Iron Butt Road Trip Day 2

Our friends Roxann & Jim recommended:

We rode up to New York in rain/sun/rain/clouds/rain.

We walked down 800 steps (1.5 miles) through the beautiful gorge

some of the time in a thunderstorm.

At least we had raincoats from the bike ride!

(My leg muscles are still a little sore!)

On the way back to Wellsboro, we stopped at a

Norton motorcycle convention.

There were also some other British bikes--

BSA's, and this 1967 Triumph Bonneville, which is

exactly like one Burger used to have:

By the time we got to this point,

 it had stopped raining for the day.

Iron Butt Road Trip Day 3

Pine Creek Gorge a/k/a the Grand Canyon of PA is well worth the trip. 

A few years ago, we rode bicycles through 10 miles of the gorge and back.

Funny.

Around and about Rehoboth Farm in July

"I am the rose of Sharon . . . "

"I am the rose of Sharon, 

The lily of the valleys."

Song of Solomon 2:1

I have white and lavender Rose of Sharon bushes, given to me by one of my friends named Mary Ann.  I need a pink one . . .

Louvered Shades

What, do you suppose, is the purpose of these?!?  (Be creative . . . )

A miniature sun in my flower bed

To be part of my perennial bed at the side of the house, flowers must usually belong to the red or blue family of colors--red, pink, blue, lavender, and white flowers are allowed.  I'll make an exception for this beautiful little yellow addition.

I have the most wonderful husband!

I have wanted Bee Balm for years, but never got around to getting any.  I was working last evening at an event, and was coveting our hostess' Bee Balm. When I got home at 9:45 last evening, I found a note from my husband (we never saw each other at all yesterday--we live in the same house, but sometimes work really different schedules) telling me to see what was growing beside the beans in the garden . . . 

I went out at 6 am this morning, and found a whole row of Bee Balm!  He had spent his evening while I was working hunting it up along the creek and digging it up to temporarily transplant into the vegetable garden for me.  How thoughtful.