Jeanne Penn's Joy and Burden

After the death of her mother and daughter in the same year, Jeanne Penn has sole responsibility of Penn's Store. In the past, she did behind the scenes work for the store such as putting together events. Now she has that responsibility plus the job of taking care of two farms. As a result, the store sits closed and alone on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of every week.

Fluffy isn't excited about the slow business day at Penn's Store.

Penn often sits in the store alone during slow days. "A lot of business depends on the weather," she said. That day she had five customers from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Jeanne Penn gets great joy from having her 3-year-old granddaughter, Olivia, around. Olivia came to visit her grandmother at the store during an overcast Wednesday afternoon. Olivia and her mother, Dawn Osborn, helped out at Penn's Store getting the Halloween decorations up. Later they fed pears to Penn's cows and picked apples off a tree in her backyard. "This apple is better mi mi," Olivia said after her grandmother boosted her into the tree to reach a better apple.

Dawn Osborn and her 3-year-old daughter Olivia come down about once a week to help her mother, Jeanne Penn, out with the store. Olivia loves to play in the dirt and with the cats. "I usually bring three changes of clothes when we come to visit," Osborn said.

Jeanne Penn gets great joy from having her 3-year-old granddaughter, Olivia, around. Olivia came to visit her grandmother at the store during an overcast Wednesday afternoon. Olivia and her mother, Dawn Osborn, helped out at Penn's Store getting the Halloween decorations up. They took a break to pick the guitar, song sings that they wrote and play Olivia's 'monica.' "This is my brand new, special 'monica,'" Olivia said while sitting in her grandmother's guitar case.