The day after we got home from our trip to the Outer Banks, Lise and Magda went to Biltmore. I opted to stay home to catch up on a few things. I’m sure they took photos inside and out of the mansion and gardens, but I didn’t ask to see them. They did speak to the horses in the pasture. DW came over to get an apple. I failed to report to you that a new horse was added a week or so ago. Neighbor Joyce doesn’t know its name, so we call it Newbie. We can tell Newbie from Vixen by his star and longer socks.

Going to Woodside was the big event the day before Magda flew back to Denmark. Lise is always eager to take people there to experience the gracious Southern hospitality of Myra and Rick. They served us lunch, followed by an extensive tour of the house and grounds. I was very impressed with the gigantic display of wisteria blooms, and asked neice Kathie and Lise to pose with them.

I took one photo of Rick and Magda as he told about the pirate that had stayed in the house long ago.

The best photo of the day was Magda’s – the side of the house with the shoe that was made for my late sister-in-law when she was a child.

what a wonderful shoe house. She must have had the time if her life playing there. Huge Hugs
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I’m sure there were many hugs in and around that shoe. Daughter Lise told me that her cousin received a proposal of marriage at the shoe. It was a wonderful marriage. A thousand hugs to you!
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I like the look of that shoe
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My children played in that shoe a little bit. By bending in half, I could go inside.
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I am chiming in on the shoe house, too! It is quite the show. Is anything still in it, or is it used?
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There are a few things inside the shoe. It has been a few years since I looked, but I think there is a stove and maybe a table. There are probably some smaller things in there, too.
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How lovely it must have been!
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Feeding the horses was a highlight of our trips your way. Wish we could see you and Lise again.
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It would be lovely to get together again. Lise got home today, 24 hours after we took her to the airport.
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The shoe house is amazing. How tall is that door? Looks like “no adults allowed” space.
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I can get inside the shoe if I bend in half. Grandson Nathaniel (6’5″) was inside it once. He was lucky to get out.
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I think I remember a very tall Nathaniel trying to fit inside the shoe from a long-ago post.
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You have an amazing memory!
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Thank you Anne – I can picture him in that post from awhile back. 🙂
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What city or town did you stay in when you went to the Outer Banks? Just curious, we visited Edisto.
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We were in Nags Head.
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Oh thatsright, I forgot. That’s kind of a bouji place isn’t it. Expensive, touristy.
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I don’t know how expensive it was. I was paying for the food.
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We were glad that there were not a lot of tourists there.
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Amazing shoehous. I like. Beautiful horse feeding Lise & her friend.
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Lots of adventures, and that shoe house is really nifty! This must be a wonderful, comfortable time of year in your part of the world.
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We are having yo-yo weather. It can be freezing one day and as hot as summer the next. For our trip to the Outer Banks, we had sweaters and winter coats. Soon it will settle down to be warm.
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The perfect end to a perfect vacation! I suppose the shoe house is such a fun thing for all of us to see because we’ve only ever seen one in the nursery rhyme books. And here you have one near you! Absolutely delightful!
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It takes 2 hours to get to that shoe, but the folks there are worth that drive.
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Gorgeous horse and wisteria bush! And that shoe, wow, I wonder if there are building plans for that somewhere. Actually, I just looked it up and there’s a bunch of interesting shoe houses out there. 🙂
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I’m guessing the shoe was built in the mid 1940s.
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