A Day at a Craft Fair

Last Saturday, Country Boy was manning a First Aid tent at the 27th Annual Mt. Dora Craft Fair.  I tagged along to keep him company and to get some photos... of course!  There were over 350 crafters and artists displaying and selling their finest works to over 200,000 people that attended during a two day period.  It was very crowded so it was difficult to get photos of some of the crafts but these were among my favorites...

Made of wrought iron.

A beautiful, hand-painted gourd with a lid.

Mt. Dora is a quaint town with some great shopping, restaurants and unique buildings...

Such a cool window!

Garden Gate Tea Room

This balcony reminds me of something you might see in New Orleans.

Masonic Lodge

This used to be a bookstore.  I loved coming into town and seeing this storefront.  The mason who created this was very talented.  The bookstore moved to another location and then closed down.  Here's a closer look at his work...

And if you need some R&R after a long day of browsing and shopping...

You may remember a similar photo from another visit to Mt. Dora.

I bought one Christmas present and the rest of my money was spent on food for breakfast and lunch for two... which added up disappeared quick!

It was an all day affair for us, leaving the house at 6:30 a.m. and getting home at 6:30 p.m. We were exhausted to say the least.  We had some dinner and went to bed shortly after.  Such exciting lives we lead!

Till next time,

Cleaning Up & Signing Up

This morning Country Boy and I did some cleaning up around the property.  There were several brush piles that had been sitting around for awhile because we were under a burn ban for so long.  Since we've been blessed with some nice rain storms and showers we were able to finally get the brush burned off.  We also planted some shrubs and got eat'up by chiggers.  I also forgot to take any photos since I was anxious to get started and finally get rid of that mess!

This afternoon, we drove an hour to a small city called Mt. Dora so that Country Boy could sign some paperwork for his 'new' job; actually, it's the same job only with a new company.  It's a long, sad story in which lots of people lost their job because of some political nonsense at the county level.  My thoughts & prayers are with them during this difficult time of finding another job.

I tagged along because, well, I used to work there too and I wanted to see a couple of very specials ladies that work in the office that were always so nice to me!  We had a great time chatting, poking fun and catching up!  Once Country Boy was finished with business, we headed to downtown Mt. Dora.  It's a quaint area with lots of shopping and restaurants.  It was a lovely afternoon with a nice breeze... still hot but not crazy hot!

You find a place to park and you can walk for blocks and check out all the shops and restaurants.

We didn't do any shopping, I just wanted to get a couple of  photos.  Although several of the restaurants smelled really good, Country Boy had his heart set on the Hog Trough Golden Corral (sorry about that!  That's what a friend of ours calls it and we laugh every time we eat there!).

We walked a coupla' blocks over to Lake Dora.

Before moving to the country, we used to bring our boat to Mt. Dora.  There is a great chain of lakes that goes through several cities and one of the prettiest canals I have ever seen... lots of fun!

After pigging out eating supper, we drove our miserable selves back to our little piece of the country.  Since we have full bellies and wore ourselves out this morning but didn't want to crawl into bed at 7:00 p.m. Country Boy is playing a video game and I, of course, am blogging while waiting for the clock to at least get to 9:00 p.m.!

Does today feel like a Friday to you?  I've been thinking it was Friday all day.  Not that I really ever know what day it is with not working and Country Boy's crazy work schedule!  Oh well, I'll have two Fridays this week!  Woot!

Till next time,