More Adventures with Theodore and the gang -- Rose and Thistle Bed and Breakfast

On their last trip, Theodore Thistle, Winnie Windshield, and the gang traveled to upstate New York to the beautiful Mackenzie-Childs decorative art complex in Aurora. It’s an amazing place to tour. Check out their trip! Of course Theodore likes the place because of the decorative Thistle art and products, from bath mats to vases to dishware. They strolled the beautiful gardens just beginning to show the new green with daffodils, tulips, and lilacs.

Then, while traveling through the beautiful region of New York, lo and behold, the crew saw yet another Thistle themed site in Cooperstown, NY. The Rose and Thistle Bed & Breakfast where one can stay while visiting the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the Farmers Museum, or the Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society rail excursion.

Let’s all remember while we are out enjoying the beautiful countryside this summer, that we need to be thankful for Theodore Thistle’s friends: Winnie Windshield, Billy Backglass, and the vivacious Sierra Sideglass. They protect us each and everyday while we drive about. Please remember to clean the inside of your vehicle’s glass too. Keep the hair marks, finger prints, and errant sneezes cleaned off. It will only aid in better and clearer vision.

Our next trip will be traveling to Pennsylvania where you can find Theodore’s relatives - bull thistle (cirsium vulgare), musk thistle (carduus nu tans), and plume less thistle (carduus acanthoides). Plus, he is on the lookout for an endangered butterfly that looks a lot like a Monarch, but it’s not. It’s the Regal Fritillary. Only a few remain as the Regal Fritillary requires open damp meadows, old fields or pastures with marshy or boggy patches which also support the violets, milkweeds thistles and other nectar sources the animal requires. It’s habitat in Southern Pennsylvania and other Appalachia Mountain regions are being decimated. The adults feed on the nectar of the milkweeds and thistles. Further study is necessary before listing this ancient North American species as a federal endangered or threatened species. See how important thistle’s are?