West Virginia!

On another glorious August day, we traveled to West Virginia, to my in-laws' beautiful hill to celebrate (a few days later) my husband's birthday. There, we visited the graves of our beloved Puerto Rican satos, Rusty and Geni, who are buried at the spot they liked the most on a hill they loved to visit (and where they lived for the first several months we first moved to Ohio into a tiny apartment that only accepted cats). This walnut tree grew, unbidden, on the same spot and now provides lovely shade to my much-missed old doggies.

Visiting "The Hill" is always a treat, especially since my mother-in-law always has something interesting to show, especially if it's a flower or a plant. This time, there were these strange gourds, which appear to be pretty much purpose-less.

My father-in-law always treats to lunch, so we went to a local place across the river, back in Ohio, but before we stopped at a market to get some fresh Ohio corn. It's white corn and that'll be dinner tonight, which we're anticipating will be delicious. At the market, I saw these huge tomatoes (about the size of a small canteloupe!) and just had to take a picture.

After lunch, we all gathered to celebrate my husband's birthday, with a scrumptious cake and ice cream.

On the way back home, later the afternoon, the late summer sky was lit up in blue laced by gossamer clouds.