Cemetery tour

Nemasket Hill cemetery in Middleboro was conducting tours on Sunday May 25,2009. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in this section of the country. It was obtained through the 26 men's purchase in 1662 from Indian Wampatuck Thomas Southworth.

One of the areas in the cemetery we visited was the resting place of Huldah Pierce Warren Bump otherwise known as Minnie Bump. She was the sister n' law of Tom Thumb. Minnie and her sister Mercy Lavina Warren Bump were part of the P.T. barnum circus. Where Lavinia met and maried Charles Stratten who P. T. Barnum had renamed Tom Thumb. Lavinias height was the height of a yard stick and Minnie only came up to her shoulder.

We also visited some histroic figures graves from Middleboro. One was the RTeverend Samuel Fuller. He became paster of the first congregational church in Middleboro in 1678.. His father was a doctor who took care of the sick on his voyage on the mayflower.

There was also the graves of two men Mr. Wood and Mr. Tinkham. They were one of the first settlers of middleboro. We also visited the graves of Chief Red Blanket and his wife Princess Star Light. They were a part of the Wampanoag ponkapoc nati0n.

It ws a very informative tour. We also planted flowers at the graves of my in-laws. It was a very interesting hour for us. They hope t ogive another tour in the fall and maybe have some more information about some of the other grave sites in the cemetery.

Memorial day weekend

I went camping this past weekend and guess what! With some help from my sister n' law I am 95% done with my vest. The knitting is all completed it just needs to be sewn together. I am so grateful for the help to get this completed. I learned how to pick up stitches and they were hard due to the bobble stitch pattern. It looks like a vest now!

On Sunday me, Joe Jim and Jan went on a field trip. I had read in the local newspaper that the cemetery where Joe and Jim's parents are buried was having a tour of the cemetery. It has some really old stones there dating back to the 1600's. Indian burials too. One was chief Red Blanket and his wife Star light. Although those graves were not that old. He died in 1990. Also there was the sister n'law to Tom Thumb, her name was Minnie. She was smaller than a yard stick. They also described some simbles on the stones and their meanings. I will elaborate on this tour more when I find the map in my suitcase.

So much to do

There is so much to do in the next few weeks that my head is spinning. Before I get into that we had a nice visit with my parents. short but sweet. They didn't get to stay as long as they had hoped due to a mail mix up. Their bills were forwarded to Maine a lot sooner than they were suppose to so my folks needed to get up there and send them out.

We spent a nice weekend together going out to dinner, Breakfast and gambling. The 5 of us spent Saturday at Twin Rivers in R.I. gambling. We all did well but no one won big. We decided that my parents would return the week that we are in Alaska. They can stay with the cats and visit all of their friends and relatives then. The weekend they were here we spent totally together. It is a nice compromise. We got their undivided attention and then the next visit will be with others and our cats have company.

Now to the packing. We have a very busy Memorial day weekend and then the trip. I wish I didn't work but if it wasn't for that I would not be taking a trip to Alaska, so there goes that idea! So work and pack and plan for the next few weeks.

Arriving soon

Waiting for my parents to arrive from Florida this week. They will arrive here on Thursday and stay for a few days to visit with friends and family. Then they will head to their place up in Maine. We have gone up there twice all ready and have everything set for them to move right in .

I had a nice Mother's day. Went to Maine on Saturday morning after going out to breakfast. We arrived there around 10:30 AM. Relaxed the rest of the day. Went down to the lake to see what we could see. The mother eagle was in the nest with the baby (or 2) and the dad eagle was in a near by tree. We saw a Baltimore oriole, a yellow finch and a hairy woodpecker. He wasn't really hairy but that is what he is called. I practiced using our new video camera that Kelly gave us for our trip to Alaska. I did okay filming but still need practice. I did some knitting and Joe went fishing. We went out to dinner near by and the went to the bonfire at the campground.

On Mother's day morning Joe got up early and helped cook the Mother's day breakfast of Bacon, pancakes champagne and OJ. It was served to the mothers by the kids in the campground. The guys did a great job cooking. Joe left a gift for me to open in the trailer kitchen. It was a necklace and earring set. Round, gold and pictures of kitties. I wore it to breakfast so that he knew that I opened ti and loved it.



We went to lunch at a local restaurant and then headed home at around 2:00PM. it was a rainy start to the ride home but as we drove south it was getting brighter and sunnier and themps rose from the 40's to the 70's.

All in all it was a great weekend.

Opening day

Went to Maine on Friday straight from work to open up the new trailer. Everything was in fine working order. We were so looking forward to getting it opened up. It was like a whirl wind last Sept. when we brought it up there and threw everything in cabinets and then 2 weeks later had to unpack everything and close it up.

We also opened up Mom and dad's trailer. They had a lot of little visitors in there this winter making themselves comfortable. Everything in there is in working order too. Their screen room is attached and their furniture is all uncovered and set in it's places.

I brought up my knitting but didn't get a chance to work on it. I have decided t o try a different afghan because I had started over the so many times with the pattern that I picked I gave up and decided t o try a different one with less YO's and not as many sticitches. Still working on the vest. Actually I have not worked on it in weeks. I will soon.