Thanks, Paul! Kind of you to say so! Cheers, Christine
On Jun 29, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Excellent record of a great road trip. I commented earlier but it never > showed up. Faultless compositions, well done. > > Paul > On Jun 29, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
