The rental house....

I realized I didn't take many photos of the retreat house we rented two weeks ago...guess that's because the owners have many good shots of it online at the site from which we rented it.  This house is large.......5 regular bedrooms and 2 loft bedrooms....a front porch with rockers and an upstairs balcony......3 full bathrooms and a very nice yard with lots of seating and a fire pit that we didn't use but had intended to (just never got around to it).  THIS is the site that tells about the house for any who might be interested in it....would make a great spot for a large family vacation or for another group to do a quilters' retreat. (If you have a group that decides to rent it, tell them Pat and the gals from Delaware sent you!!! We don't get anything for a referral but at least they'd know we liked the house enough to recommend it.)  Here are a few photos I did take while there......(click to enlarge)....captions beneath each photo.

 

This was the view when pulling out of the driveway.  Many of the immediate neighbors are Amish families and an Amish lady next door had a very lovely gift shop with beautiful items she (and others) made.

 

The front porch of the house.....which we didn't use.  We were either busy sewing or shopping!!! I guess we need to stay there longer to make use of the firepit and the front porch.

 

Some Amish children walking home from school.  One of the Amish one-room schoolhouses was a few doors away from us.  I always love watching the schoolkids go by.......all carrying those lunch coolers now.  This road has a good bit of traffic, so the "lead" child wears a safety vest.  I also notice that she had the little guy carry HER lunch cooler, too!  Other years, I've not noticed any lead child doing that and I found it kind of funny to see.