Tourist or Resident?

I didn't know there was such a difference between the tourist and the

Lancaster County resident until I met this 

very beautiful and special lady....

Tanza.

 See the braid?

It is special for Lancaster County.

************

You may read Marydon's blog?

If you don't you are missing out.

Well, a while back Marydon started sending me 

cryptic messages about something coming in June.

I replied to her comment but the next time she would 

ask again as if I hadn't responded.

For a moment I wondered if Marydon might be 

losing it...but I would read her posts and they all made 

sense so I just kept responding to her inquiries.

Then one day it hit me.

I looked at the screen after I hit reply.

It said "no reply"

Oh.duh!

That explained our communication snafu.

So....we finally made contact.

I found out that Marydon was going to be bringing

two ladies from California to my neck of the woods

and she wanted them to see my candles.

We arranged to meet at one of the shops

where my candles are sold.

And so we did.

I was thrilled to meet Tanza and her mother, Donna.

I took photos with Marydon and these ladies but I used their cameras and forgot to take one with mine...pout.

Such warm ladies.

Tanza was as entertaining as she found everything around her.

I have never had the opportunity to show someone around

who was as starstruck with Lancaster County as 

Tanza was.

Reminded me of the first time I set foot on St. Simon's Island, GA.

I thought I would just break into tears, 

so happy was I to be there.

To walk where the people I had so often read about had 

walked...to see the gravestones....

but enough about that.

You see, 

in that way I totally understood Tanza.

Now I kind of want to see our lovely County 

through her eyes.

I think we take it for granted around here.

We get irritated as we have to slow to pass that buggy

or blast down country roads never paying a bit of 

attention to the vistas around us. Views which draw 

people in from a world away.

We enjoyed a very delightful lunch together,

the four of us, 

and then we parted ways.

But as I drove through Strasburg I noticed

the haystacks and the buggy as I passed it 

by knowing who was driving behind me and just 

imagining the joy of the sight for her.

That makes for such a happy heart.

I'm clearly more resident than tourist

but for that one day I got to see it through different eyes.

I think that you should all come on over to Lancaster County.

It is a pretty great place to visit
or live.