State Road Covered Bridge

State Road Bridge over the Conneaut Creek in Monroe Township, Ashtabula, Ohio

Inside State Road Covered Bridge

Lattice inside the State Road Covered Bridge, an example of the Town Truss bridge design.

Creek Road Covered Bridge

Creek Road Covered Bridge over the Conneaut Creek in Conneaut, Ohio.

Benetka Road Covered Bridge

Benetka Road Covered Bridge over the Ashtabula River in Sheffield, Ashtabula County, Ohio.

Spring beauties and Periwinkle

Spring beauties and Periwinkle

Spring Wildflowers Along the Ashtabula River

Spring beauties and Trout Lilies by Olin Covered Bridge.

Light sparkling on the Ashtabula River

Short clip of sunlight sparkling on the Ashtabula River.  Call me crazy, but I love how light plays on water!  

Firewood Tips

Posted at one of the wineries we stopped at yesterday.

Woodstove

A woodstove and kettle in one of the wineries we stopped at yesterday.

Grow Little Tomatoes (and Basil), Grow!

I really like my little greenhouse! Let's hope my tomato plant and basil don't "cook" inside it.  It was 75 today -- but back down to a low of 30 by Saturday.  My only question was whether to plant my strawberries inside the greenhouse or outside...  Inside will keep the birds and bunnies from eating them (I hope), but outside will let the bumblebees polinate them.  Any gardeners out there with advice?

Signs of Spring at Hoover Park

Skunk cabbage poking up.


A pair of mallards.


Red twig dogwood... sorry, no bluebird on the bird house, though I sat and waited for him to make an appearance.