Before leaving Hingham I finally was able to get a picture of this sign. Massachusetts has one for each of their towns and it's such a kick to drive from one town to another and see this sign with date of settlement started. Hard to get pictures because you don't know where the town line begins and there is no place to pull over for a quick stop and picture. It's a bummer. On this one I was lucky enough after a month to be driving towards sign and 1st at stoplight with camera next to me. ha! All these towns are so historic and have some wonderful history. Too bad so many have been neglected. Roads are terrible in most places and some are really run down while others thrive.. just like anywhere. Just interesting observations. I was taken so much with Hingham because we lived there for 5 weeks and it was so CLEAN! Loved the manicured yards and over 1800 historic homes and some still in residence of 13 generations! That is something in this young country with so littl
Oh what a day! We joined in the "work day" at Lake Stickney with the others from that area who care about conservancy of the lake. This is a small lake in Lynnwood with a public dock and a number of homes around it, however they have been working hard with Snohomish Parks Department to preserve the land on one end of the lake and to clean and clear and keep for the community. A community effort they have been working at for years and this is the 1st time we have been in area at time of "work day". So we worked like fiends scraping, chopping, clearing grown over debris and Early even took part as one of the cooks and a good time was had by all. The Parks Department provided tools and tent and water and our friend Joyce who heads up this event each year worked with the community to provide food for lunch and snacks for all the hard workers! Quite an effort and fortunately for us all the rain held off. It was grey and cool (perfect) for physical labor. Terribly out of shape, we did our part anyway and enjoyed it very much. It tremendous the undertaking of this group to keep this land from developers and preserve a nice "green" spot for all to enjoy.
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