New England's Narrow Road

Oil Lamps

The older I get the more interested I am in old things.

Black and white photo? Or just winter.
I love to take snow photos but making them interesting is a little difficult. After a while they all begin to look the same.
I lived in Hopkinton, NH during one of the dreariest years of my life (“so far” as Homer would say), and this little pond was on the land at the house I rented.
We saw deer, beavers, turkeys and bears while we lived there. The kitchen had big windows that looked out on this pond and my son had fun playing in the water and catching frogs and other little creatures in the nice weather.
We had record snow fall that year and this is one of the pictures I still have.

Downtown Antrim Fire

I woke up and put the tv on this morning to hear “fire in Antrim”.

I live in a very small town and one of the larger buildings along Main Street was destroyed by fire overnight. The broadcast was coming live from Main Street and when I first saw the building I thought it was the Inn.

The building that burned is the yellow one on the left in my photo (taken in May 2009) below. Story Here.

Main Street Antrim, NH — Main Street, Antrim, NH

This view is pretty much all of our Main Street and now one of the larger buildings is gone. I am heading down to the little store this afternoon and will see about getting some photos.

The building housed a hair salon, bakery and an apartment I think.

burned building in Antrim, NH — Burned building, downtown Antrim, NH 2010

The picture below is from Wikipedia and is a c.1915 postcard.
I am not sure if the building on the left is the same one…?

Main_Street_in_Antrim%2C_NH — Antrim Main Street, c. 1915

Nature’s Fluffy Seed Pods

Fall passes all too soon. Not that I dislike winter, but getting out and walking is a bit more difficult. I try to be outside every day in Fall.
Just up the street is a hill with a field full of interesting growth all year. White Daisies covered the roadside in summer and tall weeds like this one came along in Fall.
It’s an animal crossing area and I saw moose tracks in the snow this winter. Quite awesome. I’ve never seen a moose, just tracks a few times in mud and snow.