Moody Tree Farm - Part 2

I was touring the Adirondack and Christmas themed gift shop at Moody Tree Farm in Saranac Lake, New York (see Part 1, yesterday's post). There were singing and ice skating black bears:

And big, plush bears by a fireplace:

Owls, bears, reindeer, loons, pine cones, candles, pumpkins:

And fancy Christmas tree ornaments galore:

More fancy Christmas tree ornaments:

An old gas stove, used as a display table:

On this old Hoosier sat a painting on canvas with many starry, twinkling lights:

An entire room was devoted to balsam pillows, fragrances, and health and beauty aids:

A cabinet, filled with Balsam pillows of various sizes. I bought two small, plush animals, also filled with crushed Balsam needles. For those of you not familiar with Balsam, it is a conifer native to northeastern North America which is so wonderfully aromatic that its fragrance can fill up a forest. It's a pleasant, sweet and memorable smell:

In the back was a workroom where, it appeared, they made up wreaths, etc. I noticed a bin of crushed Balsam needles which, if I remember correctly, they were selling for $5.00 per pound:

A hallway filled with floral arrangements and wreaths. And yet there was still more to see at Moody Tree Farm. I'll post Part 3 tomorrow:

Moody Tree Farm - Part 1

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Before I retired and was driving to and from the farm on a regular basis, I used to pass by a farm in the high peaks region with brown barns and interesting animals - especially their Texas Longhorns. I recently discovered on the internet that this is tree farm with a big Adirondack themed gift shop. So I drove back down to visit the place, passing their Longhorns, resting in a field:

And they had a tall sign, which I had failed to see all the times I'd driven by in the past:

I pulled in, passing by their large brown residence, and parked among the brown barns:

I wasn't sure, but it appeared that this building was the gift shop. So I went in:

Indeed it was an Adirondack themed gift shop, and a rather large one at that. They were certainly getting ramped up for Christmas:

There were Adirondack and Christmas themed kitchen goods:

Gingerbread plates, snowmen, Santas and cookie jars shaped like Victorian houses:

Christmas trees and wreaths and cups and wine glasses:

An old wood stove, cleverly used as a display table:

Reindeer, loons and small, furry bears. They also had antler candlesticks:

A Santa train. This place was bigger than I had imagined and there was much more to see. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: