The national flower of Ukraine
My friend Teresa and I drove down the interstate to the nearby town of Hendersonville NC.
We knew of one shop in downtown H. that we wanted to visit (her daughter-in-law works there/owns it?) And someone gave us the directions to a good sandwich shop.
Main Street Hendersonville has two things we noticed right away. Each cross street has a stop light...about a dozen of them though I didn't count. And each cross street has 4 bears on the corners...delightfully painted.
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A popular pub, which we skipped, Hannah Flanagans
I didn't recognize the musician on this bear, which had the tune of "Come and sit by my side if you love me." Perhaps it had something to do with a TV show?
I did enjoy these two bears.
Several shops weren't open yet at 10:30, and we didn't bother going back to them as there were blocks and blocks of shops!
We would have enjoyed visiting the florist, but she was out having breakfast I guess.
Early morning was coolish and comfortable, though the sun was bright on the other side of the street.
A fun shop that was open...many booths of vendors arranged deep into the building, and there were upstairs and the basement also to explore. We didn't.
While my grandchildren are all adults now, Teresa had to check out O.P. Taylors for some toys for her granddaughter (this one is for Christmas!)
OK, that's quite enough for today. I'll sneak some more in tomorrow!
I went to lunch yesterday in Black Mountain with another couple of friends, and had a delicious thick hamburger. No photos for that, nor the fried onion rings. I did bring home half my burger and salad. The rings don't reheat that well, so we left some on the table. I know, sacrilege! There's still a coldness with one of my friends, and I just didn't try to talk it out. It left me feeling I'd been with someone who was freezing me out.
Geese, this is no fun! I gave both of these ladies the belated birthday cards and gift cards which I'd had for them the day everything went to 'h---' in a handbasket. Rather belated gifts, and no way they could prove I'd had them for them that day, since neither of them came to lunch. But I'm not as emotional now that I'm over that drug that made me so tearful, so if a friend can't even say thank you for a gift, I guess I won't be seeing much of her for a while. It feels like having a teenager around.
I shared with them my dream of moving to Colorado. Who knows if I'll ever be physically able to do that.
Today's quote (which echoes my own words):
If you're feeling stuck in life and are ready for change, take time to declare to the universe that you're ready.
These are not all made by myself, but I was bound and determined to give them away to the folks at the class I've been taking at church in Asheville. I succeeded!
