Sunday, April 10, 2011

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!


Friday, April 1, 2011

April Fools!

So...March is supposed to go out like a lamb, but what about April? Back to dreary old winter? This is the view that we found when we opened the bedroom curtains this morning. Hopefully, it will soon be sunny and warm!