Today is Veterans Day

 and I am reminded daily of those that served our country in all the wars when I look across the street at the memorials there.

The standing Civil War soldier is everywhere in New England. A good reminder of some unfinished business - racial bigotry that still needs to excised from our country.

Old Photos

The local historical society has shared some old photos from our township.  I picked out these two.

Above is a hotel which would be our neighbor if it hadn't burned many years ago.  Notice the little house to the right of the hotel?  That's our home.

Here's the view out my window of The Meeting House.

 

Here's how it looked in an undated photo.  Those cattle would have been in a pasture next door to us.

How times change.

Roads Less Traveled

 We took a drive one afternoon last week on some of the roads that veer off the main roads just to see where they end up.

Many peter out into Class VI roads that are basically snow mobile trails come winter and then closed March 1 to June 1 because of mud season.

We spotted this fence and gate and realized we'd found the Corbin Park boundary- an animal hunting preserve dating back to 1889. Here's a link in Wikipedia.  It has a strange history.

The fence we could spot through the trees as we drove didn't look too sturdy.

The colors remaining in the woods are from the oaks and the understory beech trees.

I think we passed one truck during our exploration but there were houses and farms along these quiet roads.

Lists

 I'm a list maker.

Currently in preparation for the remainder of this year I have these lists going:

To Do Long Term

To Do

Christmas

Christmas Stockings

Shopping List

Cookies

Take to Buffalo

Maybe I need to make a list to keep track of my lists?