dual personalities

I was definitely jumping the gun when I posted this Calvin & Hobbes cartoon last January. But really now, spring IS coming! Maybe even this week. The daffodils, despite the freezing temperatures, are doing quite well, thank you.

Anyway, my quiet weekend turned out to be busy per usual. I got my hair cut and did a little shopping. And I convinced the OM to drive me to Elsah, Illinois to go to an estate sale on Sunday.

Elsah is a lovely little historic town on the Mississippi River. It is the home of Principia College which sits on the bluffs overlooking the river. The village has a total population of 673 (as of the 2010 census.) The entire village was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 

The estate sale was in a neat old house, owned by a couple who had been professors at the college. I got some books.

After perusing the sale, we drove up the River Road to Grafton, hoping to find somewhere to eat lunch, but the “season” it seems has not started yet, so rather than dine at some biker bar, we headed back to Alton, which was on the way home. We had lunch at My Just Desserts and bought a pie, because they are “downright famous for their homemade pies.”

 That evening the wee babes came over for dinner with their parents.

They enjoyed their meatloaf and playing with vintage toys. They even tried the pie!

This weekend the OM and I also watched Darkest Hour (2017) with Gary Oldham as Winston Churchill. As my DP noted earlier, it is a remarkable movie.

We enjoyed it immensely. The OM even put his iPhone down and watched the whole thing. I couldn’t help feeling surprised that they can still make a movie like this in Hollywood. Bravo. And bravo, Gary Oldham, who really deserves that Oscar!

*Charley Pride