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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

A Rooster at a Farm for Weathervane Wednesday

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 Today's weathervane was photographed at the Beech Hill Farm in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.  The Beech Hill Farm in Hopkinton, New Hampshi...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

A Sailboat on an Island for Weathervane Wednesday

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 Today's weathervane was photographed on Peaks Island, Maine. This sailboat weathervane was seen atop a private home on Peaks Island, Ma...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

A Whale of a Weathervane for Weathervane Wednesday

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 Today's weathervane was photographed at Peaks Island, Maine. When we visited Peaks Island, Maine last summer we rented a golf cart to t...
Thursday, January 1, 2026

Happy New Year from Salem, Massachusetts 1848

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  From the Salem Observer , Salem, Massachusetts, January 1, 1848 "THE NEW YEAR We have once more, as the stereotyped phrase goes, ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Tombstone Tuesday Ancestral Magnets?

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This Christmas Santa brought me these unusual magnets made from tombstone art of a member of my family tree. Mary Munroe (daughter of John B...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

A Christmas Wedding in 1890

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  From the Beverly Citizen newspaper 27 December 1890  On a recent snowy day my 3rd cousin, on my maternal side, a Hitchings descendant lik...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Happy 100th Birthday to Dick Van Dyke! Did you know he was a Mayflower Descendant?

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  Dick Van Dyke 1964 We recently watched the PBS production of American Masters “Starring Dick Van Dyke” which aired on 12 December 2025 to...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The Man in the Moon for Weathervane Wednesday

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 Today's weathervane was spotted in Boothbay, Maine at the Maine Botanical Garden. This little moon weathervane was seen over a cupola o...