Weekends

 

Hello! We had an exciting long weekend, we flew up to Cambridge, MA to visit our daughter and son in law and arrived home earlier today. We had a fantastic time and it's going to take me a week to recover. Inside I'm a spring chicken but my body is yelling at me 'no you are not!'. 

Yesterday we were at the Isabella Garner museum with them and spent most of the afternoon there. We love to go to museums and it was interesting to see where the stolen art (!) was taken from as well as which rooms. This happened in 1990 - my husband knew everything about it, I knew nothing until we got there.

Over the weekend we were in four bookstores, we hung out at Harvard Square, drove to Concord and toured Louisa May Alcott's home, which I LOVED. I've read Little Women about four times. We attended Mass on Harvard Square as well. 

We had lots of good food at lots of good restaurants. Oh and I met our new to us grand-cat named Puck who is a sweetheart. 

I am so tired and hope I can visit your spaces in the days ahead.



Comments

  1. VeraSeptember 16, 2024 at 1:43 PM

    That sounds like such a fabulous weekend!! I would love to go to that museum (we enjoyed the movie about the stolen art). And four (4!!!) bookstores - fabulous!! I can't believe I've never read Little Women. Maybe I'll get to it this winter??

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  2. MonicaSeptember 16, 2024 at 1:56 PM

    Sound like a wonderful weekend to me! So glad you are home safe! Hope you have a very relaxing week.

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  3. Hena TayebSeptember 16, 2024 at 2:08 PM

    Oh that sounds wonderful. Rest up.

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  4. Wool and SteelSeptember 16, 2024 at 3:09 PM

    Sounds like a wonderful weekend.

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  5. Deb J. in UtahSeptember 16, 2024 at 5:39 PM

    What a nice and interesting weekend trip! I hope that the coming week is a good one for you! See you again soon!

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  6. LeftycrafterSeptember 16, 2024 at 5:45 PM

    What a grand weekend. Little Women is one of my all-time favorites too.

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  7. CynthiaSeptember 16, 2024 at 7:07 PM

    It was a perfect weather weekend in Massachusetts this past weekend!! Glad you could visit your daughter....

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  8. JaneSeptember 16, 2024 at 7:33 PM

    What a fun filled weekend. We toured the Alcott home several years ago and I loved it too. Rest up and enjoy the week ahead.

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  9. DiannaSeptember 16, 2024 at 8:05 PM

    What a fun weekend! I'm so glad you had that opportunity to visit with your daughter and son-in-law! Everything you did sounds like so enjoyable.

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  10. MarthaSeptember 16, 2024 at 9:31 PM

    It was such nice weather for all your travels. In reality, i also love coming back home and resting.

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  11. AsKatKnitsSeptember 17, 2024 at 8:27 AM

    What a fun weekend, Karen! Welcome back though... and I agree... travel is extra tiring!

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  12. TinaSeptember 17, 2024 at 6:15 PM

    What a wonderful weekend you had and so awesome that you were able to visit Louisa May Alcotts home.

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