Anniversary

Today is a special day. Perhaps not for everyone, but at least for Ray and me. This is what we were doing 50 years ago.

Cutting our Wedding Cake

To celebrate our anniversary we had reservations at a Bed & Breakfast in Madison, IN. Madison is in southern Indiana on the banks of the Ohio River and is an historic small town about 200 years old. We drove through a few rain showers. About halfway to our destination we realized the lawns were green--not brown as they are back home.

We picked up our mail as we left home and found a package that we brought with us and opened when we were in our room at the B&B.

Beautiful gold wrapping and ribbon

From the return address we knew it was from my sister Judy. With much anticipation we opened the package and found this beautiful framed work of art.

Judy has made many beautiful pieces of
counted cross-stitch

Thank you Judy & Tom for remembering us!

We also had reservations for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Lanier House only a few blocks away. James Lanier built the house in the 1840s and was a very influential financier who even helped the state of Indiana avoid bankruptcy by loaning nearly a million dollars. Here's how the house looks today.

The house overlooks the Ohio River with no other buildings
blocking the view

We walked back to the B&B noticing that the rain had nearly stopped.

The Hendricks-Beall Home

This house has three guest rooms but we are the only ones staying tonight.

A small balcony features beautiful wrought iron

We returned from dinner at the 177-year-old Broadway Bar and Grill and a walk along the Ohio River and then set up the camera for an informal photo in the formal living room of the B&B. Are you able to  recognize the people in the first photo of this post as the same ones as in this last photo?

50 years after cutting wedding cake