THE RED LEAVES ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP MORE JUST BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY. THE WINTER MOTHS LOVE TO PUT LITTLE HOLES IN THE LEAVES LIKE SWISS CHEESE. TOO BAD THERE ARE NO SPRING MOTHS TO FIGHT THEM OFFF. BUT I GUESS THEY'D MUNCH THE RED LEAVES TOO. ALL THE TALL TREES ARE GREEN HERE EXCEPT FOR MY RED MAPLE AND THE ONE NEXT DOOR. ACTUALLY MY BLIND NEIGHBOR HAS A LARGE PINK FLOWERING CHERRY TREE IN HER FRONT YARD. IT SPRINLES CHERRY BLOSSOMS ALL OVER HER DRIVEWAY AND SIDEWALK LIKE PINK FROSTING OR CONFETTI.
THE PHOTOS ON THIS BLOG ARE FROM THE WOODS NEAR HIGHFIELD HALL ON A HILL IN BEAUTIFU DOWNTOWN FALMOUTH NEAR THE BUS STATION(A FORMER TRAIN STATION). A WEALTHY FAMILY HAD TWO SUMMER MANSIONS ON THE HILL. ONLY ONE REMAINS -HIGHFIELD HALL. THE TOWN AND CONTRIBUTORS RESTORED AND PRESERVED IT A FEW YEARS AGO. THE SIAMESE TREE AND LARGE ROCK ARE ON THE FORMER CARRIAGE ROADS NOW WALKING TRAILS IN BEEBE WOODS.
FALMOUTH HAS A THEATER AND MUSIC CONSERVATORY ON THE FORMER BEEBE ESTATE PROPERTY TOO. BEEBE NEVER MARRIED AND COMMITTED SUICIDE IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. HE BUILT THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN FALMOUTH CALLED ST. BARNABAS SO HE DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO WOODS HOLE SEVEN MILES AWAY TO THE CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH THERE. HIS SISTER COMMITTED SUICIDE IN BOSTON. THEIR PARENTS BUILT HIGHFIELD HALL AS A SUMMER VACATION HOME. THEY WERE WEALTHY MERCHANTS FROM BOSTON.
SOON THE FORMER SUNKEN GARDENS ON THE HIGHFIELD PROPERTY WILL BE RESTORED. A GIGANTIC BEECH TREE WAS RECENTLY MOVED TO HELP CREATE THE GARDEN. I WONDER IF I'LL EVER SEE A SUNKEN GARDEN LOVELY AS A TREE. MY PAINTER TOLD ME TO CUT DOWN MY LARGE RED MAPLE AND ALSO MOST OF MY PINES. THEN MY LAWN WOULD GROW BETTER.
THEY PAVED PARADISE AND PUT IN A PARKING LOT. THEY TOOK ALL THE TREES AND PUT THEM IN A TREE MUSEUM. THEY CHARGED ALL THE FOLKS A DOLLAR AND A HALF JUST TO SEE THEM.
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