Something Excitin Coming Soon

First let me thank all of you for your great comments over the past couple of days.
Recently friends of ours closed their store at West Edmonton Mall. They owned a novelty gift store and were in business for nearly 40 years. They decided it was time to retire. Their last day was Wednesday. Tonight I saw some workers setting signage in place. This tells shoppers that an exciting new store is coming soon.
Have a great weekend everyone. Melody's brother and sister-in-law are in town for a few days so I will try and get caught up with my comments and replys soon enough

[Richard Hickey]

Wonderful picture.

[Delia]

Anticipation, I hope the new store lives up to it.

[alia_801]

Sad that your friends' store closed. I wonder what will replace it.

[Tony]

Sad to see any enterprise close down. Hope what replaces it has a brighter future.

[Babs]

Sorry to hear your friends store has closed. Looking forward to a photo of what has replaced it.

[Candace]

Enjoy your weekend with family Brian, sad news about the business though .

[Colleen Culhane]

Bittersweet, it's always out with the old and in with the new. The picture really makes sense with the background story. It's too bad there wasn't something left visible from the old store that was being covered up by the workers to capture that idea of change.

[Leana Niemand]

Looks very fancy!

[Susan]

Love the shot, story and POV.

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[*lynn]

Your title made me laugh out loud!! beautiful shot

[Kathie]

Congrats on your friends retirement. Retail is such long hours and days. They must have been successful.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great shot and an interesting story, Brian. It will be exciting to have a new shop open.

[Lynne Hart]

Hope your friends enjoy their retirement and so good that the shop unit has already been snapped up by another retailer. Good shot.

[Michael Smith]

Excitin' stuff! I remember that store--great place to find Christmas stocking stuffers.

[Ivan]

Well seen! Groovin'!

[Nicole]

fabulous capture of it!

[Carole Imes]

Will be interesting to see what goes in there next. Cool capture! Enjoy your weekend with Melanie's family.

[Shirley Banford]

LOL!

[Paula McLaughlin]

Really nice sense of space in this shot.

[bruni]

It's better to know they retired as losing the business due to larger stores taken over. so let's see what's coming next. I had to look twice to see the guy walking by right in front of the advertisement.

[KAL]

This image does tell a story. I am sure it is a loss not having them there. Hopefully they will have a nice retirement.

[Stephanie Swift]

Nice comp and pov. It will seem strange not to have your friends' store there any more.

[Anita Campbell]

Nice capture. We see a lot of storefronts like this in our local malls these days too. Glad your friends just decided to retire and not closing because of lack of business.

[bkb in the city]

@agedrunner Thanks Richard

[bkb in the city]

@deliad We will have to wait and see

[bkb in the city]

@alia_801 Alia I actually edited my post and mentioned the fact the fact that it was closing because they decided to retire

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont Actually Tony I edited my post and added the fact that they closed because they decided to retire

[bkb in the city]

@onewing Babs I actually edited my post and added the fact that they closed because they decided it was time to retire

[bkb in the city]

@ribbet9 Candace I actually edited my post and added the fact that they closed because they decided it was time to retire

[bkb in the city]

@colleenculhane Well Colleen I will have to post a shot of the music box we received from them as a gift awhile back

[bkb in the city]

@leananiemand It will be interesting to see what goes in there

[bkb in the city]

@susanalena Glad you enjoyed this one Susan

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@lynnz Glad it made you laugh Lynn

[bkb in the city]

@kathiecb They really were but truly deserve a nice retirement

[bkb in the city]

@mittens I will have to post a pic once it opens

[bkb in the city]

@lhart Thanks Lynne

[bkb in the city]

@golder365mjsmith It really was a wonderful shop

[bkb in the city]

@ivan Thanks Ivan

[bkb in the city]

@nicoleterheide Thanks Nicole

[bkb in the city]

@cimes1 Thanks Carole I will have to post a pic of the new store

[bkb in the city]

@sabanford :) :)

[bkb in the city]

@paulam I was happy with how this turned out Paula

[bkb in the city]

@bruni Bruni I will have to post a pic if the new store

[bkb in the city]

@kathyladley Kathy I am sure they will

[bkb in the city]

@tristansmum Stephanie they will be missed by many people

[bkb in the city]

@aglennc Anita they really deserved to retire after so many years

[Ivan]

...and best wishes to your friends in their well earned retirement. :)

[Darlene]

Change is happening all over the place, Brian. Nice photo and lucky they were ready to retire as many just lose their shops today.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Best wishes to your friends and their new phase in life. You'll have to do a before and after shot for us to see when the new store opens up.

[bkb in the city]

@ivan Thanks Ivan

[bkb in the city]

@darsphotos Yes they were a truly blessed couple over the years and deserve a nice retirement now

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Yes Ann I will do that

[Nina Ganci]

sad to hear that your friends closed their doors.
This is a wonderful capture, looking forward to seeing the exciting store opening soon

[bkb in the city]

@ninaganci Well they had worked long enough do deserve a nice retirement

[Caroline]

Oh, I like this. I like how the people (both real and on the signage) stand out against the plain background, and I like the contrast between the very large signage people and the relatively smaller real people. It's a really interesting capture!