when the howell boys were visiting, we headed to fenway for a tour…
fingers crossed we get to go to a bruins game before this season ends!
fenway park tours, click here for more info!
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dear readers, my images/photos lately look a bit grainy & i haven’t changed anything on my side. do they look this way on your screens? please let me know… thanks! xoxo.
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“The first outdoor living history exhibit you will encounter on your visit is the Wampanoag Homesite, located on the banks of the Eel River. Here you’ll discover how the 17th-century Wampanoag would have lived along the coast during the growing season; planting their crops, fishing and hunting, gathering wild herbs and berries for food, and reeds for making mats and baskets. You’ll see different kinds of homes including a mat-covered wetu, the Wampanoag word for house, and a bark-covered long house or nush wetu, meaning a house with three fire pits inside. Food is cooked over an open fire using only the ingredients that were available in the 1600s.
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I get asked all the time, “why is your husband a red sox fan if he’s from nevada?”
first of all, Nevada doesn’t have any professional sports teams.
second, husband watched the tv show “Cheers” as a kid, and was a Sam Malone fan.
in the show, Sam Malone was the bartender who was a Sox pitcher.
…at six years old that started husbands passion for the Sox & all of the New England sports teams —
Celtics. Patriots. Bruins.
it was mandatory that we take our kiddos + the Howell boys to the Cheers bar/restaurant on beacon hill.
Taking a break from all your worries,
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…and we spent five days simply enjoying one another’s company.
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for the past few years susan has had dark hair. yet, she’s notorious for this pattern: blonde – dark brown – blonde – dark brown, it’s just been a long time since she’s been blonde! so, we were chatting to each other on our cell phones as she walked out of the airport –
i said, “i see mckenna! where are you?!?”
and, sure enough – she was right next to kenna! rockin’ the blonde hair’do!
i totally didn’t recognize her! obviously, we were overdue for spending some time together!!!
on her first evening in boston,
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our halloween was charm-on-steroids. have you heard of beacon hill? no? well, it’s the nicest-{expensive}-upper-end-neighborhood-with-federal-style-rowhouses in the city of boston. known for its narrow, gas-lit streets and brick sidewalks. and, did you know there is a list of the top 20 places to trick-or-treat in the USA? {this was news to me!} combine these thoughts: and yes, beacon hill rates #2 in the nation!
first, a few glimpses of our home for the spooky holiday –
…since we’re living in a home that is 150 years old, i’m taking advantage of the colonial-charm whenever possible. i don’t consider this “my style,” but i enjoy the creative process of utilizing what the home has to offer for each holiday!
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i tagged along on kJ’s 3rd grade class field trip to roxbury. it was a sunny, chilly day, and perfect for sightseeing.
{photos by me, Jane Rhodes}
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