Thanks, Frank! Cheers, Christine
On Jun 29, 2014, at 12:48 PM, knarf <[email protected]> wrote: > Wonderful photos, great travelogue. > > I saw that big bell with the crack in it. Someone should really fix it. > > ;-) > > Cheers, > frank > > On 26 June, 2014 2:30:08 AM EDT, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi Everyone: >> >> Just a few road trip pics—nothing great. We visited a lot of author >> homes, but unfortunately no interior photography was allowed, so I >> spared you the exterior shots of the houses. I do include Mark Twain’s >> Study—an octagon shaped building specifically built for him at his >> in-laws’ farm near Elmira, NY—built so he could write undisturbed >> during his summer visits to the farm. This building is now owned by >> Elmira College and located on campus. There was no student ambassador >> around to let us in, but I took some photos through the windows and >> converted to BW. They are included here. >> >> Visiting the author homes was great—fun to stand in Emerson’s study, >> the bedrooms where Little Women was written (Concord, MA) and that tiny >> women in Amherst, MA penned all those delightful poems, and, of >> course, seeing the Seven Gables that inspired the House of Seven Gables >> was fun as well (Salem, MA). Twain’s home in Hartford, CT is >> absolutely amazing and very well preserved, but interestingly, the >> Emerson family STILL owns Emerson’s home: the tour guide informed us, >> “We all work for the Emerson family.” Something really cool about >> that. Sara Orne Jewett’s house in South Berwick, ME is also a great >> house, but the town is not much to speak of. >> >> I’d never seen Philly, so we did all the historical stuff in one day, >> then left early the next for Hartford et al. Spent a few days in >> Boston—Freedom Trail, Boat ride, and Museum of Fine Arts—the Copley >> collection there is fantastic—then headed for Salem, MA. >> >> We also paid homage to author tombstones, but I spared you those photos >> as well, though Sleepy Hollow was amazing—many pilgrims travel to these >> markers and leave stones, pencils, pens, other trinkets—lots of small >> stones at Dickinson’s marker. Chronic dappled lighting made the >> markers somewhat of challenge to photograph. Famous people seem to >> love pretty spots near trees. >> >> We traveled for 16 days by car, moved on nearly every 1-3 days. As I >> look back now it was a dizzying pace, and the driving challenging: I >> nearly got us killed at a small round-about in Concord, MA. >> >> And we drove 12 hours straight from Elmira, NY to Chicago. The drive >> home started early, and we had the road nearly to ourselves, enjoying >> the quiet, morning fog, and the lovely tree studded hills and valleys >> of NY. But then a large doe jumped out in front of us. Fortunately, >> Darrel swerved right, the doe kept left, leaving no damage to car, >> person, or animal. I gushed over Darrel for his quick response, and >> the trip continued uneventful, that is, until we were literally 5 >> minutes from home. At a speed about 15 miles per hour, I turned a >> corner for the final 5 minute stretch home, only to have to slow down >> to let one of our neighborhood deer, traveling about .5 miles per hour, >> cross the road. Uncanny! >> >> Anyway, here are the pics! Cheers, Christine >> http://www.caguila.com/pdmllit/index.html > > “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
