I was in Fresno last Friday with 3 of the Mennonite Girls so I didn’t participate in Friday’s Fave Five but I’m joining with Susanne at Living to Tell the Story this week with my favorites.
1. Traveling to my first MCC Relief Sale and spending time with generous people who donate their time, services, and goods for others.
2. When Dear picked me up at the airport on Sunday morning we decided to head up north for lunch in La Conner at a favorite restaurant of ours called Nell Thorn. The food was delicious and the drive gave us the opportunity to get caught up with news about each of our days apart.
3. After lunch we headed to the tulip fields and enjoyed a tiptoe through the tulips walk about the tulip fields. We don’t take for granted this amazing opportunity to visit these fields of wonder just an hour up the road. I’ll be sharing lots of tulip photos this next week.
4. We are getting a new roof and rain gutters installed this week. It’s good to know we’ll be set for many years when the job is done.
5. To get away from the pounding noise I went out on a shopping adventure to find green and lavender dishes and accessories. It was a successful trip. I found plates and napkins at Goodwill and more plates and small cups at Crate and Barrel. It’s been a long time since I’ve spent time on a shopping trip like this. Having a chicken in the crock pot made the adventure quite relaxing since I didn’t have to be home early to make dinner.
I’ll leave you with another tulip photo. I hope to get around soon and see what y’all have been up to.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
We can’t have all the pie…but i know I missed a good time with you gals in Fresno…but my week was busy planning for our NVW…and I love those tulip fields. They bring back memories for me.
Oh, a shopping trip for dishes! My favorite kind of trip! Hope you share photos of the dishes.
Thank you for sharing the tulip photos. They are amazing. I bet it was even more awesome to walk through the fields.
Tulips, dishes, friends – what a lot of happiness, Ellen. Some day I’ll make it down to those tulip fields – I thought it would be this year, but life keeps getting in the way!
Lovely. I’ve told my family if we ever get our act together to make a trip up there I might have to drive home because I NEED TO SEE THAT GOODWILL and there might be treasures to buy! Nothing like that down here. Although when I cleaned all my cabinets and buffet where dishes are stored I already have quite a few. I do LOVE VARIETY! Glory, what a fun day!
I’d love to see those tulip fields one day. They make the most amgnificent photos!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Green and purple… hmmmm… I have to remember that for a future quilt color scheme!! It is a unique one.
Those tulips are beautiful! I’d love to see a picture of the dishes and accessories. Here’s to a great week ahead.
Those photos are just gorgeous! I love tulips — I only wish they stayed in bloom longer.
The lunch date and the chance to catch up sound great, as does the shopping excursion.
Sometimes it is a chore to get to those household needs, but it is so nice to have them done.
Have a great weekend!
Fresno is not too terribly far from where I am, hope it was a good visit.
I love those tulips! I like the way you took that picture.
I know about the distractions of roofing projects! I’m sure you’ll be glad when it’s all over and your check book has a chance to recover 😉 Your visit to Fresno sounds productive. Beautiful tulips!
I would be in heaven if I was at those tulip fields and would have a hard time not taking home a sample of every color!
Those crockpot meals do make it handy to get lost doing something else. Can’t wait to see pictures of your dish finds.
Oh I love that tulip photo! Gorgeous!
Having the new roof finished will be a welcome result for a sturdy cover and a quiet week next week.
I know you enjoyed your hunt for those dishes 🙂
We have several friends in Fresno! Can’t say I like the city itself, but I do like my friends who live there!
Love that picture of the tulips. Spring!
Your tulip pictures are gorgeous. So lovely to have all that bright colour in the spring. My tulip heads are formed – really early for us this year. So nice!! We have fields of them not far from us too – I love taking pictures of them.
Your time in Fresno sounded like such fun! And all for a good cause.
Hope you’re getting a break from the roof-pounding today.
xo