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Soggy Southern Day..

It's been raining here all day long...not that I'm complaining or anything....we really don't care...
This morning we got up and went to Amish Country for breakfast.  Hash browns with bacon and biscuits and gravy...oh man was it ever good.  
We ate slowly while chatting with folks who were browsing in the store.   This isn't the same store I go to...but another along the hwy..  The only thing that is different is it's touristier....which kinda sucks.   But we enjoyed ourselves.   
The air conditioner was working hard to keep the heat at bay.. as an old fan runs in the corner fluttering the gingham tablecloths.....while Amish ladies shop in one corner, and ladies in shorts and T-shirts watch them from another corner and laugh about buying jelly to take home as souvenirs.
It sells a lot of Amish goods...the walls are rough wood, with little knickknacks everywhere.   Amish quilts hang alongside patchwork pot holders and Amish dolls with no faces.   Shelves that sell dandelion jelly...and apple butter.    Little ole men sitting in rocking chairs talking about the weather and greeting everyone who walks in the door.   We had a nice conversation with a elderly gentleman named Sam who talked about his six babies...the youngest being 45...it made me smile. 
We've been watching movies all day...and watching it rain.
Tonight Ken is grilling hamburgers on the grill....under the porch cuz it's still raining...
It’s been a good day….tomorrow we’re off on our little mini getaway…
Happy Hump Day everybody…

posted on July 9, 2008 3:57 PM ()

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The quilts are so fabulous.
comment by elderjane on July 11, 2008 5:42 AM ()
That sounds just wonderful. It's great that see the joy in everything.
comment by shesaidwhat on July 10, 2008 4:39 PM ()
That sounds so enjoyable...I'd love to be visiting Amish country and be in one of their stores right now. It's been a ton of years since I've been but I remember enjoying it very much. You are really having a nice vacation, I must say.
comment by donnamarie on July 10, 2008 3:12 PM ()
Now you've got me dreaming of homemade Amish biscuits!!
comment by marta on July 10, 2008 9:36 AM ()
Did you go down by Lewisburg? If you went to the same store I go to they have the best home made rag baloney.
comment by grumpy on July 10, 2008 6:53 AM ()
Enjoy this Elfie. I'm off tomorrow! Hurrah!
comment by teacherwoman on July 10, 2008 5:07 AM ()
Your breakfast sounded delightful.Here in Florida we get rain just about every afternoon in the summer.I have lived here all my life so I'm used to it.If you have beach plans you head out early in the morning.Have a wonderful trip.Don't shop till you drop. Laurie
comment by dogsalot on July 9, 2008 5:56 PM ()
It sounds like such a nice place. It also sounds like you are living up your time off! Perfect!
comment by kristilyn3 on July 9, 2008 4:19 PM ()
Oh!!!!!!!!!Sounds like fun talking to Sam.They really talk to
someone.WEll,you hear all kinds of stories
about them.
comment by fredo on July 9, 2008 4:08 PM ()

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