Hi everyone What a great day for a swap. We really lucked out with the nice weather. Thanks for all the trades. I'll be trying some new things. Thanks Laurel for the fern leaf bleeding heart and the food. You may want to put the hosta and forsythia in some water until you get them planted just to keep them from wilting- they should be okay in water for a day. For those of you who are trying to remember what those things were in the styrofoam or paper cups- they were lobelia cardinalis-red, spikey, humming bird like them, they prefer a moister rather than drier area. Thanks for the plants everyone. Hope you enjoy the trades. Did some geocaching on the way home.

Janet, I went to the post office this morning, and they said that if you can bring the box and packing material along with the receipt that I will mail you, that they will reimburse you or me for the broken item since it was insured. Of course, they want to make sure it was packed properly which I feel it was.

When we first moved in we found beer cans everywhere, (from the kids partying here) a pair of old pants practically shredded ( nothing in the pockets) lol, an A&P supermarket cart in the basement my dear hubby uses to move stuff around with, Old old liquor bottles in the wine cellar, dishes, clothes, rugs, bedpan, old victorian bed frame in the attic with featherbed, old marbles. I traced the history all the way back on our house -1890's Victorian, we had a baker live here, a carpenter, someone who worked for the brass co., and most interesting of all the house was built by Isaac Coe( local tycoon) for his coachman. I found a thoroughbred horseshoe nailed to a beam and painted gold. Strangest things I found out was our house was moved,- We had Twister ball players renting out the attic and last week we got a letter from a lawyer asking if we knew where a certain person was - they were trying to locate him. (Never heard of the name in my life)Hope he's not homeless living in the nearby park!!!! I think he rented here. Neighbors have told us they were glad we bought the place because the son had wild parties and the police were here a lot!!!! It seems each year we find out another funny story about this house- it never ends.........I save old pictures i found etc and plan to make a scrap book when we get a little bit ahead of all the projects. Thanks for the laughs!!!!!

My brother and SIL had their wedding reception at the Genesse Country Village, which is near Rochester. Their wedding was in the afternoon and all wedding guests had free admission to the Village for the entire day of the wedding. It was one of the nicest weddings I've been to. The food was excellent and the staff was great. No lake, just a trout stream, but some lovely views and gardens. You can't sleep there, but the Genesse Country Inn claims to be walking distance away. Here is a link that might be useful: Genesse Country Village