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January 05 Episode 4 - A New HopeThe entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.
~ Vi Putnam To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.
~ Anonymous I am incomplete without her. If I were to see the most amazing sight to be seen and she were not by my side, then it wasn’t really worth the seeing.
~ Mark Alexander Oliver
New Years Eve day found my wife and I with a day all to ourselves with no obligations until later in the evening when our friends J & J would be over for our annual low key but always good fun get together. One of our favorite places to tool around is New Hope PA which is an artisan community that boarders the Delaware River. Niche shops, quaint restaurants, charming B & B’s and art galleries are nicely laid out in this country setting. The tastes here run the spectrum from elegant to biker dude and dudets, with a smattering of New Age, Wicken and the just plain weird to fill out the cast.
The day was sunny but on the chilly side (even for me). I'm very comfortable with the colder temps while my wife, who is not, can find a cold breeze on the Sahara desert at high noon, but that never stops her from doing what she likes to do. When we go to New Hope I like the day to be heavily overcast, not because there is no shade – Scads ‘O shade to be had, but it’s the kind of area that seems to go well with the gloomy canopy above. Perhaps it was because of the colder day or that it was New Years Eve or both, that found the town busy but not as crowded as it usually can be found to be an a sunny Sunday. This always makes for a better visit anyway. As you can see from the pictures in the New Hope Album, Turkey vultures like to make the rooftops their own and the leaden skies give this a rather creepy look as these rather large birds amble their way across the rooftops looking down at you (perhaps dreaming of a magnificent meal). New Hope is also one of, if not actually the most haunted place in PA. A plethora of ghostly haunts to choose from; the haunted church, the haunted inn, the haunted restaurant, the haunted covered bridge, the haunted playhouse, the haunted ash tray etc... So you see, overcast skies and the haunted area go hand in hand and, if you are lucky enough to be there relaxing at one of the quaint restaurants enjoying a brew or other adult beverage when a Thunder storm moves in, then Oulalla. I did get my wish shortly after arriving there as the skies took on a nice brooding grey. With ‘FourBucks’ coffee in one hand and my wife’s hand in the other we were set for a pretty good day.
As I stated before, New Hope is an artisan community that likes to show off many of its artwork sculptures around the town. Most of the time it is freeform stuff that looks nice but can easily fall into the ‘What the hell is that!’ category. This time they had something new in the small river below the bridge that bisects the town. Two deer made of metal strapping, prepared to look as if they were crossing the river. I actually got it. Very Cool.
Usually my mission on going there is to look for a Greenman or Gargoyle sculpture to adopt and take home. I have always had an affinity for these medieval subjects and Ernie (our chimney top Gargoyle) always likes it when we bring home a new playmate for him. The last time we were there in October for our anniversary, we spotted a Greenman sculpture that we liked and decided to pick it up on our next visit. True to our word, we found him just where we left him and brought him back with us. His name is Norman.
After a couple of hours, we settled down to dine at a restaurant called Mothers that sits right along the main street. It was a place that we had never tried before and we were happy to find the atmosphere, service and food much to our liking. It was about 5:30 pm when were left the restaurant and found the town all lit up with Christmas lights; we realized that this was first time that we had ever been there during the holiday season to have witnessed this before. It was a really nice way to end our ‘all to ourselves’ day together. We actually could have spent all that time just roaming the supermarket and it would have been a great day, just so long as I am holding my wife’s hand.
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