Airing of the Quilts 2011 - FIELD TRIP !!!!!

Happy October Blogland Neighborhood !!! We here at MBIAJ Headquarters LOVE the month of October and the whole autumn season !!!! To celebrate , we thought it was high time we had a little field trip, so this past Saturday we hopped in the car and headed north , then west?(I think) to Tunkhannock, Pa to the annual Airing of the Quilts . This was the second time we went to this event. The first time was back in 2008 and I wrote about it here. Back in 2008, the quilters had a beautiful sunny 65 degree day for their annual show..... not so lucky this year. It was a rainy, cold day (47 degrees !!!)and we wondered if the outdoor part of the show would go on .... not only because of the weather on the day of the show, but because of .....





....the recent floods that hit this town and really did a number on it. But, these quilters are a hearty breed and they rallied and got their annual show together. The show is not only an outdoor show, but an indoor show (with vendors) in three different locations! In addition to all the quilt show locations (as if that wasn't enough to keep us busy!) Tunkhannock is also the home of Endless Mountains Quiltworks ..... a really, really , REALLY packed to the ceiling with great stuff quilt shop that I could have gotten lost in for a few days !!!! Anyhow, of course I took pictures (of the outdoor show ... my battery pooped out by the time I got to the inside quilts .... dang it). So, if you love to look at quilts ... AND if you love to look at really cool old houses with unbelievable architectural stuff (porches and doo dads and iron fences, etc) you are in for a treat ! OK .... I will shut up now and let you all enjoy the show ..... (oh, and you can click on any of the pictures to enlarge them so you can see them better ) .... now I'll shut up.....










































































































......I must break my silence here and just say : isn't this one AMAZING house ?!?!?!!!!!! (I wouldn't want to clean it, but I guess back in the day if you could afford this house, you could afford to have somebody else clean it!) .... OK, I'll be quiet again ...


























































Didn't you just LOVE all the quilts and those HOUSES !!! .... difficult to pick a favorite, but I must say ....




...this one would definately be in the top 5 !!!! and ....








......wouldn't you just love to go trick or treating there !!!!! SPOOKY !!!


Well, we hope you enjoyed this MBIAJ Field Trip as much as we did !

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