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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Happy Birthday Mom, Part 2

If you missed Part 1 of Mom’s birthday celebration, you can find it here.
The second surprise for Mom was a “girls only” day trip to Mount Dora, FL.  Mount Dora is a historic little town located in Central Florida.  It sits on a lake (duh) and in spite of only having just over 10,000 residents, there is always something happening there.  It is a well known spot for antiques as well as its art and craft fairs. The entire town also decorates for the holiday season and the best way to view its splendor is by one of the many boat tours around the lake.  You can read more about Mount Dora here.
This past weekend was one of their largest craft fairs and I’m sharing a few photos with you... this is just a sampling (are 51 photos too many?), believe me it occupied street after street after street...

The Methodist Church opened it doors to feature their stained glass windows.  I didn't take pictures of all of them but here are a couple.
 
 

Baked goods 

Planters

Jewelry
 Glass
 For our furry friends

 Primitive
 That little Olde Quilts sign came home with me!
 Holiday items
 Knitted items
Fall
 Creepy fall
Baskets
 Wood
 A little of the town's architecture
 The Donnelly House

 Gourds

 A chicken man...yep, I have one of these too!


 Many people on EVERY street
 Aprons
Magnetic boards for pictures...we bought two. 
Pottery 
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 Cork...now that takes LOTS of wine...
So Florida 
Painted Glass 

One of the few quilts we saw...this was just a prop 

Music of all kinds



The Lake



 More gourds

 Pumpkins
 This quilt was pieced, appliqued and embroidered.

 Snack
Wood
 Concrete
 
Creepy!
Four tired gals at the end of a long day! I'm the cat in the hat on the right :)
I hope you enjoyed the pictures from Mom's birthday weekend.  We had a great time!