Ben Franklin Memorial at The Franklin Institute

Hubby and I love to travel and luckily for me...my main job affords us a lot of traveling pleasure. We love to visit a wide variety of places but particularly love exploring Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and New York. Yup, we do enjoy running around the northeast! If you ever get the chance to … [Read more...]

Visiting a Local Pennsylvania Farm – Paulus Farm Market

We live in the suburbs and are totally used to the city life. With that said, we are very lucky that within a 30 minute drive we are in the heart of some of the best Pennsylvania farmlands. Surrounding our city in all directions are real working farms in all shapes and sizes. Pennsylvania is known … [Read more...]

Spring Gardening – Early Bloomers

I'm not a fan of winter at all and always find that season of the year depressing. Matter of fact, as soon as winter starts, I start counting down to the first day of Spring! Spring has finally arrived here on the northeast coast and I was pretty excited to see it's first signs on Monday, March … [Read more...]

Cape May Lighthouse

If you have been following this blog...you already know that my husband and I spend a lot of our time down at the Jersey Shore on the Wildwood island from May through October every year. If you have never visited the area...you are really missing out on some gorgeous coastal views of the beautiful … [Read more...]

Beautiful Monarch Butterflies

How many of you love butterflies? Personally, I love them, especially the colorful ones like the Monarch. Every spring and summer...we sit outside on our deck and look for the ones that visit our yard. During the late spring season...we tend to see a lot of them visiting our bird baths and blooming … [Read more...]

Independence Hall in Philadelphia

Every week when it comes to the "almost" Wordless Wednesday post I try to mix it up with some family photos, travel photos, activities, etc. Today...I'm back with two new travel photos for you to enjoy. Independence Hall in Philadelphia is where the United States Constitution and the Declaration … [Read more...]

The Kissing Tower at Hersheypark

Hershey in Pennsylvania is known world-wide as the Sweetest Place on Earth. It's home to all of the great things that are affiliated with inventor Hershey S. Milton...you know, the guy who invented Hershey's Chocolate! Here in south central Pennsylvania, Hershey is a major tourist destination. … [Read more...]

Cool Scoops – Retro Ice Cream Parlor in Wildwood

We are really fortunate that we have a beach house down in Wildwood New Jersey. We travel down to the Jersey Shore several times every year. On some of these trips we take along the family and have a week long family vacation. It's great for family bonding time at the beach! Every time we are … [Read more...]