Category: discover
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Chicago – American Victorian Stained Glass Exhibit

I was at Macy’s in Chicago. I went down to the lower level. As you know, not much happens in the lower level of a department store. However, I saw a tour group walk by. Curious, as to what could warrant a tour group in the basement, I followed. We went into a corridor where…
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Scotland – Bus stop!

My daughter was in Scotland recently. When she got off the bus, she saw this knitted bus above the mail box. How wonderful. A closer view, such lovely details. It got cut off, but in the second photo below, lower right, you can see they even had a bus shelter for people to sit. The…
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Thrift Store — Found amazing Bird House!

I was dropping off some things at the Good Will recently. After the drop off, I went inside to see what they had. I found this amazing bird house. Really, it looks like a beautiful tree house. Under the roof, I could see that the owner had started to paint / decorate and then life…
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Rocks… Words… Poetry?!

I was up in Michigan visiting a cherry farm. They had an area with lots of rocks that had words on them. So, people had written different things. Felt like playing Scrabble, you’ve got to get “creative” and make words / sentences with what you have. Happy wordsmithing!
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Happy 4th of July… Thrift Store Shopping.

I hope you all, if you live in America, enjoy the July 4th weekend. I stopped at a thrift store to donate some things. Then I browsed around. I found this German Ravensburger puzzle. I was excited. Since it was only 300 pieces, I gave it a go. Well… There were a few pieces missing.…
