The view from our hotel window this morning - we'll be leaving the hotel in about an hour to board. Can't wait!

I have passed up a few Escher puzzles. Definitely a challenge. They are always 1000 piece and I have sitting problem working with that size. Besides, I don't need anymore insanity in my life! LOL

Venus Through Water Drops Image Credit & Copyright: John Bell Explanation: Now the brilliant "star" in planet Earth's evening skies, Venus is captured in this creative astrophotograph. Taken with a close-focusing lens on January 18 from Milton Keynes, UK, it shows multiple images of the sky above the western horizon shortly after sunset. The images were created by water drops on a glass pane fixed to a tree. Surface tension has drawn the water drops into simple lens-like shapes. Refracting light, the drops create images that are upside-down, so the scene has been rotated to allow comfortable right-side up viewing of a macro-multiple-skyscape.

There are several chain motels that are near Kennett Square and a few smaller inns and B&B's. Some of them offer deals that include tickets to Longwood Gardens. We attended a wedding in that area a few years ago and rather than driving home late at night after the reception we booked a room at a Best Western Plus in Glen Mills. It had either just opened or had recently been remodeled and it was very nice. The Brandywine Valley area would make great getaway trip - there a lot of interesting museums, gardens and historical sites.