Flowers and Friends

 

This glorious gladioli was a gift from Linda Coons, Wendy’s mother. We had the pleasure of visiting Linda and Rich at their farmhouse in York, Pennsylvania on Saturday. They had purchased this home in the sixties as a run down farm but have made it their own with personal touches such as boards from an old corn crib on the walls of the dining room and a solar heating room in the back end of the house which provided a lovely place to sit and read during the winter. The large property included a big barn and many flower and vegetable beds. I loved touring the grounds with Linda as she pointed out some special flowers and a beautiful patch of asparagus. After chatting a while Linda and Rich took us to a local diner and we enjoyed a delicious dinner. We went back to Linda’s where she served us our dessert....vanilla ice cream with berries. The strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries were all picked by Rich from their own bushes. As we finished dessert a huge rainstorm came up so we sat with the lights dimmed and the party lights on and talked and talked. As the rain let up Chris drove us back to his house and we played a game of Five Crowns and another of Pictionary before bedtime. It was such a lovely day