Doodling for Stress Reduction

 

On Mondays via Zoom, I participate in a class where we spend  a half an hour doodling our stress away.  

The exercise was just filling your page with small rectangles. The leaders example reminded me of city buildings so that's what I doodle.

T Stands for KC's Classic Burger Bar

 

Teague had an errand to run in Attleboro, but it was close to lunch time so she pulled into KC's Classic Burger Bar

It was an old-style, 1950s/early 1960s diner with a classic car theme.

It was close to Halloween so besides the letters cut from old license plates indicating the Mens Room, there was also Count Dracula.

Booth and car fins

It was a warmish day so I decided to have a vanilla shake sans whipped cream. Teague had a chocolate shake.

For lunch I built my own burger. Lettuce, tomato, cheddar cheese, and bacon with waffle fries as a side. The fries came with KC's Maple Bacon Mayo sauce for a different take on the fries.

The food was pretty good and our only complaint was the choice of music. Classic Doo-Wop and Early 1960s music would have added to the old-style ambiance instead of listening to artist like Elton John and Billy Joel. Though to some, I suppose that music is now considered "Oldies".

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang is up to. If you want to play, include in your Tuesday post a beverage or container for a beverage. Don't forget to link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.

Monet and Me

 

Hey Kid! 

Monet and I want to remind you when you go into CVS and you see this new Santa, we want you to walk on by. Do not purchase Santa when he goes on sale, no matter how many points and coupons you have to make the sale practically nothing. One life-size Santa with dead eyes in the house is enough.

Thank you.

💙

Monet and Me

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Harvey doing some wishful thinking about rain. A drought has overspread the region. This has been the 2nd driest Fall in Boston and 1st dries Fall in Worcester since 1914. 

Through the front window I saw the Scarecrow peeking in. I went out to yell at him to turn around.

The lawn guy came and took care of all the leaves in the backyard,

the front yard,

the leaves that had collected on the bottom step

and even the ditch.

All the leaves are gone, but two marigolds are hanging on.

How does your garden grow?

Happy, Little, Time Wasters

 

The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made 

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. I moved the television from the sunroom to the bedroom

2. I watched the early news in bed while having a cup of tea.

3. I found some fun things at Target for the Young One's upcoming visit.

4. Calli was a lovebug. She sat with me in the rocking chair and wanted a rock and a cuddle. Usually, she only lets us pet her with our eyes.

5. Quill woke me up with a kiss, or maybe it was a taste.

How was your week?

2OLOTR - Sheffield, Massachusetts

2 Old Ladies on the Road

Our next stop was to Covered Bridge Lane.in the town of Sheffield, Massachusetts 

The sign explains the covered bridge built in 1999 is a replica of a bridge that was originally built in 1832 but destroyed by a fire in 1994. 

Scenery

The bridge spans the  

Housatonic River.

and is only open to foot traffic. The bridge is a lattice and truss design and is 93 feet long. Before the bridge was destroyed by fire, it was the oldest covered bridge in Massachusetts.

Granite stones from a nearby quarry were used for the retaining wall of the original bridge.

Though the bridge was quaint. We were here to see the Thom Reed UFO Park  On September 1,1969 Thom Reed and his family experienced a close encounter of the third kind.  Around 200 or so residents also witnessed the craft.

The plaque was

Donated by the History Channel's

Ancient Aliens

Welcome to the site of the

first UFO incident officially

inducted into the U.S. as historically true.

Sculpture by

Len Morneau

New Hartford, Connecticut

In 2015, Governor Charles Baker (Chahlie Baykah, as we say in Boston) issued a recognition citation

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Thomas E. Reed

On behalf of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

I am pleased to confer upon you this Governor's Citation in recognition

of the off-world incident on September 1, 1969, which engaged the Reed family, which

has been established. Your dedicated service to the incident was factually upheld

founded, and deemed historically significant, and true by means of Massachusetts historians.

The records highlighting this historic event are now officially part of the

Great Barrington, MA Historical Society's Collection and your recent induction into

Massachusetts History

This 3rd day of November 2015

The bench where Teague took our picture

The bench was sponsored by the

International UFO Museum

Research Center Roswell, NM

&

Thomas E. Reed

Miami Models

In 1969 I was 14 years old, and I don't ever recall hearing about this event. Fourteen year old me steeped in the television series, Star Trek, would have been very interested. 

On the other hand, at the time I lived 25 miles outside of Boston in the area now known as Metro-West. News only happened in Boston and surrounding areas. Anything in other parts of the state, especially the western part of the state, didn't register.