Indiana, Markleville - Sunday, August 9, 2015 - Combine Cake and a Tour of the Town

On Wednesday we decided to go into Pendleton for lunch and a nostalgic walk through town and then on to Frankton to see if we could dig up proof of Greg’s residence from the early 70’s so he could claim some unclaimed property.  We called ahead to the Frankton post office to see how long they keep records – one year, guess that won’t do us any good, we’ll have to think of something else.

 

 

Earlier in the week I spent a good deal of time constructing a combine cake for the upcoming third birthday of our great grandson Braxton.  This is the base for the cake, it needs to sit up off of the bottom board so “wheels” can be added later.

Yes, John Deere green icing is possible.

This is going to be the hopper for some candy corn.

This looks really rough but it is as far as I wanted to go right now, have over a week to go before the birthday party so this will have to go in the freezer until then.  I just needed to know that the idea was going to work.  For the finished project the whole thing will be covered in additional icing so it all looks even.  I’ll post pictures of the finished project later.

We went to the Bank Restaurant for lunch on Wednesday.

 

 

Love the tin ceiling.  We talked for a bit with the new owner but he didn’t have a lot of time, the place was packed for lunch.

The banks on the tables were a cute touch.

The “lunch-size” tenderloin was just right and delicious.

We walked through town reminiscing about what the stores used to be when we were growing up – fifty years ago J.  Pendleton is a National Historic Registry Community.  The post office has changed the least of any of the buildings, it was completed in 1937 and remodeled in 1966.

Across from the post office where the white car is parked used to be my uncle’s garage where he repaired cars, we didn’t go in but I think it is now an antique/consignment shop.

This is the main street, State Street looking east from the post office.

This is the main cross street and the one that leads to Falls Park, Pendleton Avenue looking north.

I’ve never been in the apartments that are above these stores on Pendleton Avenue but I like the “bump out” on this one.  Back in the day it was probably a very special place.

Saturday evening we spent with son AJ and daughter-in-law Kim and these two very special grandkids, Jackson and Braelynn.  They are growing up so fast.

 

 

Today we spent at the gun club working with Desira and Dan.  We worked with them on Tuesday and Friday also so it’s been a busy trap shooting week.