so i went to the eddy house this afternoon. i'd wanted to go for awhile, but i never had a chance, and i wasn't aware of all of the stories. i got to hear them as i drove cortni and myself today, and yes, i was incredibly interested.

the house looks nice and cozy, we couldn't get inside, but i was interested in finding out more about the house. the whole issue of haunted houses is something i won't even address, as there are always so many rumors of gimmicks and doubt that i'm in no place to pass judgement. i'll simply say that it was fun--in its own creepy sort of way. we also went to the family cemetery and the larger cemetery up the road, where william and horatio are buried. from everything i've heard, the whole family was pretty creepy. but then again, that added to the mystique.

afterwards, we tried finding honto's cave. following the drive way across the street from the eddy house, we walked towards the woods, breaking off to the left before we reached the house at the end of the drive (we thought it would be, well, rather rude to walk up the owners' driveway and through the lawn), thinking that we'd be able to get around the house to where the rock formation (it isn't actually a cave) is supposed to be located.

we found pricker bushes, ferns, logs, mosquitos, branches, and did i mention pricker bushes? also a murky pond and a horse pasture, but no hanto's cave. i'd like to find it some other time, but i wasn't disappointed. it was fun to wander through the woods, looking for path's and places to step. i brought my camera and snapped pictures the whole time, and i joked that weeks from now, my camera would be found and the two of us would reach fame with our own blair witch. we thought it would be a bit excessive to make the stick figures, however.

now, i sit here, exhuasted, happy after a nice day, and with my legs covered in scratches and scrapes from the damn bushes.

and i bought kid a today.