In February, we got a new puppy, Gaston. He is still learning how to walk on a leash. I took him for a walk to get exercise and to also capture photos of the spring beauty around my neighborhood. Gaston was super happy when we saw his friends, Cooper and Brownie, on the walk. He got to walk/ bounce all the way home with them.
Enjoy photos from our walk.
Last Tuesday into Wednesday, we had an April snow. It seems that every year we have one snow in April. This year it was in late April rather then at the beginning of the month. We got about 1.5 to 2 inches in my area. It took me 5 minutes to unearth my car from the snow because the branches of my maple tree hindered me being able to clean it off completely.
This is me that morning after my drive to work. I had seen the beauty of the sprig snow and was ready for it to melt.
When I started this blog, my youngest was five years old and my oldest was almost seven. I always called the youngest the Wee One because he was a tiny little human until recently. He is now taller than me and almost as tall as his dad. My oldest who used to be known as the Imaginative One is now 17 and is the tallest grandkid, something he is proud about.
These photos were taken on Christmas Eve between the rainstorms of that day. Very rarely (ok never) do we dress alike, so these are rare photos.
This summer has been a different type of summer.
The boys are getting older so there wasn’t very many day trips. Let’s take that back – We’ve done day trip. I’ve done some road trips with each of them individually.
The Memorial Day tornadoes change the dynamics of my summer. Even though it didn’t directly affect me, it affected the area I teach in so that made me upset.
Continue reading “My Favorite View – Summer 2019”
After we were finished walking around the Capitol Building’s grounds, we went to the R.E. Oldsmobile Museum. The Oldsmobile automobile was started in Lansing which I thought was neat.
Did you know the band R.E.O. Speedwagon was named after the Oldsmobile company? I can’t remember the exact story of why they chose the name. However, that tidbit of information was interesting to me.
Continue reading “Lansing , Michigan – Part 2 – R.E. Oldsmobile Museum”
The Golden Lamb is known as the oldest continuous running inn in Ohio. Operations began in 1803 and still continue today. In fact, there was only 4 vacant rooms left on the day we visited the Golden Lamb.
Here is the link to part 1 of our visit.
Here are photos of the fire board my Great Uncle painted in 1971.
Until next time, have a magical day,
Traci
The Golden Lamb is known as the oldest continuous running inn in Ohio. Operations began in 1803 and still continue today. In fact, there was only 4 vacant rooms left on the day we visited the Golden Lamb.
The Golden Lamb is also known for their ghosts. One of the famous ghosts is Sarah. Sarah’s family moved to the Golden Lamb when she was 5 years old. She grew up at the Golden Lamb. However, there is stories of a young girl haunting the inn. Some say it’s Sarah. (I did not take photos of Sarah’s room.)
Our reason for stopping at the Golden Lamb was because my mom’s uncle had been commissioned to paint a fire board in 1971. I had been to the Golden Lamb previously so I had seen it in person. Mom had not seen it.
I guess they have not had the fire board out so we lucked out it since it was on display when we visited.
Enjoy the photos I took of the Golden Lamb.
Since I have a lot of photos of the Golden Lamb, I’m going to share more of the photos in another blog post. I’ll have photos of the fire board in the next blog post.
Until next time, have a magical day,
Traci
After we said goodbye to the beach house, we returned the keys to the house. While we were in downtown Folly, we hunted for a new Folly Beach shirt for me. Even though I already had a Folly Beach shirt that had been bought in 1999 during my first trip to the beach, I desired an updated one. We finally found one that had a sea turtle on it.
I made one more stop in downtown Folly at the coffee shop before our long 20-minute drive to downtown Charleston.
Earlier in the week, we decided that our last stop in Charleston was going to be at Hominy Grill, one of our favorite restaurants in Charleston.
The Wee One decided he wanted to try the yogurt and granola which totally surprised me. He ate most of the yogurt and granola.
All the Imaginative One wanted was French fries. He is so picky about what he eats.
Hubby had eggs with chicken while I had a veggie omelet with potatoes.
After we were finished with our brunch, it was time to hit the road for the first leg of our trip home. On the next blog post, I’ll share our adventure on the way home.
Have a magical day!
Traci
Today I’m sharing multiple videos.
One of the videos is us saying goodbye to the beach and 2 are tours of the house. One is multiple videos that I combined together to create one video while the other is a video of the photographs I took of the house. We were in the middle of getting ready to leave so there is going to be piles of linens laying around and the beds are going to be unmade. When we got to the beach, they were finishing cleaning up so I did not get a video of the beach house while it was neat.
Join me next week for the video of us saying goodbye to Folly Beach and then our final breakfast in Charleston. We ate at Hominy Grill once again.
Have a magical day!
Traci
Words cannot express the last night on the beach. We walked around on the sand. Looked for shark’s teeth and shells. Stood in the surf for one last time. Reminisced about the trip.
All week I kept mentioning about the number of pelicans I saw that week. As you will notice in the video, I took a lot of photos of those pelicans.
Enjoy our video of our last night on the beach.
Join me next week for the video of us saying goodbye to the beach and the tour of the house.
Have a magical day!
Traci
