A DAY ON LONG ISLAND

Eunice and I spent a wonderful day on Long Island, New Yolk.  It's a pretty big place consisting of two counties; Nassau and Suffolk.  We were in the Southern part of Nassau .  Having visited the Phileggdelphia Pretzel Factory in Regging, we found one in Bellmore.

Joe, the owner, gave each of us a bite sized pretzel. He apparently works out and wanted to show off on his ability to life weights.  Hey, we're no spring chickens!

On to Rockville Centre to visit Center for Science Teaching and Learning. It's a science and nature center. Although the preserve has nature trails and other stuff, we were only interested in seeing the animals.  They had a replica of some dinosaur and we were told that it was our ancestor....right!

We decided to have  conversations with the animals to find out if they heard the same thing. Our first one was with an owl.

We then asked a pigeon who thought we were odd.  I don't know why.

Birds of a feather, flock together.  That's what we say.  How about the pheasant?

Eunice had to convince me to talk to a hawk.

Eunice thought it was hysterical when I talked with a goat because it wasn't a feather animal.  She laughed so hard that one of the humans had to hold her.

We had a few other conversations with them and they were quite friendly.

Time to go to lunch.  We found this nice place called Press195.  Chris, one of the owners, was real nice. 

Our last stop was to a place called Chocolate Works.  We were hoping to play a trick on a human and suddenly cluck at them when they were looking at one of the shelves. 

Just the thought gave us a tickle.  We had a great day!!!

THIS IS A FAIRYTALE

Eunice here. Fairytale Brownies recent added chocolate chip cookies to their menu.  We got a hold of one and tried to decide who would get it.  Esther, Marily, Minerva, myself or our adopted babies, Ethel Louise and Mildred. 

The decision was that since Mildred just joined our little family that she and Ethel Louise would delve into it.  We were later told that it was on the softer side and had lots of real chocolate chips.

DID YOU SAY "PHUKET'" AT NUR THAI?

Esther and Eunice were okay about chickie sitting as Marilyn and I went to a Thai restaurant called Nur Thai.  It is located on Woodhaven Blvd. in Quhens.  Not that we really care..but the food ingredients are fresh.  Nothing frozen or from a can...you know what we mean.

Razib Hasan, one of the owners handed us a menu to peruse (I learned that word from a writer friend).

We started with Phucket, a sampler of appetizer.  It's pronounced foo-kay.   Now we can use the word in the Thai pronunciation and get away with not cursing. LOL

Then there was this Pad Thai dish with vegetables.

The Massaman Curry entree was made with beef. Minerva was off somewhere trying to steal a table.

Minerva and I were appealed at getting this.  It was chicken with a ginger sauce.  We were wondering whether it was someone we met. It was our conversation of the evening with Esther and Eunice.

CHICKENS FLY IN READING

Hi everyone.  Esther here.  I was hoping to get video of these flying chickens.  They didn't actually fly on their own but there was an agreement that Marilyn and Minerva could go to Reading, Hennsylvania when "chickens fly".

I'm going to let Minerva tell you about the trip as I had to verify that what Marilyn brought home was NOT stolen.

Hi everyone.  Minerva here.   We first stopped at a few places before going to Reading.  We wanted to hear about the coal mines in Ashland.   Almost took extra feather because Marilyn said that we were going to a  COLD mine.  The place, Ashland Tunnel and Train had two tours. We only went on the train.  However, it was the wrong one and no matter how long we waited, it wouldn't move.  That's what I get from listening to Marilyn.

We checked out a local eatery in the area call Mine Shaft Cafe and met the owner, Cory Machese.  There was this picture of a mother above us at the table.  Something having to do with a statue in town.  I was too busy watching Marilyn's klepto problem to find out.

We decided to stay overnight in the town of Barto and so glad we did.  It was a place called Landhaven owned by Donna and Ed Land. We saw a group called Frog Holler. Here, we were waiting for them to come onto the stage.

The next morning we had breakfast and met some of the humans staying overnight. 

It turned out that Donna found a baby chicken that was really pale and undernourished.  They took her in as a foster daughter.  I convinced them that we could adopt her, being that Esther and Eunice also adopted a baby.   We named her Mildred and she had her first breakfast with us.

Time to leave for Reading.  We checked into the Homewood Suites and took a nap before dinner. Hearing that the entire bedding is fully stripped and washed we were clear that Mildred would not get any germs. 

Judy's on Cherry Street was our dining spot.  Not sure but I think we have a spy following us. She pretends not to see us.

After a great night's sleep we had breakfast.

Mildred made her first friend named Goat. 

There was an alpaca farm in the area and we just had to go.  It's called Take2Alpacas.  I had a conversation with one of them. Marilyn wanted to steal one of the other ones as she attempted to make a deal.

Our next big stop was a place called Goggleworks.  They used to make goggles at this warehouse that is now a space for artists.  We spent some time talking with some of the artists, posing for photos and even getting an art lesson.

One other place on our list to visit was the Reading Public Museum.  It has a museum, arboretum and planetarium.  We only visited the museum to see lots of artwork. 

We then met Lisa Haggerty who invited us for lunch at Say Cheese. 

Before going back to New Yolk, we went to a place called Philadelphia Pretzel Factory.  We tried a pretzel and bought a batch to take home. 

Esther and Eunice were really surprised to see Mildred.

HEADING FOR READING

A trip to Reading, Hennsylvania is being planned.  Eunice and I want to take our adopted daughter, Ethel Loise with us.  Marilyn and Minerva want to go instead.  "When chickens fly" I told them.