TWO TANDEMS AND AN OLD PAPER PATTERN (Mark)

Yesterday Cheri asked me what day would be good to go to Madison, NC.  I said today would be great.  We are, after all, retired.  

She wanted to visit a quilting store and to pick up some things from the Country Store.

The store has a number of things for sale, its bakery and café smells wonderful, and it has a museum upstairs.  Hard to beat!

​Above the items for sale in the store are a number of historical items.  I believe they did not have anywhere near enough room in the museum for everything, so it makes for good decorations in the store.

​Cheri is making me a shirt as I write this.  I do not believe she is using this pattern though:

This one is exactly the same age I am; no wonder it looks a little worn around the edges.

Not one, but two, tandem bicycles suspended from the ceiling:

​You know you are in North Carolina when you see the Cheerwine soft drink signs.  This one is a reproduction sign you could buy for your kitchen:

​and this, a slightly older 7-Up sign.

A few scenes from the upstairs museum:

To fully cover the museum would take a separate post.

Cheri asked for "peanuts" from the General Store.

​She must cringe whenever she sends me in to get something I like from a store.

​But the peanuts canned by the United Methodist Men’s Club before Christmas each year have to be eaten to be understood, and now we have enough to last for a bit.

If you are in North Carolina you need to find these and try them out.