Taking a blog break.....

Hi everybody .... I'll be taking a bit of a blog break .... we need to focus on some family health issues .... please hold a positive thought ..... thank you.

Mary Anne (aka Mare)

Wandering around town (Jim Thorpe, Pa )

Happy Labor Day weekend Blogland Neighborhood! Hope it's as gorgeous a weekend where you are as it is here in Jim Thorpe ! Yesterday , while chained to the desk and washing machine, the MBIAJ Paperwork Dept and the MBIAJ Laundry Dept kept hearing the "Choo CHOOOOO" and "chug chug chug" of the steam train that is in town for the weekend ..... well, that , along with our VERY short attention span anymore for paperwork and laundry had us combing our hair and heading out the door for some fresh air and sunshine to go wandering around .....




downtown Jim Thorpe (don't forget you can click on any of these pictures to make them bigger)



....started at the gazebo in the park which is right in front of ....



.....the train station where......



....the steam train is waiting for all the passengers to board.


....next we'll head up Race Street where some very cute shops are located, including this one Homespun





....and THIS one !!! Big Creek Vineyard .......OK, moving on ....ahem !! Helloooooo...... MOVING ON (or should I say staggering on?) .....onward to Broadway .....


...where we'll go by the library and....


....lots of cute shops (LOVE those sunflowers in front of this one!)




......don't you just love those old iron fences !!


....here's one of the many bed and breakfasts in town ...


....and another antique shop (also lots of pretty dried floral stuff)

I think the only thing missing in this town is a quilt shop !!! (trust me MBIAJ Headquarters has been toying with the idea for YEARS !!! .... however, the head of the Bill Paying Dept isn't quite so keen on the idea .... what a party pooper!)

Well, gang, hope you enjoyed yet another MBIAJ tour of historic Jim Thorpe, Pa ! It's time for us to get on back to headquarters and dive right back into that pile of paperwork and laundry (our little slice of heaven!) .....




....and LOOK! here comes my ride !!! It's Prince Charming !! (good thing I keep my spare tiara in my purse !)




.....HUH!! WAIT !!! Prince Charming ......WAIT FOR ME !!!! Oh RATS ! I just dropped my tiara in the storm drain ..... WAIT !!!!! #@#$%&*@ Now I'm gonna have to walk back to the castle ..... I'll bet Cinderella never had to walk .....or hitch hike ....(sigh)

Back to reality ! Be back soon!

Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)

Hmmmm.....what to read next? (or what's on your night stand?)

Good morning Blogland Neighbor-hood! It's another absolutely GORGEOUS day here in our neck of the woods ..... blue skies, sunshine and NO humidity .... PERFECT !! Anyhow, as you can see from the leaning tower of books on my night stand, I like to read. And, like the ever growing fabric collection and quilt/sewing ideas, there is just no way on earth that I will EVER get to read all of the books that I have ......AND, would you believe that SOME people in the Bill Paying Dept around here (who go over the budget with a fine tooth comb) think too much $ is spent on books and fabric ..... and to them we just ......





....stick out our tongue behind his back !!!!














So, anyhow this is the book I just finished....


I just love the way Jan Karon writes ... makes you feel like you're in Mayberry .... my kinda town! I've read all of her books in the Mitford series and this is the first one in the Father Tim series (I think)...










....and here are some books I picked out for Fall reading .... you know with that Halloween/ witch kind of vibe ......
















BUT .....before I read those books, and because it's only September, I think I'll read ....




......this book and .....



.....this magazine first !
(however, practically speaking .... more than likely, I'll still be reading these FAR past the Halloween season .... and the Christmas season for that matter and then I won't get to my "October Books" until about the 4th of July !)








Be back soon !!
Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)