Spencer Feed & Supply
Spencer Feed and Supply may come as a surprise to some of you who think it is nothing more than a feed store. Although this is a serious feed and building supply center, owner, Julia Carle makes sure there is a lot of fun items for just about everyone. If you want to shop for your pets, Spencer Feed offers a large selection of dog and cat collars and leashes in a rainbow of colors as well as toys and treats.
For you ladies, there are a lot of cute shoes, boots and handbags to choose from and the bird enthusiast will find a great selection of bird houses and feeders.
This store is huge so take your time to explore all it has to offer. This is also a great place to pick up some spring plantings as well as garden furniture and ornaments. So don’t go thinking it is just a store for men, there are lots of items here for the girls too!
On Sun 4/21 there will be a Cutest Pet Contest. This will be a sight to see, when customers bring in their dogs, cats, rabbits and even a skunk has been known to show up here! Julia says there is no telling what sort of pet may show up for this customer appreciation event!
Visit Spencer Feed and Supply M-F 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat. from 8-5 at 227 N. Main St.
There were diners enjoying a delicious looking fish meal and I am told the fish is worth coming in for. The owner, John, is also the cook. You can tell from just one meeting that he takes great pride in his restaurant and it certainly shows in the clean and tidy dining room. This is definitely a place to sit and enjoy a good meal with good friends in a relaxed and cozy atmosphere. And of course you won’t want to miss the homemade desserts that are made right there in the kitchen daily. You can see what my choice is!
For the Bag Lady Tour, Spencer Restaurant
Enjoy Spencer Restaurant Tues. 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. , Fridays 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed on Mondays.
Located at 107 E. Main St
Olde Carriage House
The Olde Carriage House is found in a unique outbuilding on a Victorian Estate that has been in the owner’s family for two generations.
Felted Scene
The original carriage house is temporarily being occupied for other uses, so the shop is set up in the original summer kitchen. This unusual building still has remnants of the original chimney that would have been used with the wood burning cook stove.
Miniature Water Color
Here, Artist Margaret Herrmann Dreher transforms this building into a lovely shop featuring her miniature water colors that are so detailed and beautiful you would think you were looking at a large painting.
Miniature Water Color
I was in awe of the tiny works but thrilled by what she does with fiber!
Since this is a fiber oriented blog, I couldn’t resist shooting many frames of her intricate felted scenes and figures.
Felted Figure
I am hoping in the near future, Margaret will honor us with more of her time and creations. Until then, enjoy the photos and be inspired, as I was.
Felted Scene
The Olde Carriage House at 9238 Spencer Rd., Homerville, is open during the Bag Lady Tour only but the artist can be reached at 330-625-3625 or email her at herrmann1949@aol.com if you see something you like.
Honey Bee Treasure
Honey Bee Treasure is housed in a beautiful red barn and offers everything you could possibly want from nature’s purest food. Owners Valerie and Wayne Weiss maintain 23 colonies and Valerie makes a variety of goods from the honey that they harvest.
There, I found soaps, candles, hand creams, chocolates, beeswax lip balms, gourmet jelly beans in the shapes of little hearts and of course honey. Lots of honey, in a selection of different types, in all sizes of containers you could think of and even creamed honey!
You will also find tea spoons, honey pots, honey drippers and probably many things that I overlooked. When I was there, I interrupted Valerie in the middle of batching jellies for the Bag Lady Tour. She also offers gift baskets and for the tour, Honey Bee Treasure will be offering an in store drawing for a lovely gift basket.
Honey Bee Treasure is located at 6080 N.L. Sections Line Rd 21, New London 10 a.m. -5 p.m. , Tues. and Thurs. 3 p.m. -6 p.m. and Sat. 9 a.m. -12 p.m. or by appointment. Visit them online at honeybeetreasure.com
Hook’s Greenhouse
Hook’s Greenhouse is a family owned business in operation since 2001 that offers a large selection of plants for your vegetable or flower gardens. Owners Charlie and Elizabeth Hook are on the go year round, working hard to offer lovely, healthy plants to us in just about any variety you would need or want.
Plants in the Grow House not yet ready for sale
In the past, I have found lovely plants that I have never been able to find locally before. It is here that I purchased my wonderful Eucalyptus plants last year that I so adored and featured on this blog last summer. They offer fruit crops, vegetable and floral flats, and hanging baskets as well as some houseplants.
I can attest that the strawberry runners I bought from them last year produced very sweet, juicy berries in a nice medium size. Just perfect for eating fresh from the vine or if they would have made it to the kitchen, would have been equally as perfect for strawberry short cake. That is, IF they would have made it to the kitchen! For the Bag Lady Tour, they will be offering a special on Mini Roses and Pansy Baskets. Early vegetables will also be ready including onion sets, seed onions and seed pots.
Hook’s Greenhouse is located at 50740 St. Rt. 18 in Brighton . 440-647-5480 and opened for the month of April Mon. tough Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sun. 12 noon to 5 p.m. or visit them online at www.hooksgreenhouse.com Please check with Hook’s to find hours of operation after May 1st.
Well, that is it for the second installment of my three part series on the Bag Lady Tour. I will wrap up with part III tomorrow.
Thank you for stopping by.
~Vickie
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