The Methodist Church, built before the Civil War, sits on the north side of the Warren RI town common. The light in it’s steeple, which served as a navagational beacon for ships returning to Warren during the days of sail, was recently re-lit.
This is a beautiful Lighthouse I found when my wife and I took a day trip to Block Island
Someone should do a guesstimate of the number of bricks in coastal downtown Newburyport, Massachusetts. Between the sublime curve of buildings at the bottom of State Street, the dizzying triangle of Market Square, and the narrow alleyways stealing off like the Artful Dodger, it’s a boggling convergence of mortar, brick, and seaport quaintness. In fact, […]
Historic (1680) Town Common with a carnival going on, also find the town history in such icons as: manufacturing smokestack, church steeple, colonial gazebo and American flag
According to the calendar, the 2012 autumn season officially arrived this past Saturday morning! Nights are becoming increasingly cooler, as darkness outlasts daylight. A few frosts have nipped the gardens in the far north, ending the growing season with tomatoes still ripening on the vine. The summer birds have gone silent, and many have already […]
The Warren RI waterfront encompasses just about everything in it’s short span. Salt marsh, homes, beach,commercial and recreational fishing, pleasure boats, restaurants and shops.
The Old Grand Dad II. A lobster boat owned by an old friend, Steve Salamon. The original Old Grand Dad, built many years ago, was built by Steve and his grandfather in his grandfather’s back yard on the Warren RIver
Though autumn doesn’t officially arrive until this coming Saturday morning, the weather this past weekend was as idyllically autumn-like as you can get in September. A cold front moved through very early on Saturday morning, ushering in pleasantly cool air, a fine autumn breeze, and abundant sunshine that lasted into the early part of this week. […]
It was a photo from our online gallery that sparked my interest: a sweeping, arched staircase constructed of stone, fallen leaves strewn along its steps, curving upward to end mid-air in the midst of a forest. It was titled simply “Madame Sherri Castle Ruins, Chesterfield, NH.” Castle ruins in New Hampshire? Now that’s something worth […]
The meteorological battles that wage every September between summer and fall are oft fought on violent fronts. New England had an incredibly powerful line of storms move through this past Saturday night, but Sunday dawned clear and cool. It’s unlikely it will be the the last such conflict this season, but the ferocity of the […]
