| Howard, Pennsylvania June 21st to June 25th |
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| After Chicago (and a loooong drive), we ended up in Howard, PA, home of James' mom. That Beverly and James on the left. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Here's a wider shot of James' mom's house | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The house sits all by itself at the top of a winding, bumpy hill. No matter where you're at--front, back, or side yard--you get a fabulous view, mostly of trees, like this in this group of pictures. Left and below are pictures taken in the front yard. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The pictures to the right and below were taken in the back yard. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This is Spooks, a.k.a. Spookers, a.k.a. Spookbutt, a.k.a. whatever else you want to call him. He's a good cat, if not super-cuddly. This is him lounging around on the back--he doesn't look too thrilled about getting his picture taken, does he? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The living room--with a fireplace that we, unfortunately, aren't able to use this time around. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James in the kitchen. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The hornet nest on the back deck railing. James' mom thought it was neat. We thought it would be neater if it were dead. Hence, shortly after this picture was taken, it got foamed. Sorry, not a fan of insects that sting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Curtin house (left) and ironworks (below), remnants of times gone by, very close to Beverly's home. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| One of many neat-looking buildings around here. We don't even know what this building is--it was part of our view at the German restaurant and it just called out to be photographed. What? You didn't hear it? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The ducks swim in the canal that runs alongside the restaurant we were at on Thursday night. We wanted to glide beside them in a gondola, but, unfortunately, this isn't Italy, just a little bit of water in Pennsylvania. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James and his mom at the German restaurant (the one by the ducks) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We wouldn't want you all to forget how darn cute we are, so here's a picture to remind you! :) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||