Category Archives: PA.

Jan21

Passed it by-finally ate here!

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This is right on Route one across the highway from the Brandywine River Museum-it’s called ‘Hank’s Place’. Sean and I were on our way to drop off his childhood bed at the Good*will and we decided to stop here for lunch on Wednesday. (Mom was having a plumber at her house, so I’m going on Monday now). I can’t tell you how many times we have passed it and never ate there. The prices are good. The clientele ranged from legendary artist ‘Andy’ Wyeth and movie stars when they were filming ‘The Village’ a few miles away. I believe William Hurt and maybe Joaquin Phoenix were two of the patrons back then.
When we walked in around 1:45 everyone looked up at us! That was strange. What was stranger that after we ate, I pulled out my debit card and the waitress said ‘cash only’! Ahhh. Thank goodness Sean had a $20 on him. We both ordered ‘triple’ clubs-me chicken salad and he ordered a turkey one. One of the best I’ve had for a while and I still have a quarter of it in the fridge. : ) I wish you could see the flowers someone plants there every year. I guess they must do their own composting from the restaurant leftovers as the banks are just loaded with marigolds, etc.
Here is the website where I found the photo.
After we dropped off the bed, we went to the mall as I had a gift card from Sean to use at Bos*covs. I picked out a honey colored leather purse and a quilted wallet (Zoey-quilted bags are so in!). I went to the register and the blasted card was denied. It was different from the ‘in house’ gift cards. Thank goodness another lady came along and she knew how to use my card! Whew!
We went to Trader*Joes too and got a few of their treats-some Orange Mandarin chicken and fried veggie rice for dinner. That’s our indulgent stop. The maple cookies are quite good too.
I’m getting the hang of Cha*Cha. I wish it paid more, as some questions really are hard to find and you may run out of time (3 minutes max.).
Off to the dentist today. It’s been almost a year. Crossing fingers I don’t use all my deductible up in one or two visits. Robbers. ; )

Nov7

Photo Hunt-Veteran/Military

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‘The measure of life after all, is not it’s duration but it’s donation’-(CT Boom) was the verse I chose to grace this Art Trading Card for a swap I am in. We are not really a military family. I do know my father was on a ship during the Korean war, but my brothers were to young to go to Vietnam.
This is for the Civil War. I chose the Gettysburg Cemetery right here in Pennsylvania as I’ve been in that area a few times. I think the battlefield conjures up more images of gore rather than the peaceful cemetery. But remembering the magnitude of causalities pitting North against South is astounding-over 600k! The flower is a poppy for remembrance.

Sep18

Photo Hunt-Upside Down

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This is from last Christmas at the Terrace Restaurant located in Longwood Gardens, PA. Talk about a perfectly decorated tree-and it’s upside down from the sky light there.

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I got to meet (finally) my pals Rachel and Nicki at a stitch-along at the Chadds Ford Historic Society (they let us use their space). Rachel just found out she is having a little boy at the end of January. I could tell she was a bit uncomfortable tonight. Nicki is also a blogger from near Philly. So nice to chat with both of them and the other stitchers. I’m not too good at stitching in front of people. I brought my Neighborhood Round Robin with the Victorian houses, etc. that the ladies from Europe helped to stitch (and New Hampshire too) and everyone raved over it.
Rachel and Dianne meet for the first time
Obviously I can’t take a good photo with that little Powershot-the flash is really bright!
Barbara asked me why I find it difficult to stitch ‘in public’. I am a private kind of stitcher and last night was the first time I had stitched with other people. I think the more I go, the better I will get at focusing on what I am doing and talking at the same time. I only stitched about an inch of the border last night.

Sep12

Photo Hunt-Electric

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There are so many neat ways to use lights and of course you need ELECTRIC to run them all. This display of trees went from about 4-5 different colors-purple, green, blue….can you just imagine having that in your own yard? This was the 2009 Philly Flower Show-no tripod, but I like these.
Landscape with changing lights blue to purple

Jun24

Long lost classmates

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Brenda, Dianne and Meg, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

We aren’t long lost anymore thanks to Facebook! Brenda, on the left, and me went over to Meg’s house and had a great time catching up and meeting Meg’s yoga friends (who all have the same sleek bodies as her!) I took some photos around Meg’s yard as she has many pretty spots. This was the front yard and they have a little pond there too. Meet her two dogs-though in their yard, two cats, parrot, many other birds and hens! I went through the gorgeous countryside to get there-must go back and take photos. Meg and I haven’t seen Brenda (pretty sure) since 1977 and Meg and I were in Mrs. Davis’ Kindergarten class at Sandy Bank School in Media. Cool, huh?

Jun5

Show & Tell

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Tin I found at a flea market, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

I asked the guys (hub and son) if they wanted to take a ride down Rt. 1 to Nottingham, PA. which is the home of Herr’s, the potato chip factory. I got Sean to go on the promise that we would go to the gift shop for some ‘fresh’ chips. Lo and behold, the factory was closed on weekends! Across the street is this big ol’ horse barn/turned flea market. Lots of junkie stuff, but I found this gorgeous detailed tin (probably cake or cookies were inside at one time) that I got for about $4 as the lady only charged me $5 for it and an orange carnival glass vase. The vase has some defects-it looks like a crack is in it, but it’s the finish, but I could picture marigolds in it. So that was bounty of that little weekend excursion. : )

May19

Penn’s Cave Farm, PA

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Penn’s Cave Farm, PA, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

About 13-15 miles from State College, in the valley of the Allegheny Mts.,we were looking for this attraction, but didn’t have time to walk down 48 steps and take a boat ride in the caves. We weren’t even sure where the entrance was. We enjoyed looking at the long horns and bison, both within the boundaries of electric fences. The church was down a bumpy road called ‘Swamp Church Road’ and was built in 1885. I like to take photos of churches in my travels. There is a website about it with some history, including a ghost story! A husband and wife that lived near the church saw a ghostly figure go by them in early May as they sat on their porch in the early evening (the house was razed and no longer there). It was a young woman and she entered the church.They could see the soft glow of candlelight after she entered. Then she went from pew to pew showing off a baby. It was known that a young woman had a baby 8 months after her sweetheart died in the Civil War. She was a member of this church and was shunned by the congregation. She disappeared and was never seen again.