The long and winding road and Biltmore House, NC

 The Long and Winding Road

By Blackbird Designs.

This is a pattern i got for christmas.

Sent as a gift from my sister Cheryl.

This piece has a couple of meanings to me

My step dad was a huge Beatles Fan.

He passes away several years ago.  

When i hear any Beatles song, I think of him.

We share the same Birthday, New year's Day.

My birthday is always bitter sweet,  he isn't

here to celebrate, but i know he is smiling from

Heaven.  Someday I will see him again.

When I saw the pattern i couldn't wait to stitch

it.  I bought Downton Abbey's first five seasons

and did a marathon of watching.  The sets

and clothing just capture you along with 

the clothing and storyline.  I watched all five

seasons in two and 1/2 weeks.  I stitched this

piece the whole time.  The colors in this piece

capture that time period.  I wanted to find a

great frame for this piece.  So off i went to

many stores.  The frame is actually a mirror.
38.95 I thought was a good price.

It is so hard to find a round frame.  The

vintage look and the metal flowers match

perfectly.  I framed this piece myself.  This

year I am trying a bunch of new things

for my stitching.  This piece makes me smile

everytime i look at it.  It hangs besides my

grandmothers dresser in my bedroom.

 Having just finished watching Downton Abbey,

The Biltmore House inAsheville, NC  has a

display throughout the house of the clothes

in the series of Downton Abbey.  

So, My friend Marie and I went

on a road trip.  It is only two hours away and

I have never been to the house.  The house is

the largest in the United States and built by

The Vanderbilts.  What a nice treat.

It's hard to imagine living in something that

big.  I would need a GPS,  and back then

they didn't have GPS.  

 Before going on the tour we stopped at the

bakery first.  Yummy.  A fruit tart.

For lunch we ate at The Bistro in

Antler village by the Estate.

The food was fresh and very good.

I will be going to Ashville again.

So many great restaurants and things

to see.