SEEN IN NEW HOPE

 
With my schedule now cleared for a week or so...it's no easy feat trying to plan safe and needed get-a-ways for some fun , frolic and relaxation in these times of pandemic. Mind you, I should be readying for my upcoming time to the Woods Campground and then P-Town...but Monday and Tuesday has been nothing but relaxing and goofing off. But I missed my beloved New Hope while up at the ancestral home. Like Monday, a friend phoned and asked me to come to his pool. Well, would you pass that up in this heat?! The water felt fine!

Then Monday night I and the Lumbersexual got together again. I asked if he could help me out of a wet, tight square cut.   I told him I was going into New Hope to have a walk about Tuesday, and coerced him onto playing hookie. I can be rather a terrible influence. I then added in the Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, since he likes outdoor things and he'd never been, and he was in. That is where the opening picture is from. Here are some snaps from yesterday.

One of my favorite shops in New Hope...Love Save the Day...an emporium of everything retro, vintage, and thrift clothing, and clean and adult novelties.

 We caught up with another friend for martinis...a three martini lunch!!!!!

You know some of these pins came home with me for Pam Demic.

Meanwhile....At another of the macabre shops in town...

When I asked, I was told these item were highly dark items, with evil pasts... and would not be for sale, as the sign above said. 

My friend found the perfect handbag for me, but will it match any shoes I own?

On the way home I stopped and got some corn from a roadside farm here. Have you had any corn this summer yet? It has been the best I tasted in years.

It was a nice,  if not long and hot afternoon. Once back to the Casa we came in for a couple cold beers. I can't imagine what two hot and sweaty guys could get up too, do you? But I'm sure the neighbors will be talking if they saw him leave my apartment this morning!!!!! Hey! Those who are easily shocked, should be shocked more often.  And yes,  it was a very nice night. The cat finally caught the mouse. I showed him what the Mistress knows and some of my hidden talents. Today all I did was make a blueberry cake with frozen blueberries from my mother's bushes, I brought back home.

So there was that.

 I am wondering if I should ask lumbersexual over for a taste. I even made homemade whipped cream. And we know that has many uses.

BOWMAN'S HILL

Bucks County boasts many scenic spots, but there’s only one place to get an above-the-trees, bird’s-eye view of the surrounding countryside and Delaware River. Rising 183 feet in the air atop Bowman’s Hill and offering a 14-mile view on a clear day, Bowman’s Hill Tower is a favorite stop, and before the weather turned rainy yesterday, I decided to go finally to see it. I've been before, but never ventured to the top. I said to the top, not a top!!!

One of the biggest misconceptions about the Tower is that it existed during General George Washington’s day. In reality, it was built of local field stone in 1929-31 to commemorate what was probably the lookout point for Washington’s troops to watch for enemy activity on the Delaware River. Bowman's Hill is part of the Washington Crossing Park, which I did post on here and here.

Construction of the Tower took nearly two years to complete. More than 2,400 tons of materials were used, including perches of native stone from the hill and nearby stone fences, cut stone from local quarries, 517 tons of sand and 225 tons of cement. Workers excavated 15-feet deep so that the 24–foot-squared base would rest on a bedrock foundation.  Soon after the tower’s construction, workers planted 28,300 seedlings in the area to reforest the hill like people thought it would have been in Washington’s time. Some of those seedlings have become today’s towering trees on Bowman’s Hill. Due to the Tower’s height, lightning strikes were an ongoing problem. To improve safety and eliminate damage to the Tower, the National Lightning Protection Company of St. Louis, installed a protection system on the building. 

 There is an elevator that takes visitors three-quarters of the way to the top, bypassing the complete spiral staircase, although it's not currently working, so yours truly climbed the whole thing.... the last 23 steps become a extremely narrow spiral staircase to reach the outside observation deck. 

The more narrow staircase......

But it was all worth it.....I felt just like Rapunzel.

Looking toward Philly.....

Looking toward Yardley....

Looking toward New Hope and Lambertville

This shot would be looking directly East toward Nj, where Washington crossed the Delaware. There is a flag in the middle of the picture slightly off to the left.

Has Trump read the last part?!?!?

After leaving the tower, might I add, very steep drive down the road with no rails.... with the rainy mist and chill, I decide to visit the Bowman's Tavern for some fuel and pints.

Even ran into the lovely town grande dame of the transgender community and rights, Elizabeth, in one of her eye-popping day looks. She is always dressed to the t and is a true lady....had some lovely conversation.

Is it any wonder I love this area so much?

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