I am in North Carolina for several days. Today I went to Hendersonville. It's is a nice small town with a lot of antique stores and art shops in the downtown area.
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Downtown Main Street
These pretty flowers were all over Main Street.
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The downtown Main Street area has a lot of fun restaurants and shops.
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Hendersonville is an antiquer's dream!
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This was a particularly interesting art store with a lot of
eclectic art. I loved it.
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A very cool lamp made from an old tea pot and other metal scraps.
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Another interesting piece.
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More art in the same store.
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These were beautiful, colorful paintings.
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There are painted bears all over Main Street.