Thursday, June 21, 2012

Thursday is "This Old House" Day

Today's "old house" is actually a colonial revival style gas station that was built in 1931, for $1000 and located on Sea Street in the Adams Shore neighborhood.  Originally, the roof had a light in the shape of a ship with sails perched upon it.
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This tiger swallowtail butterfly was a delight to see pollinating the phlox bed along my driveway.  

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