Yet another summer has rolled around which means it’s time to go antiquing! And I don’t mean the stuffy sort of antiquing one might expect from Rhode Island. I am not in the market for a 15th century chair or some fine china I’m afraid to breathe on. I do have enough spare change for… Continue reading Stillwater Antique Mall – Greenville Rhode Island
Believe it or not we didn’t go to Foster Rhode Island to go cemetery hopping but when in Rome… Historic Cemetery #45 (Also called the Hopkin’s Mills Lot) The first cemetery we came across was adjacent to the Ramshead Trail we wanted to walk down and just a stone’s throw away from a purportedly haunted… Continue reading Historic Cemeteries 45, 27, & 26 Foster Rhode Island
Sometimes I get tired of finding new locations or I just lack inspiration. It’s at these times I like to hand the torch over to my travel companions and tell them to pick a place. I’m always happy to drive and the surprise of these adventures ticks off my ever expanding need for novelty. On… Continue reading Gay City State Park – Hebron CT
The most brilliant castle I have seen in New England.
In a strange turn of events I find myself with children – wandering a lovely little park in RI.
I return to my home town to peruse the cemetery on a rainy day.
My third cemetery of the day gives me a long pause as I ponder the brevity of life and the mysteries of those who have already left us behind.
I was only going to stay in Maine for three days, really, but then my mother’s ride to the family reunion couldn’t get the day off so I ended up staying up here for two weeks, and then there was a death in family so I had to stay for the funeral, so another week… Continue reading Owl’s Head Lighthouse & Bonus Viking Ship!
After being laid up for two days with a migraine I was just about crawling out of my skin this morning, desperate to go somewhere, anywhere. I’m still in central Maine with my mother and she’s still none too keen on going for a hike in 85 degree weather soooo I offered to bring her… Continue reading Hudson Museum – Orono Maine
Today I drove out to two covered bridges – one on Stowell Road in Merrimack NH, the other was the County Farm Bridge in Greenfield/Hancock. Both were bridges you can drive over that have no place to park so you can see them – this didn’t stop me. Even though they weren’t pedestrian bridges and… Continue reading Stowell Road & Country Farm Covered Bridges
