KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE, PAINT HOW YOU FEEL

Boston is known for their institutions of higher learning, medical facilities, sporting teams, restaurants, and museums.  Somewhere along the way it has been tagged  Beantown, referring to baked beans, City on the Hill, The Hub, The Cradle of liberty, and the Walking City.  Beantown is my favorite.

 

I thought today I would tell you  about a particular museum.  I'm sure some of you are thinking  Da Vinci, Monet or Picasso or perhaps  the Museum of Fine Arts.  One that you have probably have not heard of is the  Museum of Bad Art.  This museum is a collection of not-so- fine art, a tongue in cheek type of a place.

 

  It is physically located about eight miles south of downtown Boston in Dedham, MA. , in the basement of the community center, conveniently located next to the men's room, lit by a single flickering fluorescent bulb.  Their web site says "the worlds only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms."   Most of the art has been retrieved from someone's trash.

 

I'd say you need a sense of humor to enjoy it, or maybe go after you have had a few drink of whatever dulls  your senses.  

 

The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA)

Family Cook-out

Sailing in the Atlantic

Beach Fun

"The Falconer"

The lighthouse is hard to see in this picture.  This is good Navy duty here!

Part of the Rose Garden

Hunting for hermit crabs.

Conference with the cooks!

The half shell is used every week-end for free entertainment.

A true patroit.

In the spirit of the day.

Weddings are often held here in the garden.

Like migrating birds, family members gathered in Beverly, for the  usual 4th of July celebration.  The nesting took place at Lynch Park, a beautiful parked owned by the city.  Breakfast is served from 7 AM to 10:30, just like McDonalds, but the food is much better and varied.  Bacon, ham steaks, sausage, eggs, home fries, peppers and onions, waffles donuts and coffee.  Abundant lunchs and dinners  followed. Way to much food!

 

After a hearty breakfast, there is plenty to do, catching up on family news, or taking the kids down to one of the two beaches  to find hermit crabs, as the tide is out today.  It wasn't long before the men, along with the kids are having a softball game.  We gals were gather around to hear the latest family news.

 

Lynch   Park has a history dating back to the Revolutionary War particularly after the British closed Boston Harbor in June 1774.  The "Birthplace of the American Navy," Beverly was depended upon to disrupt British supply lines. Woodbury Point's fort with its seven gun battery was in turn relied upon to protect the important port.

 In later years, 1909 and 1910, President Taft leased the Stetson cottage which stood on today's Rose Garden. He made the cottage his summer White House.  In 1943, the sixteen acres were purchased for the city of Beverly.

 

Hope you enjoy the  photos.  Have a grand day.    It's a pool day here!  Gotta go.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

On July 4, 1776, we claimed our independence from Britain and Democracy was born. Every day thousands leave their homeland to come to the "land of the free and the home of the brave" so they can begin their American Dream.

The United States is truly a diverse nation made up of dynamic people. Each year on July 4, Americans celebrate that freedom and independence with barbecues, picnics, and family gatherings. Through the Internet we are learning about and communicating with people of different nations, with different languages and different races throughout the world. Bringing the world closer with understanding and knowledge can only benefit all nations.

We invite all nations to celebrate with Americans online this Fourth of July.

Happy Birthday, America!