newburyport

Beaver Brook

This is the park in Belmont where we used to go to a)catch crayfish and b)run around in the sprinkler park. It made for a nice lazy afternoon outing in the extreme heat. Cora worked on her rock stepping.

Ceci in the blue room

Our fuzzy, always happy, kitty. Room by Cora; photo by Larry.

details: arrow street, cambridge, ma

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You might ask, what (the heck) is a reversible collar? Made of cloth fused with paper, the collars were manufactured in the late 1860s. They were considered a step up from what were originally throw away paper collars.

cambridge rooftop view

I never noticed the beautiful details on this building until I was standing in a student's 5th floor apartment.

somewhere in Connecticut

On a drive to the MGM Grand at Foxwoods we took a couple of detours. There wasn't much to see but this charming record store in an otherwise dead town and some cornfields.

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I'll be posting family photos on facebook and nice neighborhood photos on this blog. This shot is from a building near Harvard Square; I think it's a Harvard dorm.