Instagram posts

so, blogging isn't getting completed but I have added to my Instagram account.  To reach my account just stay on my front page and look for Instagram link. It will take you right to my account.
Currently in Vermont.  Saw an amazing balloon festival this morning. Just happened upon the last day of the festival.  Might just be my favorite event of the summer.  So far.  😄
There is so much more to come!

Falmouth, Massachusetts

So, the last part of our time in Rye, New Hampshire I got a bad cold.   So not much blogging to be done. Lots of rest and trying to lay low to be better for our week in Falmouth.  Falmouth is at the very beginning of the Cape and easy access to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.  I rented this same house last summer.  Two blocks from an adorable downtown.  Main Street, USA with some lovely shops and delicious restaurants and a terrific French bakery.  Yum!   So, we had some major storms her in Falmouth and even lost power for part of one day but the week turned out to be a lot of fun.  More on our week in Falmouth to follow.  Isn't this house adorable?  

Happy Hampton

When I was 5 years old my parents decided to move from Massachusetts to California. They had 4 kids, ten and under and no job waiting for them in California.  My mom really did not want to move.  She came from 13 kids and wanted to stay close to her siblings and mother. She wanted us to grow up with our 38 first cousins and live life in New England. Well, Dad was determined to leave the snow country and California won out.  We ended up in Hayward because my mom had one sibling in California.  Her sister, Anne.  So, off to Hayward we went and my parents were lucky enough to find jobs with PG&E and the Phone Company.  We were settled and beginning to make friends and enjoy the family we had close by.
When my sister, Elaine was 11 and I was 13, my parents sent us to Massachusetts for a summer visit. This was a way for us to get to know our East Coast family and roots.  Well, I fell in love with New England!  I love the look and atmosphere and wished we could stay longer.  We had so much fun.
One place we loved going to was Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.  We had three aunts who lived at the beach and we loved spending time with all of them in such a beautiful location on the New England coast.  I return to "Happy Hampton" as often as I can and will visit several times this summer.