Marash Girl

Monday, October 31, 2022

THE GHOST OF CLAFLIN SCHOOL

Marash Girl and (rahmetli olsun) Harriet Stetson (Marash Girl's best friend throughout elementary school) both loved to read the Nancy Drew Mysteries, a series written by Carolyn Keene. Marash Girl had been gifted a set of these books by a customer of her father Peter. Because Harriet and Marash Girl sat next to eachother in fifth grade and were always abuzz with excitement over the latest Nancy Drew adventure, the teacher decided that the two girls should leave the classroom and retire to the third floor of that 19th Century brick building, (the original Claflin School in Newtonville, Massachusetts,) with the specific purpose of writing a mystery à la Nancy Drew . . . specifically, The Ghost Of Claflin School! Once the girls left the classroom during "English", the teacher never checked on them, and needless to say, the girls never wrote even a first draft of The Ghost Of Claflin School!

Monday, October 10, 2022

Let Us All Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day!

Monday, July 25, 2022

This Red Cardinal Brightens Trash Day in the Boston Suburbs!

Sunday, July 24, 2022

Meet The Hybrid Petunia . . . And She's Not In An Onion Patch!

Petunia hybrida Vilm., better known as the Hybrid Petunia!

Saturday, July 23, 2022

Greet The Eastern Daisy Fleabane

Greet the Eastern daisy fleabane, or, as scientists call her, the Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers.

Friday, July 22, 2022

What gets fatter as it gets thinner?

"What gets fatter as it gets thinner?" Have you figured it out yet? Drum rolls, please! What gets fatter as it gets thinner? A balloon gets fatter as it gets thinner! Original Riddle by MarashGirl©2022

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Yet Another Riddle For You!

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

"When can a pitcher not hold water?"

"When can a pitcher not hold water?" Figured it out yet? A pitcher cannot hold water when s/he's wearing a pitcher's glove, and pitching a ball from the pitcher's mound to the catcher! Original Riddle by MarashGirl©2022

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Another Riddle For You!

Monday, July 18, 2022

This Diligent Gardener Protects Farlow Park . . .

Getting a jump on the season? This scarecrow has been guarding Farlow park throughout the month of June and well into July!

Sunday, July 17, 2022

The Orange Day Lily Was Greeting All Passersby Last Month!

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Have you met the Common Dogwood yet?

Here it is for all to enjoy . . . please welcome the Common Dogwood . . . Don't worry . . . it won't bite!

Friday, July 15, 2022

Marash Girl asks you again: "When can a loon fly high in the sky?"

You've had over a month, so I hope you've come up with the answer! "When can a loon fly high in the sky?" A loon can fly high in the sky when it's a bal-loon, better known as a balloon . . . a helium balloon! Original Riddle Above by MarashGirl©2022

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Remembering Wilbraham and the Storming of the Bastille!

"Here is my memory : "We would set up a “bastille” (jail) using sticks leaned against a tree - the big beech (?) tree in front of the cabin. One year Uncle George was the person “in jail” - he was inside all the sticks and then we stormed the bastille and broke him out 😄 "Also, Papa would always get a whole wheel of authentic Brie cheese - it was huge and I didn’t like how the Brie tasted - but later I learned to love it! Sometimes we would keep the wooden round box that the Brie cheese came in and we would use it to store other things, like small toys." ` Above memory from Ahsin!