Image from A Beautiful Mess
{let’s try something new and do an every Sunday  post, instead of 1x/month}

From A Beautiful Mess – spring thermos
From purlbee – felt garland
From A Beautiful Mess – granny square cowl
From The Sweetest Occasion – corsage tank top
From A Beautiful Mess – fabric hair accessory
From Freckled Nest – pincushion
From The Sweetest Occasion – vanilla extract
From Smile and Wave – soft baby blocks
From Smile and Wave – doily pillow
From 100 Layer Cake – fabric flowers
From Design*Sponge – tin can planters
From DIY Bride – felt flower wreath
From 20 Stamps …

Allegedly – according to Wikipedia – Mentryville, CA was an oil boom town.
I’m not sure I believe it.
Right now it consists of a parking lot ($5 for parking??? give me a break), a house, a boarded up school and a couple barns.
Not too sure where the town would have been …..
For those of you who did NOT grow up in Santa Clarita with all kinds of urban legends about Mentryville and the cults that lived out there ….. Mentryville is basically a state part just on the outskirts of Santa …

Thursday morning – we had about 1/2 day in Florence to do touristy things before catching our train back to Rome.
Leisurely breakfast at the B&B. We *technically* checked out, but were able to keep our bags there AND keep the keys ….. so, yea. They’re pretty lenient on that sort of thing
As we were heading out for the day, the bride and groom had just woken up and were eating, while getting directions to their day excursion.
I found out later they didn’t end up going, but instead …

random thoughts and links for the week