An Amish Garden...

During a girlfriend road trip over the weekend - we stopped at an Amish store.  

Someone happened to glance out a window at the 

back of the store and look what we discovered...

Were you expecting a vegetable garden?   Nope - it was this 

meandering flower garden tucked in the back yard.

   All that beauty and it was not a bit visible from the road.  

No, I don't think they hid it on purpose.  It's probably just where they had room to put it.  

I helped myself and walked around the back of the store to take some pictures. 

 

They had some amazing hostas too.

And across the road was this lovely old school or church building.

Oh I love road trips!

A Day In NYC...

This weekend we celebrated another year of marriage 

with a day trip via train to New York City.  

We had a few short hours and did all of our sightseeing on foot.   

 Our favorite was walking the High Line - an abandoned 

elevated railway that has been converted to a garden path/park.  

This was our first sighting as we approached...

...and a scene from on the High Line itself.

 

We enjoyed lunch at a sidewalk diner.  

Sadly this is the only picture of the 2 of us...

We saw some wonderful old buildings. This one was massive 

and had ornate detailing over every inch of it.

I was struck by the graphic coloring and aging of this building...

It was fun to look 'up' to see what we could see. 

 Loved the roof top and balcony gardens...

We hiked to Central Park where we heard 'there's always something going on'.  

We came upon a skate dance group enjoying the afternoon. 

But my personal favorite - was coming upon this 'pop up' 

gluten free bakery shop.  You can be sure I treated myself!

Good-bye fair city.  We hope to visit again yet this year.  

Tip - Amtrak has a buy 1 get 1 40% off deal going on thru Dec. for PA trips.

But next time - I think we'll be using the subway to get around.  

I am sore in places I've never been sore before in my life!

And may I also say - I'm so thankful to the Lord for these 29 years. 

I would have never imagined all the twists and turns.

But 'together' is still an awesome way to do life.  And I love my man!  ~Joyce

Wild Horses and Assateague Beach Things...

 We delivered a piece of furniture about 4 hours away yesterday 

and spent a little time on the island of Assateague National Park.  

Wild horses roam free there...

 

... but appear to be a little too used to humans.

We learned these are skate eggs...sadly now dead.

This old anchor had shells encrusted to it. 

It's amazing that something so heavy could wash up... 

The tree was a fake 'plant'... well charred and the

 probable remains of someone's beach bonfire.

But I liked it's solitary stature... 

And my fav photo of the day...

 The rest of the story is that 1 hour after arrival - our vehicle broke down.   

Yep - 1 hour!

Anyone want to buy a good looking 1981 Chevy pick up truck?