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<\/a>Fall beauty<\/p><\/div>\n
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The\u00a0Groton Cemetery especially attracted us<\/p>\n
<\/a>Groton Cemetery gate from 1903<\/p><\/div>\n
with its vibrant reds and oranges.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Cemetery colors<\/p><\/div>\n
It would have been a good spot for Hallowe’en spookiness.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Grave markers<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Crypt<\/p><\/div>\n
The angels provided protection from evil spirits, and we safely departed.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Protecting angel<\/p><\/div>\n
We next found the sign on Main Street in the town of Groton markng the approximate location of the home of Captain James Parker<\/a> in the 1600s. Elliott tells us that Captain Parker is one of our Riggs ancestors and sheltered Elliott’s own ancestors from an Indian attack.<\/p>\n Captain Parker’s residence marker<\/p><\/div>\n While in Groton, we bought some lunch pastries and tasty soft cheese at Bliss Bakery and Market<\/a>. In the building behind the bakery, we also toured this\u00a0model townhome<\/a>.<\/p>\n We drove back to LIttleton through the town of Ayer, stopping in a parking lot with this view to eat our lunch.<\/p>\n Burned building<\/p><\/div>\n That night, Elliott and Ginger took us to a lecture<\/a>\u00a0by artist Brian Kershisnik<\/a> at the LDS chapel in Belmont, MA, near the Boston Temple. We’d seen Kershisnik paintings on Utah visits and enjoyed his illustrated lecture. Downstairs in the cultural hall, some artwork by local artists was being displayed and sold.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>