947. Well-Being

947. Well-Being
Definition: being comfortable, healthy, or happy
Location Placed: Thompson-Neely House and Mill, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 8/30/19 at 2:59pm





The Thompson-Neely House and Mill was a historic homestead that had produced a lot of the flour and cornmeal in the area for a time. The mill is currently functional, but only runs when they have enough volunteers to safely staff it. It was extremely interesting to see the inner workings of the mill and how it functioned. Definitely worth a tour if you're in the area and enjoy touring historic homes and sites!

946. Increased

946. Increased
Definition: (v) make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree
Location Placed: Locktender's House and Gate 11, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 8/30/19 at 2:19pm





The Locktender's House and Lock 11 were super interesting! I had no idea there were locks to ship goods up from the Philadelphia area up to the Easton area, passing through New Hope. I figured ships would've just used the Delaware River, but that was not the case. There is also a much greater change in elevation than I would've thought, necessitating the lock system. Currently it is a nice little bike path extending for a good number of miles. If I lived closer, I could see it being a place I regularly visited as it was calm and very picturesque!

945. Principled

945. Principled
Definition: (adj) acting in accordance with morality and showing recognition of right and wrong
Location Placed: Marsha Brown's Restaurant, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 8/30/19 at 2:00pm





I wanted to get something a little different for lunch, so I popped into Marsha Brown's for a bit of southern, creole inspired, fare. It did not disappoint! The shrimp po'boy portion was enormous and the atmosphere in the old church was definitely interesting! It's right on the main drag in town, so you can't miss it!

944. Enabled

944. Enabled
Definition: (adj) adapted for use with the specified application or system
Location Placed: New Hope Railroad, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 8/30/19 at 11:51am





The thing I was looking forward to most when visiting New Hope was a ride on the railway.The railway is part history tour, part open rail journey from one town to another. The scenery along the trip was really serene and it was interesting learning about the local history. They have a really neat Christmas tour that I think I'll pop back for one of these winters. It would be particularly lovely of a trip with one of the indoor cars while it's snowing.

943. Judicious

943. Judicious
Definition: (adj) having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense
Location Placed: New Hope Ferry Market, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 8/30/19 at 10:53am





The key to start off the day on the right foot is a good breakfast! I popped over to the Ferry Market where I snagged a mint iced tea, which was perfect as it was a hot one out. Then stopped a little ways down the road to pick up a pastry at the french bakery prior to taking a walk down the nice shady waterway path. A full belly makes for a happy day!

942. Chosen

942. Chosen
Definition: (adj) having been selected as the best or most appropriate
Location Placed: New Hope Visitors Center, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 8/30/19 at 10:21am





I decided to make the holiday weekend a little longer, and took a trip over to New Hope! I had never been there before, but had heard lots of wonderful things about it. That is why I had chosen New Hope over other places. The best way to start a visit to a new location is to check out the welcome center if there is one. I actually found some useful brochures on nearby places to visit, including one I opted to pop over to later! Definitely a worthwhile stop for the day.

928. Adhere

928. Adhere
Definition: (v) believe in and follow the practices of
Location Placed: Starbucks, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 3/27/19 at 4:33pm



 

I was invited back to my old stomping grounds to speak to a few classes of students. Having not been back to the area in quite a few years, it felt really nice seeing familiar sights. Lots of good memories flooded me as I got closer. Some less good ones also came back. But thankfully, the visit went well, a difference (hopefully!) made, and perhaps I'll not spend quite so many years away next time.

860. Delectable

860. Delectable
Definition: (adj) delicious
Location Placed: Crossing Winery and Vineyard, Newtown, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 10/14/17 at 4:04pm





We popped over to Pennsylvania to take part in some Halloween activities in the evening, so what better way to spend the afternoon than at a winery and brewery or two... or three. We decided to check out Crossing Winery as it was one we hadn't been to before. (We had stopped at our current favorite, Rose Bank, a little earlier in the day.) Definitely quite a lovely place to have a drink. They had some live music going on during the tasting. They also have wedding festivities here, which I can totally see as being a great time!

825. Teach

825. Teach
Definition: (v) to show or explain how to do something
Location Placed: Wissahickon Library, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 5/20/17 at 3:01pm





All of my friends who are teachers are counting down the days until summer vacation. Some are very close, and some wish they were much closer than they actually are. I certainly miss the days of having a summer vacation to enjoy! So to all of the teachers out there, good luck for the last remaining few weeks until a few months of well deserved freedom!

805. Detailed

805. Detailed
Definition: (adj) made or done with great care
Location Placed: Buckingham Valley Vineyards, Buckingham, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 10/29/16 at 4:42pm





While I was not as impressed with their fruit wine selection, the grounds were really lovely. We took a stroll among the "wine trees" (grape vines) and enjoyed our lunch in their covered picnic area. It was such a wonderfully mild day, although getting a little windy at points. They also had a really neat wine cellar with a bit more information on their wines. According to the grape-wine folks, they enjoyed the reds and whites more than the previous vineyard. Not to mention we got to keep our tasting glasses!

