text: Jill found some cool earrings she will re-purpose at a later date, and some very interesting vintage prescription eye glasses. We finished our browsing just before Noon and decided to walk over to Blue Tractor Brewing for lunch. Again, Jill had taken TLE and I there for lunch last year, and we thoroughly enjoyed the food and the beer. I had a seasonal Porter this time that was yummy, along with a salad special, which included a beautifully grilled salmon steak.
  The weather continued to be brisk under partly cloudy skies with the bluest sky I have seen in a few weeks.....a sure sign the humidity has fallen. We arrived back in Chelsea around 2....Maureen had a meeting to attend, and then Jill and I headed back to her homestead for the afternoon. I took a short nap, then walked up to Elliott's barn to see what motorcycle projects he was working on this year. He had a vintage Kawasaki on the stand and was in the process of removing the rear wheel to install a new tire. Elliott was a Kawasaki dealer back in one of his numerous prior incarnations. This particular model was one that was later widely used by police departments around the U.S. for their motorcycle fleets. There were a number of other motorcycles in various stages of restoration. I was just wearing a t-shirt and shorts, and got quite cold standing in the barn....eventually I scurried back to the house to put a jacket on.
  We got home around 9, and Jill and I sat and looked at some pictures of my grandmother Cornelia going back into the 1800's. Her mother was born in near a town called Ormstown just southwest of Montreal in Quebec. I had not realized my great grandmother was born in Canada until yesterday.
  My sister is also retired (from University of Michigan) and in her second life she has an internet based business called Maker Dolls . She is actually quite good at what she does, and her site is doing quite well. Take a look if you have time, and are interested.....just click on the link!
  This trip to visit my sister has been pretty special. We have spent hours talking, and re-establishing a relationship that was missing for so many years. It is a good lesson, and one that has been repeated in my life often.....things rarely turn out the way you expect.
  Thanks for stopping by!