Three Adventurous Old Ladies go out on the town

New York Salvage
Originally uploaded by JuneNY

Connie asked me to help her take her mother out for the day. Her mother is elderly (she refuses to tell her age) and lives in a nursing home. It was a gorgeous spring day, but a little on the warm side. We agreed to meet at Wilber Park at noon and Connie said she would provide the picnic lunch. I arrived a bit early and walked what I call "the loop" twice before Connie's arrival. She brought indian food from THE PHOENIX CAFE. It was delicious!

After we finished our lunch we met up with Ann (Connie's mother" at the Fox Hospital Nursing Home. Then we went to NEW YORK SALVAGE, a business that buys up old things for resale. Ann was fascinated by the old kitchen and bathroom sinks in one of the barns. However, the sun was hot and the terrain was rough, so we had to quit after visiting that one barn. Their is a picture of Ann in that barn up on top.

After NEW YORK SALVAGE, we were trying to decide where to go. Ann thought we said THE DOLLAR TREE when we said THE ART GALLERY! It turned out that is where she really wanted to go, so we headed over to it. Ann had the best time. It had been six months since she had been able to shop for herself and she seemed to be cherishing the experience. I helped her find a few items.

We then went to the art gallery at the Wilber Mansion. I was not crazy about todays exhibits. I took the picture of the cobalt blue bottles. As we were leaving the mansion, Connie suggested that she might walk over to the HUNAN GOURMET and purchase some ice cream to go with the deserts she had purchased earlier. I helped Ann get settled into my car and we met Connie over at the HUMAN GOURMET. Ann joked about how she didn't know there was such a thing as Chinese ice cream.

We went back to the nursing home and had the indian desert (we never figured out what exactly it was, but it was good) and the Chinese ice cream! It was the prefect ending to a great day. It was so good to have the opportunity to put a smile on Ann's face, and to help Connie. I have a feeling both of them were as worn out by the day as I was!