My plates came in! Still can't believe the letters were available. Plates must be true and they were reserved, waiting for me this whole time.
I also named BROOM'S command response voice "Hilda" (get it? Broom Hilda?). Hey, even her color is like soot! Better laugh or she'll put a spell on you.
Ok... I am having way WAY WAY too much fun with this car, huh?
It was a Great time in Newport. Went out for awesome dinners; Barking Crab and Clarke Cooke House, and we saw all kinds of impressive things.
Unfortunately, the temperature was a bit chilly so we were not too motivated to walk along the Cliff Walk but we did visit several mansions.
Took a lot of pictures and these are a few of the besties including one picture of my favorite mansion, The Breakers, although the Marble House was beautiful and the Tea House behind it was fun.
I still love bears and this was the best topiary of all!!!
Those girls are my ladies! Promised them I wouldn't put any more pics of them.
This is a beautiful shot. Although most of the gardens were not yet completely prepared for the spread of annuals, this part of the gardens was in full bloom.
Breath taking view of the water from behind the Topiary House. Could smell the salt all the way to the house. If you look carefully along the shore's edge, you can see a tiny speck - That's Laura. Certainly gives an idea of the distance.
Traveling around brought back so many memories and it was fun to go. I definitely would do another mini-vacation in Newport. I wish we were still there.
Thanks for dropping by and reading about our little vacation!
Look at the size of the tomato, now! This one and the other are just plugging along. Pretty soon I need to take them out into the ground! Just not this week, too many very low temps at night. :( In NH this is something I have been conditioned to expect at this time of year.
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We also had a nice time enjoying the great weather. While driving around, we came across a New Hampshire tradition, a tractor pull in Hollis!
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We have a small garden shop located along Route 101 which is one of my favorites to visit. This past April, it was a gorgeous day when my daughter and I drove by. We noticed the shop was open and they had taken the plastic off their greenhouses. So, my Meredith and I pulled in to poke around.
In the back of the property, there was a plastic covered greenhouse with all the stuff they felt had not survived the winter well and they were about to throw them away. This and another clematis plant was in there and I was not able to allow that to happen; so they allowed me to take two home. Instantly, they started to green up and grow so happily.
Well, to my surprise this morning this flower and more were fully bloomed! I haven't even popped the plants into the ground yet!!! And I am not going to plant them and all my plants until after next weekend (and RI)... as I expected, just after Mother's Day, the nights drop into the 30s again and my spoiled plants will not enjoy that. (LOL! Wait until next spring, they will not be as coddled.
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