804. Stimulating

804. Stimulating
Definition: (adj) encouraging or arousing interest or enthusiasm
Location Placed: Rose Bank Winery, Newtown, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 10/29/16 at 2:57pm





As a non-wine drinker, I was not feeling particularly enthusiastic about tasting wines. I am not a fan of grape-based wines that I've tried, but did find a different fruit wine to be alright. I love visiting vineyards and wineries as they are often very pretty locations, with very knowledgeable staff. I enjoy a good poke around nature and seeing how things are made. They had a larger section on the website for their non-grape based wines, so I was very keen on seeing how I felt about those. I was VERY pleasantly surprised by how much I genuinely enjoyed some of the ones I tried. Particularly the Spiced Apple (apple, cinnamon, cloves), Cappuvino (coffee based wine), and Hallowine (apple, pumpkin, spices). All quite sweet, so no more than a small glass a piece, but extremely delicious varieties! I think all of us tasting agree that those were all great flavors, and the rest of us were split on the other types we enjoyed. (The grape-based wines were apparently nothing to write home about, but the non-grape wines certainly were!) I absolutely would recommend going in for a tasting if you're there. They have 8 tickets for a couple sips of wine, with several seasonal varieties as "freebies".

769. Contribute

769. Contribute
Definition: (v) give in order to help achieve or provide something
Location Placed: Marriott at the Philadelphia Airport, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 6/24/16 at 2:55pm





The Philadelphia Airport is pleasantly easy to navigate and especially easy to get to the Marriott hotel, where I had to be for a work function. It's always nice to meet up with colleagues from around the country that I only get to see but a few times a year. It's lovely to have a catch up with them, see where they've been traveling around to since I had last seen them a few months prior. Of course getting down to business is always necessary, but we got to indulge in the wonderful pleasantries that come along with the meeting beforehand.

731. Sparkle

731. Sparkle
Definition: (v) be vivacious and witty
Location Placed: Blue Bell Inn, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 12/17/15 at 2:59 pm





My company had a Holiday party at the Blue Bell Inn and how wonderful it was! I had never been to Blue Bell but it was such a lovely area. Even though the weather was cold and rainy, it was still a lovely party. I was able to spend  a lot of quality time with some folks I don't often get to interact with, which was very nice. The food was delicious, and I probably could've eaten quite a number of portions of my dessert!

626. Revitalized

626. Revitalized
Definition: (v) re-energize, boost, revive
Location Placed: Starbucks, Newtown, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 10/25/14 at 5:36pm





We had made a trek out to Pennsylvania to go to one of our favorite haunted spots for some Halloween scaring. In a local field, they have a haunted hayride, haunted maize maze, and a haunted house. It's the same sorts of attractions every year but it's a lot of fun. After doing all those fun activities, we roast marshmallows at one of the several bonfires and enjoy a good s'more or two. This year I was adventurous and used the cookies'n'cream chocolate and chocolate graham crackers with my marshmallow. You only live once, right?

420. Nurturing

420. Nurturing
Definition: (v) to care for and encourage in growth and development
Location Placed: Longwood Gardens Visitor's Center, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 6/8/12 at 10:17pm
Status: FOUND!





So the reason we were at the gardens so late is that they were having a night lights display, which was stellar. They had all these different sort of fiber optic lights set up in different areas. I wish my camera hadn't died halfway through otherwise I would've gotten a bunch more photos. But it was cool to be in the woods and see hundreds of lit spheres through all the trees. It sort of made me feel like I was in the movie Avatar! Well worth a visit if you're in the area.

419.Splendor

419. Splendor
Definition: (n) magnificent and splendid appearance
Location Placed: The Conservatory, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 6/9/12 at 8:16pm





The number of beautiful and wonderfully fragrant flowers there is just impressive. I've seen some that I had never even heard of before. I absolutely love honeysuckles, the silly vine they are, but they had ones that were hot pink on the outside and faded into a regular honeysuckle color. And roses of all sorts of hybrid shades. Definitely the place to go if you're interested in flowers or picturesque areas.

418. Winsome

418. Winsome
Definition: (adj) attractive or appealing
Location Placed: Pierre du Pont House, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Penmsylvania
Date Placed: 6/9/12 at 7:28pm





One of my favorite things to do when I go to visit is go to Longwood Gardens. I love the different types of installments and garden components that they have. The last time I went was in the winter where they had the Christmas trees and lights up. But of course it was a bit too cold to wander the gardens. So it was nice to come during the warm weather and see everything that the gardens had to offer.

417. Gracious

417. Gracious
Definition: (adj) courteous, kind, and pleasant
Location Placed: Penns Woods Winery, Chadds Fords, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 6/9/12 at 6:31pm





I made a last minute decision to visit a friend in Delaware this weekend. So we decided to adventure up to the Penns Woods Winery after dinner to enjoy the nice warm evening. It was definitely feeling like a summer evening, that's for sure! It's hard to believe that it's not even the proper summer season, but we've had such mild and wonderful weather. It's got me hoping it will be a nice and mild summer.

380. Feisty

380. Feisty
Definition: (adj) having or showing exuberance
Location Placed: Moravian Bookstore, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 3/11/12 at 1:06pm





To round out the weekend, a friend and I went to lunch in a part of Bethlehem that I had never seen. It was quite lovely and had a bunch of different stores. Definitely something I'd have to explore next time I'm in the area and have time. We poked our heads into the bookstore and they had lots of lovely doodads and gizmos. There was even a book signing going on as well. I definitely would love to have a little place like that near me at home!

379. Bedazzled

379. Bedazzled
Definition: (v) greatly impress with skill or brilliance
Location Placed: The Sands Hotel and Casino, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Date Placed: 3/10/12 at 4:41pm





The last time I had seen the area where the Sands Casino is now, it was all Bethlehem Steelworks buildings. It was basically a graveyard for all the steel equipment that stopped being used when the steelmill went out. I was pleased to see what they had done, and are continuing to do with that area in order to bring in businesses and money. Plus it looks pretty cool to boot.