Geez Leweez Needlework Shop

Okay, Typepad did it again!  I lost my entire post after typing half of it!  I'm really getting frustrated by this!  It's logging me out and making me sign in again when I press "Save," and I lose everything.  I want to scream!  I'll try again:

I put myself on a self-management program.

For every paper I grade, I get to have some Internet time.

I'm writing this post as my reward for grading a paper.  ;-)

A little more about my trip to Florida:

One day while I was in Florida, my mom said she wanted to go out to Sanibel and visit her favorite knitting shop.  She asked if I wanted to go.  Ummmm.....hello.....YEAH!  So, we went.  I love how "Florida" this store looks!  It was called Geez Leweez Needlework Shop.

Here is a view of the shop when you walk in the door.  That's my mom talking to the owner of the shop.  It's a nice store.  Many nice yarns.  Mom likes it because they have friendly staff and are really helpful when she needs help with a pattern.

Here is another view of the shop from the back of the store looking forward.  You can see they have a nice area to sit and do needlework together.  On the wall, you can see all the hand-painted needlepoint canvases they have.  Wow.  They are really beautiful!  I don't do needlepoint, but these were so beautiful, I was tempted to start....until I saw the price of the canvases.  All hand-painted needlepoint canvases are expensive.  Justifiably so.  They are art!  Many of these were painted by local artists.  Very cool.  I didn't take close up photos of them so as not to violate their copyright.

This wall of needlepoint wool was pretty awesome.  So beautiful!

My mom is knitting something with this yarn and it is SO nice!  See the blue/turquoise one?  I wanted to get it!  I was thinking that it would coordinate so nicely with the Urban Nine Patch I'm working on and the embroidery pillows I want to do.  I could knit an afghan to match them.  But then, I thought, "You haven't finished the quilt yet, and you haven't even started the pillows yet.  You are getting ahead of yourself now."  So, I didn't buy it.  Good self-control, huh?!

Very importantly, they had a comfy chair in the back, where Sweet Pea and Maddi could sit while they waited for us.

I have to show you this.  Next door, there was this shoe store that we found out carries narrow sizes.  Mom has very narrow feet, so this was exciting.  But look at this....

I know there's a lot of glare, but doesn't this series of signs just crack you up?  Okay, the first few make sense....It's a shoe store.  Wide shoes, narrow shoes...la, la, la.  But then, Handbag Repair.  Okay, I'll give them that one.  But Jewelry Repair?  Oil Painting Lessons?  Watch Batteries?  I totally laughed when I saw this.

I found some nice flip flops here.  But what interested me most is he had the most wonderful collection of old, antique shoes....

And some pretty neat vintage ones, too.  I love shoes.  I mean, I really love shoes.  Ask Papa Pea.  It's a problem for me.  Poor Sweet Pea has the same affliction.  I swear she came out of the womb loving shoes.  When she was only about 2 years old, we walked into a shoe store (her first experience ever being in one), ran over to the shoes, sat down, tore her shoes off, and started trying on shoes.  It was the funniest thing ever.

And of course, Sweet Pea had fun finding little lizards all over the place.  She tried to point at it, but it started running away.  You can barely see it in this photo.

Okay.  I gotta get back to work now.  Papers are calling my name!  See ya' soon!

Until next time,

Mama Pea

 

Comments

[Lynn]

How frustrating that TypePad keeps erasing your posts!!! What a pain!

Those signs cracked me up to. LOL! Oil painting?!

Love that wedge! I can see some chick totally rocking those out in some bell bottom jeans and a tube top!

[Mary on Lake Pulaski]

Ahhhhh....Florida memories. All good!
Sweet Pea is such a cutie!

[Donna]

Love the pics and the signs are too funny! They do a little bit of everything.
I love, love, love shoes too :)
Sorry about your posts.
Hugs,
Donna

[terriaw]

I love your self-management program! That's very creative, and guarantees you will get both work and play done.

Looks like such a great trip. Must have been fun for Sweet Pea to wear shorts and sandals in early April. I love that photo of the wall of beautiful colors of needlepoint wool!

[Maggie Szafranski]

Just got caught up on your blog, as I have fallen behind on my blog reading! You and Papa Pea are such a handsome couple!

[Terri]

Is Maddie a real dog? She looks like a little stuffed pup sitting in a stand.

[Linda]

This store has such outside charm doesn't it? And a WHOLE LOT on the inside. I remember the girls wearing the high heels (with the scroll in the sole) in high school. So glad you labeled it as vintage not antique! LOL!!

[carolld]

And I thought Blogger was the only one with problems. Sorry about your troubles. Glad you got it to working. Love all the pictures. Looks like a great needlework shop. Those signs made me giggle. Cute pix of Little Pea.

[jenclair]

A little bit of everything! It looks like a great shop to visit.

Sorry about your frustrating losses of your posts!

[Allie]

What is going on with Typepad! I hope it starts working for you properly, hon! That knitting shop looks wonderful, I want to go to Sanibel so bad I can taste it. The oil painting lessons cracked me up too! Love those platform shoes.

[PegVan]

Oh, great memories in that blog! I love looking at the pictures. My afghan is coming along great. I have found several blocks I will be able to take along in the car on my trip next week! So I will be happy knitting and happy traveling as well. Then when we come back, I plan a couple of Saturdays at Geez Leweez with the knitting group with Jan, working on my big wrap. Thanks for the memories, as the song says. Good luck with your Typepad.

[Deb]

How frustrating losing your blogs - I've had the same trouble with Wordpress lately. I've started doing a "copy" before I do a save because I'm afraid I'll save and it will all disappear! Sorry I'm a bit behind on responding to posts but it looks like you had a great trip to Florida. Your Mom's dog is too cute!

[Doris]

My best friend's little girl is the exact same way as E with the shoes--only she DID NOT inherit the trait from her mom!

Is Maddi a real dog or a toy? I can't tell!

[Pati Kujawa]

So cute! Thank you so much for the adorable pictures and blog. I will save to show how special our customers are to Geez Leweez. Please thank your mother for bringing you in to see us along with maddi and sweet pea.

Pati and Stan
Geez Leweez