A Slice of Heaven

Mystic Pizza of movie fame

Julia Roberts put this place on the map

A veggie pizza as good as any you will ever eat

Today's photos are from a trip East we took over three years ago that included a stop at Mystic Pizza in Mystic CT. It was the 4th of July and we still were able to get a table with no wait. We enjoyed our stay in this seaport town. If you haven't seen the Julia Roberts' movie, rent a copy. This movie put Mystic Pizza on the map and Julia Roberts too! The pizza parlor is full of movie/Roberts memorabilia.

We went to the BMV Wednesday to have our legal address changed to Huntington County and to plate both the Jetta and the Pilot. The lady helping Kathy asked if her height and weight were still correct (they were), and then left her hair coloring as brown when, if you have seen photos of her in this blog, you know is quite grey. Go figure.

We have had some strong storms lately. While Kathy was in Logansport having a sleepover with her mother, Bonnie, the dogs, and the bird were in the basement, hunkering down in the face of a tornado warning. I wonder who was having the most fun?

This morning it is quite cool. The weather here at Blossom Ridge Farm is just delightful.

The Japanese beetles have been increasing in number, and Kathy may have to spray some Sevin. Hopefully this would be the last spraying for them.

Bonnie's cold is just about history. She still hacks some, but seems much improved. She managed to keep her dental appointment yesterday and took Kathy to lunch. She is busy with her finances and trying to figure out whether to purchase a carport and shed or a large pole building. Right now the pole building has the edge.

The rain has kept outside work to a minimum and Don hasn't made an appearance to mow yet. Hopefully in the next few days since it is now difficult to walk across the field for both human and dog.

Last weekend we ended up in Fort Wayne looking for blinds for the front porch and also to purchase fruit at a fruit stand. Bonnie remembered seeing a small vineyard behind a house in a housing addition north of Sam's Club on Lima Road. She was able to find it and turned into the addition so we could look at what appeared to be two homes with backyard vineyards. We pulled into one, and when no one answered the door, we wrote a note to leave behind. Bonnie walked into the back yard and found the owner, Jeff Snyder, who gave us a tour of his vineyard and his neighbor's. His neighbor was actually the one who got Jeff growing grapes and making wine, and the neighbor's vines were much older than Jeff's.

Jeff took us into an outbuilding on his property where we assumed he made his wine. Once inside he opened a door to a spiral staircase that led to his wine cellar. It was really quite remarkable though, according to Jeff, it is nothing compared to the cellars of some of the people in the wine club to which he belongs. He let us sample some of his wines and gave us a red and white to take home with us. Thank you, Jeff, for the tour, the hospitality, and the sharing of information. (Jeff's cellar has flooded 2 or 3 times, so he is currently going through a stage where he is discouraged and has turned his enterprise over to friends.)