Something New

 Well, I'm finally getting around to writing a blog post to see if the new set up works.  Of course, I don't really know how I will know if it's working or not.............??

So, to catch you up........Willow is still a joy to have around...........especially when she's sleeping!

Right Cici?  

Willow's favorite thing to do is go for a car ride.  The UPS truck driver has learned not to give her a treat until he's ready to leave and then he tosses the treat out into the yard to get Willow out of his truck.  

Work has been very busy this summer.  We've had lots more people in for museum tours.  We also got new computers, so that took a lot of time to get set up.  The picture of Cici above is my new screen saver at work!  No matter how difficult things get, if your cat is looking at you upside down, it makes life better.

David and I did get away for a weekend (after the vacation cancellation).  We traveled to Hannibal.  The hotel was awful - both rooms they put us in - at least the second one had some air conditioning.  The best food we had the whole weekend was the free ice cream cone in the Dutch Country Store.  But the sights were fun.

We climbed ALL the steps to the top of the Mark Twain lighthouse (then realizing we could have driven to the top!)

The view of the Mississippi was beautiful!

You can read all about the light house here...........including the number of steps we climbed!

Ever since our trip to Maine several years ago, I have had a thing for lighthouses.  We also saw the new bridge.  You can read about it here...........

And this is the statue of Huck and Tom at the bottom of the lighthouse hill.

We also enjoyed the view from Lover's Leap............

We took an evening riverboat dinner cruise.  It was fun.  The music was good, the food was OK, but some of the people were obnoxious.

Our shadows walked down the ramp in front of us!

There were a few neat little shops in the historic district.  Otherwise, Hannibal is not a very pretty town, lots of old abandoned buildings.  It does have THREE quilt shops though.  I liked this quilt that was hanging in the Hickory Stick Quilt Shop.

And this one in the window of Bits & Pieces.  The third shop was called Batting by the Roll and it was open only on Thursdays or by appointment, so we didn't get in to see that one.

I have more to show and tell, but I'll post this for now to see if it's working..........if I can figure out how to tell.

Christi