A Day in the Country

 

It is Harvest Time in the American Midwest and

Mr. Wonderful and I are both at home at our

American Homestead, Avalon.

We decided to get out on this beautiful day and

spend the day getting lost in the country.  Oh, this

photo is not our home, it is a photo I took as we

sped along a country lane ~ isn't it adorable?

 

 

As we passed through the downtown of a

nearby city we spied this sign.  We decided

we had better eat since we didn't know what

we'd find in the middle of nowhere.

 

 

I had the Cheeseburger Pie, it was tasty!

 

 

Then we were off!  Stopping at antique

shops along the way.

 

 

We had the whole day ahead of us. We

stopped to talk to the animals we found.

 

 

I was making kissy noises and telling

these horses they were so beautiful and

as we pulled up a bit further on the road

I saw there was a man standing just behind

the tree on the left.  I smiled and waved,

and then turned red...

 

 

Don't they look like they are kissing?

 

 

I love how this silo has been repurposed.

I'd like for that to be my reading nook.

 

 

The farmers were out harvesting their

crops.  I could watch those corn-pickers

all day.

 

 

There is the harvest.

 

 

We stopped at a farm where we used to take

our kids pumpkin picking many years ago.

 

 

Some more antiquing in a tiny town in the

middle of nowhere.  They had great pieces

here.  Where do they buy and how do they

stay in business in this sleepy town?

 

 

I love seeing the old courthouses

in the county seats.

 

 

And then it was on to Purdue University. 

If you look closely, you can see the Boilmaker

train going by.  It was a beautiful Fall day and

the campus was alive with activity, the band

was practicing and parading along 3rd Street,

people were strolling and skateboarding...

 

 

Here is the gorgeous Engineering Fountain,

it was designed by my friend Becky's Dad.

 

 

The clocktower ~ if you zoom in to the clockface

you will notice the 4 is IIII, not the typical Roman

numeral IV.  They thought that looked too much

like IU, their archrivals, and they couldn't have

that.  Our Kate tells us, at football games a cheer

will always go up saying, "IU sucks!" ~ no matter

who they are playing.  Often the players from

Michigan, Iowa or wherever will look up in the

stands, perplexed.  So they tell them, "yeah, it

doesn't matter who we're playing, IU still sucks."

Now as parents of an IU student as well, we have

to be fair.  Our IU "Hoosier" tells us, they don't

even respond to this, they just KNOW they are

better...

 

 

Then we spent the evening at a lecture

given by Madeleine Albright.  Our Kate

fit us into her busy schedule ~ between

classes, pumpkin carving and late night

studying.  Glad you could join us Kate!