the deck of Red's Ice House in Mt. Pleasant, SC . . .<br />
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While sipping a frosty cold Margarita with garlic shrimp, has me counting the hours 'til morning.</div>
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We'll head out at dawn, leave the snow behind, and spend a few weeks exploring. We love leaving the proverbial beaten path and discovering little towns and old buildings that time has forgotten. <span style="text-align: center;">Although we live in Maine, we love the culture of the South and enjoy exploring its back roads, kudzu and all.</span></div>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><div class="linkwithin_div"></div></div>Cheryl Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524443209448032565noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432831618425124128.post-52114336326327341772019-03-06T17:47:00.001-05:002019-03-08T15:19:34.593-05:00Finished: My 1st Gee's Bend Quilt!Over the years, I've written about how much I've come to admire the <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-quilters-of-gees-bend.html">Amazing Quilters of Gee's Bend</a>, Alabama who began teaching at <a href="https://www.fibercollege.org/">Fiber College of Maine</a> in 2014. If you don't know their story, you may want to click <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-quilters-of-gees-bend.html">here</a> before you continue reading this post.<br />
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Three years later, at Fiber College in 2017, I was lucky enough to take a quilting class with "Miss China" and "Miss Stella". What a thrill it was to meet them and learn from them, in some cases hand over hand.<br />
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We began by choosing fabrics and colors we liked from a big pile that had been donated. In addition, I brought some of my favorite old camping t-shirts to consider adding to my quilt. You see, Gee's Bend quilting is free-form and relies on the concept of creating beauty with what you have.<br />
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This is a craft passed down from mother to daughter since slave times at Gee's Bend, People needed these quilts to simply survive the winter; now they are created as works of fiber art and exhibited in most of the major Art museums in America.<br />
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When quilting Gee's Bend Style, fabric is torn rather than cut (slaves did not have scissors and fancy quilting rulers) and designs are created by laying out the fabric on the grass and moving the pieces around until they please the eye.<br />
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You begin in the center and keep adding pieces until you have finished the quilt top.</div>
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Here is Miss Stella holding up my first completed quilt section. She really helped me to "let go" and let the fabric speak to me as I went along.</div>
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Two weeks ago, almost two years after I started quilting with Miss Stella, I felt compelled to finish my quilt. I do well with deadlines and decided I want to use it to keep us warm on our first camping trip of 2019, which begins March 9th. (It's still COLD here in March!) I think the new Gee's Bend quilt will be a colorful addition to our little <a href="https://casitatraveltrailers.com/">Casita</a>, even though it will mean sewing new camper curtains to go with it!</div>
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Since Fiber College takes places at <a href="https://maineoceancamping.com/">Searsport Shores Oceanfront Campground</a> in Searsport,Maine . . . </div>
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I added a square from one of my Searsport t-shirts.</div>
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And here's a square (Note: none of these are literally "square") from another campground we enjoy, <a href="http://www.southarm.com/">South Arm</a>, in a remote part of Maine's Rangeley Lakes region.<br />
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And a square (Dia de los Muertos) from Arizona as well as a very special one signed by Miss China.<br />
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I have a signed block from Miss Stella too!</div>
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Most of the fabrics for this quilt came from clothing I got at Salvation Army and cut up (Gee's Bend style; no expensive quilt shop involved here), especially jeans. I decided to keep some of the pockets . . .<br />
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they'll be handy for cell phones and tissues at night!</div>
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These squares came from t-shirts I made for the very first camping trip we ever took to Searsport Shores. I had a <a href="https://nucamprv.com/tab-camper/">t@b camper</a> back then and it was the first time I'd taken it out without DH; my sister Nancy and I went by ourselves (with plenty of steak for her and wine for me!) on a "Girls' Weekend".<br />
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These old t-shirts mean the world to me now as Nancy passed away from ovarian cancer in 2010.<br />
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Here's a link to <a href="http://cheryllawsonsblog.blogspot.com/">her story</a> . . .<br />
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I lined the current quilt in fleece for warmth - camper motif, of course!<br />
