While staying with The Brother we went for a walk around his local large town - Geneva, IL. Outside the courthouse stood this big boy, ready to blast any undesirables to Kingdom Come:
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| Note Brother's hand on the little wheel thing, taking aim at an unsuspecting passerby. FP4+ on Foma313 |
Geneva is a very genteel sort of place - at least around the Historic District. As us two shifty-looking Irishmen walked aimlessly around we were greeted by an elderly gent, who asked if he could help us find what we were looking for. The Brother answered to the effect that we were just going for an exploratory walk and thanked him. He looked disappointed - clearly, he wanted to help. Later on as we neared the car we met him again. I greeted him but he didn't respond - maybe he was still hurting after our earlier rebuttal. Or maybe he had come to the conclusion we were up to no good. Perhaps, in fact, that was his first thought, as we probably looked like we didn't belong. Oh well, can't win 'em all.
Margaret grew up in St. Charles, the town immediately to the north of Geneva. Both towns are charming.
ReplyDeleteI didn’t visit St Charles. Geneva’s historic district was a bit too twee for me (is that a word?!). It was pleasant to walk around, but I prefer places a little less polished.
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