Thinking about a Spring or Summer Vacation?

This is a little off topic but I need to mention it. If you ever have a weekend off and want to take that special someone (wife, hubby, boyfriend, girfriend or just plain friend) somewhere nice, think about Newburgh, Indiana. It is a Mainstreet USA town, loaded with great antique shops, specialty shops, and restaurants. It also has one of the greatest Farmer's Markets in the area on Saturday mornings. Check out the dates it starts and ends on Historic Newburg's website.

 Take a self-guided walking tour through Downtown Newburgh’s historic district, stroll along the Ohio River on the Rivertown Trail, or relax with a glass of wine in one of our charming restaurants on the banks of the Ohio.

 

 

If you are a history buff you should drop by Angel Mounds and try to solve the mystery of where and why an entire tribe completely disappeared.

Five to seven hundred years ago, the area we now call Angel Mounds State Historic Site was a thriving Mississippian Indian town. Built between A.D. 1100 and 1300, the town was occupied by one thousand to three thousand inhabitants until its abandonment around 1450. Throughout that time, it was the largest settlement in Indiana. It served as the center of trade, government and religion for smaller satellite communities within a 70-mile radius. After more than 200 years of constant occupation, the town at Angel Mounds was abandoned, and by 1450, the site was completely empty.

This is a little off topic but I need to mention it. If you ever have a weekend off and want to take that special someone (wife, hubby, boyfriend, girfriend or just plain friend) somewhere nice, think about Newburgh, Indiana. It is a Mainstreet USA town, loaded with great antique shops, specialty shops, and restaurants. It also has one of the greatest Farmer's Markets in the area on Saturday mornings. Check out the dates it starts and ends on Historic Newburg's website.

 Take a self-guided walking tour through Downtown Newburgh’s historic district, stroll along the Ohio River on the Rivertown Trail, or relax with a glass of wine in one of our charming restaurants on the banks of the Ohio.

 

 

If you are a history buff you should drop by Angel Mounds and try to solve the mystery of where and why an entire tribe completely disappeared.

Five to seven hundred years ago, the area we now call Angel Mounds State Historic Site was a thriving Mississippian Indian town. Built between A.D. 1100 and 1300, the town was occupied by one thousand to three thousand inhabitants until its abandonment around 1450. Throughout that time, it was the largest settlement in Indiana. It served as the center of trade, government and religion for smaller satellite communities within a 70-mile radius. After more than 200 years of constant occupation, the town at Angel Mounds was abandoned, and by 1450, the site was completely empty.

New Listings at Last

New Listings at Last!

As most of you are experiencing, this has been a horrible Winter. For me there have been new medical issues so I have been very remiss in listing items.
But finally I have started to finally quit whining and gone back to work.





Just so I would save steps and not have to climb as many stairs I broke down and moved out my just recently finished dining room and brand new finished dining room table and brought my tools and desk to replace them.
What was once this-
Is now this-



Scary isn't it. I have promised myself to order up and neaten up on the 2nd Tues. of next week!

A Face Only a Mother Could Love

About a year or so ago I introduced T-Bone to you, so I thought it was time to catch you up. The picture on top is T-Bone now. The second picture is T-Bone when I first introduced him. He has grown into about a 11 lb. dog.

 

He may be an 11 pound dog but he has the ego of a hundred ten pound great dane.

 

He doesn't seem to understand the concept of "bigger than me". First, I have to explain that T-Bone is an escape artist. No fence or gate has been built that he can not dig under. If he is outside to "potty" more than 4-5 minutes, I guarantee that he has tunneled his way to freedom. His last Great Escape he dug his way under our fence into the neighbors yard (also surrounded with privacy fence) and then dug under their fence and out into the world of unrestricted freedom. By the time I found him he had run down the street, almost 2 blocks away. I found him cornered between a neighbor's front porch and house by a very angry Doberman. Fortunately, the Doberman decided only to verbally (dog speak) attack and very nicely allowed me to slip in and remove him.

As a long time, former Doberman owner (34 years) and trainer I don't have a lot of fear. I guess part of that is from working at a veterinary clinic for most of my working life. Not to mention both my father and brother were Veterinarians.

What surprises me is not the gentleness of the Doberman, but the fact that my normally cold hating dog that normally shares a heating pad with the cat at night and prefers that they then be covered with a comforter, will dig out of 1 and 1/2 feet of snow to go escape and challenge the biggest dog in the neighborhood.

Yes, there is a heating pad under both of these guys. Unfortunately, is covering the major portion of it. Think they make oversized heating pads. My 18 year old cat would appreciate a larger one.