Dr. Rutherford's home...

he was our first educated medical doctor...

he came here in 1847 from Paxtang, PA on horseback...

and he liked this place enough to make it his home...

he lived, doctored, married twice and died here...

well loved and respected...

and this is where I shot Eli's photos...

if he had been a girl...

it would have been among the flowers...

Craig is going to be volunteering here again this summer...

and things need tended to...

we are not part of the historical group anymore...

but we help out when we can...

there are many buildings on the site...

and its run on donations...

its one of my favorite places to be...

but its not wheel chair friendly...

so I go where I can...

but the front porch is wonderful to just sit on and watch the cars go by...

a bird nest, and not sure there are babies there or not...

the old depot...

the Meeting House...

its used as the visitor center...

and has the running water and bathroom...

the front door of the doctor's house...

its full of fun things...

this was the front door, until the railroad came through and then they moved it to the side where the long porch is now...

the cast iron water spicket...

from the back...

the drying shed and summer kitchen are unattached...

roses by the Meeting House...

just a light shade of pink...

a very old rose...

hope you enjoyed the bloomers here...

even unattended, they still look pretty...

;)

the best of Eli...

not an easy shoot...

only because little boys are always busy...

but he is a good natured baby...

and when you are cutting teeth, drool happens...

I told his mom that I want to shoot him again in the fall...

that should give him time to rest up...

we had so much fun with him...

and I posted 52 photos for his parents to pick from...

its not going to be easy to pick just a couple...

I would like to do a family photo of them...

you know, I didn't even get to hold him this time...

boy, that was dumb...

;)

Monday madness...

we got half an inch of rain Saturday night...

it was just the kick in the pants things needed around here...

the corn is just shooting up...

you know the old saying that you can hear it grow at night?

well, I think we can...

we had blue skies and white fluffy clouds here today...

but it had clouded up now and could rain a little later on...

hopefully, we can get the photo shoot in...

the asian lilies and yucca are blooming in the mothers' garden...

and the roses just keep on coming...

got these dead headed this morning...

the peonies are fading away...

and we will dead head them in the morning...

but the lilies are taking over now...

as one thing fades away for another year, something else pops open...

cone flowers will be next in line...

the yucca out back are pretty tall now...

and we harvested the lavender this morning...

I always associtated these with cemeteries...

the only place I ever saw them when I was a kid was in the cemeteries...

so, I knew they were an old plant from days gone by...

then a neighbor offered us some a few years ago...

we went running with the shovels...

I love them...

just so pretty...

and they attract lady bugs...

did you know that?

I got 4 big bundles and 2 small ones out of the one lavender plant in the back...

I have another one in bed in front of the shed that I am leaving for now...

I am going to dig the one in the back and divide it up and place it in other beds this week...

I had Craig run around to our picket pile and grab and old weathered fence picket to hand them on...

hung them from the deck roof to finish drying...

going to leave here in about half an hour to take pictures of Eli...

I hope he is in a happy mood...

the lighting is good even with the overcast...

should come out if he cooperates...

;)