For a pleasant Sunday we decided to take Maya for a walk on a newly-paved rail to trail just minutes from our house. It is part of the old West Chester - Downingtown trolly line that ran along the eastern side of the East Branch Brandywine Creek. We had walked this route several times before it was developed into a rail-trail; it was part of a loop we often walk in another recently opened park/trail system along Downingtown Pike and Skelp Level Road.

There were few people on the trail but we did run into some folks we know through our friends Gerry & Shelly Geiss. We had a pleasant chat - mostly about the Chester County Camera Club after Pat noticed the big, new Canon camera that they were carrying. Maya was quite well behaved! I snapped this photo of Gibson's Bridge from the trail.

After that we stopped by Jim & Ruth MacFadyen's house to visit Ruth (who is recovering from knee surgery) and Gia, their daughter Kate's dog. We've been helping out a bit on and off with Gia, who doesn't like getting her nails trimmed. Pat is pretty good at it with the sandpaper attachment on our small, battery-operated Dremel tool. I am tasked with the "holding" job. Gia gets a belly rub to take her mind off the trimming. Oh - and Gia is a 60-70 lb. pit bull terrier who is all muscle and tounge. She is a big sweetheart.

Next, we went to pick up a new chair for our bedroom. It sits right in front of our big windows and will be a great place to read - eyes open or closed - it won't matter!