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And then embroidered and tied the layers of the "quilt sandwich" together.</div>
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I enjoy this part!</div>
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The turquoise "camper" fabric in this square will be the fabric for the new Casita curtains.</div>
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We leave on our trip on Saturday and the quilt is DONE, just in time. We'll be headed to Virginia, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee, hoping to catch up with friends and chase the Spring weather.<br />
The laptop and <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2018/03/a-tech-tip-for-bloggers-with-wanderlust.html">Jetpack</a> are already packed so that I can blog our adventures from the road.<br />
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A Happy Camper (and Quilter!),</div>
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This post is linked to:<br />
Link Party #129 at <a href="https://chascrazycreations.com/to-grandmas-house-we-go-link-party-129/">Chas' Crazy Creations</a><br />
Vintage Charm #172 at <a href="https://mythriftstoreaddiction.blogspot.com/">My Thrift Store Addiction</a><br />
Talk of the Town #164 at <a href="https://knickoftime.net/">Knick of Time</a><br />
Wednesday Aim Link Party 32 at <a href="https://grammysgrid.com/wednesday-aim-link-party-32/">Grammy's Grid</a><br />
Homestyle Gathering #8 at <a href="https://myweeabode.com/homestyle-gathering-8/">My Wee Abode</a><br />
Thursday Favorite Things at <a href="https://followtheyellowbrickhome.com/st-patricks-day-ideas-at-thursday-favorite-things/">The Yellow Brick Home</a><br />
Flaunt It Friday #438 at <a href="https://www.chiconashoestringdecoratingblog.com/">Chic on a Shoestring</a><br />
Farmhouse Friday Link Party #96 at <a href="https://www.thepaintedhinge.com/2019/03/07/the-farmhouse-friday-link-party-96/">The Painted Hinge</a></div>
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It may be February here in Maine but it felt like Spring this weekend at <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2019/02/weekend-at-ikea-day-1.html">IKEA</a>.</div>
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I loved all the pastel colors that were on display.</div>
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In the <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2019/02/weekend-at-ikea-day-2.html">Marketplace</a>, these FARGRIK mugs caught my eye immediately. Not only were they stackable and only $.99 each, there was one that exactly matches the "Oasis" color of the Keurig in my little home <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2018/10/do-you-have-home-coffee-station.html">coffee station</a>.<br />
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Although I really don't need more mugs, I bought three, just for the color. Since I'm "downsized" that means that three of my older mugs will have to find a new home at Goodwill. Thanks to <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up.html">Marie Kondo</a>, there will be no more overflowing cupboards for me!<br />
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I also love this FARGRIK color featured by a fellow blogger, <a href="https://injohnnaskitchen.com/2014/09/ikea-favorite-things/">Johnna's Kitchen</a>. If you're "into" IKEA, she features her favorite bargains from IKEA in <a href="https://injohnnaskitchen.com/2014/09/ikea-favorite-things/">this post</a>.<br />
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Here are a few more of the <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60143992/">FARGRIK</a> colors.</div>
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I also bought a boxed set of four <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20420081/">FRAMKALLA</a> mugs for $5.99. I loved the size of these and their colorful graphic designs.<br />
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I had purchased a <a href="https://www.panerabread.com/en-us/home.html">Panera</a> gift card for the upcoming birthday of a coffee-loving friend and wanted a little something to wrap with it. This little set will be perfect!</div>
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Since I seemed to have a theme going on this trip, I had to stop in the IKEA Children's section to fill in my collection of <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/eating/18714/">Kalas</a> bowls. I love these bowls for visiting grandchildren, and for Jell-O! At six for $2.49, they're always a good buy.<br />
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The Kalas line also includes plates, cups and utensils. All are durable, inexpensive and dishwasher-safe. Even the adults in our house use the plates for snacks.</div>
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While we were in the IKEA kids' area, I couldn't resist picking up one of these adorable IKEA <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90216086/">VANDRING</a> bunnies (or is it a hare?) for a special someone's Easter basket. At only $7.99, he's just too perfect - soft, cuddly and very cute!<br />
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Here he is getting ready for bed!</div>
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With a face like this, what's not to love?</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">(I just looked to the right as I proofread this and realized that I have the same expression on my face in "My First Selfie" on the Sidebar as this IKEA hare! Scary!)</span></div>
