Fall getaway ~ Boston

The final post on our weekend trip to Boston.

I have to share the full story with you before recapping the trip.
Hubby met a super nice and cool couple while on the golf course in Las Vegas 5 years ago. They all hit it off and casually said "come visit us in Boston sometime." A couple of months later we did just that.

We didn't stay with them that first trip and they were sans kiddo back then. They lived in the back bay area (I think) with a patio overlooking the city~ it was great. We went to a Red Sox game and the whole works.
Hubby has seen them a few times since that first trip in 06 but I haven't.

They built this beautiful home in Wrentham a few years ago and there was plenty of room for us to stay with them this go round.

The first morning I walked around their property taking pictures. The weather and the changing leaves was the perfect backdrop for a fantastic weekend. This was the day that we went to the farm (post here) and the guys went golfing.

Headed out to dinner on Saturday night and to surprise our friend Jessie for his 40th birthday (he lives in Boston). Our good friend Yuki was doing business in NYC (he lives in London) so he hopped up to join us for the evening. Erin and I showing off our new matching JCrew suede ballet flats. ☺
Dinner at Tastings in Foxboro, yummy!
The group before Jessie and Alex arrived.
Hubby, Yuki and moi.
Joe and Erin.

A surprised Jessie and his sweet wife Alex.

I snuck in my long run (post here) on Sunday morning then got geared up for a day of beer and football ~ Patriots vs Cowboys game. We had a fun little tailgate party before the game and a total blast at the actual game.
We spent Monday in the city. The frog pond playground.
The frog pond carousel.

Public garden.
Ducklings.
Beacon Hill.

Lunch at Stephanie's on Newbury.
Enjoyed the sights and shops on Newbury then we were off to the airport.

We bid farewell to the falling leaves, the crisp cool weather and our dear, sweet friends.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

C.S. Lewis

xo~
Tricia

A change of scenery

Another long run

in another beautiful place,

just one week later {see previous week's run along the beach here}.

From the ocean breeze and sand under foot,

to crisp, cool autumn air and the crunch of leaves...

ah, love it.

"I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it"

Rosalia de Castro quote With my trusty iphone in hand, I set out to pound the pavement in unfamiliar territory. Thanks to a small map that our friend Erin drew for me, my run through the streets of Wrentham, Ma was a success and I found my way back to their fabulous home.

I couldn't resist snapping pics of some of the charming homes along my route. All dressed up with pumpkins and fall displays. Nothing appeals to me more than the traditional colonial and cape style homes found on the east coast.

Pretty churches in the center of town.

Town center shops and businesses.


Gorgeous foliage on display.

Bright blue skies overhead.

And back to the casa.

Our friends tried to convince us to make a move to this area. Country mouse {moi} was all for it, but mr. big mean city mouse says NO.

Guess I'll be huffing and puffing on my weekly long runs deep in the ♥ of Texas for a few more years. ☺

xo~
Tricia

on the farm

Thanks to everyone for your sweet comments after our string of yucky luck and health issues last week. I suddenly felt much better after the bags of rotten freezer food were picked up from my curb on Friday afternoon, whew!

Now, back to some pretty pictures and fluffy~blog~stuff. ☺

We spent an afternoon at Jane and Paul's farm in Norfolk, MA during our trip to Boston the weekend before last.

While the guys did some golfing, we loaded up the kiddos and the new pup and drove a quick 10 minutes to the visit the farm. We picked apples.......and ate a lot of apples.
We fed some goats and dodged some free~roaming roosters.
We posed for lots of pictures in the pumpkin patch (some of us a bit less thrilled than others to keep saying 'cheese'!)

We saw a pretty blue heron on the farm...
...and a couple of very cool barns. I loved the purple door on this barn.

We got lost in a corn maze. Luckily we spotted the barn with the purple door through the corn and we knew we were headed back in the right direction.

We goofed around on a hay ride.


And even got in trouble for trying to bring our friend's new pooch named Boo to the farm.

Such a fun afternoon at the farm with our friends on the East Coast. They live about 45 minutes outside of Boston in such pretty 'country~esque' surroundings. So different from where we live here in Houston, what a fun experience!

The huge bag of apples that we took home that afternoon magically transformed into the most delicious apple crisp ever the next morning, thanks Erin!!

xo~
Tricia