Plimoth Plantation Part One

The 17th-Century English Village is a re-creation of the small farming and maritime community built by the Pilgrims along the shore of Plymouth Harbor. In the Village, the year is 1627, just seven years after the arrival of Mayflower.





My friend and I weren't able to determine what this big ball o'wood was or why anyone would stack wood in this manner.









The actors were dressed in full Pilgrim costumes and even spoke Olde English.




Even here, in the midst of the 1700's we were not immune to the visiting Walmart shoppers. Really? You actually thought that you were dressed okay when you looked in the mirror this morning?

The Fort - very impressive!




A list of what one must have to make the trip from England and join the colony.





These two "kids" were very entertaining and very friendly!

A well monster lives in my backyard.....

I came upon a very small hole in the ground several weeks ago. I thought it might have been a gopher hole, or that it belonged to some small such creature.

After about a week it seemed to grow just a bit larger, the ground around it had become sunken in and curiousity got the best of me. I was a bit apprehensive about putting my hand into the hole so instead I used a piece of wood (see pic). One after the other dropped down into the hole. Five pieces, six, seven pieces... all about the same length.
All sorts of ideas started percolating in my fearful brain, what the heck? Was it an old outhouse hole? A giant snake hole? Was there something incredibly hideous living in that hole? A well monster! It had to be! After another five or six pieces of wood had failed to reach bottom, I decided that it was time to seek help/advice.

I tried to obtain an As Built card from the town hall but all it showed was the septic in the front yard dated 1993. The house was built in 1930! No records. No permits had been required back then. So was it a well, a septic, or a passage to the center of the earth? The next step... to dig and discover!

As the digging progressed it became clear that whatever it was, it had been capped with cement and that the cap had cracked in half.

The best guess was it is an old leech pit, but it could have had a well underneath. Regardless, I'm gonna need of a whole lotta dirt to bury this well monster. A whole YARD of dirt. Good grief!

Will Someone Please Explain What My Plants Are Doing When I'm Not Looking?

Life's A Beach!

I know, not a very original blog title!
Yesterday I got a text from a co-worker, saying she hoped I was having fun on my vacation. She also went on to assure me that they were getting slammed at work. My reply? Well, I sent her on of these pics without any text attached. You know what they say right? A picture paints a thousand words? Her reply to me was a very nice short sweet message. "Bite me."
Hey, you wanted to know if I was having fun, didn't ya?
I had a very leisurely day yesterday. No appointments, no major projects, just an easy day. I got up early, watered the garden, putzed around the house, then after an early lunch took myself, a beach chair and a book down to Craigville Beach. I was surprised that there weren't that many people there. There was a nice breeze coming on shore and the sun was warm.
Now, I'm not one for sitting much, so after about 30 minutes I took a nice walk along the waters edge. The water temp was just a bit too cool for a dip, but I did get my toes wet - just so I could say I'd been "in the water". That's important if you're keeping track. My mother and grandmother used to keep track. First day of the season, how many times we went swimming during the season and the last day of the season. They would compare it to previous years, commenting on weather and special events that affected our attendance. I guess it might have been a sort of diary in a way. Anyhow, the walk on the beach did me a world of good, fresh air and sunshine, what can be better for your soul? I took myself home and grabbed a nice hammock nap!



Today's forecast? Looks like Life's A Beach may have a sequel! Hope you have a great day, and stay safe out there folks!

Out and About in Wellfleet

In the photo of the pigeons, notice the pigeon who can't seem to get up off of it's belly. Fat, happy, and lazy! I first thought it was wounded but when I stepped too close, off it flew with the others.























































































































































Falcone's Restaurant trivia board!