Monday, April 06, 2015

102404-3 Millers' Pond Ye Olde Mill near Utica

Friday, November 19, 2004

102404-2 the mill wheel, Ye Old Mill Utica Ohio

102404- 1 Woody at Ye Olde Mill, the home of Velvet Ice Creams... They were so good! Utica Ohio

102304-5 Schools out and has been for a long time...rundown school house

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Tales from the Buckeye State

My name is Hokule'a and I approved this blog

Sunday, October 24, 2004

102304-1 leaves 18 inches deep!

102304-2 East Meets West. The glorious spill of Autumns leaves and Woodys Aloha shirt. This was taken on a property that we looked at in Madison near Mansfield. Very rundown and wasnt an option but I took some great shots here...

102304-3 the"Stream House" as Woody and I look at properties we give them nick names. The home we have now was the "Pretty House" or the "Frilly House" as it was a bit over the top in cuteness. This one was named for the description of the stream running throught the proerty. The house was a bit care worn and the old man had used his lot as a toxic waste dump so we passed on it

Friday, October 22, 2004

102304-4 the Fields of Gold. a farm in Ashland County Ohio

102104-1 Backyard Splendor. The forested garden of a home that we looked at in Mansfield

102104-4 Autumn Treasures. this was a lovely home. For privacy sake I took no photos of the interior of the home. It was a 4 bd 2bth 2300sqft with full finished basement on 2 lovely acres of forest land in Mansfield town. Beautifully decorated. Asking 149K and was very willing to negotiate. Friends that is one good reason to go there we can afford to live. I am praying fervantly for jobs at this point.

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Week Two... Learning the Trade...

101804-1 the classroom at the Drouhard National Jewelers School

101904-1 Taking a break. Tim Drouhard heard me tell a tale of woe about missing Mak and Nani so we went to the house and brought his darling sweet baby, Itty-Bitty-Pumpkin-Kitty, for me to have "pet therapy" It worked.

101904-3 Bench Still life

101904-2 My ring... I worked really hard on this ring to get it really right. one of the things I came to realize at about this point in the class was that I wasnt going to be able to just get all of the stuff and just do this repair thing. I really need to work along side someone for a bit to really get to where I can do this well.

101804-2 Tightening prongs at the bench

101904-4 another view of the bench

102004-2 The class at work

102004-3 my encourager all the way... Jill Drouhard. She quite a good teacher too.

102004-1 Woody observing Tim with the other student Scott

Monday, October 18, 2004

101704-1 The Great Lake Erie

101704-2 Lakeside Park Cleveland Ohio

101704-3 I dont think I will be surfing today says Woody on the beach. Lakeside park Cleveland Ohio

101704-4 Woody and Hokulea trying not to freeze our buns off at lake Erie

101704-7 the Great City, Cleveland as it was getting ready to snow...

Sunday, October 17, 2004

101604-01 Route 30 Main Street Nashville Knox County Ohio

101604-02 Mixed Message... the star of David in the bell tower stained glass window. Frist Methodist Church of Nashville Ohio

101604-03 Old Glory Flying over the VFW Post in Nashville Ohio

101604-04 Rest in Peace Methodist cemetary.

101604-05 Colors over the Silent Dead. Methodist cemetary Nashville Ohio

101604-06 Leaf Strewn sidewalk in Nashville Ohio

101604-6 Buggy Parking at Yoders Amish Heritage Resturant, Berlin, Holmes County Ohio

101604-7 Always room for one more buggy! We really enjoyed meeting and dining with the Amish at this local spot. Mostly Seniors out for "visitation" with neighbors that were not well . Food was very good at this resturant. Due to the number of Amish diners I didnt take pictures of the interior of the resturant as they dont wish to be photographed as a rule.

101604-8 Amish Quilt used as a wall hanging at the Yoder's Amish Heritage resturant in Belin, Ohio

101604-9 Close up of the quilt. This was all hand peiced and beautifully stiched up. A masterpeice and labor of love.

101504-10 A Tumbling Skye... This is the back 40 of the farm that was used to build the resturant and funiture factory we visited. Just to the right and out of view was a small homested that was occupied. the blocks came from an old building and were used as decorative features around the building to create planters and such.

101604-12Peaceful Pond, Near Sugar Creek Ohio

101604-11 Left to ruin this small outbuilding at the back of the pasture was all falling down Berlin, Ohio

101604-13 use this one Morning Farm Sugar Creek Ohio

101604-14 The Golden Valley, Holmes County Ohio

101604-26 Christ Is The Answer... the sign on this building proclaimed. A poll during the elections indicated the strong religious values of these people. Millersburg Ohio

101604-20 Quiet Stream Homes County Ohio

101604-25 Amish Haus on a hill overlooking the Valley in the previous picture. Maybe a retired couple as it was very small, but no power was going into the place, so we assumed it Amish

101604-27 The Sentinels Corn shockes drying in the sun Holmes county Ohio

Saturday, October 16, 2004

101504-2 Centenial Bandstand Belleville Ohio

101504-3 Bandstand in the leaves Belleville Ohio

101504-4 Old Glory Belleville Ohio

101504-5 Autumn Afternoone Belleville Ohio

101504-1 Bellville Bandstand Belleville Ohio

At the bottom of Richland County in the idts of green farms, is the town of Belleville. We drove through it a number of tims and loved it. Very hard to find a home here. That tells me the level of desirability, plus it so doggone cute!

Friday, October 15, 2004

101404-1 Country home on route 30 Richland County Ohio

Beutiful well kept homes on these two lane roads were the rule, not the exception. I loved the pride of place

Thursday, October 14, 2004

101404-3 Peaceful Pastures Mount Vernon Ohio

This is a vacant lot next door to the Friendlys in Mt Vernon about 30 miles from the school. We estimate that we put 2500 miles on the car in the 17 days we were there.