Maybe what I said about southwestern Pennsylvania becoming tornado alley is coming true. Five tornadoes were confirmed in our area yesterday including one in Harrison City. Highland Park near the Pittsburgh Zoo also had a tornado touchdown and damage was sustained on the Zoo grounds. Last Saturday, a tornado touched down in rural Finleyville in Washington County. A church saw damage and the event occurred during Saturday night worship. I watched the live feed and it had to be a scary experience for churchgoers.
Aside from the weather, I’m getting back into my regular fitness routine after taking a few weeks off due to being busy and attending Spring Conference. Oh, that post conference hangover. I bought some books on how to do yoga as well as Pilates. In addition to lifting and doing cardio, I am confident that they will help me in my journey as well.
Doing yoga and Pilates should help me sustain my fitness journey when I can’t make it to Planet Fitness. Plus, it gives me new ways to exercise and get a streak going when it comes to closing all of my rings on my Apple Watch.
Since I had the night off (correction: Weekend off) and with the weather dry, I took an opportunity to drive out to Ligonier after I woke up this afternoon. I went to my favorite coffee shop in one of my favorite Hallmark Christmas towns and ordered a drink off the Spring menu. This one had me thinking of Summer. It was an iced Pina Colada latte.
I got my coffee and sat in the Diamond, watching the world go by. After finishing my coffee, I walked over to Second Chapter Books and saw some great reads in the local section. One was by an author from Johnstown on the history of the iconic Penn Traffic Department Store. If you’re from Johnstown, you know. This man also wrote about the history of Glosser Bros. which is where Gee Bee came from. Another book was on the history of Idlewild Park, just up the road from where I was. The third book I was interested in was on the history of Pittsburgh Jazz. That one I almost bought.
I’ll make a few more trips to Ligonier this Summer as the Night Market starts next month. Since I seem to always have Thursdays off, I might go a few times, including in the Fall. I need to have dinner again sometime at the Mexican restaurant in town and maybe do dessert at the Ligonier Creamery (where there is an old Murphy’s sign hanging in the store). I also might want to treat my family to chocolate from O’Sheas at the corner of Market Street and the Diamond.
As always, I’ll come out there in the Fall and around the holidays (when the tree will be up in the gazebo).
Stylish 🍒 