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Saturday, December 3, 2022

Kissing Balls and Oreo Pops

Thursday night 9 of us friends went to Beaver Lake Nature Center to make Kissing Balls. This is the 3rd year that I have participated and it is always a fun event!

The Tales of the Traveling Tote #27 and a GIVEAWAY!

cape cod

March 2021

This year our Pirish celebration was quiet and we visited Caitlin and her family in Rochester for the day...

...and this little leprechaun brightened our day!

The Mackenzie-Childs Aurora store closed and a few of us met there for the sale at the end of the month:

It was a gorgeous spring day and we spent the afternoon in the parking lot chatting and catching up. You can see Cayuga Lake across the street! Lunch at the Aurora Inn was delish!

APRIL

Another day was spent on Lake Ontario. It was a bright sunny day and the water was so calm!

MAY

The Outlet at MacKenzie-Childs opened on May 1st and a group of us met at the crack of dawn to be the first to enter the store. You can see us through the arch, all set up for mimosas and breakfast!

It was a chilly morning, but later on the sun came out and it was a beautiful day!

My tote was hiding in my car filled with purchased treasures!

We had loads of laughs and fun tailgating in the parking lot for hours!

This photo was taken out the side door of the shop. Cayuga Lake is in the background! If you haven't been here, add it to your bucket list! The Finger Lakes region of NY is absolutely beautiful!

The second weekend in May we drove to Ohio to visit our grandsons.

My Courtly Check bag fit right in with the Soap Box Derby decor! We had a great time with the boys and it was great to see all of them after many, many months!

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At the end of May I went to Cape Cod for a "Girl's Week"

I stopped in my home town for my fav pizza and ate at DW Field Park, one of my fav spots on earth:

Have you ever tried to take a photo, while driving, on a circle, in traffic, while someone behind you was tooting his horn? Well here's proof it can be done:

My college BFF and I spent a day in Plymouth....

Introducing #mytravelingbeachbag:

...Another day was spent at Falmouth Height Beach on the ocean side and also East Sandwich Beach on the bay side:

I walked the path to Scusset Beach....

...and then the Jetty along the Cape Cod Canal:

Funny story about Jetties - - when my brother and I were young we used to love to run on the jetties and my Mom would always scream at us "stop running on the jetties because you will fall into the ocean and I am not going to help you get back up". Luckily we never fell - and I don't think I have the coordination to do it now!

These two photos are taken at opposite places. On the left I was at Scusset Beach, taking a photo of White Cliffs and on the right I was at White Cliffs taking a photo of Scusset Beach!

A day spent at Heritage Gardens in Sandwich was well spent. The azaleas and rhododendrons were so colorful:

My college girlfriends and I took the fast ferry to Martha's Vineyard....

...on a beautiful 80' day....

....I stopped by Susan Branch's home:

...we enjoyed cocktails at Nancy's in Oak Bluffs and had lunch at The Black Dog in Vineyard Haven. we had a later stop at The Seafood Shanty for another cocktail overlooking Edgartown and Chappaquiddick!

The Sandwich Boardwalk is always a fun jaunt to the beach on the bayside:

While walking the boardwalk....

...we saw a shark egg in the marsh:

Town Neck Beach has this scary sign - it makes you want to find a swimming pool nearby:

Bye, bye Cape Cod!

It is so exciting to know that we can begin to feel safe in our travels and enjoy some trips that have become traditions....I hope you are feeling comfortable in your community to resume doing the things you have missed this past year!

Ricki Jill is hosting our giveaway, make sure you leave a comment on her blog for a chance to win this switchplate!

Hop around to see where everyone has been:

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box you are here

Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Jackie and Miss Madi K @ Purple Chocolat Home

Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader giveaway host

We have an Instagram group, visit me @ppultorak and follow us at #talesofthetravelingtote.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Tales of the Traveling Tote #24

covid-19

MAY

Covid, Covid, Go Away!

We made a quick trip to Rochester in May to see our daughter's new home and I went into the city of Syracuse once.

Google keeps track of my where-abouts:

JUNE

"LET ME OUT OF THE HOUSE"

We visited our youngest daughter's new home again. I packed for the Father's Day "pool" party, but never ended up in the pool because I spent the day playing with my newest grandson! We are happy they are living back in NY!

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Oneida Lake is a few miles down the street.

I never got in the water here either, but the breeze was cooling enough. We have had quite a few hot days!

The end of June we traveled thru Pennsylvania on our way to Ohio. We had a picnic lunch overlooking the vineyards and Lake Erie:

(how could I refuse this tube of potato chips with this silly guy dressed in checks)

The last Sunday in June was spent on Indian Lake on Callan and Carter's new boat!

We enjoyed the sights, tubing, swimming, lunching, eating ice cream and sunburning!! There were very few boats on the lake and the water was warm for 'floating'!

This map shows my June travels:

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JULY

We left Ohio in July, and here is my July travel:

Heritage Winery is located in North East, Pennsylvania. It's a 3rd generation family owned winery in a 200+ year old barn, offering a wide selection of reds, whites and slushies! We often stop on our way home from Ohio to pick up a few bottles of John's favorite reds. We were the only ones there and felt very safe! The view from their porch is of Lake Erie in the distance:

July 7th our TTT group had our 3rd Zoom call - it's always fun to catch up with everyone, but we missed a few:

Mid July I was off to Cape Cod for a girl's getaway. My car was packed with face masks, disposable gloves, lysol, antiseptic wipes, hand sanitizer and spray and so on....

DW Field Park, Avon, MA: Sagamore Bridge, Cape Cod Canal:

Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, MA:

The night before the "canceled MacKenzie-Childs Barn Sale", Tracey hosted a Zoom call with a group of die hard collectors and our "go-to-guy for info". We reminisced, shared, enjoyed a contest and had lots of laughs! We all look forward to Barn Sale 2021!

Each morning, while on my vacation, I walked down the 165 cliff steps to the beach:

We spent one afternoon at the Cape Cod Lavender Farm:

It was a much needed getaway with my BFF from college!

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My mom has been in assisted living and hasn't really been out since March, so we had an escape to Aurora and Skaneateles and one day. We browsed through the MacKenzie-Childs store, had a picnic lunch overlooking Cayuga Lake and Mom enjoyed the ride through the back roads. We found a huge sunflower field where the sea of flowers never ended!

MacKenzie-Childs had a virtual on-line Barn Sale at the end of the month and it was fun hopping online each morning to see what new items were added to the sale. I was lucky to grab a few treasures, the Cheese Course being one of them:

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AUGUST

The beginning of August brought the Traveling Tote group together for another Zoom call. We all shared what we bought at the on-line Barn Sale, talked about our lack of traveling and caught up with each other!

At the end of the month Sara, Carter and Callan came to visit and we took them to the Sunflower Maze at Strawberry Farms in Skaneateles:

We married 40 years ago....

...and our girls and their families visited us and made our day so special. They prepared appetizers, dinner, and we had a delicious cake for dessert:

We ended the summer with a pool party at our daughter's new home:

It's been a great summer, in spite of Covid-19!

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I will confess that one of my vices is watching the Housewives shows on Bravo....I am addicted, not to one, but rather all of them. My daughter made this adorable cup for me and I love how it combined two of my favorite things!!