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Hurry up, Spring . . . I'm getting impatient!</div>
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Feathered Nest Friday at <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2019/02/spring-at-ikea-cups-bowls-and-bunnies.html">French Country Cottage</a></div>
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The first thing we came to was what I go to IKEA for: Dinner Napkins. I love to entertain, but big, colorful dinner napkins are not only hard to find, but expensive when I do find them. The last package I bought was from Amazon for a special Valentine's Day dinner; with Prime shipping, they were $7.38 for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HQHGI6O/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1">75 napkins</a>.<br />
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IKEA has dinner napkins in almost every popular home dec. color and additional colors for different holidays and seasons (e.g. brown in the fall). And, they are only $1.99 for a package of 50 napkins. Since I don't make the two hour drive to IKEA often, I load up when I do go. On this trip, I bought so many packages of napkins that the shopper waiting behind me in line asked me what kind of party I was giving.</div>
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The Marketplace is as big as the second floor but if you follow "the path" from one section to the other, it's not so overwhelming.<br />
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Next we found ourselves in the Garden department. </div>
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IKEA sells a huge variety of both real and "faux" plants as well as a "farmhouse-worthy" selection of inexpensive pots to display them in.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Their faux plants look real and all are priced very reasonably. The plants sized like the ones below (I bought four different ones) were $4.99 each; the galvanized pails to display them in were only $.79.</span><br />
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And here is my very favorite purchase (although I have no idea what I will do with them yet): a set of three <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60347102/">FJANTIG</a> wall hooks, each only 5" tall, shaped like three different styles of IKEA chairs. <span style="text-align: center;">(Some crazy designer in Sweden must think this stuff up just for women like me!)</span><br />
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I love these silly chairs so much that I bought two packages of them.</div>
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Mary Elizabeth fell in love with this <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00259914/">KRUSNIG</a> lamp; it reminded her of a cloud! It's made of layers of paper (the small white and yellow piece behind it is a separate lamp. ) and comes in two sizes. The large one is only $12.99. It is packed flat and you puff it up at home when you hang it. Yup, she bought one for her <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2019/01/moving-to-schoolhouse-1-small-living.html">new apartment</a>.<br />
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The IKEA Marketplace has <i>hundreds</i> of styles of pillow covers on display, all 20" square. Both the covers and the "stuffers" are remarkably inexpensive . . .<br />
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As are their rugs, curtains, duvets, duvet covers, and bedding. I bought this sturdy indoor/outdoor <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70423685/">LOBBAK</a> runner for our back hall.<br />
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I also picked up a pair of these <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70420644/">NORDRANA</a> knitted storage baskets for $9.99/pair.<br />
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Another favorite section of IKEA is the Children's department. The kids' furniture is bright, whimsical, inexpensive and easy for children to move around.<br />
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There are many children's bedrooms on display to give parents ideas for storage and maximizing small spaces for kids.<br />
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And did I mention the stuffed animals? IKEA's stuffed creatures are the softest ever. They even had a wrinkly piglet, a rat with scary teeth, and a cuddly horse with silly wobbly legs. As might be expected, most were priced under $10.00. My favorite was this "Big Bad Wolf", who comes with Grandma. Kids get to rescue Grandma from his stomach - really! (Little Red Riding Hood is sold separately.) </div>
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After the Marketplace, you come to the huge warehouse section of IKEA where you pick up furniture and other large items by their aisle and bin numbers (the reason for the pencil upstairs on Day 1).<br />
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I think Mary Elizabeth was feeling a little overwhelmed at first, but she had written down the aisle and bin numbers of her KALLAX shelf and rolling cart so we found them right way. Although it is big, IKEA is well-organized with good signage to help newbies like us figure it all out.<br />
