Cooperstown

We found the grave of James Fenimore Cooper, the author of The Last of the Mohicans and a couple of other books like the Deerslayer and the Pioneers.  Those two books are based on people and the area around Cooperstown.

 

The lovely church

Pretty and Patriotic

 

A Bed and Breakfast

A residence

Lake Otseco-so beautiful

The Otseco Hotel-we ate our lunch on the veranda.

A lovely doorway through the wrought iron gate.

 

Hanging off the street lamp

A picture of Abner Doubleday in the Baseball Hall of Fame.  He was in the Civil War and invented baseball.

Tom by the plaque of his favorite player Al Kaline.

A actual Andy Warhol of Pitcher Tom Seaver.
I was duly impressed.

The Wedding

This is the area where the wedding will take place.  Very Natural and Charming.

This is called Bittersweet Farms in Massachusetts.

Bubbles for the Bride and Groom.

left to right- wedding officiate, groom, best man (grooms brother), grooms friend, grooms soon to be brother in law.

Our good friends, the grooms parents.

The newly married couple

happily walking away

The bride is very crafty, She made many of the decorations.
 

Just a lovely table and we had a very nice time. 

Happy Independence Day!

A couple of pictures from around Westport Massachusetts. Happy Birthday America!
We Love the U.S.A.!

from Canada to Massachusetts

Something we don't see in the United States.

Even though I was only gone two days I was glad to be back in the U.S.

The Big Apple not far away.

The Hudson River to the West

The Hudson River to the East
No one was landing on it.

Pretty view on the interstate.

First time we entered Massachusetts.

Thought the Pilgrims Hat was unique on the Massachusetts Turnpike sign.

The Appalachian Trail starts way up in Maine and goes all the way down the east coast. I am tickled when I see it.  We passed under it another time in Pennsylvania a few years back.

Don't know why there would be a reduced salt area.

This was on the interstate, must have been a problem to post a sign about it.

Providence, Rhode Island

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The Atlantic Ocean in Providence

Back in Massachusetts

Nuclear Power Plant in Falls Creek Massachusetts.

Thanks for viewing my pictures!
 

card and tags

One of the reasons we are on our trip is because we are going to a wedding in Massachusetts.
Their names are Mark and Molly.
I used dry embossing, wet embossing, die cutting.

Not so serious on the inside. Bright and Happy.

I had some packages to send before we left and made some tags to send with them.  My people should have their packages by now, hopefully.  They were sent to Indiana, Florida and Washington State. 

For Detroit Tigers Lovers

Some of the most fun we had was watching everything that happens before and after the game.
We enjoyed watching the Tigers stretch and exercise before batting practice.
Here is Tori Hunter and Austin Jackson who were running sprints and talking and laughing.

 Justin Verlander walking out with two of the bullpen coaches.  Justin was not going to pitch that day but was catching balls in the outfield and playing long ball.  It was just fun to watch.

Here he is going into one of his pitches.

 Max Scherzer talking with a catcher.

I don't recall if he ever threw the ball to anyone, he just played with the ball and enjoyed talking with everyone who came by. We see him in the dugout just playing with the ball too, must like to have it in his hands all the time.

Rick Porcello does sprints up and down the steps to get his workouts before the game.

Up another flight

now down-we saw him do this all over the stadium. He gets a good workout in.

Prince Fielder and Omar Infante.
Prince was just great to watch in batting practice, the balls were going all over the park.

The trainer was stretching Brayan Pena before the game. We really enjoyed the way Brayan laid out his equipment.  It looks like a flat person.

Of course I had to add Muguel Cabrera, who also was fun to watch in batting practice.

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Here we are with our Tigers Shirts on.

 Players waiting batting practice.  Jim Leyland is walking up the middle.

Ace, the Blue Jays Mascot.

The color guard

Jose Alvarez was the starting pitcher for the game. He did not do well and is came out of the game and took the loss. 



Not a clear picture, but Rod and Mario in the booth.
Unfortunately the Tigers lost but we had a great time.