SHOP THE SHED................

                                                                                   

It was a dreary, cold and rainy morning, but all too well, I knew the show must go on!
 Brooke was  here visiting Chicago from sunny California, my daughter Holly had set this day aside for 6 weeks and Joy, from the blogspot, The Savvy City Farmer,  had created the SHOP THE SHED event and was expecting Brooke (and me.)  Brooke has the well known blogspot called Velvet and Linen.  It is truly inspiring and "double good" because her architect husband Steve, also sends inspiration to us all  like you wouldn't believe! That being said, it was going to be an exciting day of meeting friends who only knew each other through
blogging.
Into the city for a pick up at 7:00 a.m. to get Brooke.  She and her darling family had been visiting our wonderful city (and enjoying it in spite of the inclement weather).  We arrived at 7:00 at her hotel and off we went to Dundee chating away like we had no cares about bad weather.  All was right with the world.

And when there is shopping to be done,

no one else seemed to care either!

Brooke and I were allowed to pre-shop because we were

taking photos for our blogs.........of course, we were supposed

to be concentrating on our photos.....I was multi-tasking!!!

There was truly something for everyone and the

prices so fair!

Just the right amount of moss!

Garden hats already broken in and waiting for the sun

needed to use them....

It is only 8:50 a.m. and we had 10 more

minutes to do our photos. . . it was alsmost 9.

Fabulous old garden chairs

This seemed to call my name......perfect for my

herb garden!

Brooke, Mary Anne and Joy

Trellis', chippy furniture, fountains, birdbaths and even

a pair of turquoise garden elements from Paris.

.....And much to my surprise, my neighbors who had driven

up to Shop the Shed (center, Sheryl and Lisa) left of Sheryl is

Angela Waltmire (Joy's daughter and baker of the French

macaroons that were for sale) and Brooke

As I grabbed for a box of the macaroons, Angela noted,

"I made these from the fresh eggs of my chickens that I raise"  They were unbelievable. 

Everywhere you looked the displays were so well put together....

truly a feast for the eyes.

After shopping (and I did shop), we were almost sad to leave.  A little damper

than when we came, but our hearts were warmed with the friendships that

have come to make a difference because of a blogging community of kindred

spirits.  I would have never believed what a difference it has made in my life!

Many thanks to you Joy for bringing us altogether!  You and Angela did

a wonderful job!

AND SO DID I!!!