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As well as Salmon, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Swedish+IKEA+jams&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS755US755&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi48rbPh8vgAhUtTt8KHfkOCWwQ_AUIDygC&biw=1522&bih=652#imgrc=_0GYbCCQpfzjQM:">Lingonberry Jam</a>, Swedish candies and cookies, including the world's thinnest ad best Ginger Snaps!<br />
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I bought these KEX cookies for my special needs daughter. Her name begins with "K' so it's her "favorite letter". I can already picture her divvying up the cookies with her friends: "K for me, vowels for you, K for me, vowels for you . . . ". Needless to say, the cookies spell "IKEA".<br />
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Our second day at IKEA was almost done and we were dragging. Now, we just had to figure out how to hold on to our "trolleys" on the steep cart escalator . . .<br />
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Now that we're back and rested, here are a few of our IKEA purchases displayed in our homes:<br />
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Mary Elizabeth's "Cloud Lamp" (she bought the small one) looks beautiful in her bedroom;</div>
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As does her little "polka dot" IKEA rug.</div>
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She assembled her black <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20271892/">RASCOG</a> Cart and it's already in use as a bar cart in her kitchen. She can roll it into the living room for entertaining! Martini anyone?<br />
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My four faux plants (love the fern!) bring a touch of Spring to "Elmer's tool box" at my house.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer"><div class="linkwithin_div"></div></div>Cheryl Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524443209448032565noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432831618425124128.post-8439545778626595502019-02-18T17:02:00.000-05:002019-02-20T18:15:15.600-05:00Weekend at IKEA: Day 1My friend, Mary Elizabeth (aka M.E.), just moved into <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2019/01/moving-to-schoolhouse-1-small-living.html">her new apartment</a> in a renovated old school house in our town. M.E. had never been to an IKEA and I had been promising to take her to shop for everything on her "new apartment punch list". We called our upcoming weekend trip, "Thelma & Louise take IKEA"!<br />
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We live in Southern Maine so the closest IKEA to us is just south of Boston in Stoughton, Mass., about a two hour drive. We left early Saturday morning and got to IKEA before it opened at 10:00, snagging a primo parking space in the underground lot.<br />
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I tried to warn M.E. about the sheer size of the place and the amount of walking involved. I even shared my two personal IKEA rules: 1. Wear comfy shoes, and 2. Carry as little as possible (I use a tiny backpack/purse/pouch thing and leave my heavy coat in the car.)<br />
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M.E. was a little overwhelmed at first but she soon got the hang of it: Grab a big yellow shopping bag, take the paper tape measure, catalog, pad and little IKEA pencil you'll need along the way. And then, up the escalator to home dec./DIY dreamland you go!<br />
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If you're new at this, I should explain the basics. Most IKEAs have two <strike>gigantic</strike> floors. You begin on the 2nd. The 2nd floor is mostly "showroom". I love to get ideas on this floor and take pictures of things I'd like to either purchase, or copy. You follow a maze-like path through acres of styled room settings, furnishings and accessories, brightly and cleverly displayed to show how you can live comfortably in the most tiny of spaces.<br />
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For example, this "apartment" has everything a single person would need in only 237 square feet!<br />
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The bed also serves as a couch during the day. Across from it is the media center.<br />
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Across from the green closet unit is the kitchen table, which also doubles as an office/sewing table.<br />
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There is also a small but well equipped kitchen and 3-piece bathroom . It is completely furnished with things you can purchase at IKEA; some of the storage and small-space ideas shown are ingenious.<br />
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I could be quite cozy here! - and there's seating for five!</div>
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One of the things my friend M.E. was looking for was flexible bathroom storage. She ended up choosing a nine cube <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/series/27534/">Kallax Unit</a> for $79.00. These are incredibly versatile and the choices for <a href="https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/storage-furniture/cube-storage-1364434998592/">"cubes"</a> are almost endless. M. E. chose six white ones (only $3.99 each!). She plans to leave the top three spaces open for towels. Here are some other creative ideas using the Kallax units: <a href="http://comfydwelling.com/furniture/75-cool-ikea-kallax-shelf-hacks-for-every-space.html">75 Cool IKEA Shelf Hacks for Every Space</a>.<br />
