What A Surprise:: Taltree Arboretum and Railway Garden in Valparaiso, IN.

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While traveling the back roads of Indiana Linda and I came upon one of those, out-of-the-way destinations Taltree Arboretum. (Actually, we had a little help from Linda’s brother John)

The G (Garden)-scale railway garden opened in June of 2011.

This is really an impressive display 850 tons of limestone was imported from Missouri and used in the construction of the railway garden.

Miniature shrubs,trees,and vegetation came from the state of Oregon. (more than 3000 plants)

This train display is just plain fun. The intricate detail shows a real love of railroading.

 

At the railway garden you will see prairies, canyons, mountains,waterfalls, cities, and a civil war encampment.

Everyone loves a circus.

I would suggest you bring a pair of binoculars if you really want to take the time to study each display.

“Hartland Locomotive Works specializes in high-quality, affordable G-Scale Locomotives and Rolling Stock: coaches, freight cars and cabooses. We also manufacture brass and aluminum track and other accessories for the Garden Railroader. HLW equipment is designed to run on #1 gauge track and is compatible with other G-Scale trains and track accessories.” Read More  Proudly Made In The U.S.A.

Railroad Tracks
Two drunks were walking upgrade between the railroad tracks.
One of them said, "This is is longest stairway I have ever been on."
To this, the other replied, "It's not the stairs that bother me, it's the low banister."

Ghost on the Tracks.. “The train rumbled around him as he adjusted the throttle. The night shift was always the toughest, in the engineer's mind. He had rumbled through Timpas a few minutes ago and was on his way to Thatcher. Not a bad stretch of road, and there was no better train in the entire Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.” Read More

John Henry: The Steel Driving Man.. Now John Henry was a mighty man, yes sir. He was born a slave in the 1840's but was freed after the war. He went to work as a steel-driver for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, don't ya know. And John Henry was the strongest, the most powerful man working the rails. Read More

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed your visit. Take a look at the photos again and see if you can pick out the “real” train photo… Hint “Durango & Silverton narrow gauge line. CLICK & CLICK again

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Helpful Hint: Bring a picnic lunch and plan to spend some time.The only food on the premises is vending & hotdogs

AND SO IT IS WITH LIFE

I will share with you a story I received in an email…ENJOY…  Don’t have a clue who to attribute it to.

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. "Tha...t laundry is not very clean; she doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap." Her husband looks on, remaining silent. Every time her neighbor hangs her wash to dry, the young woman makes the same comments. A month later, the woman is surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and says to her husband: "Look, she's finally learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this? " The husband replies, "I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows." And so it is with life... What we see when watching others depends on the clarity of the window through which we look.

This is what I saw out my front window the other morning.. Do you see flowers being destroyed or the beauty of the deer? (maybe both)

Have a great day…

What we see when watching others depends on the clarity of the window through which we look.

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“A Rolling Stone” at Lake Panache, (Lake Penage) Ontario,Canada

LAKE PANACHE, JACKDAW LAKE, SILL LAKE, TRAPPERS CABIN,SAWMILL BAY, BASSOON LAKE, JOE TODD (1964) , TOM K. & NATHAN F. Robert W. Service….. TRAPPERS CABIN ON PORTAGE BETWEEN JACKDAW AND SILL LAKE ONTARIO,CANADA….

TOM K. AND JOE TODD (GATHERING FIREWOOD SAWMILL BAY) 1987

ARRIVING AT JACKDAW LAKE WITH CANOE (1964)

CAMP AT SILL LAKE..SEE THE JUNGLE HAMMOCK IN BACKGROUND (NOT MOSQUITO PROOF ON BOTTOM)

SILL LAKE ONTARIO,CANADA

WINTER TRAIL TO BASSOON LAKE

Northern pike

NATE F. ON STEP AT FRANK’S CABIN (OUTHOUSE IN BACKGROUND)

WINTER TRIP

Thanks for stopping by. This has been a trip down memory lane ; 1964 was a very good year. All in all life has been good but remember,”If you want a place in the sun, you will have to expect some blisters.” and there have been some LOL… (Panache Video 2006)..(All photos were scanned into computer and I did what I could with them.)

A Lake Panache Post

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“A Rolling Stone” at Lake Panache, (Lake Penage) A MY QUALITY TIME POST

A Trip to Lehman’s Hardware in the Middle of Amish Country

LEHMAN’S HARDWARE,KIDRON,OHIO,AMISH COUNTRY

An easy one tank trip from Lancaster, Ohio to Kidron,Ohio and Lehman’s Hardware.. a destination in itself.

The kind of ancestors you have is not as important as the ones your children have.

The best things in life are not things.. A family that works together, grows together.

Keeping a neat house is like threading beads on a string with no knot on it.

Honeytown is a fun and upbeat four-piece group of talented musicians from Kidron, Ohio featuring Tim Shue, Nate Gundy, Kevin Himes and Toby Hazlett. READ MORE…. Honeytown at Lehman’s in Kidron,Ohio

Very few burdens are heavy if everyone lifts.

Pray for a good harvest but continue to hoe.

He is the happiest, be he peasant or king, who finds peace at home.

Marriage may be made in Heaven but man is responsible for the upkeep.

Half done is far from done.

Instead of putting others in their place, put yourself in their place.

If at first you succeed, try not to look astonished.

Experience is a different teacher; giving you the test first and the lesson later

And she said she was looking for a can opener. I think I’ll try to keep her happy…

In youth we learn, in age we understand.

To return good for good is human, to return good for evil is divine.

My job is to take care of the possible and trust God with the impossible.

TOYS TOYS TOYS TOYS TOYS TOYS TOYS TOYS TOYS TOYS

If you must doubt, doubt your doubts, not your beliefs.

Difficulty is a miracle in its first stage.

If you aim at nothing, you're bound to hit it.

If you want a place in the sun, you will have to expect some blisters.

It takes both rain and sunshine to make the garden grow.

Most importantly; check out some of my other blog posts…………

Thanks for stopping by and keep on smiling.

A My Quality Time post from Lehman’s Hardware in Kidron,Ohio in the heart of Amish Country……

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