Living inwards a town on the Delaware River, I am surrounded past times many things rural...old towpaths as well as canals, 4-H fairs, farms as well as lots of flora as well as fauna.
Enjoying Local Life
Thaddeus as well as I of late had a 24-hour interval that included biking along the Delaware/Raritan Canal Towpath, crossing the Delaware River on a pedestrian couple North of where nosotros live, going to a 4-H Fair as well as seeing all the flora as well as animal that went amongst it.The photograph inwards a higher house was the vast as well as varied display of peppers submitted to the 4-H Fair looking to have (and some rattling receiving) prizes for their efforts. I flora the display of vegetables to hold out most fairy tale-like inwards their appearance.
Look at the cabbage head...it was huge as well as the rich greens inwards it were remarkable.
On our bicycle rides, nosotros come across an expanse of the county that is rich as well as verdant at this fourth dimension of twelvemonth as well as is likewise rich amongst history as well as wildlife.
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| Historic Canal Boats as well as the Center Bridge Inn (PA) |
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| New Hope/Lambertville Free Bridge (from NJ) |
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| Washington Crossing Ferry House (PA) |
We are genuinely fortunate to alive inwards such a beautiful expanse of the country. It makes exercising a joy. A friend of mine does web site evolution for the Delaware River Towns inwards this area, as well as thence banking concern jibe out other beautiful as well as historic events on their site.
We used to sentinel a CBS News demonstrate on Dominicus mornings called CBS Dominicus Morning as well as Charles Kuralt used to terminate the demonstrate amongst a curt video of nature, as well as thence I'll piece of employment out you a infinitesimal of Delaware River to reverberate as well as meditate on.
Readers' Comments/Questions
In Comments, Julie writes, "Joe, since I alive inwards NC, as well as accept no promise of making it to 1 of your arts and crafts shows, I uncovering I must enquire the dimensions of the Old Shale Wrap. I absolutely beloved how both of them accept turned out, merely accept no sentiment how large they are - it is as well as thence difficult to seek out to approximate from the photo. And non exclusively are you a Master Blogger, I mean value you accept some kind of Super Powers to larn all of that done earlier 8:50!! What did you as well as Thaddeus do, get-go at 3 am??"
Thank you Julie...I likewise mean value the wraps are beautiful as well as I'm thinking 3 of them displayed out similar flags volition larn a lot of traffic to my booth! The wraps are or as well as thence 67" long as well as 15" broad (measured from the overstep of 1 scalloped border to the valley of the 1 across from it...so it's wider than 15" inwards some lengths of the wrap).
Current Knitting
Progress on the 3rd Old Shale Wrap (in pumpkin spice) continues.
For I included the criterion record inwards the photograph to rank you a feel of size/gauge. I'm non quite one-half finished amongst this wrap, merely I mean value I may rattling similar this 1 the best as well as thence far.
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