T Stands Robbins Farm Park

After lunch, we needed to walk off the pizza. Teague thought she would like to visit her uncle's house and the field she used to play in when she visited. The house was in Arlington, Massachusetts

The field was now a huge park and was filled with robins. So even though I saw my first robin, I lamented there were no robins in my own backyard.

This area of the town is called "The Heights" From the top of the hill you have a magnificent view of the city of Boston. You can see a much better picture of the Boston skyline from The Friends of the Robbins Farm Park webpage

Teague's uncle's house is the yellow house in the lower, right corner. She remembers rolling down the enormous hill when she was a kid.

At one time, the park had been a farm. The granite blocks mark the foundation of the farmhouse

This dog sculpture is a replica of a statue that stood guard over the Robbins farmhouse.

The park was a popular place. Across the street from a school, even on this cold, dreary, Friday afternoon, the park was filled with kids playing on the swings, enormous slides, and other equipment.

Teague said when she played there as a child, there were a couple of swings and a teeter totter, but not much else. Teague, her brother, and cousin just liked to run around wild and roll down the hill. Her parents liked the fact that the kids could burn off energy, not whine about being bored while visiting the uncle, and probably slept on the ride home.

My beverage ticket for this week is my tea cup as I edit photographs.

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