Saturday morning,June 27th

making an early trip

to Boston Airport

we find

Bill, Felice and Michael

coming to visit

the "Mam-ma" and Papa

in the Granite state for a week... First, a stop at the

"Drive in Diner"

to sample their local color and fare..

Michael shares Mam-ma's ginger ale


A trolley tour was taken next..
around the historic parts of Boston..
Michael was extremely good
for the whole two hours..
(both of them!)

We ended the trip at "Wings Your Way" in Rye
where Michael enjoyed chicken tenders and then worked
on a wing!!!
He and our waiter became quick friends..
"Justin" asked if he could have him!
We said "NO"..
but I offered him our last wing.
Since the airport..
little time has presented itself for
posting on the blog..
early next week I will catch up on the
tour of Boston and all the happenings that
followed through the week!!
I would not try to speak for everyone
but, as for the
"Mam-ma"...
she is having one
BIG
time!!!!
Michael works on that wing!

An Excursion to Fenway Park

Fenway Park

was erected in the times of middle earth..

(I know these things..by the fact that the grand stand

was erected before "people" grew above the height of 4'10" tall..

no one else could possibly fit these seats of dwarfish stature!...

my knees were smashed into the seat back just in front of me and

as for Michael..

well, his legs would have hung off the seat front in the next row..

all that aside it was an experience to remember )

Just visiting this relic of yesteryear

puts one in a state of mind to pull out the

panama hats, suspenders and cigars!

Actually built in 1912 it is the oldest professional ballpark still in use..

a quick note of interest..

the oldest professional park left is

"Rickwood Field" in Birmingham Alabama..

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And for those,that want their pictures

to be still and in color..

Let's go to Boston..

to Fenway Park

were the Braves play the Sox's

The young lady that sang our national anthem

did an amazing job!!

I was delighted to hear her hit every note

right on key..

a true feat in of itself...

you could place her as a native Red Sox's fan

by her accent...

each and every word ending in an er..

the "R" was dropped and eloquently replaced with

the New England

(Maine, Vt., NH, and parts of Mass)

"ah"

such words as

Star..becomes "Sta-ah",

so its

"..sta-ah spangled bann-ah yet wave

oo-ah the land of the freeee

and the home of the

brave! "

Oh, but no fears..

the New Englanders are a very

conserving bunch...
when they drop those many r's,

they scoop 'em right up and put em in their pockets

to use at a future time...

where you would least expect them...

such as

"Get yo-ah hot dawrgs right he-ah!"

listening to this accent is quite amusing!

Now, multiply it by many thousand,

add hot dogs, crackerjacks, funny smells and beer

what do you have?

Fenway Park..

Time spent with Michael is always the best..

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As for on the home away from home front,

it has rained and rained and rained some more.

The highs staying in the low 60's...

having to stay inside

the puppies think of it as

"good"

sleeping weather...

...nap time..

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Bill, Felice and Michael

fly in this week end..

maybe the rain will let up

so we can go outside and play!