Boyd Bear Farm

Ok, I'm back.  I know  I said that I would be back on Monday but I have been too tired to get on here and write.  Today my throat is finally all better!   That was the worst sore throat sickness I have had in ages.  It wiped me out.  Which of course means that my house and car were in a total state of crazy disarray!   I have spent most of today trying to rectify the situation.  I still have work to do but I am taking a much needed break.

While is PA we visited the Boyds Bear Farm.  It was amazing.  Four floors of Boyd creations.  The kids immediately picked out favorites.  Felicity picked a brightly colored monkey and Wes a long eared white bunny; both of which were way out of our price range and had to stay on the farm.  We did find a clearance barn and bought the kids animals for $2.50 a piece.  They were just as happy with them as the pricier ones.

Here Felicity is sitting on a Boyd cow holding her new Elephant.

Wes with his Monkey.

I have more photos and stories to share but I am having a real hard time uploading photos right now.  I promise to come back soon and finish up our trip with all of you.

Georgia

I've got Georgia on my mind.  :)

My first glimpses of Georgia were through dog tired eyes but I swear that I saw things hanging from all the trees.  It was around 5am when I first noticed it.  The sun was barely shinning enough to make the silhouette of the shaggy trees visible.  

 

I joked with my mom that we were going to see the Lockness Monster at any minute.  We had no idea what we were looking at.

It was moss, Spanish Moss to be exact and it was everywhere.  Well almost everywhere, I did notice that it was not on any of the lollipop looking Pine trees.  Anyone know why it does not grow on Pine trees?

In some places like this swamp there is so much Spanish Moss that it kills the trees.  I think it makes them look creepy...neat but creepy. 

We also saw a lot of Wisteria.  I thought that was really pretty.

We stopped along side of the road to see these beauties.  I have no idea what they are and we only saw them in one spot.  They are beautiful!  Anyone know what they are?

And lastly we saw plenty of Azelas which we do have up here in NY, they are just not blooming yet.  It was so neat to see all the different plants down there.  The moss was the most surprising to me.  I wanted to take some home but forgot.  I was told tiny red bugs live it...so it is probably good that I forgot.

More about Georgia and the wedding later.   I have a weeks worth of laundry to do!