We had Ed and Janie Jenkins over for dinner. Ed is the pastor at the Peace River campground in the winter in Florida. Jim and Tracy Tull were also with us at this time spending a week kicking around with the Rileys.
This is Janie and Ed's dog "Miss Molly" This is what she looked like when she arrived.
This is what she looked like after 4 hours of playing with Nicky.
The two of them spent the day racing around the yard and playing hide and seek. They kept us laughing all day.
This is the RV pad we had Jim and Tracy parked in. It makes a pretty nice camping spot don't you think????
Jim and Lee spent most of the week working on rebuilding an old wood shed. Looked pretty good when they were finished didn't it?
We took Jim and Tracy to downtown Harrisburg because I told them I wanted to show them the most beautiful capital building in the USA.
Back side of the Capital complex
Isn't that incredible?
The capital was designed in the American Renaissance style by Philadelphia architect Joseph Huston (1866-1940), who envisioned the building as a "Palace of Art". Built and furnished at a cost of $13 million, the Capital features paintings, stained glass and furnishing by some of the best artisans of the day.This capital is a National Historic Landmark.
The Senate chambers
The Supreme Court
The House Chambers
That is Joseph Huston's head (the architect) covering the keyhole.
The dome
Twenty years have been spent restoring the inside of the capital and renovations are now finished.
The outside renovations are still in progress and it will be a total of 25 years into that project.
The front of the Capital building.
Harrisburg sits on the east side of the Susquehanna River. This picture is taken from the west side of the river.
Tracy and Jim fixed us a Mexican dinner one night. Brandon, the youngest of our 5 children, happen to be there for dinner that night and Tracy and Jim sent him home with food for later also. Brandon works for Comcast and is presently helping them open up an office in Charleston, SC. What a great opportunity for him. He's already spent a month there and will probably spend another month there. He was leaving the next day to go back.
This is our eldest daughter, Suzanne, who lives in St. Petersburg, PA. This is in the Lancaster area. Every so often I have Suzanne come up for what I call a girls week-end. This time I had a brunch and invited 2 of her friends she has not seen in a long time and got them together. Those girls spend hours catching up and it sure was good for all of them. Later we spent an evening around the campfire talking.
My two boys were thinking--company is gone and we can just kick back and relax now. WRONG I told them it was now time to get that hall floor laid.
Lee worked hard all week. After pulling up the carpet, Lee found an area of the floor that he felt was compromised and needed redone. There had at one time been a water leak onto this section of the floor.
He also put new flooring under the furnace. He spent the majority of the week getting the floor ready. It only took him one day to lay the floor. I know he is glad that job is done.
Didn't it turn out well?
Our yard has been constantly filled with butterflies this year.
Our neighbor just started a bee hive this year and featured above is a jar of the first honey taken from the hive. The bees are really doing well and we are thrilled to have a source of raw honey.
Thought you would all get a kick out of this. This is Lee and I about a year after we were married. I always enjoy the old pictures Jane Rankin puts on her blog so thought I'd include a few also.
The Riley family in 1973.
The Riley family in 1976. This was Centennial year and I had made these outfits for us and told them we were going to have a centennial picture taken. They went kicking and screaming but I got it.
HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED LAUGHING AT THESE PICTURES.
The Senate chambers
The Supreme Court
The House Chambers
That is Joseph Huston's head (the architect) covering the keyhole.
The domeTwenty years have been spent restoring the inside of the capital and renovations are now finished.
The outside renovations are still in progress and it will be a total of 25 years into that project.
The front of the Capital building.
Harrisburg sits on the east side of the Susquehanna River. This picture is taken from the west side of the river.
Tracy and Jim fixed us a Mexican dinner one night. Brandon, the youngest of our 5 children, happen to be there for dinner that night and Tracy and Jim sent him home with food for later also. Brandon works for Comcast and is presently helping them open up an office in Charleston, SC. What a great opportunity for him. He's already spent a month there and will probably spend another month there. He was leaving the next day to go back.
This is our eldest daughter, Suzanne, who lives in St. Petersburg, PA. This is in the Lancaster area. Every so often I have Suzanne come up for what I call a girls week-end. This time I had a brunch and invited 2 of her friends she has not seen in a long time and got them together. Those girls spend hours catching up and it sure was good for all of them. Later we spent an evening around the campfire talking.
My two boys were thinking--company is gone and we can just kick back and relax now. WRONG I told them it was now time to get that hall floor laid.
Lee worked hard all week. After pulling up the carpet, Lee found an area of the floor that he felt was compromised and needed redone. There had at one time been a water leak onto this section of the floor.
He also put new flooring under the furnace. He spent the majority of the week getting the floor ready. It only took him one day to lay the floor. I know he is glad that job is done.
Didn't it turn out well?
Our yard has been constantly filled with butterflies this year.
Our neighbor just started a bee hive this year and featured above is a jar of the first honey taken from the hive. The bees are really doing well and we are thrilled to have a source of raw honey.
Thought you would all get a kick out of this. This is Lee and I about a year after we were married. I always enjoy the old pictures Jane Rankin puts on her blog so thought I'd include a few also.
The Riley family in 1973.
The Riley family in 1976. This was Centennial year and I had made these outfits for us and told them we were going to have a centennial picture taken. They went kicking and screaming but I got it.HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED LAUGHING AT THESE PICTURES.
Next off to Myrtle Beach for a Riley family reunion.
As you get older don't slow down, Speedup. There's less time left!!
