Surrounded by Children....

I'm sitting in the campground store, surrounded by children playing pool... one of them, Adam, keeps coming over to try to scare me... he's 4 and I think he's in love... He keeps running over to me and trying to scare me (I always jump.. one must, you know), then bringing me a movie choice (from the rentals) and asking me if I like THIS one.

Makes blogging jussst a tad more difficult (grin).

Yesterday I went to Newbury to visit the old homestead. For those of you who don't know, it's the house built by my great great great...(etc) grandfather in 1653. The back part of the house is the old part. The taller front was added later, and then both halves were occupied by family members who apparently had some sort of dispute, and never spoke to each other...

sounds like relatives to me!



The original house was, if I remember, a mixture of stone and some sort of mortar. The 'clapboard' was added later. There is what can only be an adult cradle upstairs... (shudder)...

Below is an example of a typical New England house ... .they call them 'saltbox' houses. The old salt boxes had that peaked roof look to them.



and...

because it's here..

more color...