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Here's an IKEA "hack" I love: A Kallax unit turned on its side and used as a bench:<br />
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Mary Elizabeth also wanted to buy two of these amazing little three-shelf <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20271892/">Raskog rolling carts</a>: a white one for next to her desk and a black one to use as a "Bar Cart" in the kitchen. You can read more about these carts on Bob Vila's list of <a href="https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/designers-reveal-their-top-10-ikea-go-tos-50940#ikea-maskros-light">10 IKEA Products Most Loved by Designers</a>.<br />
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For only $29.99, these colorful little carts (blue and beige are available too) have <a href="https://thecottagemarket.com/2018/03/21-fabulous-raskog-ikea-hacks.html">hundreds of uses</a>.<br />
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We saw lots of other things we liked but didn't need, like:</div>
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(I plan to put this on my DIY list; I certainly have enough fabric in my stash!)</div>
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This little Bekvam stool: Handy, easy to move around, simple, and could serve dual duty as an end table. We both loved this little guy!<br />
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This cheerful yellow <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20400380/">Stolpa Clock</a> - we just <i>wanted</i> one!<br />
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You get the idea . . . it's a pretty tempting place to spend a Saturday! And in case you want to see just a little more, here's a link to a list of the <a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/13-most-popular-ikea-products">13 Most Popular IKEA Products</a>. I noticed that our rolling cart and Kallax shelves made the list!<br />
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We really enjoyed our lunch in the IKEA restaurant - Swedish food, of course. M.E. ordered grilled Salmon (her favorite) with lemon sauce, a potato cake and vegetables ($6.99!) and I had the Swedish Meatballs with mashed potatoes and veggies (only $5.99) . The restaurant is on the second floor and we just made it there before thirst and exhaustion won out. As I said, IKEA is a LONG walk, unspoiled!<br />
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After lunch we shopped a little more but were too tired to do justice to the Marketplace - the HUGE first floor. You go down another escalator, pick up a shopping cart, and this time, everything on display is ready to buy - accessories, organization, kitchen stuff, wall art, plants, candles, linens - everything but the heavy furniture upstairs We decided to leave that for Day 2, when we were rested.<br />
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That proved to be a good plan because after an early dinner (and a Margarita!) at Texas Road House, we were both sound asleep in our motel room by 8:00 p.m. I'm so glad we didn't try to do all of IKEA in one day. Guess we're not 25 anymore: On Day 1, IKEA took us!<br />
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This post is linked to:<br />
Inspire Me Tuesday #489 at <a href="https://www.astrollthrulife.net/2019/02/489th-inspire-me-tuesday.html#more">A Stroll Through Life</a><br />
Amaze Me Monday #302 at <a href="http://www.dwellings-theheartofyourhome.com/2019/02/amaze-me-monday-302.html">Dwellings</a><br />
Homestyle Gathering #6 at <a href="https://myweeabode.com/">My Wee Abode</a><br />
To Grandma's House We Go #127 at <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2019/02/weekend-at-ikea-day-2.html">Chas' Crazy Creations</a><br />
Talk of the Town #162 at <a href="https://knickoftime.net/2019/02/talk-of-the-town-162.html">Knick of Time</a><br />
Vintage Charm Party #170 at <a href="https://mythriftstoreaddiction.blogspot.com/2019/02/vintage-charm-party-170.html">My Thrift Store Addiction</a><br />
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After yesterday's snowfall, it was a beautiful winter Valentine's Day morning here in Maine. </div>
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today was delivery day!</div>
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So I left 22 Applegate Lane early with my little red mini-Cooper full of Valentine treats.</div>
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My first stop was Dunkin' Donuts to wish "the regulars" a Happy Valentine's Day and bring a jar of candy to my coffee-friend, Sue.</div>
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Then I headed to my daughter's group home. She and her housemates celebrate every holiday with gusto and were excited with their Valentine goodies. (Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are the annual favorite!)<br />
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Next, I stopped at <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2019/01/moving-to-schoolhouse-1-small-living.html">Plummer School</a> to bring a rusty Valentine lock to my friend, Mary Elizabeth (she loves rust!) and then two more bags of candy to "the sisters", Margaret and Jo.<br />
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My route took me from my house (the red dot below), past our local landmark, The Town Landing Market (on the corner where the red line turns right), down to the ocean.<br />
