Chocolat???

I have to say I had the most awesome weekend! We set out to drive north for about an hour to Ellijay, GA - apple capital of the state. I found an apple orchard and we went with the plan to pick our own apples and make a sugar-free apple pie and have an adventure of a day ...... AND, we did.
We picked our own apples (me, hubby & youngest son), got rained on in the orchard, ate from the bakery (sugar-free....mostly), headed to the town square and had a fantastic afternoon/evening at an antique car show, local diner, block party with live music and food vendors. We finished it off in a tiny soon to open tea and chocolate shop.
Rewind to the block party. We were sitting in a huge parking lot listening to great Beatles music by a great local band. Storm cloud moves in....AGAIN! We run to the storefronts and up under an awning. We wait there with a charming older gentleman named "Harold". We see a lady coming up the stairs and we ask her to join us to get dry on the porch and she replies, "How about we go inside?" ....... SHE was the owner of this soon to be aforementioned eatery. She wanted us to sample her soon to be menu of fresh hot cookies, muffins and gourmet teas. Had we died and gone to heaven???
Anyway, in the next hour a small army had amassed outside her tiny shop and began paying her for these wonderful treats. I wondered if I had stumbled into the movie "Chocolat". We made delightful conversation with wonderful people (some from the same area of FL that we are from....imagine that?) and vowed to return the 2nd Saturday of every month of the season.
Quite possibly the best day I have had - almost surreal - in quite a long time. Almost magical. You know, God works that way. :)
Peace.
PS - next time I promise to talk about how I have deviated away from the original topic of this blog ;)