We headed off to New Hampshire which will always be beautiful to me if for no other reason than the sun was shinning. It made me a little giddy. The first place we stopped was Salem which seems to have made peace with witches and magic.
Salem had a lot of history, but there is not a lot of it left in place. There is only one house left from the time of the witch trials, but the house of seven gables is still there.
Nathanial Hawthorne's house where he was raised and wrote is still there.
He never lived in the house of seven gables. In fact, when he lived in Salem the house only had six gables. One of the gables was removed because the owner thought it was "too complicated." Hawthorne never lived in the house, but his cousin Susan Ingersoll and she told him great stories.
But we did love Portsmouth. It is a wonderful old town with brick two story buildings.
It has a section on the water called strawberry bank that has old homes from the middle 1600's until after the civil war.
The older buildings have the siding pegged. Nails were too expensive, because at the time the buildings were made, nails were made only in England.
Portsmouth also has a beautiful little harbor with the original warehouses. The top part of the warehouses were built out over the water so small boats could have their cargo lifted directly from the boat into the warehouse.
Glad to see you have some blue sky. We had our rain all weekend, now it is supposed to be nice for a few days (and Treasured Threads) then rain by next weekend. Be glad you are basking in the sunlight.
ReplyDeleteStarted homeschooling Emily two days a week. We have two of the very old school desks for her. I was just about to tell her what the ink well was and how boys used to put girls pigtails in them when she raised her hand and said "the boys behind me are putting gum in my hair." She is always one step ahead of me. Keep enjoying your trip.