10/5/2014

weekly update 10/5/2014 (from a remote location)

The first part of the week was all about getting ready for my adventure. I cleaned the condo (ok, I did a little more than usual, but clean it's not), stopped my mail, went for the last swim of the year. It was all to get ready to leave.

And on Thursday, it seemed as if I was in airplanes or airports all day long. For a total of under 4 hours of air time, it took a whole day to get from here to there. Ishy was at Rochester International to pick me up, and we went right to her house. I was tired from being so bored all day, so we visited and then went to bed.

We had reservations on Friday night to stay at a B&B that we've enjoyed on several visits before, so we had a leisurely drive to Penn Yan. We drove past some of the places we had spent time as children (the elementary school, the "swimmin' hole", the family homestead. It was a nice drive. We stopped at Marcia and Andy Lloyd's house because they moved a few years ago, and this was my first visit to the new home (it's lovely). We stayed for only a short time because we all had other places to go, other things to see, and I know I'll see them again during my stay. When we got to the B&B, no one was home. We drove to Keuka College , where I had gone to school, since it was only a few miles away. Interesting. The most noticeable change was that there were men on campus; in fact, there was a men's lacrosse game being played. When I went there, it was an all-girls school. We also had a chance to stop for ice cream. I had two scoops - one grape, one Reisling (there's something you don't find at Leopold's!). By this time, the owner was ready for us, and we went to the inn and sat on the porch in the fine evening weather and talked and drank and got tired.



Robertson House B&B



 

ice cream



in front of my old dorm

Saturday morning, after having breakfast, we went to the Windmill for some shopping. Today wasn't as warm and nice as yesterday; it was raining and the temps had fallen, but it wasn't bad. We met Robin there, and it was wonderful to see her (I'll see her again, too, but it was nice to have an extra opportunity to visit). Ishy and I used to go to the Windmill, which is a huge Mennonite flea market/produce market/antique & craft venue, almost every fall, and it has not changed much. Many of the little booths that I used to think were so good are still there. We each bought a couple of things, and we had soup for lunch. After Robin said good by, Ishy & I started back to Rochester, too. We stopped at an antique shop, looking for things that used to be in the kitchen at the house where we grew up, and laughing at the pyrex painted bowls, the galvanized washtubs, the table top meat grinder, stainless steel kool aid tumblers, fishing tackle (my brother still has that and we saw it when we visited KC). Then we went back to her house to eat barbeque and watch the UGA game, followed by Auburn - blow outs both of them, but since we weren't really watching, it was OK.

 

 

the leaves are beginning to turn

 

Ishy had invited Brian, Sarah, and Emily over for dinner on Sunday. This is what she does EVERY Sunday. So, after they were finished at church, they stopped over. Ishy made a delicious turkey dinner - better than Thanksgiving. We ate that while watching the early games, and we also played a cards and a board game. As the early NFL games were winding down, we all retreated to the living room to sit in front of the TV to watch the BILLS BEAT THE LIONS! That just made my day.

 

 

Sarah Brian Emily