Auntie Popeye and the travelling duck!

Another month and another visitor!! Jenny's sister Pippa came for a week ... although Abigail soon renamed her Popeye ... it seems that was easier to say!! At the beginning of the week it was still pretty cold (coats and scarves still necessary!) with thick snow on the ground and at the end of the week the snow had gone and we were just wearing t-shirts when we were out!!!

We had a great week with a mixture of showing Pippa around and relaxing ... she plans to come again so there was no pressure cram everything into one week!!

Sunday afternoon (although cold!) was beautiful and sunny so we went for a walk at lake park to feed the ducks ...

Monday we visited the hangar ... where Pippa spotted that Mark had a secret stash of Little Debbie donuts in his big yellow tool box ... BUSTED!!! Tuesday morning we went for a drive up in Amish country and bought donuts of a whole different quality back with us for all the guys in the hangar ... it seems Mark was quite popular that day!!

Abigail soon got used to another unusual face staying in our basement ... here the two of them were rubbing noses like Eskimo's while sharing a banana ... very cute!! Lot's of silliness ... it was to be expected!!

We took a walk around Coshocton town centre on Thursday and on Friday Pippa even came to MOPS with us and met some of our friends (as well as babysitting so Jenny could have her first haircut in over 6 months too!!!). As you can see Pippa and Abigail got on like a house on fire!!

So what's all this about a travelling duck?! Pippa is a guide leader and they've just celebrated 100 years ... so the Centenary duck ... otherwise referred to as Lola ... who has been photographed all over the place by other guides ... came for a little vacation of her own!! As you can see she visited some American ducks at Lake Park ...

Enjoyed playing in the snow (and the bath!!) with Abigail's other ducks ...

Wanted to get patriotic outside the County Court House with the star spangled banners (and Popeye!) !!! ...

And was trying to get posted back to the UK to tell the guides all about her travels before Pippa was ready to leave!! ;o)

As you can see ... a great week was had by all ... including Lola the duck!!