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We started at Talbots and widened the search area to yesterday’s score at the King of Prussia Mall. Moving around the area near the Oxford Valley Mall and then in the Oxford Valley Mall itself we looked at just about all the dresses and such that are available. Sue just wasn’t going for what she saw.

The stuff that we found in the local stores was the result of a process of deciding what had the least wrong with it rather than what we liked about it. That’s just not the right way to go about shopping. Sue spent hours looking through the stores online to see whether or not they had something that she truly liked.

All of that changed once we were shopping at the King of Prussia Mall. Quality stores and pleasant sales people make all the difference in the world. The King of Prussia Mall reminded me very much of a Mall that I’d grown up near… The Mall at Short Hills in NJ. That was a nice Mall. The woman who helped Sue was great and it was an easy choice. Neiman Marcus got the sale.

I really don’t under­stand the big deal that people make when going shopping with their female companion. It’s not difficult and the opinion is generally helpful. I had a very good time overall and all those dresses and shoes… My mind was drifting a few times thinking about Sue in some of the stiletto heels that were in the stores. Heels are an “inter­esting” design. Absolutely imprac­tical. Right up there with neckties for men. I can’t imagine standing on an angle like that. Got to say though… Nothing could possibly terminate a beautiful leg more grace­fully than a good pair of heels. At home — Rudy kept his attention on home security while we were out. Growling and gnashing at a whole bunch of nothing.

We found really nice Mums and Gourds at the Farm & Garden Station here in nearby Ivyland, Pennsylvania. Not too far from here out old Almshouse Road in (depends on your source of infor­mation) Ivyland or in Warminster, Pennsylvania. I notice the same problem with Tanners in the web look-ups. The shots that I have here were done on October 10, 2009 in the afternoon. The tracks were quiet but the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad crosses near the property — hence the name “station”.  It was a nice day and my wife Sue wanted to go bring home some Fall decora­tions.  So that was exactly what we did.

The shop there had a couple Enormous Pumpkins on display. If you guessed the weight of the large one inside you could win it. Then you would have to figure out exactly what you were going to do with the rotting hulk and seeds… Clever. The store at the Station doesn’t really have a great deal to sustain it during the winter months. It gets pretty darned quiet around January there but each Spring they continue to be a good source of Mother’s Day plants and flowers. Lots of nice hanging plants. Anyhow I enjoyed bringing my camera and catching the color and light patterns. Here I’ll share them with you in a little NextGEN Gallery. Incidentally the NextGEN Galleries are very compatible with CoolIris and it makes a nice little slide show of the images.

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If you’d like to go see the Farm & Garden Station — here is their address and phone number. I’m quite sure they’d appre­ciate your business.

Farm and Garden Station
1370 Almshouse Road
Ivyland, Pennsylvania 18974
Phone: (215) 396‑6898