Camp Moonbeams (Day One) Shop & Eat

Look who came to visit me here at Moonbeams in a Jar!! My best pal Beth and her sweetie pie daughter, Jenny!!







....and look who invited herself over...
















Anyway ..... the MBIAJ (Moonbeams in a Jar) Camp Activities Dept first planned some shopping (of course!) .... so we hopped into Kitty's zippy little car ....















....and our first stop was ....
.....The Quiltery ! Kelly wasn't there , but her sidekick Judy was there and manning the ship ...... (and look! ... those two crazy gals have started a a blog!)


After we drooled all over all the great fabrics and patterns in the quilt shop area, we strolled through all of the antique vendors. Beth felt the need to closely inspect this kayak......
....wasn't quite what she was looking for .....









Next, we found a flea market that Kitty wanted to visit to do some car shopping ....
.....she decided she didn't like anything they had and she'd stick with her sporty red convertable.





Then we were off to do some hat shopping ....
.... this looks like Jenny has a pink furry Hershey's Kiss on her head ...... it's very becoming, don't ya think?!?



Well, all that shopping made us hungry so it was time for lupper (late lunch, early supper).
.....(oops, that picture is a little dark .... I'm gonna have to make the "MBIAJ Photography Dept" take that course "Photography for Dummies"....) anyway, here we are (Jenny, Kitty, yours truly, and Beth) at one of the newly opened restaurants in Jim Thorpe .....Flow(named because the Mauch Chunk Creek flows under the building which was an 1800's factory .... there is a section of the floor cut out with a glass enclosure so you can see the creek flowing (we're standing in front of the glass enclosure.)

Beth and Jenny had a veggie burger and hummus wrap.....














Kitty and I shared soup and a delicious salad.....









Even though we were all stuffed, we forced ourselves to share this yummy dessert (and look who was first in line ...... that Kitty is such a bottomless pit!)



When we got back to the car, Beth and Jenny showed me this gem of a card they found...
... a cat in a FLOWERED BATHING CAP !!!!!! What are the chances of finding a picture of a cat in a flowered bathing cap to match the ones Beth, Jenny and I have ?!?! (not to mention my sister , niece and sister - in - law ..... all members of our "Sisterhood of the Flowered Bathing Cap" ..... the only requirement is one bad synchronized swimming performance a year....)

Anyhow, Kitty was feeling rather left out since she was the only one in the group without a flowered bathing cap .... so when we got back to "Camp Moonbeams" Jenny went right to work and made her one .....
..... so here she is modeling her new flowered bathing cap (made by that very clever Jenny , out of balloons) ..... isn't that a HOOT !!!!!

So, that was pretty much Day One of "Camp Moonbeams Shop & Eat". Tune in tomorrow for Day Two of "Camp Moonbeams Stitch & Sweat" !! (that is if this computer is more cooperative tomorrow than it has been the past few days ..... trust me, it almost went flying out the window a few times !!!)

Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)