Time Travel

 We're going to travel back in time just a bit to last weekend when it was much colder and we spent the night in Hermann, MO.  This was to celebrate our 30th Anniversary (which is actually this coming Sunday).  We stayed at the Hermann Hill Spa and Resort, probably the fanciest place we have ever stayed.  We had a beautiful view overlooking Hermann and the vineyard.

We were trying to get some family photos which we haven't had in a long time.  Let's just blame all these bad photos on the wind, shadows, and the fact that it was 17 degrees out, not the fact that there really wasn't much to work with as far as subject matter.

Sarah and Aaron drove in from St. Louis on Saturday to meet us and help with the picture taking.

This is a good as it gets, and yes, it was really, really cold.  Aaron was braver than us.  He went short-sleeved for his picture with Sarah.

Hermann was a cute little town.  Our first stop when we arrived was lunch, then a quilt shop!

The Quilting Bee was a cute little shop with lots of neat stuff and the lady running it was very nice.  She was dealing with a customer when we got there who was what my DH would categorize as "high maintenance".  DH even had to help out and offer his opinions.

I liked this quilt hanging on the wall.  I did make a few purchases, but can't show you because they are for gift and that might spoil the fun.  I will post photos after the gifting has been done.

Then we wandered through some other shops including several antique stores.

DH was very curious about this tool........

I liked this bench made from a sewing machine base.  

In one of the stores, there was the most interesting collection of items including a display of vintage Playboy magazines.  Sorry, I didn't take photos.

At Red Barn antiques, we found another of those places where you might want to have your tetanus shot up to date before entering.  It was definitely a barn, actually more than one barn, and the collection was spilling out the doors, and there was no heat.  We braved it long enough to squeeze through the little path in both barns.  We did discover this wonderful little Singer 99 in a cabinet.  I really pondered it and was promised we could return on Saturday if I decided it was necessary.

We plugged it in and it ran, and all the decals were still there.  It was a 1957 model.  In the end, I decided I didn't need it.

It was a fun little trip even if it was very cold.  Today seems almost balmy by comparison.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that your turkey coma was short-lived!

Christi