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I decided to stop in to the Town Landing Market to warm up.</div>
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No "Native Ice Cubes" needed today!</div>
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I headed down the hill . . .</div>
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to the Town Landing, our municipal marina and beach area.</div>
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What a beautiful morning at the beach!</div>
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The little "hump" you can see in the distance is a small island (one of 360 "Calendar Islands" in Casco Bay) called Fort Gorges. </div>
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It seems that Portland's famous "<a href="https://www.wmtw.com/article/valentine-s-day-bandit-hits-fort-gorges-other-portland-sites/26340240">Valentine Bandit</a>" made it out to the island before dawn to decorate the old fort for Valentine's Day.</div>
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and the snow was taking turns on the beach with the ocean water.</div>
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I feel so lucky to live within walking distance of Casco Bay and the Landing. </div>
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But, after a very cold morning, it was good to get home. </div>
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Happy Valentine's Day from Maine!</div>
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Spring 2019 Fairy House items from Dollar Tree. I love these!</div>
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Now that my Valentines are in the mail, I took a trip to Dollar Tree to see what's new for Spring.<br />
Not only did I spot some great finds, I learned that Dollar Tree has a BLOG! Who knew? The blog is full of ideas for "hacks", crafts, decor, and party ideas using only inexpensive items from Dollar Tree.<br />
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The <a href="https://blog.dollartree.com/">Dollar Tree "Tips & Ideas" Blog</a> includes headings for "Tips & Hacks", "DIY & Crafts", "Celebrations", "For Teachers", and "Weddings". There are hundreds of great ideas on this site.<br />
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Here are 10 Bargains that I loved, some from the blog and some from the store.<br />
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1. <u>Holiday Decor</u>. I love to decorate for holidays. I confess: most of my holiday supplies come from either the Target "Dollar Spot" (see my previous post, <a href="http://in%20my%20previous%20post%2C%20i%20mentioned%20that%20i%20love%20making%20whimsical%20decorations%20and%20little%20gifts%20for%20holidays%20and%20featured%20a%20valentine%20tablescape%20done%20on%20a%20budget./">Valentine Tablescape On a Budget)</a> or Dollar Tree. I love the challenge of making something unique with inexpensive materials. Here's one idea for an Easter themed wreath using only Dollar Tree items. I'm calling it my "Dollar Tree Spring Bargain #1!"<br />
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Click here for the materials and directions: <a href="https://blog.dollartree.com/easter-eggstravaganza-peeps-wreath-candy-centerpiece/">DIY Peeps Wreath</a><br />
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<u>Spring Bargain #2. Polka-Dot Chickens</u><br />
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These are new in our local Dollar Tree Store. I just love them! Wouldn't they be cute in an Easter Basket or as part of an Easter tablescape?<br />
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They remind me of the red chickens on the top shelf at Brenda's <a href="https://cozylittlehouse.com/">Cozy Little House</a></div>
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<u>Spring Bargain #3. Stylish Storage Baskets</u><br />
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<u>#4. Galvanizd Plant Pots</u><br />
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These are classics! Use as Easter baskets, gift pails, to carry garden gloves and supplies while you're working in the yard, for BBQ items, or . . . for flowers and plants!<br />
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<u>#5. And this time in French . . .</u><br />
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<u>#6. Cake Carriers</u><br />
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These are amazing. At Christmas, my DH makes rum cakes for <strike>hundreds of</strike> lots of our friends. These were perfect for "wrapping" and storing them. And, the click-clack fastener on the bottom means that the bottom and top actually stay together when carried by the handle on top. A major bargain for $1.00 each!<br />
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I remember the old Tupperware Cake carriers; I think I even had one once. But they were too expensive to give away. This does the same thing and costs less than a gift bag!<br />
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<u>#7. Jars.</u><br />
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I use jars to organize almost everything. From kitchen to craft room, they're the best!<br />
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There is a huge selection of frames for $1.00 and, if you want more of a farmhouse look, click here: <a href="https://blog.dollartree.com/distress-dollar-tree-picture-frames/" style="text-align: start;">How To Distress Picture Frames from Dollar Tree</a><span style="text-align: start;"> . The Dollar Tree blog has simple directions for distressing dollar frames.</span></div>
