Halloween 2008 -part 2

Halloween 2008 -part 1

A Growing Family of Friends

It's underway, as the ole girl get's new a new outfit. The red goes on next week, as we have to wait 6-8 weeks for the windows. The woodburning stove is picked out, but electric and insulation is still pending.
Search your basement for "clubhouse" items to decorate. As my thoughts are downstairs for adults, and upstairs for the kids to romp.

Hmmm, man cave or romp room.

Man cave?? That's not PC !!!!

More Apple Photos...

Apple Picking Fun!

Here are a few pictures from apple picking today. Thank you Pete, Abbie and Spencer - what a great way to spend the afternoon with friends!

5 year old friends...

2 year old friends...

apple picking...

and apple tasting galore...

yum...

enjoying a tractor ride...

and thirsty at the end of a great afternoon...

Flashback

We enjoyed the P-G Barn Tour this past weekend. For anyone who missed it, there are some (hard-to-find) videos on the B'ville news web site at: http://www.recordernewspapers.com/articles/2008/09/22/bernardsville_news/videos/doc48d7c18a337a1583609316.txt )

One of the guides at the Hamilton Farms stables was recalling the history of the original owners ( http://www.uset.com/hamiltonfarm.php ) and mentioned a name that instantly transported me back about 40 years: Elizabeth Jane Hamilton Brady.
While attending grade school at Saint Elizabeth's in mid '60s B'ville, we would often walk by and look way up to the imposing, at that time, doors leading into the auditorium. No one ever explained exactly who EJHB was, but I guessed that she was the wealthy donor who financed the school building.