The Best Part of the visit

Gramma Rose and Papa Frank. Just sitting around the table drinking wine and cheese. This was what made it worth it. They are still the same and that is the way I like it. Rose yells at Frank, Frank yells at Rose and we all just eat, drink, and laugh.

Oh boy did we laugh, Bob couldn't breath, my sister was in pain, and I peed a little. Now you may not think this was funny, I am sure you had to be there, but I will try to explain anyway.

Frank was telling a story about someone who used to raise racing pigeons. (remember we were drinking wine probably on the 3rd bottle) Who's ever heard of 'racing' pigeons ???? Poor Frank, he couldn't even finish his story because all we could picture was this:

I guess you had to be there...............................................................................

Stepping Stones Museum, Norwalk, CT

http://www.steppingstonesmuseum.org/


Since we had such a lovely cloudy rainy cold day to spend with our grandson, Jacob, we had to go indoors. Jacob chose to go to the Stepping Stones Museum. This is a great place for kids, lots of hands on and educational stuff. We felt really old there. We could tell that people didn't know whether we were the grandparents or the old parents. Bob kept telling Jacob to call us Mom and Dad. He didn't cooperate. I was kind of bored there, but grampa got into it. He is mentally around 6 years old anyway. He still knows how to play. I don't remember how, I guess that means I am old. I gotta do something about that.

Spring break Connecticut 2008. The best way to describe the transition of going from SW Florida to Connecticut in March is to reverse the Wizard of Oz. It is like going from color to black and white.

What a great photo opportunity though. I haven't been able to take any photos with my new camera in this light. It was about noon and gray, cloudy, drizzly, and in the upper 30's. I saw this mansion and had to stop and take some photos. I can just picture the door being opened all squeeky and slow, to see Lurch standing there. Maybe Thing can bring me something warm to drink while I look around inside. Ooops, too bad, they aren't open now. I forgot this is the wrong season for spring break, nope, I mean it's the wrong state!

http://www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.org/3.html

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is regarded as one of the earliest and finest surviving Second Empire Style country houses ever built in the United States. The 62-room mansion was built by banker-railroad tycoon LeGrand Lockwood, who in 1864 began construction of his estate on the Norwalk River in Norwalk, Connecticut. Designed by European-trained, New York-based architect Detlef Lienau, the mansion, which was completed in 1868, is considered his most significant surviving work. American craftsmen, along with many immigrant artisans, were employed in the construction of the house.