The Swint house, 179 Lexington Street, East Boston, about 1895

Second and third pictures show the barn,
fourth is the drawing room, fifth is the living room.
Next task: a little brightening up with Photoshop


A little rain at last

The Lexington Street house, East Boston

On our trip to Boston in August 2011 George and I made a sentimental pilgrimage. This house is where our mother's mother, Mabel Swint Ewer (1880-1974), grew up. She lived there until her marriage in 1904. Her parents Delia and John Swint (He was in the bakery business) sold the house some time around 1920. I was glad to see it was still there and is being taken care of. Looks like it's been turned into a 2-family dwelling. The man on the stoop didn't understand English. I gather East Boston declined when Logan Airport went in, but is now coming back as a reasonably priced area that attracts young professonals.

Flowering early

Or so it seems to me.

Taken yesterday, St. Paddy's Day.

Future film director?

Just turned three

Some non-political pictures from Lobby Day in Albany

Walking up from the parking garage to the Legislative Office Building you can see The Egg  close up, an unusual curved shape among all the urban right angles. Very like a whale!

 Nice room

 That's the Erastus Corning Tower,
the tallest skyscraper in the state of New York
 outside of the city of New York, and as such is
 the tallest building between New York City and Cleveland

 At LOB

 Have to Wiki this to find out what it is.

 Pierce Arrow
(Crummy lighting in the Concourse)

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Forsythia -- day 10

Ah. The easiest way to garden that I know.

Forsythia -- day 9

Forsythia -- day 7

Coming along.

Forsythia -- day 4

Slight green showing

Forsythia-- day 2

Forsythia -- day 1

Just cut