Plymouth at Christmas

Another fave place to visit in December is Plymouth.  Most of the gift shops are closed down for the winter but the lobster trap tree down at the docks is always worth checking out.

Lobster trap rocking chairs whaaat? 

Then I drove up and parked on Court Street and walked around.  I was bummed to see a lot of my fave stores are totally gone and windows papered up.  I did get to hit up a couple of my fave antique collectives though.

A little creepy no?

Definitely creepy.

The town tree.

I am a total sucker for vintage ornaments, esp. Shiny Brites. 

So many ornies, but no monies.

GAH!  I want this!

This too.  It's a beautiful stained glass chess set. 

I left with a few bits & bobs, but not near as much as I would love to have purchased!

Stained Glass Village: Collection of Annalise and Tom Nelson

The Glass Museum is hosting an exhibit called A Stained Glass Village: From the Collection of Annalise and Tom Nelson, and it was totally worth the visit.

There were tiny glass animals and trees....some of which were extremely small. 

I wanted them all!

I desperately want one of these trees but I cannot find them online anywhere.

The collection of villages was incredible.

If the top row was arranged as if on a hill, it'd look like the painted ladies of San Francisco.

The collection is outstanding.

So many animals and spun glass trees.  I am a total sucker for spun glass. 

The Santa and tree are probably no taller than an inch.  And all the wee reindeer.  SQUEEE!

Definitely glad I didn't miss this exhibit!