A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day......Sept 26, 07....Massachusetts ~ "The Old Bay State"

Mama_Bear | JustAmy | The Mayor

[luvie]

That would be a wonderful second trip for us. We’ll talk about it!

Right now I am on my way to Lubbock for the day and I am leaving right now!

((((hugs))))

Have a great day and maybe I’ll see you tonight. I have missed you! :(

[GodBlessUSA]

Doh, OF Course, it really goes without saying ;), you are going to come too on a trip to MA! :)
Hugs!

and any of our Finest FRiends should come if they can. :) LOL

[GodBlessUSA]

Sounds fun. Talk to you tonight :)

[MEG33]

Massachusetts State Bird

Good Morning To the Finest

A wonderful visit to Massachusetts today !
Thank you, Mama Bear for this beautiful thread..and Just Amy and Rus for helping.

[Mama_Bear]

Hey, jwfiv!! What a treat to see you here!

I’ve been to Boston a couple of tiimes, and spent a few days in rural areas with small towns and white steeples dotting the countryside in snowy winter.

It sounds so lovely. I was born in just one of those towns, but my family moved from Massachusetts when I was an infant. We went back a couple times to visit, but I was too young to remember much. Someday I am going back when I have the time to search the old cemeteries for my ancestors.

A church in Sudbury, in what looks to be springtime.....

[Mama_Bear]

Ohhhh...........yum! Thanks, Maj. It looks delicious (except for the clams, I'll subsitute corn in mine), and a perfect addition to Warm Fuzzy Wednesday in Massachusetts.

Clam Chowder! It's what's for lunch! :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Lori, this is a beautiful presentation ...loaded with information, great links & amazing graphics. Love how you did the pledge and the ping.

Thank you so much, Dolly. :-)

(golly, Dutchess & I might never be able to do Ohio after seeing Massachusetts)

Of course you can! It doesn't have to be anything like mine and, don't sell yourself short, you do really nice collages and tables. Just start working on it and it will come together.

I am NOT a great student of history but in past 15 years have probably done a lot more investigative study..It really hit me that it war over 150 years from first settlement to the revolutionary war. I guess I always KNEW that but the impact of the fact never hit home.

I know! In school, it was like........."the pilgrims came, then there was the Boston Tea Party and the Revolutionary War". There were actually three generations of people, who lived under the law of England, before the war for independence.

I love history, but it has been a newly acquired interest. When I was in school, it was soooooo boring. LOL.

[Mama_Bear]

Oh, and thank you for Mel! He is welcome on ANY thread I post. ;-)

[Mama_Bear]

What a beautiful presentation MBear!!! I look forward to visiting ALL of the states you’ve cyber-visted.

Well, thank you. I enjoyed profiling this state, especially since it is my birth state.

I hope you enjoy your cyber-visit to the other states. Unfortunately, a couple of them have lost their images over the years, so now they aren't much more than a series of red x's, but most of the state threads are still intact.

Have a great day, SnarlinCubBear....and thanks for coming to Massachusetts with us!

[Mama_Bear]

Beautiful job Mama Bear! I feel guilty I wasn’t able to contribute more.

Thanks, Rus. Do not feel guilty. I appreciate the images you sent, and I understand that you had other things on your mind recently. It' not a problem.

Besides, it's not too late. You can add more of your thoughts and recollections of Massachusetts to the thread, if you have time. ;-)

[Mama_Bear]

I love visiting MA. It's a beautiful state. I have family there also. Which has me go visit more often than I may have.

Hi GeeBee. All my family moved away from Massachusetts in the 60's, but my ancestors on my moms' side go back to the 1600's in Massachusetts and Maine. I wish I had been able to take my son back to New England when he was still living at home, although, even now he doesn't seem all that interested in his ancestors or his heritage. Only recently have I become interested in my family history, so I guess it's an age thing. LOL

[Mama_Bear]

We drove through part of Massachusetts on our way to Maine last month and it was just beautiful. I would like to go again when we can stop and see some of it instead of blowing through just to go to the airport.

I think we should ALL get together and go to Massachusetts! Wouldn't that be fun? Rus could be our tour guide. :-)

I was so envious that you and Dolly got to go and visit with my cuzzin Rus. I hope to someday be able to meet him in person. The photos Dolly posted were wonderful! Sure wish I could have been there.

Thanks Mama Bear for an absolutely beautiful thread!

:-) Thank you for your sweet comments. Have a lovely day, LUV.

[Mama_Bear]

What a beautiful, beautiful thread.

Thank you! Thanks for joining us to today for our cyber-trip.

Have a lunch date at 12:30....

I also have a lunch date with my MIL at 11:30. Trying to get all my pings answered before I have to get ready to go.

See you later this afternoon, jaycee.

[Mama_Bear]

Good morning, MEG. What a lovely little Black-Capped Chickadee!

A wonderful visit to Massachusetts today !

Thanks, ((((((((MEG))))))))). I will be back later, need to run and get ready to go see my MIL for lunch. (Fortunately, I am on left coast time, or I'd be running REALLY late. LOL)

[Mama_Bear]

...had added it to the next mailing of DollyHumor, but think I want to send out a special mailing on it.. it is too good not to have people see today & not wait til the 30th when the next DH goes out.

How sweet of you, dolly! Thanks for sending out the link to your e-mail list. I am honored that you think it is that good. *blush*

[jwfiv]

Beautiful pic there ... one of those old fences in the foreground ... many of those in the rural landscape ... love them things ... simple, graceful ... some of them must be 200 years old and more.

The little town I spent a few days near on that wintry long ago was Williamsburg ... classic little burg it was, too.

[Billie]

Simply Supurb, Lori! Thank you so much for giving us yet another cyber tour of another state in this great land of ours. Don't stop - we still have a few more states to visit. :)

[La Enchiladita]

Dolly (and everyone), here is maple sugar.

My mother bought little packets of these to stuff in Christmas stockings.
It is very smooth and yummy.

[Billie]

ETA: I just thought it would be interesting to see which states have yet to be profiled! Won’t those be fun, too! :)

[La Enchiladita]

Thanks for the ping, Mama_Bear.
It’s a beautiful thread, full of history and beauty.
I have never been to New England, so a trip there would indeed be exotic for me...:)

And, when it comes to the menu, I could go for the clam chowder, followed by the cranberry-apple pie...!!!