Near the start of the 4.4 mile hike up Lumley Hill and Mount Whitfield from the botanical gardens (red and blue arrow circuit) I had an enlightening conversation with a guy coming the other way. He informed me that this was the ‘singles trail’ where chance encounters were rife, claiming ...
and a paved pathway leads through the scene. Toward the back, there is a group of people gathered near what looks like a structure with an archway entrance. Trees with bare branches suggest it might be late autumn or winter. A variety of buildings can be seen, including one with red...
Cherry blossom in Kensington Gardens Go to Kensington Gardens for blossom, not so much Hyde Park. Image: Shutterstock Hyde Park is disappointingly lacking in cherry blossom, but its westerly sibling Kensington Gardens steps up to the mark. Enter via the Lancaster Gate entrance to be greeted by ...
Emily is kind, Her smile warms me. She helps people and her laugh is like listening to a cool summer brook She is loved. I want her to be my friend *** Hey, what was Math doing on here? This is now Aunt Amy …. looks like Math wrote something. Let me see what she said. (...
Chapel at Peabody Estate in Oak brook, IL. Photo credit Peabody Estate. These are just the simple, silly little things that draw me in and make me wonder about time gone by and the people who once lived. There is so much more but you should lean them on your own and feel the experi...
Located on New Hampshire's Piscataqua River, Portsmouth is a historic, colonial city that is known for its 17th- and 18th-century homes, parks, gardens, and boat culture. Nearly 90% of residents work in white collar professions, according to Neighborhood Scout, like management, sales, and ...
This week is our last and we will meet at Spohr Gardens in Falmouth to close out the season. After that we will have 3 all day trips–to Provincetown, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard. Thanks to all who attended my outdoor classes. We had crowds of 14 and intimate groups of 2 and...
Roundup: Hamlet Petitions, Long Lots Brook, Original Pancake House … |8 comments As the proposed Hamlet at Saugatuck development wends its way through a thicket of town regulatory bodies, 2 petitions are circulating in town. One is against the proposal. The other is for it. ...
The Cloisters was built from sections from five medieval European Abbeys; yes that’s right, the whole building looks like a monastery, including the herb gardens built according to medieval manuscripts. Walking around this museum, you could easily be back in Europe; the collection is very ...
was once Aldridge Road, but is now called Northgate. Behind me, three or four boring modern houses sit behind their small front gardens on the very spot where a score of crowded households birthed and were bereaved in the shadow of the collieries and the brickworks early in the last century...