The Gatchellville Store

This past Saturday, Erik and I jumped on the bike for a ride.  Down RT 74 south, towards Brogue, right at Muddy Creek Forks, towards the very small town of New Park.  What a gorgeous ride!  The sun was shining, the light was perfect on the fields.  Our destination?  The even smaller village of Gatchellville.  Why you ask?  An antique store!  And what a store!

Jess and Matt visited it in April, and couldn't wait to tell me about it.  Filled with such an array of treasures, and all decently priced!  Buttons, French postcards, china, old advertisements, and the list goes on and on!  I bought three bowls, two cards of buttons made in France, three postcards, a little blue and white creamer, and an intact "Arabian Nights", illustrated by Maxfield Parrish!  You could spend hours in this store and still not see it all!

The building itself is an antique. Originally a country store that stocked mercantile items, it is the same as when it closed 40 years ago, with peeling paper and paint.  It is truly like walking back in time, and just the way I like an antique store to be. Comfortable.  I felt like I could draw up a chair on the front porch and just watch the day pass by.  Linda, one of the proprietors, was so lovely and gracious!  We explained we were on the bike, and she wrapped everything for the ride home, so everything arrived intact!

I couldn't wait to get some fresh strawberries to photograph in the one bowl.  A nice shade of translucent green,  red berries, just stunning!  Matt gave me a hand in a couple of the shots.  Have I ever said how nice it is to have him around?