Tuesday, April 23, I did my usual day as a volunteer docent at the Desert Botanical Garden. Many of the cacti are in bloom now and this prickly pear cactus caught my eye as I arrived on my bike.
We had three cars, two at our home in South Burlington and one at our home in Phoenix. We sold the one in Phoenix in February, so we needed to get the Volvo in Vermont to Arizona. Tuesday evening, Jane gave me a ride to the light rail station. I rode the light rail and then the Sky Train to get to terminal 4 at Skyharbor Airport. I took the red eye flight to Philadelphia and then the morning flight to Burlington, arriving around 11:00. I got to briefly visit with Ben, Megan and Shadow, then Patty and I set out for Massachusetts. We saw snow on the ski trails on mountains as we drove south through Vermont. It was very early spring, with a few trees budding out. As we went south, more signs of spring were evident.
Our first stop was Providence Place in Holyoke MA (http://www.providenceplace.org/) to meet my sister Helen and her husband Phil. We visited Ellie McNamara who now resides at Providence Place - she is 91 years young and has a private apartment there. We shared a glass of wine and a snack while we visited with her.
We drove on to Hyde Park NY, arriving at dinner time. We had an excellent dinner at Coppolas Italian Restaurant (http://www.coppolas.net/).
Thursday morning, we visited the Franklin Roosevelt Library and Museum. As we entered, there was a wonderful grouping of forsythia bushes in full bloom.
The library is under renovations and could not be visited, but the visitor center was open.
On the path from the visitor center to the FDR family home, there was this wonderful grove of dogwood trees in bloom.
We took a tour of the home. Roosevelt was born here and he and Eleanor raised their six kids here. The house is 22,000 square feet and is on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River.
The carriage house was where they kept the horses. This was a working farm of more than 1500 acres and they raised winning race horses.
Franklin and Eleanor were buried in the Rose Garden. The roses were not in bloom, but the daffodils were up and some of the tulips were also.
Thursday afternoon, we drove to Dover DE. We went for a walk and passed the campus of Delaware State University. Some of the flowering crabapple trees were in full bloom.
And many of the tulips were in full bloom.
We had three cars, two at our home in South Burlington and one at our home in Phoenix. We sold the one in Phoenix in February, so we needed to get the Volvo in Vermont to Arizona. Tuesday evening, Jane gave me a ride to the light rail station. I rode the light rail and then the Sky Train to get to terminal 4 at Skyharbor Airport. I took the red eye flight to Philadelphia and then the morning flight to Burlington, arriving around 11:00. I got to briefly visit with Ben, Megan and Shadow, then Patty and I set out for Massachusetts. We saw snow on the ski trails on mountains as we drove south through Vermont. It was very early spring, with a few trees budding out. As we went south, more signs of spring were evident.
Our first stop was Providence Place in Holyoke MA (http://www.providenceplace.org/) to meet my sister Helen and her husband Phil. We visited Ellie McNamara who now resides at Providence Place - she is 91 years young and has a private apartment there. We shared a glass of wine and a snack while we visited with her.
We drove on to Hyde Park NY, arriving at dinner time. We had an excellent dinner at Coppolas Italian Restaurant (http://www.coppolas.net/).
Thursday morning, we visited the Franklin Roosevelt Library and Museum. As we entered, there was a wonderful grouping of forsythia bushes in full bloom.
The library is under renovations and could not be visited, but the visitor center was open.
On the path from the visitor center to the FDR family home, there was this wonderful grove of dogwood trees in bloom.
We took a tour of the home. Roosevelt was born here and he and Eleanor raised their six kids here. The house is 22,000 square feet and is on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River.
The carriage house was where they kept the horses. This was a working farm of more than 1500 acres and they raised winning race horses.
Franklin and Eleanor were buried in the Rose Garden. The roses were not in bloom, but the daffodils were up and some of the tulips were also.
Thursday afternoon, we drove to Dover DE. We went for a walk and passed the campus of Delaware State University. Some of the flowering crabapple trees were in full bloom.
And many of the tulips were in full bloom.
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