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Oh, those Target team meetings! I've encountered many of those. They seem to mainly occur in the early morning, but still, it can be annoying. "connection to Mother Nature" -- well, ok if you say so.
Oh wow, I didn't realise the Target meetings were a regular thing. Yep, I wasn't sure about the connection to Mother Nature either.
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It's still fairly early, right? I've been inside our Target store shortly after opening and have seen team meetings in the strangest places too. Must be a Target thing.
I guess it must be... it was probably just after 9:00am I guess, when we went in there.
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I can imagine the post office. Wow! It blends right in with the rest of Salem and it's history.
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I just got home from visiting friends just west of Boston and there's lots of color now. Still not much in Boston. Love our New England coastal towns!
Oh wow, I bet it was beautiful. We've got a fair bit of colour ourselves. I went up to Leeds Castle earlier and got some photos of the foliage there. I put the photos on Facebook, but as I know you're not on there Laurie, here's a quick sample:
Thanks! Looks lovely. I don't think I'd be happy living where there are no real seasons, although I could do with a shorter winter!
I'm with you - no seasons would just be plain weird and, although our winters are no way near as bad as some of your recent ones have been I'd prefer a shorter winter too.
Glad you had a nice flight on Virgin Atlantic with some great meals! I may have to look into their flights, the next time I go to Europe! Those were some nice photos coming into New England and Boston! Sorry, about the situation at the airport with the customs form!
The Harbor Light Inn looks absolutely lovely and stunning and is so New England! Your dinner looked quite nice as I'm a big fan of both lobster bisque and crab cakes! Glad you got to visit the area as the homes and buildings in Marblehead and Salem are quite nice and typical of New England. Hope you also got to visit the towns of Fall River and Somerset south of Boston, which are just as lovely (about an hour away)
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We actually have a Dougherty installation in my town. He does all his work with natural materials. Which I assume is part of the connection to Mother Nature. Then they're just allowed to naturally age and break down. It's cool that you can touch them and interact with them - something you can't do with most sculpture.
Glad you had a nice flight on Virgin Atlantic with some great meals! I may have to look into their flights, the next time I go to Europe!
We have yet to find a better airline than Virgin Atlantic for long haul flights...
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Those were some nice photos coming into New England and Boston! Sorry, about the situation at the airport with the customs form!
The Harbor Light Inn looks absolutely lovely and stunning and is so New England!
It was exactly what I expected New England to be.
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Your dinner looked quite nice as I'm a big fan of both lobster bisque and crab cakes! Glad you got to visit the area as the homes and buildings in Marblehead and Salem are quite nice and typical of New England. Hope you also got to visit the towns of Fall River and Somerset south of Boston, which are just as lovely (about an hour away)
No, we just didn't have time this trip, but I want to do another trip to New England some time, so maybe we'll be able to then....
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We actually have a Dougherty installation in my town. He does all his work with natural materials. Which I assume is part of the connection to Mother Nature. Then they're just allowed to naturally age and break down. It's cool that you can touch them and interact with them - something you can't do with most sculpture.
I agree with you that most times you can't touch sculptures, so that's good, but it's a bit weird about them naturally aging and breaking down. There must come a point where they need to remove them, surely?
Thursday 24 September – part three: learning more about Salem’s history
We found the Salem Witch Museum…
… but we saw a tour group heading inside, so decided we wouldn’t bother, as we didn’t want to get up with them.
Instead, we photographed this statue…
If I’m remembering right, Nancy (BostonTeaParty) told us at the meal on Saturday that this is one of her ancestors. Cool!
We then headed into Salem Common…
We made our way over to the visitor centre, seeing lots more lovely Colonial buildings on the way…
Now although Salem is, I think, best known for the links to witches, there is so much more to it than just that. I was worried when we arrived that it would feel over commercialised, but fortunately, a lot of the shops were closed, which was a bit odd, given there was a cruise ship in town and a lot of people with money to spend. However, when we went into the visitor centre, we found out more about Salem’s maritime history, which to me, was much more interesting than the witch stuff.
We got our obligatory fridge magnet in there, and my National Parks passport stamps and then we headed back outside again. We decided to just wander and see as much of Salem as we could. We strolled down this shopping street…
… visited a couple of stores…
Doctor Who stuff – very cool!
… and then found the Old Town Hall, which really looked like it had seen better days.
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I've encountered many of those. They seem to mainly occur in the early morning, but still, it can be annoying. "connection to Mother Nature" -- well, ok if you say so. 
Yep, I wasn't sure about the connection to Mother Nature either. 
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I'd prefer a shorter winter too.
I may have to look into their flights, the next time I go to Europe! 
Those were some nice photos coming into New England and Boston! 
Glad you got to visit the area as the homes and buildings in Marblehead and Salem are quite nice and typical of New England. Hope you also got to visit the towns of Fall River and Somerset south of Boston, which are just as lovely (about an hour away)
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