SPIRITUAL SUNDAYS

Psalm 107, 23-24
I was so pleased to see this scripture on the Fisherman's Memorial at Gloucester, Massachusetts. This memorial has been there for many years. I wonder if they were just now making it if they would include the scripture. I hope so. This is what Psalm 107, 23-24 says: "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep."
Here are photos we took of the memorial. It's hard to see in this photo, but it appears at the bottom of the plaque. I think this is a wonderful scripture that needs no explanation.

Carol & Charlotte at Fisherman's Memorial - October 2009

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WOBURN

Where in the world is Woburn you ask? If you are familiar with the northeast you probably know. This "western" woman had no idea until we started looking online for someplace to stay when we went to Boston. After considering many many options, we decided the Residence Inn in Woburn would be the place for us. We certainly were not disappointed. Besides being a nice place to stay they served free full breakfast every morning and dinner Monday through Thursday nights. We were 12 miles from Boston and a shuttle from the hotel took us to the train station in Woburn where we enjoyed the ride into Boston. We made about 3 stops at small towns on the way and enjoyed the scenery. Here's a photo I took of the Residence Inn.

I've mentioned in a previous post that we did the trolley tour thing and walked and walked and walked. As we started out walking in Boston, we went through this beautiful garden.

This park reminded me of the parks in London.

Statue of George Washington

We saw plenty of beautiful fall foilage, but a lot of it was on the ground as pictured here. We enjoyed that too. We don't see too many leaves that have fallen in our neighborhood. LOL

After that, we walked by Cheers. It was early and wasn't open yet so we didn't go inside. We were told it doesn't look anything like the Cheers place on TV.

CHEERS & CHEERIO!

Charlotte

Now That's a Cannoli

We spent a whole day touring Boston, walking and riding a trolley. We rode awhile and walked awhile, rode awhile, and walked again. We were on and off the trolley all day. At the end of the day we were very tired, but finished off the day at a neat little pastry shop called Mike's. We ate our first cannolis there. We didn't actually even know exactly what a cannoli was, but we were eager to find out, and we were not disappointed. They were delicious. Clif's was covered in chocolate.

I thought the reflection in the mirror was interesting. My, Charlotte, what a big mouth you have. LOL
My Blue Monday post featuring blue buildings in Rockport, MA is on Charlotte's Weblog.

OUR FIRST HARVARD EXPERIENCE

We rented a car last Friday morning and drove to the Harvard campus. We arrived at the parking lot where we were to meet Carol but we were an hour early. It was lunch time, so we walked over to a beautiful cafeteria that was just a few yards away and ate lunch. Here's a picture of Clif walking to the cafeteria.

Here are more pictures of that area.

And here's a shot I took inside the cafeteria.

After we picked Carol up she drove us to the J.F.K. Presidential Library. It was interesting, but not nearly as nice as the Reagan Library. Of course Kennedy was so young when he died he didn't have time to collect as much stuff.  I'll share pictures in a future post.

ANOTHER OLD CHURCH IN BOSTON

One of the main attractions in Boston was the Old North Church. We heard a lot of interesting tales about Paul Revere from our tour guides. If you would like to see inside the Old North Church, I posted photos on my other blog. Click HERE to go there. It really is worth the "trip". Here is another historical church with a statue of Paul Revere.