A Few Of My Favorite Things…in The P.A.

We have just returned from one of the prettiest places, in my opinion, in the Continental U.S.

Yup, Pennsylvania.  “The P.A.”, as I call it.  Like as in the letters, pronounced individually.

It does warrant a nickname of its own.  I think it’s beautiful.  Green.  Rife with wildlife, trees, and great people.  I LOVE visiting this state.  I LOVE visiting our friends there, and making new friends there.

The only thing about it I hate?  Having to leave.

How has this state crept so firmly into my heart?

I don’t really know.

It could be random sights like this.

Cornbread.  Covered w/ Berries and IceCream.  Yum.

Or this:

Okay, I love street names like this.  And yeah. We got lost.

Or this.

A beautiful creek, off the Sewicky River.


Or this:

I know there's a turtle in them there hills somewhere.  

Or this - I LOVE this!!

A rooster mailbox.  TOO CUTE!

Or, this, from the restaurant B R G R.

Spiked Handcrafted Shakes.  And…yes.

Or these beautiful, winding roads.

The temperature.

Houses.  With. Finished. Freaking. Basements.  So awesome.

The cool, when it rains, even in hot summer.

Energy.  I love looking at drilling locations/completion locations/producing locations, sandwiched into fields of corn. Wheat. Pumpkins.  

Or next to an old, delapidated barn. With that cool red vine growing up it…and over it.

I see something new every time I go to The PA.  I learn something new every time I go to The PA.  And I come away with a new love for this part of our wonderful country…Every. Single. Time.

Go!  Explore!  Love!  You’ll be glad you did.  

Homeward Bound

Hi, y'all!

It's been a while since I posted, or it FEELS that way, anyway!

I'm in Pennsylvania as I write this, packing up my stuff to leave my good friends' house.  It's been a beautiful stay. I was productive in the work portion, and in the work/play portion (the AADE Appalachian Blast) and in the chill portion (hanging out with my friends!).

The weather and scenery have been beautiful, I met a lot of new people and potential clients, and oh, my Lord, it rained.  I know it might not be raining at home, but the rain here was so refreshing to me.  I could just stay out in it all day long!  And I haven't seen so much green in I don't know when.

I'll take some scenery pix today as I travel en route to the airport.

Some funny things have happened in a week, and I'll be writing about them.  For now, though, I must go pack and ready myself for the trip back home to ThatManILove and my Wonderdogs.

I'll be home a day and a half, then it's off to DFW for the DFW AADE Sporting Clay Shoot, where ElderSon might join me!

It's never boring around here!

See ya in 1542 miles! Plant Love today, will ya?