Spent a lot of time at the pumpkin patches in the last week. This one was near Mast General store in Valle Crucis. LOVE the great barn with the over hang. Been meaning to paint it for years.
Handprint journal Lamy Joy pen for lettering.
Margaret off on the road again Thursday. Raleigh get out of the way cause here I come!! Xoxoxo
Finally got busy painting today. Think this one might be over painted. Oh well right?!
This store is over 150 years old. Has an old fashioned General store on the left side and tempting goodies in the other two buildings. A great place out back to have a picnic or rock on the backporch after u buy a sandwich at the Hamshoppe or a snack at Mast General.
Watch your wallet. Bet you can’t walk out without buying something.
Lamy Ef, handprint journal
Hugs Margaret ready for the Durrells to start.
We call Cheap Joes art supply next to the classroom the Candy Store but Mast General has an enormous candy store at each of their locations but in Valle Crucis it has its own building. Danger danger is all I can say!! And no parents don’t want grandma or auntie bringing candy Miss Mike!!
Drawn at the tables of the Ham shoppe across the street while we enjoyed one of the Ham Shoppes Yummy sandwiches potato salad and their amazing fudge. Yea I ate the whole thing. Burp!
Lamy Ef Noodler Eelskin Handprint journal watercolor to come.
Margaret heading out on the last leg of her trip home soon. Thank goodness it’s cooled off in Augusta. High of 79 today. Yeahhh. Xoxoxo
When we are in Boone we always go to Valle Crucis a lovely secluded spot not far away. 
Mast General store is there in an old building dating back to the 1800s chock a block full of inticements for tourons like us to buy. Everything from hiking boots baseball caps and t shirts to old fashioned gadgets like the Apple corers that slices cores and peels the apple with a turn of the handle.
I taught my friend Mike that you can sit in your car and sketch when the weather is cold or hot and still be comfy and get some work done.
Lamy Ef handprint journal. Watercolor soon. Like maybe tomorrow when I get home.
Margaret xoxoxo still in Charlotte where we frosted a Halloween house now eaten.
Margaret McCarthy Hunt Art 