Continuing through the English settlement we saw garden plots…
And goats.
Who liked a good chin scratch.
I mean really liked a good chin scratch. This guy followed me the entire length of the fence.
We met a young man chopping firewood…
Who when asked what was in his flask, replied “Beer, of course. The water will make you sick.”
We discovered beer was quite popular in those days.
And if I had to cook all my meals in that contraption behind the women?
I’d drink beer everyday as well.
Colonists popped out at you everywhere…
Some friendly…
Some not.
This woman was the Governor’s wife and therefor had a slightly better home. With wood floors and a proper chimney.
Although the quality of workmanship seemed about the same.
Finished with the colony, we moved on to the museum with it’s eel pot…
It’s sea suit.
And because I knew you’d ask…
And it’s Mayflower provision list.
250 lbs of bacon and 280 lbs of butter… That will hold me for 8 weeks, but what will the rest of you eat?
Though I do have to say, that list seems a little suspect. Considering margarine was invented in 1868 and Rice Krispies in 1927…I highly doubt they were aboard the original ship in 1620.
WTH?
But the museum did have the Mooflower….
And an anatomically correct, trouser wearing, sea going cow vessel?
Makes up for a lot of historical inaccuracies.
Last up was the petting barn where we found…
Yes.
One rabbit…
Apparently the pilgrims ate everyone else before we got there.
But then we saw…
So we met Hyacinth.
And may I just say?
She was a bitch.
I tried to pet her and almost lost a finger. She tried to head butt a few children and looked ready to go 12 rounds with a service dog that walked by.
If you’re approaching that age when you yell at the kids to get off your lawn? Don’t get a shotgun…
Get a Hyacinth.
River's world..... 
I wonder what ox tongue tastes like – and what are Lifeboat biscuits?
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I don’t think I want to know….
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I’d rather know now, so that I won’t be surprised later. I mean, it’s not like I go around eating strange things – you just never know these days.
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“That will hold me for 8 weeks” HA!HA! A day, maybe 2, for me.
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Very interesting, interesting indeed. The governors wife seemed a bit bitchy too, maybe it’s her llama giving kids and service dogs the finger, lol.
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An uppity wench indeed…
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Perhaps there have been too many neighbors coming over because they ran out of ox tongue?
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Or maybe they ran out of Rice Krispies.
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… or even lifeboat biscuits. 😉
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Or that moody llama ate the Rice Krispies AND the lifeboat biscuits, therefore making the llama sick and the governor’s wife pretty perturbed. But that’s just a guess….lol.
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With eyes like that, I wonder how the goat sees you.
And yes, I have goats myself – and no, they won’t tell me.
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Goats.
I love me some goats!!!!
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I wonder how “the woodsman” would look if you had pulled out a lighter.
***haha***
You’d be called a witch for sure.
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Glad I didn’t take the chance…
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Lol.
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I’m imagining some kid being tasked with typing that long provisions list for the museum and taking creative license to get even. And I wonder if Hyacinth was named after the Keeping Up Appearances character (British TV show), who is also, shall we say, bitchy?
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Hyacinth! I never thought of that…. now it all makes sense.
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Bitchy llama, no thank you!
I was also thrown by margarine — and A1 sauce? It says 1862 right on the bottle. I’m just sayin.
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I know. Show some effort for heavens sake!
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Norwegian death metal? No wonder she’s cranky…
😉
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LOL….
So Fred didn’t start ripping that wall down to redo it? The building is safe from a Fredfix??
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I’m sure he was tempted….
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I’m sure he had a hard time walking away…lol
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I know you have to write for an audience. If you want to meet the real Hyacinth she is at our farm. Plain View Farm 130 Gardner Rd Hubbardston. Plymouth surrendered her to MSPCA instead of paying for eye surgery she needed and we were fortunate enough to adopt her. She loves people, especially people with beards. She spent her day today visiting with a person who used to work at Plymouth. Followed by nuzzling a guy with a beard and then getting neck scratches from a group of five while she sat contentedly. You can find pictures and stories about Hyacinth on our Facebook page.
Llamaste
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That’s good to know. Maybe she was just having a bad day when we met her. Being pestered by tourists must get old…
And yes, my posts try to be funny. I’m a huge animal lover and meant no disrespect.
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