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Lodging in Shipshewana IN
Amish Country | Lodging | Travel

Lodging in Shipshewana IN

With so many family activities, shopping and restaurants to enjoy in Shipshewana, Indiana; spending at least several days in Shipshewana is a must. Two of my recommendations for lodging include the Farmstead Inn & Conference Center and the Blue Gate Garden Inn both conveniently located on S. Van Buren Street. I stayed in the Farmstead…

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Sunrise in Ohio Amish Country
Favorite Photo Friday

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Sunrise in Ohio Amish Country

12.01.2023 || Favorite Photo Friday ™ Have you ever waken early in the morning and thought about the sunrise? Well, I do often and on this particular day, I was in Ohio Amish Country on a Quilting Retreat and decided to step outside for some fresh air. PJs and slippers, I wondered around the Inn…

Some of the Best Christmas Activities in Shipshewana
Amish Country | Outdoor Recreation | Travel

Some of the Best Christmas Activities in Shipshewana

Lights of Joy (Christmas Light Drive) Wanting to step it up this Holiday Season, or create memories your entire family will be begging for more? Then a visit to Shipshewana in Northern Indiana is the place with the small town in likeness of a classic Hallmark movie. Shipshewana has perfected the Christmas season into a…

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Shipshewana
Amish Country | Favorite Photo Friday

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Shipshewana

11.17.2023 || Favorite Photo Friday ™ Shipshewana, Indiana. Have you been to Indiana Amish Country? This quaint town if full of activities for the entire family of all ages. This time of year, the Christmas Season has so much to offer, from the Shipshewana Lights of Joy to Shopping at the Davis Mercantile to the…

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Happy Veteran’s Day (Observed)
Favorite Photo Friday

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Happy Veteran’s Day (Observed)

11.10.2023 || Favorite Photo Friday ™ Today is not just a day off from work for some, or the inconvenience of the post office and banks not open. Rather today is Veteran’s Day; a day which is a Federal Holiday to honor the Military Veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Veteran’s Day is different…

Pumpkins in the pumpkin patch|Sharon the Moments blog
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Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Love all things Pumpkins

10.20.2023 || Favorite Photo Friday ™ October is a month full of everything pumpkins. From Pumpkin Spiced Lattes to the begging of the Pumpkin pie season, this is the time of year families gather pumpkins from the patch, drinking hot apple cider and get to wear those warm and cozy sweaters. Pumpkins are like puppies;…

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Quilt Retreat Weekend
Favorite Photo Friday

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Quilt Retreat Weekend

10.13.2023 || Favorite Photo Friday ™ It is that time again… a Quilting Retreat Weekend! With the season of Fall, also comes the flannels, fireplace working overtime, pumpkins, pumpkin spiced lattes and weekends away with other Quilting lovers. Spending a long weekend in Amish County (Ohio) during the cooler month of October soothes my soul;…

Favorite Photo Friday ™  … For the Love of October
Favorite Photo Friday

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … For the Love of October

10.06.2023 || Favorite Photo Friday ™ For the love of Fall, flannels, football and pumpkins, and the Sunflowers too. For the love all things October. I love me a beautiful Sunflower; the goldfinches are in heaven feasting on the heads full of seeds; the colors so bright against the crisp air and cozy blue sky…

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Honor our Veterans
Favorite Photo Friday

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Honor our Veterans

09.29.2023 || Favorite Photo Friday ™ A few weeks ago, I attended the HOPS Quilt Award Ceremony where one-hundred resident Wayne County Ohio Veterans were each awarded a Quilt of Honor. say it was an honor to supporting these well deserved Veterans is an understatement I had the privilege meeting and talking with a local…

Hometown Heroes Ceremony Honoring Wayne County (OH) Veterans a Quilt
Ohio | Quilting

Hometown Heroes Ceremony Honoring Wayne County (OH) Veterans a Quilt

Wayne County Ohio Fair Honoring Hometown Veterans Several months back, I attended the Northeast Ohio Quilt Show in Wayne County (Ohio) hosted by the Tree City Quilt Guild. Not only were there many vendors for shopping and quilts on display for inspiration; the Guild was promoting their 3rd year where about 100 Wayne County Ohio…

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Convergence
Favorite Photo Friday

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Convergence

09.22.2023 || Favorite Photo Friday ™ Have you ever looked at a life event or thought about a past experience where things just sort of came together? Regardless of the planning and preparation, the starts aligned if you will and wondered what happened? Maybe thought about how crazy two worlds collided into perfect harmony and…

Remarkable Ohio … Ohio Historical Marker #6-2 Servicemen’s Free Canteen
Ohio Historical Markers

Remarkable Ohio … Ohio Historical Marker #6-2 Servicemen’s Free Canteen

Servicemen’s Free Canteen Ohio Historical Marker As my mom and I continued our journey through Lima Ohio in search of more Quilt Store shopping for the All Ohio Shop Hop, we visited another Ohio Historical Marker, the Servicemen’s Free Canteen located in Allen County. With the historical markers just a few minute drive apart, we…

Remarkable Ohio … Ohio Historical Marker #2-2 The Interurban Era
Ohio Historical Markers

Remarkable Ohio … Ohio Historical Marker #2-2 The Interurban Era

The Interurban Era Ohio Historical Marker Here in Central Ohio, the Fall weather that has arrived and if you are like me, I associate Autumn with quilting. My mom and I recently set out on a Saturday day trip to enjoy the Autumn sights, shop at several All Ohio Shop Hop Quilt Shops and visit…

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Great Beauty
Favorite Photo Friday

Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Great Beauty

09.08.2023 || Favorite Photo Friday ™ Recently I spent a long weekend on a Quilting Retreat. The grounds were incredible always displaying God’s Country to all that would notice. This reflection of the Church during sunrise was no exception. Sometimes, being open to whatever the world has to show you, being in the right location…