Country Living Fair

It's time for a happy post! 

I just have to set aside some of this grief!

On the way home from the funeral in New York,

Ken was pretty tired...

so we pulled into a hotel in Columbus Ohio.

I had him drop me off at Barnes and Noble...

while he checked in.

I was tickled pink when flipping through a magazine...

I saw that the Country Living Fair was that very same weekend...

just a few miles down the road from us!

I've been wanting to attend this fair for years.

And what a treat it was!

The best Fair I've ever attended by far...

I just had to take a picture of this old Instruction Booklet

for the game of Rook...

Because that was the last picture

I ever took of Chris....

When we were all playing this game on the terrace.

We taught him how to play it ...

and he loved it!

Never before have I seen someone catch on to this game so quickly...

and not only that...

he went on to beat us all every time we played!

To see some even more fabulous pictures of this
fair...
Go Here..to October Farm
Scroll down through her last several posts!
Amazing photos..and you will get 
more of a feel what this Fair is like.

Another thing we did on the way home...

was to stop in Niagara Falls...

And there was one other neat thing we did on our trip.

The day after the viewing...

we were waiting to hear from Tory about when to meet up for the funeral...

when we decided to go and check out the Farm Sanctuary

right down the road...

 The beauty of this place was breath taking...

This is the country Chris grew up in...

by far the most beautiful part of the US I have 

ever visited...

Any of you who know me...

know...

that I LOVE goats...

This one had an injured foot and was walking around

outside of it's barn...

The Farm Sanctuary

rescues abused animals...

and gives them a place

to live out there days in 

in peace...

I never thought I'd see...

a

beautiful turkey....

but I did!

Saw some more neat goats and sheep too...

We then stopped in at Watkins Glen

to have lunch....

overlooking the lake...

before heading back for the funeral.

I always try to make the best

even out of a bad situation.

And this was my way of doing it on this trip.

A life changing trip for sure!

I want to say to all those

who took the time to leave Tory a message....

that I cried as I read each one.

You were able to say things that I couldn't...

and gave her some words of wisdom....

that I didn't have to give.

I thank you from the deepest part of my heart...

for taking precious time out of your life...

to console my little girl.

My heart...