food, crochet, merriment
People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.
– Salma Hayek
Smith Family Farm
Stream on Smith Farm
Sacred Grove
Sacred Grove
Sacred Grove
Joseph’s Loft Bedroom
Palmyra LDS Temple
Original hearthstones where the plates were hidden
Original floorboards in Smith Family Farmhouse
Family Room
Smith Family Farm
Please insert one verse of Willie Nelson singing, “On the Road Again.” What are those roller coaster-y things in front of us any way? We don’t drive on stuff like that where I come from.
Don’t worry. New York roads aren’t this steep. I was just trying to be artsy, but instead I think it’s making me carsick….
Ooooh—looky. Another toll booth. What a shockeroo. I told you…they are everywhere.
About midway, we pulled over for a roadside picnic.
My personal favorite item? Mini bananas! Who knew such a thing existed? Maybe they are from some teeny tiny tropical island, with really small people on it. ha ha
I crack myself up.
These cute babies just keep popping up.
Just a tad more driving and finally, finally we reach our destination—
Niagara Falls! Do you feel like you are stuck in the middle of some crazy people’s home movies? Well, that my friend, if because you ARE!
Be brave, little piglet. This place was cool—even from the American side.
The babies didn’t have passports to cross over to the Canadian side…
where most of the post cards come from.
It was simply beautiful…and big and loud and steep…
and no–we are not going down there to get reeally close.
In fact, this romantic place felt much safer for some of us, behind a sturdy glass wall. Can you say CHICKEN LIVER?
Yeah, that’s me.
It did, however, inspire a few folks to do some outrageous things.
Honestly, the nerve of some people.
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A quiet corner
Two bald guys
Room for two
Our private giant
All about red
Jiff’s eye view
The next adventure