Spotlight: we need to talk...
so, how are things...
Once again deadline-desparate for my 'backyard' column, the kids and I headed out into Hanover County, looking for something, anything. I was thinking about trying to get something with the trains up in Doswell, but, as luck would have it, found Suzanne Fleet's Squashapenny General Store open. This place has been on my radar for years, but I'd never managed to get up there when it was open. Talk about walking into a veritable shootfest...Suzanne was the most gracious hostess, leading me, following me, educating me, as we spent a couple hours combing her two stores. What a delightful was to spend an afternoon.
I found this guy in a back room, and this is pretty much how I found him. He was standing on a nic-nac table, soaking in the last of the late afternoon sun. Let's just say he spoke to me...