I’m with my parents, but my husband is in NH. My kids are all over the place which is good! We will watch a lot of tennis today and go for some walks and sit in the sun and talk with the tribe of friends of my parents that are also here. And eat a lot of food. What are you doing? I’m just wondering.
That sounds like a good day, Kathleen! Hope it was a funny show. I’ve been watching a lot of tennis and hanging with the folks. Tomorrow I go back to life, preparing for Fall.
It is a beautiful sunny day in Boston! I plan to walk around the esplanade and then organize my office. I am finishing up an article regarding how to research your historic home which is tied to my off market listing : 53 Chestnut Street in Beacon Hill. Through deeds, insurance maps, newspapers and books, the residents and events come alive! It was home to some creative residents including a famous early 20th playwright and manager of the Globe Theater ; Victor Mapes and an 18th Century woman sculptor named Florence “flori” Freeman. A marble bust she created of the Angel Sandalphon, gifted to Longfellow, stands today at the Longfellow museum house in Cambridge. Flori was good friends with Ann Whitney and had a studio in Rome. In 1876, She created a marble chimney piece of children playing with a yule log that was displayed at the Philadelphia Centennial and purchased by a Boston family who placed it in their Mount Vernon home where it remains today!
Learning the history of your home not only provides a connection to the past but also helps inform how and when your home was built and the quality materials and workmanship that is unique and valuable.
Today, I’m just walking my dog, catching up on sleep and rewatching a good show!
That sounds like a good day, Kathleen! Hope it was a funny show. I’ve been watching a lot of tennis and hanging with the folks. Tomorrow I go back to life, preparing for Fall.
It is a beautiful sunny day in Boston! I plan to walk around the esplanade and then organize my office. I am finishing up an article regarding how to research your historic home which is tied to my off market listing : 53 Chestnut Street in Beacon Hill. Through deeds, insurance maps, newspapers and books, the residents and events come alive! It was home to some creative residents including a famous early 20th playwright and manager of the Globe Theater ; Victor Mapes and an 18th Century woman sculptor named Florence “flori” Freeman. A marble bust she created of the Angel Sandalphon, gifted to Longfellow, stands today at the Longfellow museum house in Cambridge. Flori was good friends with Ann Whitney and had a studio in Rome. In 1876, She created a marble chimney piece of children playing with a yule log that was displayed at the Philadelphia Centennial and purchased by a Boston family who placed it in their Mount Vernon home where it remains today!
Learning the history of your home not only provides a connection to the past but also helps inform how and when your home was built and the quality materials and workmanship that is unique and valuable.
Amazing Labor Day and very educational! I hope you’ll cap it off with a good meal and glass of fun. ❤️