Calico Gals: Syracuse, NY

Love love our new locally designed fabric from Calico Gals. Felicity Miller is a designer from Upstate New York. We were super excited to find this collection. The ladies at Calico Gals were fun and friendly.


Calico Gals
3906 New Court Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13206

Niagara Falls (from all angles)

Niagara Falls from the American side, known as American Falls. 

American Falls, picture taken in Canada.

Horseshoe Falls or Canadian Falls.

This lady was the first American to go over the falls. This is a replica of the barrel. Annie Edson Taylor, a school teacher, went over in 1901 and lived to tell the tale. She took a cat with her over the falls.   

Stathakis didn't make it.

Victoria getting ready for the Maid of the Mist. 

Horseshoe Falls from the Maid of the Mist. 

Palmyra, New York

UPDATE! Smith family farm in Palmyra, New York is correct!

Log cabin where the family lived.

Kitchen in the frame home. The family moved there after Alvin Smith died. It was started as a home for him and his soon to be wife. 

Joseph Smith's Bed (reconstruction)

Only window in the room.

Sacred Grove

Hill Cumorah

Marketplace Quilts: Salem, MA

Super cute little store with lots of fun fabrics. I love walking in a quilt shop and immediately recognizing my fabrics. That's exactly what happened at Marketplace Quilts in Salem, Massachusetts. I found two very popular SnackSleeve fabrics that I had run out of and two new cute ones. My favorite fabric was called "Boo to You" by Riley Blake. It will be perfect for trick or treat bags this Halloween.

Marketplace Quilts

6 Front St
Salem, MA 01970

Salem's Witch History Museum

The Witch History Museum. 

Nauset Lighthouse in Eastham, Cape Cod

Take the tour with us!!

Call the number above and press 7. The nice lady will tell you about this building. 

This is the information. 

Check out Nauset Lighthouse in Eastham, Cape Cod. 

Swedish Midsummer Festival in Battery Park

We made a quick stop by the annual Swedish Midsummer Festival in Manhattan. At this celebration people helped decorate the midsummer pole, made flower wreaths, and danced to authentic fiddle music.

Food stands offered traditional delicacies from New York's Swedish restaurants, including Swedish meatballs and Lingonberry Lemonaid. Swedish Folkdancers of New York provided traditional music and folk dance. Below is a quick video from the festival.

Martha's Vineyard

Loved Martha's Vineyard!

These gingerbread cottages were built in the 1870's and they are the cutest things! They circle a Methodist tabernacle, where church meetings are held every summer. Learn more about them here.

And the flowers!

Took the ferry back to the mainland.

HAMMONASSET BEACH STATE PARK, CT

We pulled into Hannonasset at 11pm and they said that it was after quiet hours and we would not be able to camp. The nice guy at the ranger station said we could go ahead and park in the visitor parking lot and pitch our tent in the tree-line. It was odd, but it worked. Cindy asked for a picture of bumblebee tent and here she is in all her glory.

After we got up we went to the beach. 

Carlo's Bakery AKA: Cake Boss

On our way up North, to cooler weather, we stopped in Hoboken to taste Buddy's famous cannoli. The line to get in the door was around the corner, but we were in the doors in about an hour.

Once inside, we saw the youngest sister: Lisa, Maddalena: the second sister, Danny: the mule and Buddy Jr. See their bios here. We checked out their cake case.

We went for the large cannoli! Yummm!!

Where in the World?

Where are we? Guess in the comment section below.

Guess who's back?

Monkey's back!

Make sure you comment on Monkey's blog to let him know that we missed him!!

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Shenandoah National Park

On the way to DC, we planned to make a quick stop in Shenandoah National Park for a picnic. We found it so nice and cool that we decided to camp. We had booked a hotel in the DC area and they let us cancel, even though it was past the deadline. We picked a pretty little campsite by the Appalachian Trail and set up our BumbleBee tent. We are good at setting up tent, as we practiced in the front yard before we left. In the park brochure it says we have to store our food properly so the bears don't get into it, with a picture of a guy hanging his food in a tree. It was getting late, so we started looking around at the trees. There were no food bags hanging in our neighbor's trees, so we went over to ask the ladies in the camp next door. They let us know that storing food in the car would suffice to keep the bears away. After chatting with us a bit, they invited us to share their campfire and we went back and got our chairs. While sitting around the campfire, I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. I looked over to find a cute little skunk about a yard away. He was just scampering around looking for something to eat. Both Victoria and I froze and the ladies just laughed. They have been camping for years and a skunk was nothing new to them. After some chatting, we all went to bed. The next morning we took an early morning hike to Dark Hollow Falls. Victoria climbed up to the falls for a few pictures. She is a mountain goat like that. The whole way we were looking for critters. They can be seen in our Shenandoah National Park flickr album.

When we got back to camp we found that our phones were out of juice. Victoria went up to the bathroom and found an electrical outlet. She came back to camp and got a chair and both phones and with the intent to watch the bathroom to make sure no one took off with our phones. By that time, I was reading a book in BumbleBee tent. BumbleBee has a removable cover that once removed, tent becomes a screened-in area. This is key, as there were swarms of gnat-like creatures that would constantly move around your head if you were stationary too long. After about half an hour, I started to feel bad that Victoria had to sit outside of the bathroom with the gnats. I decided I should go keep her company. As I approached the bathroom, what do I find? The princess in a tower. Turns out, she met a man who offered to let her sit in his very nice and comfortable screened-in pop-up. They were chatting away. 

Shenandoah National Park was filled with beautiful nature and nice people.