Tuesday, July 6, 2010

The art fair in Athens

My favorite-the giraffe.

The kitchen window at Jesse's


The backyard in Athens, Ohio


Jesse and Eric's house-great sitting spot on top


Taking the dogs for a walk-great neighborhood!


The corn!


Jesse and the Sweet Corn-it was delicious!


Bitty and Eric at their house


Jess and Junebug (Eric)


Mom, Jesse, and Dad


Buying sweet corn, tomatoes, melon, and peaches on the trip home


Lots of tall, tall trees!


The hills of southeast Ohio


Our breakfast in Lancaster, Ohio

We didn't want to do the "Bob Evans" breakfast, so we got off the main drag and Peter started looking down the side streets until he saw a place with lots of cars. This was THE PLACE! We walked in and all the locals were there. Todd's Mountain View Restaurant was very interesting. I had the buttermilk hotcakes, eggs, and sausage and Peter had the biscuits and sausage gravy with home fries (fried potatoes) and eggs. The biscuits were about 4 inches high and light and delicious. My hotcakes were as big as a dinner plate (3) and I could only eat one! They were so delicious I brought them home! One of the waitresses called us Honeys, as in "Are you honeys doing alright?'

Beautiful flowers along the road in southern Ohio


The Bundt that went bad!


Yiiikes!


Ooooops!


The Bundt Cake's final hurrah


Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Transplanting will have to come soon!


Our new smoke bushes are beautiful


Deep purple like this photo-Mulberry jam


Mulberry freezer jam1


Wonderful jam-7 cups!


Mulberries for jam


Picking mulberries from a huge old tree (bush?)


Peter picking mulberries


The new pad for the Popison chair we got at the rummage sale


Many tomatoes on our huge plant


Our first red tomato




Cherry tree in the orchard behind the house-mmm!


Getting ripe cherries soon

The three trees in the orchard are really ready to be picked, but no one has arrived to do the job! They are looking very tempting!! Peter is getting a bucketful from Andy's mother in Marinette today!

Our cherry tree with mulberry tree in back


Mulberries in our backyard


The other new chair from True Value




The new chair at our house-a favorite summer spot!


Monday, June 28, 2010

THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL TV!

Peter built a shelf in the cupboard for the TV that Haley and Bill gave us! Doesn't it look great? The doors do shut and the picture and sound are terrific-thanks so much! This weekend we biked to Kiel and had a three hour adventure on the bikes. When we got back, I went straight to True Value to get a gel seat! Peter harvested the mulberries in the back yard and I made jam-it looks wonderful! We gardened-weeded, transplanted, and planted some vegetables. I am starting my next summer project-filing all the piles of paperwork all over the house. I have been going to water arobics-6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.-feels wonderful before I head off to summer school for the morning!!

Haley and Bill hungry fro a great dinner

A few weeks ago we traveled to Marquette to spend some time with daughter, Haley and husband, Bill. We always enjoy going "up North".
They have especially good Rummage Sales!

Dining out with Haley and Bill in Marquette


Appetizer! Marquette, Michigan with Haley and Bill


Sepia on the new camera


Black and White on new camera




Color picture on the new camera


A rug from Haley's sale we bought


Haley's geraniums


Flowers in Haley and Bill's yard!


Coast Guard Station in Marquette-new!