MMAP, New Creations, Richmond, IN final

When we first arrived in Richmond, I saw a rose garden in one of the parks.  I decided I HAD to get some pictures.  Dian came with me one day and got some pictures as well.  

I took over a hundred pictures!  And spent 3 hours last night looking at them close up!  There were over 100 species, with over 1000 plants.  It was the most beautiful rose garden I have seen, and it was at the height of blooming!  Here are only a sampling of roses I had not seen before!

Cherry Parfait

Double Delight

Easy Does It

About Face

 

Hot Cocoa

No names were on these, but they were just as beautiful!

Richmond's claim to fame is that it is the birthplace of jazz recordings at the Gennett Recording Studio 

Who would have guessed.  After two and a half weeks here, I was determined to find the Walk of Fame, a sidewalk commemorating those first recorders.  So after visiting the rose garden,  Dian and I ventured out to find it.  

What an adventure to get there....  We could see the tower, but kept circling the White River Gorge.  

We arrived after a young, self-described licensed PI helped us!  We found  these well known names amoung the pictures.

 Lawrence Welk

Gene Autry

and Guy Lombardo

The guys continued the last week working in the kitchen, replacing and repairing walls and molding,

and the ladies sorted apples.

During the past weekends in Richmond, we toured the Old District, finding 

murals

attending the Italian Street fair

and the world's largest candle at Warm Glow Candle outlet.

Along Main street, were some pretty amazing homes.... most of which needed loving care.  

This one had an exposed, three story (triple) fireplace

Paul was really intriqued with this exposure, seeing the three fireplaces, one from each story, going into one chimney!

Gennett Mansion (it had not opened for the season yet) was not one that needed care, though

This morning we left and are head for home.  The time has gone fast; we have worked hard and played a little bit along the way.   Ready to go home for a while, leaving this sign for you to ponder.........

MMAP New Creations, Richmond, IN

Time flies when you're having fun!!

We are already more than halfway through our stay here at New Creations in Richmond, Indiana.
How appropriate that we see new life here...

The location is beautiful, with creeks and three lakes

on 700 acres with a horse farm,

lots of farmland,

rare, exposed "Ice Age" markings,

and plenty of wildflowers!

New Creations was started in this building that housed the high school classrooms and dorms.

They now have a huge two story building that houses classrooms, gym, commercial kitchen and dining hall.

In addition, New Creations is currently home to a church, which served as classrooms and gym at one time,

and camp (including horse camp)

Until 2009 it also included a college.

The guys have been kept busy with several small but much needed repair projects:
A pole holder in the gymnasium,

the fence around the playground

and installed siding in a tight location

They also replaced half of a garage roof after a tree fell on it! Paul even tried to nail two of his fingers together!

The interior of the barn needed some work as well,

reinstalling feed troughs

and stable gates and walls.

We ladies have been having fun with KP duty, cleaning and prepping potatoes. Two thousand pounds of potatoes were donated, and they have used about half of them. We saved as many as we could that were left! This included cutting them into french fries,

frying them,

and laying them out on a tray for freezing (to keep them from sticking together)

and finally, bagging them!
Then we started the process for chips this week!

Last weekend, after church ( I just had to post how close church, where the cross is, is to Lowes, Paul's "other" church"!)

our MMAP team celebrated Mother's Day at the Roadhouse Steak Restaurant. It was a fun time of fellowship. And throughout the day, I got to talk to all of my children!

Paul spent the rest of the weekend doing plumbing repairs to the motorhome! He first worked on the shower faucets which are still in need of help. He installed these designer handles for me!!! I can now turn the water off and on! Seriously, I do appreciate these. The alternative is replacing the whole thing, which needs some more "pondering" since there is no access behind the shower!

He also fixed a leak in the kitchen faucet.  Then our water heater had quit working a couple of days prior-- first the gas side, then the electrical side! Paul spent two days and tried different things, and finally got the electrical side going again. I am so appreciative of his willingness and abilities to take on a challenge!! So I am looking forward to this weekend, hoping to look around the area a bit!

 Since this blog was all about work, hopefully, the next blog will be all about play!!