An Old Farmhouse

Years ago 

When I had first moved to OH

and we were visiting my father-in-law

we were driving and came across

this old house that had a small gift shop

So we decided to go in.

I fell in love with the house 

and it stuck with me over the years

Fast forward ten years

when we moved back to OH 

we stopped by "my house"

the store and house were closed

and I thought I never see 

the inside again

(I found out yesterday the place

 had closed for a period of time due to a fire)

This weekend we 

went up to my hsb's hometown 

to go to his cousin's wedding

as we were driving

 down the road

I told my daughter 

up here is the house

we always joked as being 

"my house"

well guess what there 

was a store back in it 

and here are some photos 

I took of some of the 

merchandise

Downstairs

these rooms were in an addition

I'm a sucker for lace

and they had a whole room

filled:

Upstairs

the staircase is to the right

as you come up 

to the landing where the window is 

to the left is a bedroom

that now holds baby items

as you walk down this walkway

straight ahead is a room 

to the right and left are rooms

the room to the right has Christmas

and OSU merchandise

My son would go crazy in here

they even have items he doesn't have

(its hard to believe there

 is anything he doesn't own)

the other 2 rooms

 have a mismatch of items

one clearance and 

one with primitives

As I came out of one room 

I found the following 

two displays I liked

I might even copy this one

I fell in love with the upstairs 

years ago it still had the original wallpaper

and as I looked out the windows

I thought of years gone by

that some woman looked out 

those windows as she 

went about her day

looking out at the fields 

and wondered if the old cemetery

across the street held

some of her family

the pictures aren't the best quality

since they were taken with my

cell phone

of course I had to buy something

I got 2 pieces of lace 

and faux hydrangea

oh and here's a picture

 of the bride and her nephew

she looked like a princess

and her sister with the newest 

member of the Rolston clan

He is the sweetest baby