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Mar. 17th, 2003 06:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfishiei wandered towards Concord today. It's about an hour away, and I started my journey sometime after 1pm. My main objective was to go to the Elegant Ewe, a wool shop I heard about that sells drop spindels and spinning wheels along with other various textile related implements.
The road out to Concord is mostly one lane each way and goes through a few small towns and near two state parks. The evergreens tower over the roads like giants, with their branches peering down from the heavens. The road itself wanders, goes over a few hills and the route has 2 rotaries on it along with a few signs for frost heaves. For those who aren't from the northeast, frost heaves are those large heaves/bumps in the road that happen due to the changes in temperature in the winter. Quite a few streets in the back areas of NH post warnings about them, and a row or two of severe ones can send you bouncing in your car quite violently. I've never seen warnings about them posted in any other state than NH...although I know from experience they exist elsewhere.
I arrived in Concord, after a few mayhaps with the directions in good shape. I found the shop, and proceeded to buy a drop spindle. This is a simple device used for taking wool (etc.) and making it into yarn. The store was a lot smaller than I had hoped...(much smaller than WEBs in Northampton but few places match there in terms of scope). However I did find out when the Highland Games in NH are this year and they had a nice mix of stuff.
It was a beautiful day so I parked in downtown and walked around looking in various shops. I tried unsuccesfully several times to get food...but I had just missed the lunch rush and many of the shops were closed or closing...and I had little $ on me. I wound up getting an OJ and some chips at a deli that was about to close for the day.
I found a good music store and a place selling chocolate covered strawberries (which I had been craving all weekend)....and saw a few more sights....it was gorgeous out today. I got into my car and headed back home just in time for the fog that is now covering the land to roll in and make everything damp and gray.
The road out to Concord is mostly one lane each way and goes through a few small towns and near two state parks. The evergreens tower over the roads like giants, with their branches peering down from the heavens. The road itself wanders, goes over a few hills and the route has 2 rotaries on it along with a few signs for frost heaves. For those who aren't from the northeast, frost heaves are those large heaves/bumps in the road that happen due to the changes in temperature in the winter. Quite a few streets in the back areas of NH post warnings about them, and a row or two of severe ones can send you bouncing in your car quite violently. I've never seen warnings about them posted in any other state than NH...although I know from experience they exist elsewhere.
I arrived in Concord, after a few mayhaps with the directions in good shape. I found the shop, and proceeded to buy a drop spindle. This is a simple device used for taking wool (etc.) and making it into yarn. The store was a lot smaller than I had hoped...(much smaller than WEBs in Northampton but few places match there in terms of scope). However I did find out when the Highland Games in NH are this year and they had a nice mix of stuff.
It was a beautiful day so I parked in downtown and walked around looking in various shops. I tried unsuccesfully several times to get food...but I had just missed the lunch rush and many of the shops were closed or closing...and I had little $ on me. I wound up getting an OJ and some chips at a deli that was about to close for the day.
I found a good music store and a place selling chocolate covered strawberries (which I had been craving all weekend)....and saw a few more sights....it was gorgeous out today. I got into my car and headed back home just in time for the fog that is now covering the land to roll in and make everything damp and gray.
