Sunday, February 17, 2019

Winter Break

We are catching a little winter break in Massachusetts this long weekend. In Salem where we havent been since 2011when we passed through on our way up to Maine for vacation after a fee days in Boston. We hadn't left the state of Maine since we moved here in June 2017 so it's a big deal. Banished Jr. hadnt been here since he was old enough to remember much so it's all new. Mrs B and I have always loved the place, though , it does seem very hectic after Maine. Even in mid February. It might have cured Mrs.B of her long-standing wish to 'spend Halloween in Salem one year'. It would be unimaginably busy to us now.  Back in 2011 I bemoaned my failure to find a particular t shirt in my size.

http://banishedsbugs.blogspot.com/2011/07/utterly-random-and-unrelated-jottings.html?m=0

But this time ? Success!

And a matching pin to boot. With a glow in the dark skull!! In addition we found a fine selection of ornaments for our halloween tree while we will add come October.


Purely as an aside, on our visit to the Salem Wax Museum I did find an interesting resemblance. Apparently all the wax figure for this were made in the UK. And it seems to me that the head of the figure of Giles Corey crushed to death for refusing to recognize the right of the court to try him as a witch, might well be a Brit literary waxwork leftover.

Or is it only me who thinks this looks uncannily like GBS?