Later that same day

After strolling the White Oaks Mall and having some lunch, we were treated to some history - visiting the Abraham Lincoln Home in Springfield. Very interesting and we were well entertained by our guide Jim.

This is the Lincoln's front room.

Mrs Lincoln's Sewing Box

Abe's desk

The maids bedroom

Some of my tourists

The kitchen. Mrs. Lincoln did most of the cooking

There is a little enclave of original homes surrounding the Lincoln home. Charming!

This cheeky guy was racing along the peaks of the picket fence.

Then it was on to the quilt store. Peace and Appliqué is a truely amazing store. It is enormous, with over 7,000 bolts of fabric. 

This is looking from the back of the very long store through to the front.

We were made very welcome. Very welcome.

Just along from the store is Cocoa Blue. Yum!

A little more history as we visited Lincoln's Tomb. It's enormous, but then so is the cemetery it's in.