Finally...we're here! Filia's ready!
Walking on the Path...
In the Backpack and Ready to Roll!
What have you got there Rus?
Old-fashioned pumpWe are now at the pathway to Mrs. Goodwin's garden in our virtual tour! The Goodwins were the richest family that first came to this area.
Note the quote by Sarah Goodwin in purple above... This is at the entrance to her garden...
This is the breathtaking view the you will behold when you step out of the woody pathway to the garden.
Here is a virtual tour of part of the HUGE garden!!!
This was planted all over the place! I thought it was really pretty!
Under the gazebo!
Beautiful!
"When I was a very little girl, my Father gave me a little piece of ground, six by one, with what was called an 'alley board' around it. In that, I had several small roots of inferior value, that now would be not thought scarcely worth cultivating."---Sarah Goodwin (Mrs. Goodwin)
Flowers...Flowers...Flowers!!!
I thought that these were really neat-looking...
Pineapple!!!Now we approach the Goodwin house...
These rooms were amazing!!
This just gives you an idea of the rest of the house... this is the fireplace and it is decorated with engravings, peacock feathers, and heirlooms!!!
Governor Ichabod Goodwin
Sarah Parker Rice Goodwin
Tea Set
Amazing House!
Piano
The Goodwin Table
Beautiful Chandelier
I took this picture of Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin's stairs...I won't complain about ours again!!!
Posing on the Goodwin Family Porch Swing
Rus plays croquet while Leo and I (Stella) try to roll hoops! We found that it is harder than it looks... :D
Filia has learned how to wave! First she looks at you...
Then she looks at her hand...
Then she waves! :D
On the way back to the path I took some more snapshots of Mrs. Goodwin's garden...
I just love taking snapshots of flowers!
Breathtaking!
These flowers were really cool! They felt like rubber and then they were also like upside-down roses!
Trying out the Horse SwingNow we enter the Shapiro house. The Shapiros were a Russian-Jewish immigrant family.
Sewing Machine in the Shapiro house
Shapiro Table
Want to listen to some music?!
Under the Gazebo
Shelves and Shelves!!!
We were shocked at the prices in this little store! It was only pennies for a candy bar!These are a few posters hung up in the Marden-Abbot Store and Garage. The story behind this store was really interesting. The Father and Mother of this family had run the store. Then the Father died and the Mother continued to run the store. When you stand in front of the building there are two doors. If you go in on the left you come into a hallway and then the dining room. There is also a staircase to the upstairs family bedrooms. If you go in the door on the right you will climb some stairs and opening the screen door will come into a little store decorated with poster after poster, and shelf after shelf containing everything from groceries and cleaning products to garden supplies. This store had everything! On your left you will see a little open passageway to the dining room. The store was open till nine p.m. so if a customer came in they would be heard and could easily be reached. It was a really creative business that the Marden-Abbot family ran!
The Store's Pledge
Rationing Poster
Prices Chart
Just outside the store...Now we come to the Marden-Abbot shed, put on exhibition with lots of cool posters! Here are some of them below...
This poster gives lists of how much metal makes certain objects. I.E. There is enough metal in three salvaged cans to make a hand grenade....
More Posters!!
This I thought was cool because it is sort of like our food pyramid-but in a circle!This really was a cool field trip-and I hope you enjoyed your virtual tour of- Strawberry Banke!
Pictures and Anecdotes by: Stella
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