North to Washington!

Jim and I left home yesterday morning for a little birthday get-a-way, Christmas shopping, and seeing some dear friends. We're staying in Poulsbo WA again~ such a cute town and nestled in a beautiful part of the Northwest.

Today was spent in Port Gamble...the most quaint little town that was a company town and is actually still owned and maintained by the Pope and Talbot company. It has the feel and look of a little New England village as the original people who built it were from the east. It's no longer a working lumber community. Here we are in the General Store...a great place to eat and shop.

We enjoyed the wine tasting with this delightful man! He did such a great job. The dessert wine was just unbelievable.

Jolly Old St Nick was seeing the children in a wonderful Victorian home. The house is empty and last summer we peeked in the windows, but couldn't go into it. We went in today and had a chance to look around. The little ones were making gingerbread houses, ornaments for feeding the birds and some enjoying other things set up for the children.

We enjoyed a delightful chat with Jean who was spinning in the weaver's shop. She had the best stories and was willing to share them with the two of us. I just love to watch people spin...so peaceful.

One of the most charming businesses is the Tea Shoppe! It was all decorated and Jim had a cocoa.

There was even a bag pipe player...oh, love to hear the pipes!

 

 We stayed for the tree lightening at 5 PM. The weather was good-no rain but chilly!

Loved the Tea Shoppe at night!

We had such a fantastic day! This sure has been quite the birthday!

More fun tomorrow with a visit to Clarice's and Angie's.

A Tasha Tudor find on vacation!

Jim and I are having such a nice vacation. We're in a beautiful little cottage in Sequim by the water. I've gotten behind on posts from Coupeville and Langley, but will try to catch up later today. I wasn't sure if we'd have internet service here, but we do.

You can enjoy the water and a beautiful view, even from bed! Pretty special, heh? The ferry crossing was nice yesterday and coming back into Port Townsend is always a joy as it is one of my favorite cities.We'll spend a day there before we head home on Wednesday. This is lavender country, so will have to visit a farm or two.

We went to the store yesterday for a few groceries and had a shrimp salad, bread and a bottle of wine, sitting outside in the sunshine here at our little home away from home. The sun was out and it was perfect!

Jim is still snoozing. I've been enjoying a cup of coffee and reading a few magazines.

I am so thankful for such a trip as this...batteries are getting recharged and it's been nice to be away from things for awhile.

So here's my big score! We stopped at a thrift shoppe near Coupeville on the way home from Langley. It was close to their closing time, so didn't want to keep the clerks. I ran upstairs to check out the books and there was a Tasha Tudor first edition with a slip cover...can you see the price tag????? 45¢

Anniversary Adventure!

Just finishing up last minute things and packing today. Jim and I will be off to celebrate our 38th wedding anniversary up north in Washington state. I hope to post some pix along the way. We'll be looking for antique shoppes and good restaurants and some beautiful scenic places....maybe a quilt shoppe or a tea shoppe too?

The weather promises to be quite nice and summery.