Errands

A friend and I weren't in much of a work mood on Friday, so we decided to run errands and have lunch. At our first stop, a neighbor's farm, we joined parents and grandparents to watch some adorable kids riding in their first horse show. It's amazing to think that in no time at all those little girls will go from hesitantly jumping crossed rails to vaulting fearlessly over the huge fences at Plantation Field.
Then we headed east on Route 926 to check out the Brandywine Ace hardware store, which is where Unionville Feed has moved. They're still in the process of combining stores, so we can't really render a verdict yet, but they already had in stock everything on my friend's supply list except for a halter for the donkey. The helpful clerk gave us our loading ticket and we drove out back into the big storage shed, where Bob loaded our shavings and bags of feed into the pickup.
We asked him for a lunch recommendation and he suggested Lenape Pizza on Route 52 in Pocopson. We stopped in and while we were at the counter looking at the menu, another customer assured us that everything they make is delicious. We had an eggplant parmesan sandwich and a meatball sandwich, and so far he was correct. It's a nice little lunch place and while we were there we watched the press conference about the dreadful Aurora shootings. How impressive were the governor and the police chief! They were both so well spoken in a nearly impossible situation.
After lunch we stopped off at Baily's Dairy for milk and local corn (it was very tasty). It was too bad I was full from lunch; normally I buy a little container of chocolate milk for the road.
All in all, an excellent way to spend a few hours on an overcast Friday!