Jeannie Marie & Company

Lauren and I had a little adventure the other day.  It was a bit challenging because Lauren does not like to spend time in the city.  The traffic, the heat and numerous other reasons surfaced when I proposed this jaunt but she humored me and off we went to visit the Carew Tower.   The shadows were amazing in the sunshine of Cincinnati however my camera didn't seem to pick up on them very well. It wasn't difficult at all.  Street parking for two hours gave us ample time to walk the two blocks and travel to the observation deck.   The views were stunning.  This is the second tallest building in Cincinnati. I have never seen this deck before and I even stayed at The Netherlands  30 years ago this summer.  How we missed this, I'll never know.  We even had time on the parking meter to dine in one of the restaurants inside but  someone else even had a better idea .   This c...

My granddaughter needed driving practice time to fulfill requirements before getting her license so she and I took a drive out to Amish Country. Our destination was Millers Bakery for breakfast. We arrived as they opened up, about 9 AM Two young Amish girls were hard at work baking but packaged up pastry and big soft pretzels for us.  Their Amish dresses were flour dusted and heads bound with matching kerchiefs. We munched our salty pretzels while sitting out under a tree facing the bakery.  Five children ranging from age twelve or so down to a baby of a few months, drove up in a buggy and marched into the bakery.  They came out and went over to the house,  in a line, from tallest to smallest, except the oldest girl was carrying the baby on her hip.  They passed by in their colorful clothing and barefoot and  I nodded.  The oldest boy replied "Howdy".  A short time later they came out and all piled into the buggy and drove aw...