As I mentioned in my last Sunday's post, we had a guest this past week visiting us...Tom's sister, Toots, from Connecticut. No...really, her name is Sue, but from forever ago, she's Toots to everyone. 
One of the places we took her around town was my all-time favorite shop, Appalachian Piecework. You've seen this shop before here on the blog...I take everyone there it seems! Come to visit me, and I'll take you, too!
And here's more of the front entrance: 
Here's the beautiful vintage quilt that greeted us inside the door, just lovely: 
Here are Hannah and Sarah talking with Laurie, the owner and amazing crafter of so many of the pieces in her shop (I didn't take my camera with me...big mistake, so these not-so-good photos were all taken on my phone): 
Laurie is working on sanding a bracelet made from hickory to make it smooth. She also had some unique hickory baskets on display: 
There were so many new things to see, including some unique swinging/moveable wall quilt racks (didn't snap a picture of these) that I now want Tom to make for me. Here's a vintage fan quilt that Hannah is standing beside: 
The Shenandoah Heritage Market was another of our outings, and I was hoping we'd see a horse and buggy. We were rewarded with this scene: 
Of course, while she was here, Toots wanted to see the progress on Jonathan's house...but we were iffy on whether we could get down the driveway with all the snow we had last weekend still hanging around.
Uh-oh, looks like we're going to have to park on the country road and trek up to the faraway house...we definitely found out that Jonathan's driveway is longer than it seems when you're walking in deep snow! 
Here I am below trudging along, seemingly on top of crusty snow, but my boots kept breaking through down into deep drifts. Sarah is holding onto me, thankfully! The arrow is pointing to our destination far ahead: 
We made it! Sue enjoyed looking around and taking pictures. Here are Tom and Sue inside Jonathan's house: 
And a view from the porch looking back towards the way we walked in: 
Okay, time to head back to the car...we walked single file so we could step into each others' footprints, and then we rounded the bend below... 
...to see our destination far in the distance. This was our workout for the day for sure!
Still smiling after the journey: 
We sure enjoyed our week of food, fun games, treks in the snow, and catching up with each others' lives. Come again, Toots!
As a side note, if you missed our October post about Tom's brother, Steve, coming to visit, you can read that here. Now, we just need to get Tom's other sister, Ellen and her family, here to visit this year!
~Deb
Glad you had a nice visit with Tom's sister. It did look like you got quite a workout going up that snow-filled driveway. I think I would have stayed at the bottom of the hill and waved at you all. :)
Victoria
Posted by: victoria | Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 07:25 PM
Gosh that snow is something else isn't it, we've been seeing news of the cold in the US but seeing you walk in it is something else. The way you are all rugged up reminds me of "The Long Winter" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. So glad you had a good visit with Toots.
Posted by: Rose | Sunday, March 01, 2015 at 01:47 AM
I guess that you haven't gotten the memo about global warming, er, I mean, cooling, I mean, climate change. How 'bout this novel premise: God--alone--controls all, include the weather.
Fun post. Love reading the blog.
Posted by: Cathy | Sunday, March 01, 2015 at 09:18 AM
Wow, Jonathon's driveway is a really long walk in the snow, but how nice the house is so far back from the road. Privacy is a valuable commodity these days. So glad you had a good visit with your sister-in-law. We had a lovely snow last week, but only bits remain this morning, and I'm glad. I was snowed in and have my fill of snow for the year.
Have a great week, Deb!
Posted by: Toni | Monday, March 02, 2015 at 06:52 AM
Always fun when family visits.
What a drive way.Guess they will have a snow blower.
We only had slush last week and some ice,
Posted by: Tammy C | Monday, March 02, 2015 at 10:01 AM
What fun pictures of the snow! All of ours has melted away and it's very muddy now. :)
Stay warm!
Blessings,
Katelyn + 1
Posted by: Katelyn Wahlquist | Monday, March 02, 2015 at 02:59 PM
That's one long driveway. Does it run between properties or does it mean that Jonathan is lucky enough to have found a wonderfully large block of land?
Glad to see you had a good visit. Maybe I should come, I'd quite like visits to quilt shops, markets and long walks in deep snow :)
Posted by: Nic | Tuesday, April 07, 2015 at 05:04 AM