It's been a while, as usual, since I blogged. I went up to Rochester to visit my family last week. It was the first time I drove there from here and it was a long tiring trip each way. But I know what to expect next time.
I had a good time just hanging out with my family. My mom, my sister Denise, and my niece Janina went to "Color Me Mine" one day. I think we spent about 5 hours there painting things. It takes a while to pick out what you are going to paint, then pick out your colors before you even get started. It was a lot of fun, I could make a habit of painting pottery. There is a picture of the small platter I painted.
We also visited a horse rescue and sanctuary later in the week. Janina is going to volunteer there on Saturdays. She used to work at a horse stable, and she knows quite a bit about taking care of them. The couple at the sanctuary have their hands full, with about 28 horses at the present. Some were abused, others were race horses that were injured and going to be put down. The brown horse in the picture is blind in one eye and over thirty years old. I didn't know they lived that long. Denise is petting a Donkey named Jenny. She was very sweet and loved the attention. After we left her pen, she made all kinds of noise until he gave her some more hay to eat.
We took a couple of walks at one of my favorite spots, Tinker Homestead. They have a nice nature trail, and a nature center for educational programs. We saw deer up close on one walk, but unfortunately I didn't have my camera during that walk. I am standing behind a tree that was a rotted out shell. The amazing thing, if you look on the right, a small new trunk is growing out of it. It was hard to see well due to all the other tree trunks in the picture. I'm including a few interesting pictures of the woods and mushrooms growing on logs as well. All in all a very relaxing and wonderful family filled time away.
