Overcast skies so the photos are not crisp. But I got a good walk in waiting for bus and while in town.
Decided to do Chatham. I had small errands. Library to print out a copy of the Mazda registration so I can get a recycling sticker. And check to see a book someone recommended I read. Ben Franklin store to pick up purple duct tape. I wanted to take pix of the town businesses that were something else years ago. I got to walk as far as where my step father had a business in the 60s & 70s. Buses were about 10 minutes late both times. Always making me feel like I blinked and missed them. :)
Waiting for the bus I like to walk towards it so I do not miss it with a turned back! I usually get as far as the Harwich town line.
Along the way
tiny South Chatham Library. the church there had threatened eviction a couple of years ago- I notice it is still there .
woman in the background painting a fence in the pollen winds! The paint smelled so good.
Levi Eldridge Store- 1839
home along the way with a great porch!
Lovely old Cape house and the area where a Cumberland Farms was for years- then a couple of restaurants- now the Talkative Pig
Ben Franklin. Found the purple duct tape I needed and browsed around hoping to find some nice yarn not marked up 3.00 more than elsewhere. oh well I guess the Summer people keep them in business. But the signs at the styrofoam balls gave me a chuckle. I was going to get a couple so I could use them as forms for the knit baby hats I make. But I could not determine the size I needed and besides they were more than I wanted to spend. Got the tape- was happy to be out of there. They have a sign as you check out that cash payments get a 4% deducted. Credit card payments get a 4% charge. I thought that was illegal but hey they have been doing it for years.
mask was super tempting to buy but I resisted.
The old Epicure which is now a business below and expensive condominiums upstairs.
June 12 2019
Orleans. Early bus back by 12:30pm for lunch
pit stop before I even thought of snapping photos. It added a half mile to my walking but...
Theresa Paine Cummings - I may transcribe this- and I may not :)
Orleans seems to have a lot of building with this feature on top. I think this used to be a grocery store- maybe a First National not Moppets and Gotland Horse, and Ragg Time a clothing store I used to like
tiny building behind another business. I forget what it used to be- maybe a lawyers office.
Rock Harbor Academy & Snow Library
almost passed these gravestones without notice it is so overgrown. Here they are the ones I have been looking for for about 10 years. Thought it was a statue across the street. Which made no sense. There is a cenotaph in Orleans Cemetery for Elizabeth.
ah then I approach the Academy Theatre property. Kind of sad, but many things seem in disrepair and disappearing. I took ballet lessons here in the Summer of maybe 1979. I remember the first lesson and coming back to Patten lane and experiencing "sweet pain" in my legs. from leaping so much! LOL I used dance then and now to express myself but it also eases depression to keep moving gracefully.
"trash" by the road to the left of the academy
more later- time to hide under the quilts and read
Turn Me Knot Gallery :)
YardArm still seems to be going strong- used to be in the 80s - the place to go for a fist fight. Now for the Senior crowd to dine.
speaking of the 80s- this gas station was where to get your tires filled with air after a visit to North Beach.
Addison Art Gallery
French Cable Museum
in the distance where Chatham Furniture had a satellite store and to the right of that Pate's had a restaurant The Cleaver
The the former Peter Hunt Gallery
crossing the street just became safer but more difficult :)
Plaques near Snow Library
back of this building used to be storage for Head & Foot Shops- really miss that store.
This used to be a grocery store maybe a First National- now Moppets, Gotland Horse and Ragg Time . The first two used to be near Land Ho.
CVS was once a movie theatre- I saw Caligula there, an x rated movie
Red Balloon toy store with no sign!
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June 19 2019- Hyannis.
ugh what a drag. Overcast skies and a long list of things to do and look for. Bus was stuffy on the ride down and whiffs of alcohol on so many before noon. I get it- life is tough.
Got to the Mall and first stop was Barnes & Noble books. I mostly buy used books on amazon or download free books from Project Gutenberg to my first Kindle. I wanted to finally get a paperback version of 1984 by George Orwell. I had read Animal Farm decades before and just never got to 1984. Wow the clerk took me upstairs via the escalator and showed me 2 versions. $17.00 for an older book. ah I don't think so. But things being what they are- even on amazon it is too expensive. Maybe I will catch a Signet edition somewhere. Maybe WalMart LOL
Then walked a bit to Macy's, then through Macy's to get outside and walk to VisionWorks. At first I tried to get there from outside Barnes & Noble but nope- blocked by construction. Get to Visionworks and sensed right off I would be disappointed. They had a special 2 for 59.95. I asked if that included lenses, yes. Any walk ins available for eye exam? no. So I looked at and tried on a few pairs. Finally realizing not all were on sale. Found the ones marked with the sticker and the price and of course none fit. I asked the clerk if there was anything to be done with glasses that had a reflection? nope buy new lenses. okay. exit there. Pissed that the Sears glasses have never been serviceable. grrr
Try to walk to Joann's fabrics. Blocked by construction fences again. So back into the mall and find another entrance - exit. This one by the movie theatres. That was near all the construction for Target in place of where Sears used to be. Looks to be a huge project! Finally get to Joann's fabrics . Get the wide band soft elastic I was looking for. Wandered over to the yarns hoping something was on sale. yup some of the sweet cakes by Red Heart. Then head to check out - but stopping by the beads section first. Wanted large clear crystal- nope- ended up with blue beads that are at least not the size of a grain of sand. Check out. yay she gives me a plastic bag for my purchases. It is damp weather out there. They recycling the bags their merchandise shows up in. whooppee.
Then head back to the mall and wander through taking photos. Not much of interest. Pee and stand outside and eat my GoldFish and wait for the bus. While rummaging for the schedule to see how long I have to wait- the bus sees me and beeps. That is one of the great things. The driver's remember you LOL So wow that was a chatty ride back to the terminal. The women were wondering what kind of twine I had and did I do macrame. no it is yarn for knitting shawls. I asked the driver where the social security office is now. On the first shuttle a couple missed their stop as their phone app had the location on North Street. It has moved to Independence Park! Nothing like being way out of the way! Got to the terminal and got on the bus back to here. Long ride. I was in the back facing forward for a change but it is a newer bus and wow so hard under my bony ass. I opened a window for air. Back in town after 1:30pm and walked back here lugging my stuff. boy were my arms tired. Had some toast and the second mug of coffee and took a nap. Arms still sore today.
Bus terminal and the trains for the Dinner Train. I could smell food but saw no passengers.
Inside the shuttle bus to the Mall. The couple in front of me panicked when they realized the social security office was not on North Street. The driver told them to always tell the driver where you are headed and they can advise.
The mall
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