{"id":4289,"date":"2015-04-14T23:37:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T23:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2015-04-14T23:37:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T23:37:20","slug":"driving-miss-crazy-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=4289","title":{"rendered":"Driving Miss Crazy Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a wonderful week of family, sightseeing, eating good food, laughing, relaxing and just having an all around good time.\u00a0 David and I have spent a few days in Wilmington, North Carolina.\u00a0 We went to see these people.<\/p>\n

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David’s brother and sister-in-law and their son and his family.\u00a0 We had the pleasure of having these children visit our house last Summer.<\/p>\n

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This little girl is a free spirit and makes me smile.<\/p>\n

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And this little boy happy to show his missing tooth.\u00a0 Just like my grandson.<\/p>\n

We had fun with them one night shooting at cups with nerf bullets and knocking the cups down. Of course, it got out of hand and several shots hit some of us accidently on purpose!<\/p>\n

David and I also went to North Carolina to see the azaleas during the Azalea festival in Wilmington.\u00a0 Wilmington was dressed in the most beautiful flowers all over the city.\u00a0 We took tours through the gardens and through some houses.\u00a0 I will just let you look at the beauty that is Wilmington.<\/p>\n

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These were everywhere.<\/p>\n

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Pretty girls in pretty hoop skirts in every garden.<\/p>\n

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This was someone’s back yard.\u00a0 A really wonderful place to entertain.<\/p>\n

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Someone had a lab and had this statue in their garden.\u00a0 I got to pet the real\u00a0lab. I missed mine.<\/p>\n

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There are beautiful houses everywhere.\u00a0 Wouldn’t you just like to walk up these steps and move right into this house?\u00a0 The flowers were gorgeous. Well, maybe the occupants might have something to say about that!<\/p>\n

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Loved this house.\u00a0 It has a very unusual porch ceiling like the ribs of a ship.<\/p>\n

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I’m a sucker for lace curtains at the window.\u00a0 So pretty.<\/p>\n

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Another house we went through.\u00a0 It was so cute.<\/p>\n

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Historical houses everywhere.\u00a0 They really take pride in keeping their old houses well kept.<\/p>\n

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Azaleas were not the only flowers blooming.<\/p>\n

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Even some of the sidewalks were unique.<\/p>\n

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There was a street fair going on also and I think this man was trying to sell everything!<\/p>\n

I even saw a woman leading a llama down the street while walking.\u00a0 I thought I was on Mulberry Street.<\/p>\n

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If I had to live in a city, Wilmington would be high on my\u00a0list.\u00a0 It’s Savannah without the commercialism and heavy traffic.\u00a0\u00a0 Don’t take me wrong.\u00a0 I love Savannah and have been there a few times, but Wilmington rates right up there with it.<\/p>\n

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We had to go to the beach.\u00a0 The first time we went, Terry, my sister-in-law and I sat bundled up in blankets sitting in chairs trying not to freeze.\u00a0\u00a0 The wind was blowing and it was cold.\u00a0 We didn’t stay too long that day.\u00a0 Then another day David and I went by ourselves to a beach north of Wilmington and found it much warmer and the beach was so nice to walk on.<\/p>\n

While David did this….<\/p>\n

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I did this…..<\/p>\n

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Then we walked a couple of miles on the beach.\u00a0 It was so nice.<\/p>\n

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For some reason quilts and fabric always manage to be incorporated into any trip we take. This time I met a friend of my sister-in-law’s who was a quilter and she brought over some of her quilts to see.\u00a0 I loved this one.<\/p>\n

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This floral one was bright and cheerful.<\/p>\n

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I especially loved this one.\u00a0 I like how the black and white fabric sets off the bright spokes in the fans.\u00a0\u00a0 I want to make one of these.\u00a0 When you meet someone who likes to quilt, it is like you have met a kindred spirit.\u00a0 Talking quilts always makes me happy.\u00a0 I did not buy one yard of fabric this trip.\u00a0 I had to make myself stay out of quilt shops as I am trying so hard to finish up several projects before I buy one more yard of fabric. Believe me, it was hard.\u00a0 Even when I wasn’t looking for them, quilt shops would appear.<\/p>\n

I am so looking forward to seeing my dogs and chicks.\u00a0 Molly had surgery while we were gone and I am sure she is ready to come home.\u00a0 It’s been fun, but back to reality.\u00a0 I am actually looking forward to planting my garden.\u00a0 My brother-in-law already has most of his garden planted but\u00a0he also has a palm tree in\u00a0his front yard.\u00a0 It’s still too cold to plant most things in our state.\u00a0 But boy, have I been inspired by all I have seen.<\/p>\n

Here’s to azaleas, old houses and fun with family.\u00a0 Bye.<\/p>\n

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It’s been a wonderful week of family, sightseeing, eating good food, laughing, relaxing and just having an all around good time.\u00a0 David and I have spent a few days in Wilmington, North Carolina.\u00a0 We went to see these people. David’s brother and sister-in-law and their son and his family.\u00a0 We had the pleasure of having […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,11,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-memories","category-fun-times","category-our-travels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4293,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289\/revisions\/4293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}