A Piece of Our Town . . .

One of the things I love most about moving to a new town is the "newness" of it all.  : )  Little gems in the form of gardens, streams, houses, ponds, old cemeteries, old barns and on and on are everywhere just waiting to be discovered.  There's the sweetest little house that sits on a small, tree lined street across from Megan's school that we discovered the other day while walking back to the car after we went to breakfast.

The flowers are what caught my eye first.  I had my camera with me because we had just been to Meg's school for her award ceremony.  The allium in the front yard is gorgeous!!  I've now put them at the top of my list of flowers to plant this year. 

And the house is just perfect as far as I'm concerned.  Isn't that rocking chair porch with it's old woodwork railings just incredible??  

While I was taking photos a man came from the side of the property.  He ended up being the groundskeeper for the property and he graciously offered to show us the back yard.  HECK YEA!!!!!  : )

We walked thru the garage and into a perfectly manicured back yard complete with raised beds filled with flowers and the start of a little vegetable garden too. 

I have to tell you that my favorite part of that magical yard was hands down the gorgeous tree that stood in the far left corner.  Pictures don't do it justice.  I would've hugged it if the groundskeeper wasn't watching.  : )

Couldn't resist a photo of these pretty curtains!!

A last glance back.

So that is just one of many pieces of our town that I want to share as I find them.  It's going up to close to 90 degrees here in my neck of NY today.  I'm so not ready for this.  We've been lucky up until now and have had a very cool spring, but it is almost June and it is almost summer.  Now is the time of year when I live vicariously thru my blogging friends on the other side of the world that are posting photos of fall and starting to plan for winter.  : )


Wishing you a beautiful Wednesday ~ Wendy

July 4th Celebrations in Cornwall-on-Hudson . . .

We took a drive up to Cornwall-on-Hudson to celebrate July 4th this year and I have to tell you that any doubts I had about moving up there were completely erased as I drove thru this beautiful little town.  There were American flags everywhere you looked!!  Hanging on porches, flying in the back of pickup trucks, on the front of cars, on bandanas around dogs' necks and on and on and on.  People were preparing the floats for the parade that went thru town at 5:00.  There were bbq's and gatherings on porches.  The gazebo in town was decorted in red, white and blue.  Honestly, it was kind of surreal and made me feel like I was in some sort of patriotic movie of yesteryear.  LOL!!! 

Waiting on the parade.

After feasting on sausage and pepper parm heroes, penne a la vodka and peach pie at my sister's house, we walked down the street to where the parade was held. 

A refurbished milk truck, complete with old milk bottles and crates!!!

A giant wooden eagle.

I could not resist taking a photo of this guy's pants.  He was dressed in red, white and blue from head to toe!!!  : )

This is Grandma Doris.  She is the matriarch of Jones' Farm, the cutest place to visit in Cornwall and the subject of many blogs here thru the years.  : )

The back of Grandma Doris' float.

This band really surprised us.  We thought it would be some little Dixieland band until they started playing some serious disco music.  Fantastic!!!!!

Brendan and Jakhai waiting for the parade to start.

No Main Street USA parade would be complete without the Boy Scouts!!!

It was such a wonderful day.  The skies cleared up right before the parade started and it wasn't too hot.  That is ALWAYS a plus for me!!!  This time next year we hope to be residents there and not just visitors. Still working on getting the house on the market.  We can't believe what a long process it is to get all of those unfinished projects done but it looks like we should be good to go by next weekend.  From my mouth to God's ears!!!  : )


Happy Wednesday!!  ~ Wendy