Thanksgiving!

Wishing all my followers and friends just that! 

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Glimpses of October and Marie's Trip to Boston!

Afternoon, everyone!

As promised, today I'm going to share with you

some glimpses of this past October, and top it
off with the conclusion of Marie's epic New

England Excursion to Massachusetts!

But first, can you tell me...

Are these houses in New England 

or New York?

... convinced they're from New England?

Guess again!

I took these photographs during a drive out east on Long Island, and 

nearly drove off the road! Here on the island, we have many old 

houses, but very rarely does one see such distinctive New England

architecture. It was safe to say I certainly got my NE fix that day!

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My room...

Pumpkin picking...

Sleepy Hollow...

Lola's 13th Birthday...

 Snow?!...

Halloween evening...

The most magical, most lovely time of year...
I miss it already ♥

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And now, without any further ado,
Marie's Trip to Boston!

Day Nine

"We went back to Boston the same way we came: by bus. Our hotel was now the beautiful Clarendon Square Inn, a really nice townhouse in Boston’s South End.
We pretty much just put our bags in the room and then started to explore Boston. We took a short walk to the Prudential Center where we had a late lunch/early dinner at Legal Sea Foods. Then we jumped on a Duck Tour bus as an introduction to the city. It was a really fun and informative tour."

Day 10
"We spent a full day on the Freedom Trail; it was really interesting! In the evening, we visited the Museum of Fine Arts and newly opened Art of the Americas Wing. It was a really nice connection to what we had seen during the Freedom Trail."

Day 11
"We started the day with a walk to Copley Square and visited Trinity Church and the Boston Public Library; both beautiful buildings. Later in the morning, we visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a great museum- I highly recommend it! We went back to the Paramount Restaurant in Beacon Hill for lunch; BLTs and iced tea. We then had a stroll around the shops at Charles St and went to Isabelle’s Curly Cakes for dessert. I had a Boston Cream Cupcake. Yummy!"

Day 12
"We packed our bags for the last time this trip. We then went on the T to Harvard Square and had a guided tour of Harvard Yard. We all agreed that this trip had been at least one week too short. We have lots of reasons to come back to New England, and I’m pretty sure we will!"

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Well, I hope you enjoyed taking a virtual tour
of Marie's trip to Massachusetts!
I want to thank her for letting me share her experiences
with you all, and perhaps they might inspire YOU to take
a New England Excursion of your very own someday...! ♥

Marie's Trip to Cape Cod!

Good evening, everyone... and

Happy November!

Soon, we'll all be basking in the aroma
of bubbling autumn spices emanating from
our kitchens... it's Thanksgiving-time again!

I'll try to show you guys in my next post some

of my Halloween adventures (including a short

video of my outdoor decorations on Halloween 

night!) but tonight, I'd like to share with you more

of Marie's wonderful trip... this part, in Cape Cod!

Day Six

"Our time on Nantucket sadly came to an end (for this time), and we caught the morning ferry back to Hyannis. After arriving on the Cape, we took a cab to the airport and picked up our rental car. We then drove to Sandwich, to The 1750 Inn at Sandwich Center, inspired by I Heart New England! There we met my pen friend of 38 years (!) that I hadn’t seen for the last 16 years! She and her husband had driven all the way from Minnesota to spend three days with us on Cape Cod! What joy!
We had managed to get afternoon tickets to Eden Hand Arts and we just about got there in time to buy our Screwball bracelets and get them fitted. We haven’t taken them off yet!...

Back in Sandwich, we went on the Sandwich Boardwalk for a beautiful evening walk on the beach overlooking Cape Cod Bay."

 Day Seven

Beach in Chatham

"The next day we drove up to Provincetown on Route 6. We visited and climbed the stairs to the top of the Pilgrim Monument from where we had a beautiful view of the land.
We then drove to Chatham where we took a walk around town and to the beautiful beach and the Chatham Light."

Day Eight

"On our last day together with our friends, we went to Plimoth Plantation to find out more about the Pilgrims. It was really interesting, both the Wampanoag Homesite, and the 17th-Century English Village."

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Stay tuned for the final part of Marie's trip...

Boston, here we come!

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