Our foster child has left the Nest

I took little foster kitten "Babyface Williams" or "Willy" to the shelter where I volunteer this mornng. He is a great little fella, the cutest kitten ever, and a healthy animal with a great personality. He came to me last Thursday, Oct. 2 via a guest who was watching a girls softball game down the street. A woman had came to game with the kitten in tow, looking to give the kitten away to someone at the game.
So, he landed at the B&B because our guest knew I would take kitty to the shelter where I volunteer, the Animal Protection Agency of Jeffersonville, Indiana, a no kill shelter. Kitty or Willy was left there this morning, playing with the other kittens when I left him, happy to be alive, among his own kind, with a full belly!

USS LST 325

We may see a 90 degree day or two this August, but it was another great day today and most of this week! The USS LST 325 is docked here in Jeffersonville, IN below the Overlook on Spring Street. August 21-30 - LST-325 - A World War II troop landing ship has returned to Jeffersonville for a 10-day visit. It generally will be open to visitors from 9a.m. to 5p.m. but will remain open until 7p.m. Aug. 26. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 7-18 with special rates for groups. The LST-325 was at several battles in Italy and took part in the Normandy invasion in June 1944. On Dec. 28, 1944 the ship helped rescue more than 700 men from a troop transport that was torpedoed off the coast of France, according to the ship's history. Money raised helps the USS LST Ship Memorial Inc, the nonprofit organization that owns and maintains the ship to keep it operating. We have perfect weather to visit the ship or the Kentucky state fair.

And it continues.........

Ahh, the greatest summer ever continues here in the Ohio Valley. Tomorrow the USS LST 325 arrives at the Jeffersonville waterfront, the Kentucky State Fair starts and the weather is still awesome. It is hot during the days, but the nights are cooler and it is just the greatest summer ever. I look around my gardens and the planters with the trailing sweet potato vines look so beautiful, I'll have to post some photos soon! Happy Gardening to all!

Greatest summer ever

It has been a while since I blogged. I have been busy enjoying the greatest summer I can remember during my lifetime! I hate the hot and humid July and August here in the Ohio Valley but this summer, 2009, we have had so little really hot days that one cannot complain. The gardens still look great because we have been blessed with lots of rain, not the usual drought that sets in after the 4Th of July and lingers till October.
Of course we have had extreme weather, 10 days ago we had over 6 inches of rainfall in less that 2 hours. Old Louisville, where I grew up, suffered the most from sewer back ups. Here in Jeffersonville, right across the river from downtown Louisville and about 10 minutes from Old Louisville, we had some roads to flood, but no real problems.
One new thing I have started to do is twitter. It is really easy to go into Twitter and jut say what is up with you that day. It is easier than blogging even! I just don't know who reads it, however. Oh well, trying to keep up with the social communications, or social media!

Derby 2009

What a great Derby and what a great group of folks came this year! And in the tradition of Derby all the guests dressed up in their finery to go to the races.

Spring has sprung and gone, but here are the pictures I wanted to get up of our beautiful minature flowering crab apple. We have been blessed here this year with a proper spring and by that I mean pleasant temperatures that are indictative of spring and not winter right into summer!

Spring has sprung and it is time for Thunder Over Louisville, the nation's largest fireworks display and also the kickoff to the Kentucky Derby Festivities! We are very near the event and can even watch the fireworks from here, but it is best viewed from the river banks, which are just two blocks away. We are blessed to be full at the inn for this every year with most of the reservations staying from year to year. The descendants of Dr. Hancock and Nora Duffy also come for this and we have a wonderful time.

We have several room for the Kentucky Derby and are just 10 short minutes from Churchill Downs. We hope to fill up for that event as well, and are very grateful for all the business that comes our way.