Rockmill Part II

This picture is one the historical society took of where we were. Not only is there a covered bridge and this beautiful portion of the Hocking River but also the site of one of the earliest mills in the state of Ohio. It was originally built in 1787 and is the only place in Ohio where a mill is located next to a covered bridge.

Rockmill Part I

We went GeoCaching again today. The thing I love about it is you discover so many new places that you wouldn't have gone otherwise. We had gone to an old cemetery in the tiny burg of Mt. Zion. The oldest grave we found was of a 3 month old baby who died in 1810. The next time we go we are going to bring crayons and paper to do rubbing of the grave stones. Then we went to a lake which turned out to be more like a pond. For this one you had to walk across the road and into dense under brush but it was worth it because there in the woods was the ruin of an old house and hidden in the chimney rocks was the cache.

On the way home we passed by a covered bridge. I asked John to turn around so we could get out and look at it and it was absolutely the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. This picture is the view from below.

It's good to be clean...

Last night Samantha had Book Club. The book was "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo. I led the discussion for this book and I was a little disappointed that the girls didn't enjoy this story as much as I had. Olivia explained why: she prefers stories about journeys. Interesting. In the book India Opal asks her dad to tell her 10 things about her mother who had left when she was 3. So, for an activity I had the girls write a 10 things list. One for their mom and one for their dad. Mine said I am a good crocheter and I like to watch TV. John's said he likes being clean. This totally cracked me up! I guess it's true, the man takes at least 3 showers a day so I suppose he does like to be clean. Tara didn't come to book club tonight because she was sad about her cousin leaving. Every summer her cousin visits and every year Tara is sad for a few days. Since she wasn't there I asked the girls if they would like to make a 10 things list for Tara to cheer her up. They did and on the was to deliver it to her Samantha noticed that they had only done 9 things. She was about to get upset but I told her to leave it, 9 things is nice too.

Geocaching at the Pet Cemetery

We went Geocaching (www.geocaching.com) this afternoon. The first place we went was this pet cemetery. It was a little creepy! It's out by the airport and is quite large. We didn't realize how old it was either. I couldn't believe it when we found the grave of Toodles! I say "toodles" all the time so we had a good laugh about that.

Geocaching...Lock Rocks

Pepper walking her dog, Dandy

A hike down the creek

Building a fort in the wood

More from Eden, NY

This is the view walking up from the creek...
And the view walking down to the creek from the house...
Samantha walking Dandy...
One of the bats who lives in the garage...
Coming out of the garage after visiting the bat...

A tree root along the path...
Some thriving Hostas...
The side garden...
The side terrace...
The path up from the creek... There are flowers in the garden there from our wedding 13 years ago... we gave out seed packets at each place setting...

Samantha on the path to the driveway...
The big bridge...
A view of the bridge from the path to the driveway...
Dad is paving the driveway... it's a huge project...
Samantha with her camera capturing memories...

The huge rhododendrons along the front terrace...
Samantha along the path...
I loved this fern growing out of the side of this tree...
Samantha on the big bridge...

I have always loved this sycamore tree...