I love my blog. I love writing it because it's not limited, like a review. It's a firsthand account by me, a regular person, attending events. And, as such, regular things happen to me: venues don't call me back, the event is different than described, or like in this case, my plans change.

I was planning on going to the Historical Barns Tour, but the day before, I was given tickets to the Inside Downtown Tour. No problem. I wanted to do both, so I would. But the night before I hosted a bridal shower for one of my dearest friends. And, as we had over-served ourselves, the bride-to-be slept over. So instead of getting an early start, I spent the morning drinking coffee and chatting, which was really fun because I live alone and it was nice to have someone to hang out with in the morning.

Still, I had the best intentions of doing both tours. So after looking over the Inside Downtown map to see which destinations are the most closely grouped together, I headed downtown. Upstairs, downstairs, and all around the blocks I went. I liked the Ward House best. Then I headed to the country.

I began at the Historic Ichabod Town Homestead, which wasn't really on the tour, but across from Valentown Museum where I picked up my ticket. Inside was Miss Lillian's Tea Room, a quaint little space where they hold tea parties. I'll be back.

From there I followed the map, slowing down for some drive-by barns and going into a few. The fall wildflowers were out: purple, gold, and yellow. The smell of hay was wonderful, and at one, I found a sweet how-now brown cow. At the Holtz Farm, I watched a beam being hand-hewed by a very cute lumberjack.

On the way back to Rochester I stopped at a little shop, Mrs 2nds. I bought a set of eight tumblers with pink and black firework designs and a purple cow creamer, all for $4.