After MINIs and ice cream last weekend, Margaret & I went to Old Sturbridge Village since we were in the area (see here for our previous visit in 2004) …
Our weather this year started with lots of rain and warm-but-not-too-hot days, and the plants did very well; but recently it’s got very dry, and the grass and plants are now suffering! The problem with grass here in New England is it needs to survive high 90s in the summer, and then near zeroes in the winter (-20c to 35c!); I don’t think such grass exists … makes you wonder why people have lawns here! Anyway, some plants are still doing OK:
And Bridgette and the fish are happy:
Yankee Magazine is behind the construction of an amazing 3,500 square foot “timber frame” home in Gloucester. Although the home is owned by the builder, Jeff Amero, and will be sold by him, there are tours of the home going on throughout September, and the money raised from those tours will be going to the Cape Ann Food Pantry!
