Visit with Mrs G!

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Today I visited with @mrsg47 in Newport, RI!

She lives in the vicinity of the Bellevue Mansion district. We are talking one of the grandest neighborhoods in the nation.

My five year-old son came along.

Mrs. G. is modest and insisted I not capture her beauty and charm in a photograph, but she did allow me to take pictures of her orchard fruit.

Shui Mi Tao peach

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Apricot

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Approach to orchard

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Mrs. G. was the most gracious hostess. She served us iced tea with key limes, lemon wedges, and spearmint fresh-picked from the garden.

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We also had the pleasure of meeting Mister G! He is a gentlemanly fellow and friendly taboot.

Plate of citrus. Mrs. G. grew the little key limes in the foreground. They overwintered in her home near a window. They were delicious!

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It was hot in the sunshine. My son grew impatient. Mrs. G. offered a strawberry to assuage him.

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Temptation strawberry

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Gorgeous peony

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Bye bye!

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Afterwards, my son and I toured Ocean Drive.

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Beautiful!

My uncle lived there years ago and we would go mansion touring. He was in the Navy, I guess there is a base there.

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Scott the base closed years ago. We now have only the War College and ship commissionings. :heart_eyes:

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Thanks Matt we had a great day too!! You really could have left Everett here! What a darling boy. Great sense of humor too, besides patient!!! The visit was lovely! Thanks Matt!!! Mrsg

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It’s nice to read about members visiting members. I think both should get a badge. Looks like you had a great time. It was nice to see that you visited Bob Vance too.

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My mom and sis drove up to New England about ten years ago from OK. They made a stop in Newport and toured the mansions, they really enjoyed it.

They got me a green corduroy hat and a T-shirt from there, and I still wear them, especially the hat, almost every day when I’m out. My only visit to NE was a business trip to the Boston area about twenty years ago. We’d love to go up there and see the fall foliage one day.

You have a very nice place, MrsG. It seems like a peaceful, calming little green sanctuary. It’s a shame that you’ll be leaving it!

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Thanks, it is amazing to know I have an acre with solitude in the middle of a city. Come visit before I leave. I have been here for fifteen years full time (but family has been coming for summers since 1902). Lovely place, but its time for a new chapter!

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I admire your fortitude…!! It’s not easy moving from such a place esp moving overseas.

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