retro ornaments and plants!

One last Christmas post, since I can't resist. While visiting my family in Michigan we went to the Chrysler museum to visit the cars. An added bonus at the museum was a temporary exhibit of Christmas trees from the 20's through the 90's. They must have had a lot of fun finding all of the vintage ornaments. Here are a few pictures of my favorites:









And we even got to go to the Conservatory on Belle Isle - which is a tiny island in the Detroit River. The whole place is a public park for all of Detroit, but my favorite place on the island is the where they keep the exotic plants. While it does have a fabulous orchid collection, I'm always drawn to the succulents. They have a small but nice collection and I managed to get a few good shots:







Plus they have some other nice plants...









Hopefully photos of knitting tomorrow...

chicken dinners

While it's been overcast and rainy the whole time I've been in Michigan, I've still managed to have a bit of fun and visit some old haunts. The other day my parents and I ended up in Frankenmuth after a day of travels. Frankenmuth proudly describes itself as "MIchigan's little Bavaria", but my childhood memories of the place center around having an all you can eat family style chicken dinner served by a guy in lederhosen, and going to the candy store afterwards and getting a giant jawbreaker to lick on the way home. True to course we had the all you can eat chicken and the jawbreaker as well. Merry Christmas!