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I get most of my party supplies at the dollar store. They have every item, in every color, and all for a dollar. They even have "silver" flatware and serving pieces that <strike>by candlelight </strike>could pass for the real thing . And on their <a href="https://blog.dollartree.com/">blog</a>, they have directions for lots of clever party decor I would never have though of - like these Pinatas made from party hats! Cute and much less expensive that buying a pinata, even at WalMart prices.</div>
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<u>Bargain #9. Basket Bags.</u><br />
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These are the best! Our local library uses them for its annual "A Tisket, A Tasket" fundraiser. They're also big enough to hold a real kids (aka huge) Easter Basket. And there are two in each dollar package.<br />
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In a previous life, I owned a Hallmark Shop in Kennebunk, Maine, and I still love to send Hallmark Cards. But . . . my young grands don't appreciate them enough to spend $3.99, $4.99 and 5.99 apiece on them. At the holidays, that really adds up. Enter Dollar Tree. They now sell Hallmark Cards for $2/$1.00, Fellow grandparents: we can't go wrong at that price! Check them out.</div>
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I don't own stock in Dollar Tree and I don't even know anyone who does, but - I do know a bargain when I see one. If you're good at sniffing out a good buy (and passing over the less appealing stuff) and have some creativity, you can do pretty well at Dollar Tree.<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer"><div class="linkwithin_div"></div></div>Cheryl Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524443209448032565noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432831618425124128.post-43110405671190471602019-02-08T14:32:00.001-05:002019-02-12T14:04:51.710-05:00Valentine Tablescape on a BudgetI love coming up with whimsical table settings for dinner parties. Tomorrow evening we'll be having our <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-mexican-dinner-party-1-placecards-and.html">"Gourmet Group"</a> for dinner to celebrate two birthdays and Valentine's Day. Today I'm having fun putting the table together. I always start with neutral basics: simple white dinnerware and sterling flatware.<br />
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I'm lucky in that my DH is cooking this dinner. He's Italian and will be making his "famous" veal parmesean. That leaves me time to work on the appetizers, the bar, and the table setting. Here's the mess on my craft table this morning as I began the process. (This is my fifth week back on <a href="https://22applegatelane.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-fat-trap.html">Weight Watchers</a> and I'm proud to say, I didn't touch even one piece of the candy!)<br />
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For every dinner party, I make something that will serve the purpose of a "placecard" and I always come up with little "party favors" for guests to take home with them. Even adults love that! This time I combined the two: the "placecard" <i>is</i> the favor.<br />
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The cute rickrack felt heart pouches were only $1.00 each at Target's "Dollar Spot" (I love that little corner!). I used fabric paint to add names to the hearts (the "placecard" part) and then filled each heart with Valentine candy to take home (the "party favor" part).<br />
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I found this perfect red tablecloth at Goodwill for $4.00. It's so long that, even with both leaves in my table, it had to be tucked under. And it washed with absolutely no need for ironing. I think this one is a keeper! The Valentine table runner was another Target bargain for $3.00, also at the "Dollar Spot".<br />
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I had candy left over so decided to use it in Valentine mason jars for friends who will not be at tomorrow evenings dinner party.<br />
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These were simple to make and just used up things I already had: jars, doilies, and ribbon.<br />
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I felt pretty good about coming up with a tablecloth, runner, "placecards" and favors for all of $14.00. All I needed to add was the candy!<br />
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Here's how this little project started out. It was dirty and had so much rust on it that the interesting old lettering at the top was impossible to read.</div>
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I Googled " natural rust removers" and chose to try white vinegar and lemon juice. With the help of steel wool, a wet sanding block, and lots of elbow grease, they worked. I left on some rust just because I liked it! It was a messy job and it's freezing here in Maine right now so I did it at the kitchen sink after lining the counters on both sides with thick newspaper.<br />
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After most of the rust was removed. I rinsed the area well and set the washboard to dry overnight in front of our fireplace. The next day, I "prettied it up". The first step was oiling, and adding a little color to, the dry wood. I used Old English (Dark) for that. You apply it with a damp cloth and rub your brains out until you get the finish you like!<br />
