Today was a busy day. We did breakfast at Dennys--not my favorite place but it was close and Walt likes their breakfasts. After breakfast we went to a CVS store for a refill on some meds. Great service and a very personable young pharmist in the pharmacy department.
Next stop was to find one of two quilt shops in Abilene. Well, I did not mention I found these shops on the internet. Anyway, number one was a little shop with about 100 bolts of fabric behind a door that said "Not Open on Saturday and Sunday". We saw about 6-8 cars in front of the shop and the back room had people working at the tables. Well, after I got a bit frustrated, Walt pulled on the door and we were invited in by a older lady who apparently owned the shop. I did buy two small pieces of fabric and then looked for the cash register. She did not have a register but a metal box on the back of a shelf in the back room. New kind of quilt shop experience for me.
We then went for the second shop and after walking around a strip mall I finally went in a store and they told me that the shop had been closed for a couple of years. I guess quilt shops live forever on the internet.
Then it was time for Walt to chose an attraction. He chose the Buffalo Gap Museum, which was 10 miles out in the country from Abilene. This little town had 463 inhabitants and was a sleepy little town in the middle of Mesquite Trees.
The museum covered the era of the last half of the 19th century to the early 20th century. They had all kinds of small building which would have been in the towns of Texas at this time. It took us about 1 and a half hours to go through the exhibits.
After the museum we found a restaurant for a light lunch and then went to the grocery store. Albertson Grocery stores are in the south and we have been to that grocery store before when we were in the lower south.
When we got home at about 5 p.m. Walt did the laundry and I started to make supper. This brought us up to the evening hours and T.V. We just watched a new show on ABC. It is called "Harry's Law" with Catherine Bates as a lawyer. It is a bit funny and makes you think about some every day issues. (I believe that was the name of the show.)
Weather today was windy but a high of 53. The wind was cold this a.m. but was warmer this afternoon. This warm wind and low humidity has thrown up all kinds of alerts about flash fires in the area. Have not heard of any fires at this point. All the tall grass in beige in color and I can see how it could be a fire danger.
Enough for the day. Goodnight
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