After finishing up the shoot with Lilli in the morning, Lori and I went on the Ferndale home tour. They had two old houses, two new houses, one hotel (the Ivanhoe) and one Victorian apartment. The apartment was the most interesting as it is the apartment over Ring’s Pharmacy. The Ring’s Pharmacy is one of the oldest businesses in Ferndale, and the apartment has been occupied by four generations of the Ring family. Originally the back part of the upstairs was going to be the residence for the pharmacist’s family, with the front half being a doctor’s office for his brother. But getting ill and elderly people up the steep stairs wasn’t very easy so the family ended up taking over the entire upstairs. It was really interesting seeing how comfortable the upstairs was. It was nicely decorated and the rooms were very generously sized. The parlor was especially nice as it featured lots of wood and a very interesting bay window.

There was also an ice cream social going on that was a fundraiser for the Ferndale high school cheerleaders, but since it was cold and drizzly all day that wasn’t a huge success.