Hello Mom!
Today was a VERY pretty fall day, so we decided to take a little trip to an antique shop not too far from Steph's town. It used to be a Catholic boarding school for girls (Ursuline Academy) back years and years ago, so I thought it would be pretty exciting to look at.
When we got there, though. We noticed that the store was no longer open. Turns out, the owners of the shop closed up years ago, but we were still able to get out and look at the property.
For this update, we were able to find some old photos on the internet to show just what this place looked like ages ago. The photo credits for those goes to Ancestory.com. I don't know when these photos were taken, though.
Here I am outside what was St. Joseph's Chapel and underneath is what it looked back when it was still running as a school.
The first thing we came across was a statue of St. Joseph.
Behind St. Joseph stood the gynasium. It was VERY small for a building. I'm not sure how they did many activities in there.
Here's a photo of what the entrance and the inside looked like. The gymnasium looked really big, but that building is awful tiny.
We found this rock structure that seemed to be falling apart. It looked like a little gazebo that went out onto a tiny lake. We're not really sure, though, but I bet it looked cool back in its day.
Here are some more statues we found of religious figures.
We started to walk back around the building to get back to the car (it's a VERY large building ), and we found a few items that were left behind by the previous owners, like this old spinning machine. It was used to turn fibers into yarn back ages and ages ago.
We also found this little sign that said "Sow today the seed that will ripen to a golden harvest".
As we were about to leave, I noticed a graveyard and asked Steph if we could go have a look at it. She said she didn't mind, so we went over for a little look. It was apparently a graveyard of nuns that had been a part of the school.
We also found more statues in the graveyard.
After this, we decided to head back home and get some food while we were heading that way. Halloween is coming up, Mom! Apparently it's a pretty big deal here in the Unites States, so I can't wait to show you all the things we get into.
Love,
Cutie