FAMILY – Page 15 – Skelton Sketches

We got our girl back…

Posted on May 29, 2014April 29, 2017 by lindaskelton

We fetched her from the airport in Bellingham.

But while we were anticipating her return we got in a beautiful 40 mile ride through the countryside in the Star-Spangled land …

(It was Memorial Day weekend)

We made sure she got in a little riding too… in the most beautiful city park we know—Stanley Park

[Here’s the view from the back of the tandem….]

In Vancouver, of course.

Then we made our picturesque way home… with our treasure ( :
…

It’s good to have her home and good to see all God has done in her time away…

–LS
“One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts…They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness!” Ps.145:4,7

Cincinnati Sightings…

Posted on April 24, 2014April 28, 2017 by lindaskelton

No trip is complete without a bike ride…My sister courageously consented to go riding with me!

We had a grand bit of pedaling down a quiet wooded trail along the Little Miami River…

We stopped along the way to have a closer look at wayside flowers, of course……completing a delightful 26 miles or so before our rental time elapsed.

If you’re ever in these parts look up this paved trail running from Loveland to the ‘beyond’ in both directions. Peaceful, quaint, and refreshing terrain, with NO HILLS!

And then there’s downtown Cincinnati—an interesting mix of old and new…

in various stages of decay or restoration…

But I am a walk-in-the-woods sort of girl…

And these woods are so like the ones by which I grew up.

The may apples are raising their umbrellas…And the Violets and Spring Beauties are showing their faces, just as they did in the springs of my childhood.

Only we are now children only in our memories…

And they are good ones!

–LS

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. I Cor.13:11-12

Photos taken in Loveland, downtown and Washington Park, Mt. Airy Forest park, and Eden Park…

Cincinnati Scenes…

Posted on April 18, 2014April 28, 2017 by lindaskelton

I flew to visit my sister this week… I was greeted by temps nearing 80…

…which then plunged to winter’s chill and dropped snow overnight!

I love the old architecture in the vicinity!

We both loved this one best…

But this is home, sweet home.

Experiencing local culture necessitated a trip to: Jungle Jim’s a most quirky and colorful international market!

Everything from pig snouts and tongues to fine teas and gourmet chocolates…

And a very lot of exotic produce in between.

But comfort food in these parts comes from:

Skyline Chili

“Skyline Chili” is a secret-recipe chili of supposedly Greek origin, with an unexpected touch of cinnamon. It’s served on spaghetti pasta topped with a mound of shredded cheese. This is a “three-way”.
For a “four-way” you add chopped onions OR beans. And for a “five-way” you add BOTH onions and beans. I tried a ‘five-way’. Tasty but not comfort food. Apparently the taste grows on you. Many locals love it.

And that’s what I’ve seen of Cincinnati so far…

…but the best part is this:

–LS