Along with other members of Newport’s Heritage Commission, I visited the site of an old sawmill from the early 1800s. It is known locally as Reeds Mill. The street it is located on is called Reeds Mill Road. The current owner, Glen West, showed us around the outside of the sawmill. The mill straddles LongContinue reading “Exploring Newport’s Historic Reeds Mill”
Category Archives: Exploring New Hampshire
Mount Washington Cog Railway
We had a fun time riding up Mount Washington on the Cog railway last Friday. We didn’t get to see much from the summit though because halfway up we entered clouds. It was windy on the summit too. It is interesting to see how the types of trees change as you ascend the mountain. TheyContinue reading “Mount Washington Cog Railway”
Animal tracks in the snow…
We would often see these tracks in the snow across our property. We couldn’t figure it out, what animal was making them? Then this morning we got an answer to the question… Wild turkey tracks! The turkeys pretty much follow each other in a straight line. They were taking a shortcut from one side ofContinue reading “Animal tracks in the snow…”
Newport’s 8 churches & their bells
On Long Island we lived close to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church which we had attended. They have an electronic carillon housed in the bell tower of the church. We really enjoyed hearing the chimes and music that the carillon made and knew that we would miss hearing St. Mary’s after we moved to NH. AfterContinue reading “Newport’s 8 churches & their bells”
The 12 seasons of New England
The 12 Seasons of New England This is our first winter of living in New Hampshire. We moved here in April of last year. We didn’t really know what to expect with regard to the amount of snow, but didn’t think it would be too much more than we typically got living on Long Island,Continue reading “The 12 seasons of New England”
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