Freeze and Road Trip to Clarion

Last night we had the first freeze of the season.  Our low temp. was 28.  I covered our 3 knockout rose bushes and the tomato plant which is just now finally producing some nice tomatoes.  Bill is glad to get this freeze.  Lots of bean stems have still been green so this freeze will take care of that within a couple of days.  

Two of Tim & Bette Jo's kids and their families came here from Kansas and Colorado for their Grandpa's funeral so Bill has had some company in the combine.  Deb's son, Bryan, who was in some of my pictures back when we were doing our landscaping (he was a big help!), was able to come even though he just started college.  He wants to be an Agronomist so I'm sure he's starting to look at the family farming operation a little differently now!   

My friend Terri and I had been wanting to get out of town and have lunch at a tea room or something so earlier in the month we went to Clarion which is only about an hour away (east) to have lunch at Daisy's on Main.  We were pleasantly surprised with how nice it was.  We had a cute little table for two by the front window.  As you can see, the food was bright and colorful on the white plate and even had a flower for garnish.  The food and service was very good.  It's also a gift shop (including upstairs) with everything nicely arranged.  We would definitely go back.  They change their menu weekly.

Love the window boxes.

Pretty Fall display of gifts in the front of the shop.

I did the "choose 2" and had quiche and chicken salad with tomato carrot soup.

Terri had quiche and the enchilada.  The rolls were homemade and very good.  So was the bite of nut bread.

These were the dessert choices.  We had the choc. and carrot cake.

Some people here go to the hospital in Clarion so I've always wanted to see what's in Clarion.  After checking out a couple of flower/gift shops and the coffee shop called Grounded (we hope to bring our husbands back here for an evening meal and their live music but their lunch menu looks good too), we went on to Kanahwa to visit the Old Bank Winery.  

Their wine was not our favorite, but I thought it would be appropriate to buy a bottle of theirs to fill the last spot in my pretty wine rack since I worked at a bank for 11 years.  It's a little hard to tell but their label is a picture of a bank vault.