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Historic Houses of Warren, PA (pics)

August 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments

We jumped in the car, put in the audio book of the latest (and last) Harry Potter book and headed for the Allegheny National Forest. We drove through Warren and then followed the river down the forest until we got back to Titusville, then home.
As we saw blocks and blocks of gorgeous Victorian and […]

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Tags: house styles · Erie

Firefighter’s Historical Museum (Erie, PA)

July 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments

We went through the Firefighter’s Historical Museum Saturday and was really surprised how interesting it was. It is full of antique fire equipment, trucks and horse-drawn pump wagons, alarms, fireboxes, uniforms, photos, you name it! I took some video and pictures (they welcome cameras so bring it along.) You can […]

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Tags: museums · antiques · Erie

Working on Curb Appeal and My Garden

May 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Work inside the house has come to a screeching halt. Too much to do outside right now. We spent a whole day running around to the nurseries and garden centers for my garden flowers and hanging baskets on the front porch. I still have to figure out some landscaping idea for the […]

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Tags: projects · Erie

Buyers Remorse

May 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

After losing 2 of my 3 tree mallows, I went on quest to find some new ones. I haven’t had any luck so far in finding the Barnsley Tree Mallow, “lavatera barnsley.” I called the nursery where we bought them before but they didn’t have any, maybe the next shipment.
I drove to the west-side Lowes […]

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Tags: garden · great ideas · Erie