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.
