Breakfast at Tiffanys.....just as good!

ENJOY THE AMBIANCE:

Faux plaster and lathe accenting the bedroom. No need to look at the clock; the rising sun tells you it's time for breakfast, so does Tululah, so does the dying wood stove. It's so comforting to hear Suzy in the kitchen with the smell of fresh coffee and frying bacon mixing with wood smoke, and the kerosene stove.

The final thought is that a hot shower awaits, after the pipes........... from 13 degrees overnight........ thaw out!

Suzy works hard....and I get hungry!

BEEF................it's whats for dinner.

Splitting those big wooden morsels requires more than a herbivore

"A" DOG.....who is in charge here?

Tulula and I on the way to her favorite park; the one with deer parts hidden in the grasses.

A tummy scratch is requested with a proffered paw.

Birthday Girl......

No trip to Punxy.........this year,

but the chuck was with us (on Suzy's shoulder). Beautiful flowers for a wonderful person. Steak and wine in a quiet restaurant. What could be better?

VIRGINIA TECH VISIT

Suzanne and I traveled to Blacksburg this past weekend to visit Morgen...and provide her with a canister of cayenne pepper spray. With the beheading of one student by another three weeks ago, and the terrible tragedy of April 16, 2007, suddenly Morgen was being stalked by an unbalanced male student one floor below. A complaint by another student caused the University to react swiftly and the student from Conneticut was quickly removed from campus and provided "professional help."

We dined at various traditional (historic) restaurants and enjoyed a tour of the beautiful grounds and buildings constructed from "Hokie Stone



It was interesting to note this bridge and three miles of roadway was built nine years ago with Federal and State highway funds for close to $100,000,000 ......and goes nowhere!! There are no funds to take the road an additional THREE miles to I 81. The bridge is closed to the public, but is used by Tech for "expermimental purposes". Meanwhile, under the shadow of the bridge, residents live in poverty.

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"BIG WOOLIE"

Some sheep is wandering around the mountains near the West Virginia border sans a winter coat. Suzy processed nearly four pounds of wool to present me with "BIG WOOLIE"! It's beautiful. One sweater like this could have taken care of the entire Donner Party.

One danger...................if I fall....I can't get up!