Jul 06 2011
Look Around
I volunteered to deliver some jobette-related materials around Hooterville a couple of weeks ago. I meant to do it on the way home, but the desire to get the hell out of the car won out over convenience, so I went home instead. So a day or two (OK, about a week) later, I finally ventured out in the fog on a non-work day.
One of the first stops was a charming inn, which used to be a stage coach stop:
In the living room, which has a lovely view of the ocean, as well as a charming garden with hummingbirds buzzing around, you can still see the bullet holes in the wooden ceiling from the Wild West Days. Is that cool, or what?
The owner’s mother passed away in February (my brother responded to that final 911 call), so I spoke with her son, who now owns the inn. He told me that he and his wife had welcomed their first child, a son, just two day before – and two days before their 22nd anniversary. His mother lived long enough to know that the baby was coming, and because of her illness, she forgot, so every day, she heard the joyful news as if for the first time.
As I left through this rustic gate:
I thought what a wonderful place it will be for the new baby to grow up in. Maybe he will be yet another generation of innkeepers in the same historic place.
My next stop was a restaurant, which turned out be closed, but that didn’t stop me from admiring its setting:
Or its lily pond:
All in all, not a bad extra-curricular (or extra-jobette) morning.