That TIme of Year

Time again for pussy willows on the kitchen window sill. 

Time for decorating Ukrainian style. I did this one at church last week.

Here's a bowl of Pysanka eggs from years past.

And time for the only Easter Bunny I have in another window.

Visit to Farm Up the Road

 It's been over a week ago that I accompanied the two granddaughters on a visit to the farm up the road. Granddaughter #1 used my camera to take these photos.

Goats.

Sheep in pen one has three lambs.  Don't know if others expecting too.

Young cattle.

When we got back and downloaded the photos she played around with the exposure.

Here's the  8 year old photographer at work.

Winter Won't Let Go

 

We had snow overnight Sunday.  Almost 2 inches when we got up on Monday morning. As I write this on Tuesday afternoon the icicles are still hanging on and snow still sits on the ground where the sun hasn't gotten to it. It didn't get above freezing on either Monday or Tuesday.  Wind chill is 3º

Below was the strange sight on the roof of the barn on Monday afternoon - a checkerboard pattern.

Wishing for warmer weather.

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Haines Shoe House

 Ever since I was little and the family would travel from Maryland to Lancaster, PA I would see a very large shoe house on a hill overlooking US 30 - Lincoln Highway.  We never stopped to investigate what it was until last week.  On our way to meet Dan's brother for dinner outside of Reading PA we had time to spare so we went to find out what it was.

It is the Haines Shoe House built in 1948 by Mahlon N. Haines, the Shoe Wizard of York, PA.

It is modeled after a high topped work shoe and measures 48 ft long and 17 ft wide at widest part.  It's 25 ft  high.  It has 5 levels with 3 bedrooms, two baths, a kitchen and living room.  I know all this from the brochure.  The shoe house was closed on this Monday.

There are shoes on the fence and the mailbox is a shoe!

Only in America!