Skaneateles NY with a poodle tourguide

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On our recent trip to the Finger Lake region of NY we spent a day in Skaneateles a quaint town on Lake Skaneateles. Pronounce that, Skinny-Atlas please.

 I was so enchanted by the town, the homes, the tree lined streets full of history and architecture, and yes lovely stores! that I forgot to take real pix of the actual lake. Just a few through shop windows.

 I DO have many mental pix of the lake as we walked and walked, we sat on a bench quietly viewing the water and people-watching. We saw a concert in a gazebo in the park along the lake. We saw a wedding rehearsal dinner at the fancy restaurant in town. Lots of mental pix.
 The day started with lunch...

We shared a lunch of roasted beet salad and a mushroom pizza at this tiny little restaurant. There were two tables outside, on a warm sunny day. Cole had his special needs food... and a big bowl of cool water.


Are y'all going to eat all that pizza yourself? I like cheese...

We looked around the shops,

Another lovely cow picture. Love the pig too. Available at a wonderful store called http://www.nest58.com/

oh my look at the view out of the store window!

I can't imagine why I didn't buy this.

I went through quite a mermaid phase in quilting. I have at least two large mermaid based quilts I show in my lecture series.


Metal and glass... yum... I was probably over stimulated at this point. My eyes were full of beauty.

The streetside view through store windows was just as lovely. Cole was the one leaving with goodies today. He got treats and a new soft fleece ball. With a working squeaker.

We got a cold drink, and sat quietly watching the water. At one point a lovely woman sat on the bench next to me. We began to chat and I learned she used to live here but moved to NJ to be near her kids. She was from Italy, so I had to tell her about my birth father, who was supposedly from Italy too. I've not met him, but I was told his name is Earl Serrone. She used to teach Italian and Drew and I studied Italian one...twice.
Small world.
After our substantial rest, we walked all around the town, Cole slow but kept going for the whole walk.

Since we got home, Cole has played and played with the new favorite ball. He's already punctured it but the squeaker is still working. So far.