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I let the Old English soak in and dry for an hour or two before completing the piece. I found this little wire basket at TJ Maxx for only $3.99 and purchased it to attach to the washboard (somehow!) to make it more functional. These baskets are pretty easy to find; I've also seen them at Home Goods and online.<br />
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I attached the basket with two small brown nails which I hoped would show - they didn't.<br />
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Then I just played around adding things that I thought would give this little project more uses: two antique coat hooks,<br />
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a wire across the front (you could use twine instead) to clip things to with mini-clothespins, and two small screw eyes and wire across the back for hanging the piece from the wall.<br />
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Now for the fun part: Staging it. I had so many ideas for how to use this little washboard turned wall art that my head was spinning! </div>
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So here you go: My "Top Twelve" Ideas for Using a Repurposed Old Washboard (I bet you'll think of lots more!):</div>
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<b>#1. Storage for Hats, Mittens, Scarves in the Mud Room</b></div>
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<b>#2. Dog Accessory Organizer in the Mud Room</b></div>
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No staging on this idea because we no longer have a dog. But since we did have a Beagle, here's a cute one! My idea was to hang leashes from the coat hooks and use the wire basket for dog treats, a roll of doggie "poop bags" etc. You'll have to use your imagination!</div>
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A great place for lost socks and odds and ends of laundry supplies. Plus - how cute would this be on the laundry room wall?</div>
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<b>#5. To Organize Your Greeting Cards & Mailing Supplies</b></div>
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I like all of these ideas so much that I think I'll have to hit the dump and flea markets and find myself <strike>eleven </strike> ten (no dog!) more old washboards!</div>
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p.s. My friend and felter-extraordinaire, Kathleen, just sent an e-mail comment on this post which included a photo of what she does with old washboards: felt on them, of course! Here is her latest creation, "Chloe". A work of art. Wow!<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer"><div class="linkwithin_div"></div></div>Cheryl Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524443209448032565noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432831618425124128.post-2528597193738692422019-02-02T18:30:00.000-05:002019-02-07T16:41:56.355-05:00Jell-O GirlsI found this book, wrapped tightly in its corrugated Amazon sleeve, peeking out of the snow on my front porch one day in early January. Upon opening it, I saw that it was from a very old friend (and former sister-in-law!) of mine who is now an Open-And-Affirming UCC minister. We are both Boomers who grew up in similar somewhat <strike>dysfunctional</strike> middle-class households, went to college together, and became family a long time ago. We both endured difficult childhoods and have spent years trying to figure our respective mothers out. I knew the minute I read the back cover why Carolyn had sent this book to me.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: inherit;">I've been dealing with some personal issues since last Fall, so I put off opening the book. I wasn't sure I was emotionally ready to read it, or anything potentially autobiographical, just yet.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: inherit;"> The book, you see, is a memoir ("<i>memwah</i>") - the story of three generations of mothers and daughters. Somehow that is all woven into a feminist version of the evolution of Jell-O that actually makes sense as the story develops. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: inherit;"><i>"I have read many feminist tomes in my life, non-fiction and opinion. I have read family stories linked to true history. Never before though, have I read a book that deftly combines American history, family love and trauma linked to that history, and all wrapped up with a social malady that affects everyone. As an aging second gen feminist, I thank you Allie Rowbottom, from the depths of my heart." ~Vicki L. Burnham</i></span><br />
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The fact that this book mirrors issues in the lives of Carolyn, myself, and many other women "of a certain age" is made even more ironic by the fact that Carolyn and I have always had the tradition of one of us serving her mother's "Jello-O Salad" on every holiday we share. Here it is - I kid you not!<br />
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As a retired English teacher, I've always dreamed of writing a memoir. I've actually started a few and never finished. Maybe now I won't have to. Because, although the details are not exactly the same, the soul of Mary's story is mine. The theme of my memoir is here, in Jell-O girls.</div>
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