Things are a bloomin!

I am amazed at how much everything bloomed while I was gone.

Beautiful Tulips

Grape Hyacinths

And My Favorites.....Bleeding Hearts

So Sweet.

Now I have to get out there and clean out the beds, get the dead leaves removed and pull out the stray grass.

House Pics 4-10-10

The cement guys have the walls poured in the basement.

This is looking at the front of the house.

This is looking out of the back of the house. 

Once it is excavated we should be able to see the pond from the basement windows.

This is looking out the west side of the house.

Back of the house.

                Walking around the poured footers of the basement. This will eventually be filled in with dirt.

The last day

Here is the battle weary war torn group.

We were getting ready to get into position to walk Picketts Charge.

A place where most of the Confederates on Day 3 were killed.

This turned out to be a nice family photo op.

I absolutely love this building.  It is the entrance to the civilian cemetery in Gettysburg.

Here is one of the posts to the entrance of the National Cemetery. 

                                                     This says it all.

The people of the group

Pat and Ben

If you can't tell these two are related.

This one too....Tony

And here is Mom-Peg

Here is another family

Paul, Eric and Marlene

Another good picture of Marlene.

Here is Larry

Zach

And Dad Steve.......

On top of the Pennsylvania Monument.

Day 2

This is my group.

We have done much walking.

10 miles yesterday and 10 miles today

We also have been doing a lot of resting under the shade trees.

It was 94 degrees yesterday

and

92 degrees today.

A good father-son picture

Our Fearless Leader....Mr. Crisp....the one who is talking.

Kevin always needs a picture with a cannon.

Here are some sweet wild violets.

Pretty blooming redbud trees.

                                           A nifty green beetle!

Gettysburg P.A.

We are spending a week in Gettysburg.

These row houses are great.

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A neat statue of Abraham Lincoln, speaking imparting some knowledgeable tidbit with Tom in the middle.

Primroses are as pretty as pansies.

I love interesting doorways.

I am going to paint the door on our new house black.

This is certainly colorful.

Another black doorway..

House Pics 4-2-10

Today we visited our lot and there has been much done in two days.

I took this of Tom to get a perspective of the picture.

They had to get those stones down there somehow.

It Has Started!

Here is the start of our new home.

It's funny how your mind wanders.

Because when I looked at this picture.

This wonderful classic book came to mind.

Then I had to dig it out!

Captain Kangeroo used to read it to me.

Does anyone remember him?

Here it is, digging my basement.

I loved that book, it brings an ahhhhhhh moment.

I will have to find out the operators name tomorrow.....

Wouldn't it be funny if it were Mike?

Then I was in the dilemma of what to name this post-because I started it out with the hole.

I thought maybe...The Black Hole....

then my mind went to ....I wonder if it is still around because I don't see signs for it.

When we would go to Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio http://www.cedarpoint.com/ and there would be big tourist signs.

We never stopped, but I always wondered.

We travel to Detroit and Port Clinton a lot now and I don't see those signs anymore, in fact it has been years

now that I think about it.

So I looked for it on the net...and there was nothing but information about outer space.

That's not it!

Then I remember is was called The Blue Hole!!!!http://www.bloggingohio.com/2007/01/21/seven-natural-wonders-of-ohio-the-blue-hole/

This answers it all! 

 I can  now rest.

Whew!

Here is a simple little Easter Card I made.

It has Stampin Up Tulips

A Gwen Frostic Flying Chickadee

An Impression Obsession Word Stamp

and The Sharon Ann Little Ones Collection Patterned Paper

May everyone have a beautiful Easter!

More about Sunflowers

After sharing the sunflower painting I thought of some of the other sunflower items that I have.

Here is a Polish Pottery Plate in the Sunflower Pattern.

This wonderful bowl I got at the Artisan Center in Berea KY.

A Very Early Attempt at Scrapbooking.

A pin and pinchushion made by my Mom.