We're back!

We had a refreshing weekend away together at the prettiest B&B. Patrick House in Urbana, Ohio was beautiful! Our hosts thought of everything we could possibly need and did everything they could to make our stay wonderful. The room below was ours and I loved the quirky little peaked door to our bath. It is that kind of pretty detail that makes these old homes so fun to stay in. The entry was pink, with lots of beautiful details and a collection of old frames and mirrors lining the stairs. This wonderful old B&B is for sale if anyone is interested!
The garden was filled with black eyed susans and the last of the hollyhocks. Our host, Joe, mentioned that he would soon be cutting back some of the perrenials that were past and kindly shared some of the hollyhock and poppy seeds with me. I loved the color of these hollyhocks, a beautiful pink fading to a soft yellow in the center, so I was thrilled to glean some seeds. The garden cats kept us company :>) Earl and I dined at the little table tucked in the corner of the garden our first night there with a picnic we had packed earlier. SO peaceful and beautiful!

Our Sunday was spent floating down the Mad River in a canoe. It was a very hot day, in the upper 80's and headed for the mid 90's, but the river was at least 15 degrees cooler and almost completely shaded. The river is spring fed, crystal clear and quite shallow. As we floated in our canoe, we could look into the water and see schools of trout. The banks were populated by majestic sycamore trees and we were surrounded by irridescent, neon teal damsel flies with inky black wings. They were everywhere! The canoe trip was simply magical. We want to take the girls down for a camping trip some time. This was easily the most beautiful river we have ever been on. I so wished I had my camera, but since I was still borrowing Vicky's I didn't want to chance it getting wet.
We drove through acres of corn fields, saw barns with quilts squares painted on them, and that evening went to cool off in the theater and see Julie and Julia (LOVED it, but we are big Julia Child fans)

We ended it with a walk down the street where I took these photos of some of the most beautiful homes. Urbana is a beautiful little town and it was just the kind of relaxing little get-away we needed. I admit it, I used some of my "camera" funds to do this, but celebrating a marriage is more important than cameras. Don't you think? Thank you for all the sweet messages and well wishes. It was so nice to come home and read them all. I am coming up on my 400th post and I think in celebration of all the joy I have found through my little blog I will be having a give-away:>) Stay tuned.I have come back refreshed and ready to create.