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Mending Walls
"Good fences make good neighbors"
solitude
Suzy contemplates running in the rain, or a version thereof.
Dreaming
Feb 2010..........wishing for this tonite (1-11-11) as New England braces for TWO FEET
Hang em high!!
Only practical Suzy would give me a hank of rope for Christmas. We broke the old one hauling firewood out of the woods at Sandpatch
Only in Virginia
fancy feast for expensive horses!!
frozen in time....
A seagull went down and he couldn't get up!
More beauties and the BEAST
Virginia Beach redux
Beauties and the Beast
"Gorilla in the midst".... of waifs
Becket reunion...enroute
Shelburne Falls, MA
Clamin'
Charlie Smith examines a find, as the tide retreats in Kennebunkport
Black n Tan
Federal Jacks in Kennebunk, ME provides some cooling in an unusually hot Maine July
Oklahoma bound...AGAIN
More "Grain Trainin'"; July 25 - Aug 11
Red Cows in the morning
Tourists take warning
water trough
emulated at Sandpatch
Mountain Hotel
what a breakfast!
Station beauty
Filisur.....bells announcing trains
Swiss dwarf
"dwarfed" by the Swiss beauty.
yum
says it all!
more Swiss buildings
neat and tidy
and more castles
from our boat
Swiss architecture
Suzy loves castles
Changing a flat tire
We had no jack.....sooooo....
right leg in the air!
a salute to the mountain ruggedness
FROSTY PAWS
Tululah's favorite spot in Meyersdale, PA where Frosty Paws for dogs (a dish of frozen custard) is her favorite. Alas frosty paws are a real possibility in this picture
Seven Springs, PA
Snow is the order of the day on January, 2010 adventure to Seven Springs, PA
Christmas card mailed from the Mance Post Office
Crusty Critter
Amtrak #20 is five hours late into ManASSAS DURING THE BLIZZARD OF 09
Sandpatch foliage
My photo was "picture of the day" on a national Railroad web site.
Wild Roses
Suzy came back bleeding.....but the wild roses at Mance were now exposed
For you.....Aunt Sue
"Snakes Alive"
Mountain breakfast
The only thing better than the home cooked lunch at Osier, CO was Suzy's breakfast fashioned at Mance.
BNSF (Bunn Sniffer)
the orange one
Bun Sniffer
Returning from Colorado to Sandpatch found two Bunn Sniffers (BNSF + the real one) at Mance, PA. The orange one was far from home.
Beauty and the Beast
Our iron horse in Antonito, CO
Library
no pause here, we had SUN, SUN, SUN
Huge porch
Swings, hammocks, rockers
Great Room
28' fieldstone chimney was glorious
45 seconds later
Father was unconcerned.........
Jeopardy
keep an eye on your kids.
close up
dying caboose
ashes to ashes
old wooden caboose returns to nature as the surrounding grounds are manicured much like a cemetery
Snow?.............NO
A view near the Post Office on 2/22/09. THe HEAVY snow lasted about 20" and produced about an inch. The biggest "storm" at 2000' elevation (Mance) has been about 5". What a shame!
Roofing crew?
Not exactly, but our neighbor three doors up will need one; their chimney fire ignited the shake shingle roof
sweater in progress
on our getaway to WV, Suzy knitted and fitted....my lambs wool sweater is "taking shape"..........my shape unfortunately
Seasons change
My Bradford pear tree hangs on to its leaves as Thanksgiving passes and Christmas fast approaches
"Farm Breakfast"
Suzy serves it up..........on our mini farm at the Mance Post Office. Taken with my new Digital video, digital still, cxamera
SMOKIN'.....
smoke out the chimney and a CSXT freight smokin up the grade
wood cookies
this is the before shot; before being digested by the splitting maul!
whadda YOU lookin at?
I DO NOT LIKE the menu on the blog!
Birds at ease
we like broken windows
Animals All
The northern trek involved many animals; human and otherwise
fall joy
Mance Rd......bathed in gold
Bird Whisperer
Suzy takes instructions from a new friend
bloody Mary
Mance tomato juice is in the making
Mance Moment
Joan cooks up a Mance stew for Suzy and me
YOUNG FARMERS
Kids still begin at a tender age...the operation of farm machinery
OLD FARMERS
men continue at an older age..the operation of farm machinery
WATER FOR THIRSTY RIDERS
...It doesn't just have to be horses!
Call of the wild
Suzy, the wolf lady
Venerable Farmall
..patiently awaits it's next call to duty at the Post office
Patch Pie
Suzy picked berries along the tracks near the Post Office. Boy were they good!
Thrillin
Suzy strikes a relaxed Cancun pose
Chillin
Actually it was hotter in Manassas than Cancun
POOL TIME
Endless water ways lead to swim up bars; we were in the lap of luxury
Snakes Alive!
they are just harmless blacksnakes
Snake Rack
A six foot blacksnake was left "hung out to dry"
Mance moment
a visitor startled (EEEEeeeekkkk) Suzanne as she crossed the tracks with Tululah
Suzy down
Tulula: "Did I do that?"
Dog Runner
Suzy practicing
Mance burglary
Pennsylvania trooper investigates smashed rear entry of MPO
Meyersdale's Finest
Entire MPD protects festival goers
Woodchuck
Suzy loaded the Rav 4 as I cut
"Bark Parks"
in this case it was a sniffer line on the beach at Newport Beach
Silo Suzy
we stayed in an old lima bean silo in Irvine, CA. 90 mph trains whizzed by 15' outside the window
HollyWOOOOOD!
Suzy and Kelly at Hollywood & Vine
ROGER'S NEW SIGN
Le Camp at Smith Hill
BBBBbirthday
Suzy, not the woodchuck; see new necklace from native Americans
BIG Bear
walking Tulula along the tracks at Mance (after dark), Suzy was enjoying the deer and rabbit tracks, until she saw these, and they were fresh!..Tulula would have been a mere snack. With that in mind, she returned home forthwith.
BBBBbbbbear
Suzie hightailed it for home
Currier and Ives
...it could be 1908; except for michael blowing snow
Winter wonderland
Delmar, NY for a wonderful ChristmasBirthdayNewYears combo
Dashing thru the snow
...in four furry legs
Super HOSTESS
Whew!...they are really going to eat it!
Suzanne's mom
New England lassie
Sisters three...on Peaks
Fourth is getting married
and more
zip
Mance color
maybe a "little punch" added?
Roof
Tired of puddles in the kitchen, (not from Tulula), a new Woof was the order of the day
Yes, yes, yes
MEAT for me.
NO, No, no
I DON'T like vegetables
Little Red
my little grubber
Mother's Day 2007
"We are family......"
Sandpatch "Trappings"
Look's like were moving to West Virginia, what with the narly furniture, iron chairs, and a used riding mower.........but we aint.
NowYouSeeIt
ENROUTE
Now You Don't
Snug as a Bug in a Rug
Snuggle Bug - I feel more comfortable this way
Hokie is the correct spelling
Little Patrick says so!
End Product
splendor
"Splendor in the grass...."
bone make me happy !
the UP side
"Your WHAT hurts?"
Mountains to climb...!
...or tunnel
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