A bird in the hand is worth two in the nest.

August 19, 2017

We woke up to another foggy mist that had settled on the surrounding hills and the area around the Knight home. It is pretty when that happens, and once the sun comes out, it quickly burns off and everything looks so fresh and green.

The view this morning from our deck of the foggy mist.

We were visited today by the same senior missionary couple that greeted us at the Whitmer Farm visitors' center when we were there on Wednesday. The senior sister of this particular couple is the missionary that guided our tour there. Today was their p-day and they had some friends from Utah visiting, so they brought them here to tour the Knight and Stowell homes. They were headed to Harmony to see the Priesthood 'Restoration Site after they left here. We had a wonderful time showing them both homes and visiting with them. Their tour was considerably longer than others we have done because they wanted to really delve into the history of these two homes and the families that owned them. When we got to the Stowell home, Eric went inside to turn on lights while I began the tour outside by the Joseph Smith statue. Suddenly the front door of the home opened and Eric came out with a bird in his hands. When he had entered the home there was a bird flying around inside. We have no idea how it may have gotten in there, but Eric was able to catch it in his hands and release it out the front door and the bird flew off. We certainly were not expecting that one!

We think this bird, that is sitting on her nest with three baby birds in it, is the one
that was flying around inside the Stowell home. This picture was taken
through the window of one of the bedrooms in the Stowell home.

We have really enjoyed staying here in the historic Knight home, and we have been very comfortable in the docent's apartment that is provided here. The kitchen and living room are on the main floor, and the two bedrooms and bathroom are on the upper floor. Every morning when we come out of the docent's bedroom area, we are instantly transported back to the 1800's since the Knight children's rooms are just outside the door that separates the docent's apartment from the historic home.

Eric working at the dining table in the docent's apartment in the Knight home.
The deck is immediately through the double doors behind Eric.

/The kitchen in the docent's apartment.

One of the bedrooms in the docent's apartment.

The other bedroom in the docent's apartment. This is the room we are staying in.

The living room in the docent's apartment. The wood beams in this room were taken
from the Knight's barn that was still standing until the late 1990's.

The Knight daughters' 1800 era bedroom is through the doorway on the left.
The docent's bedroom/bathroom area is immediately through the door on the right.

Another view of the kitchen in the docent's apartment. The historic home is
immediately through the red door. 

The bathroom in the docent's apartment.

The deck just off the docent's apartment..

We went out to eat this evening at a restaurant in the Village of Afton (which used to be South Bainbridge in Joseph Smith's time). The restaurant is right on the Susquehanna River, and we had a beautiful view out the window of the river and the thickly wooded hills all around it. As we were eating, the sky opened up and it really rained hard. We were grateful we were inside and could enjoy watching the rain where we were nice and dry.

The restaurant where we ate this evening.

The outside dining area at the restaurant. People were sitting
here dining until the intense rainstorm hit.