Friday Fragments

Well, here it is Friday again. This has been a week of a little of this and a little of that.

I know I posted last week about our trip to Pennsylvania to see Jim's mom and some of the rest of our families. What I forgot to mention was that on our way to PA and back, we pass through a little town called "Cheshire". It is really just a wide spot in the road with nothing much outstanding or unusual about it EXCEPT that every Halloween, the entire town is toilet papered. It has never occurred to me {until now} to stop at the only gas station in town and find out the story behind the TP. Next time we drive through, I intend to do just that.

Weird, huh?

Another phenomenon we observed was the freak snowstorm that blew through St. Marys, PA on November 3, dropping eight inches of snow. None of the surrounding towns had a flake, but St. Marys was inundated. When we arrived on the 6th, this is what I saw in the Wal-Mart parking lot.

I've titled this post "fragments" and that is just what it is. Bits and pieces of my thoughts and life.

In June I took this picture of our clematis vine.

And here it is in November.

This probably isn't as unusual for those of you who live in warmer climes, but to those of us who live in the frozen tundra of Upstate NY in November, this is magnificent.

We have had the most amazing and delightful Fall this year. The colors of the trees were prettier than I can remember in a long time. The sumac was glorious. The days have been sunny and mild for the most part. I asked Jim if it's just because we have more time to enjoy the season. But, we both agree it has been a spectacular fall.

Today was another one of those pleasant surprises with temperatures in the 60's and a clear blue sky. We took advantage of the day and did some shopping the morning. I confess that I didn't have my camera with me and missed a picture of Laurie in her little Wegman's hat pushing the bakery rack. I hope I get another chance at a pic.

Each year at this time, we send rescue Christmas boxes to college students from our congregation at church. We have such fun with this. We went to The Dollar Tree and Wal-Mart to buy goodies for our student. What a good time. I think we have everything we want, maybe more than will fit in the box.

We also saw that Peebles was having a big sale and found a really nice vest for Jim's mom.

At age 94, Mom doesn't read computer blogs, so I am safe posting this picture.

AND ---- Drum roll, please! WE DID IT!!!!!

We walked the last little section of the canal path to complete our walk from Newark to Macedon {and beyond}. Now if it snows, we are all set. We plan to walk from Macedon to Fairport next summer. It has really been fun and exciting for us to do this walk.

I plan to do a scrapbook of our canal walk. I'm going to use a book I purchased from Cheryl's Etsy shop. I'll post some pictures of it when I finish it. If you haven't gone to Cheryl's shop yet, do so. It's fun.

Well, Claudia is coming for dinner and I need to hustle out to the kitchen and rustle up some grub. Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.

~Hippo Hugs~