the fun continues

Our plan was to ask at the shop where was a good place to eat,  Lori the owner, who is one of the most gracious people I have ever met invited us to eat what she was serving the guild.  She had plenty.  It was a delicious chicken salad croissant, fruit and chips.  One of the local gals sits down with us and proceeds to tell us what it going on in Faulkton and to be sure to see the Pickler Mansion and the grain elevator.  There is a Victorian mansion on the prairie of South Dakota.  I had been there before but learned more from this tour guide than I had before or maybe repetition helps things stick in my head.    To be a Victorian Mansion it has to have a library,  a tower, stained glass windows and two staircases.  It was home to South Dakotas first congressman and Susan B. Anthony stayed there.
We spent the entire day in Faulkton!! a town of 700 some people.  An artist is painting their grain elevator, this side (east) was done, he was working on cowboy hats on the the north and in the 2 weeks since I was there he has painted the west side click on Faulkton above and see.
We visited a couple more shops then went back to the quilt shop for a cup of good coffee and more girl talk before heading our separate directions.  Cherished time with good friends.  --Ann--

A Little Trip

We have made a couple little trips to visit son who has a dog better the dog hair stay at his house than mine. Its almost a 4 hour trip so lots of knitting in the car, and a good start on socks for Christmas. We drove past a few fields of sunflowers in full bloom but someone didn't want to stop for selfies with the sunflowers.  Those are wild sunflowers from the file.  We drove into Mobridge one day and stopped at the new outdoor found materials sculpture.  A cowboy riding a walleye called Walleye Up.  When the dams were built on the Missouri River in the 1950's and 60's the old town was flooded and a new town was built where the bridge crosses the Missouri River the words were combined into Mobridge. Their claim to fame is ranching, rodeos and walleye fishing. It could be a statement about taming the west and the river, tourism might be equal or larger than the beef industry now.  Its art and it makes me think and look  --Ann--