So often today we find old houses just inches from the road. Encumbered by wires, telephone poles, trees out of control, so much has changed since the road was tranquil and dirt and the transport a slow and steady horse and buggy. Now as we speed by in fast cars, we wonder how the [...]
Archive for June, 2011
house moving
Posted in antique homes, colonial homes, historic architecture, historic preservation, old homes, restoration, tagged moving houses on June 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
lost and found
Posted in American colonial history, colonial homes, New England antiques, old homes, tagged 1812 large cent, lady liberty, nightsoil, old coins, outhouses on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I found an old coin in our meadow the other day, an 1812 large cent. We regularly walk this hundred acre meadow with an occasional eye out for an old arrowhead, stone tool or other treasure turned up by the farmer’s plow. While others have amassed the meadow’s ancient gifts over the years, I have [...]
