"...to Have a Child... LbNA #69335
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Oct 25, 2015 |
| Location: | Coggshall Park |
| City: | Fitchburg |
| County: | Worcester |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Pitcherville Hobbits  |
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| Found by: | Pirate annie |
| Last found: | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Status: | FFFa |
| Last edited: | Dec 20, 2015 |
... is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ” Elizabeth Stone
Numero Uno was born on May 31, 1986. Her great-grandfather was born on May 21, 1926, and when she was a few years old, Papa would tell her that he was only ten days older than she was! Oh, such fun we did have in bygone days!
This beautiful, sweet baby girl taught me what it meant to be a mother. In spite of the trials and troubles we have had and the fact that almost four years ago I did something that offended this oldest child of mine causing her to choose to have almost no contact with her maternal extended family, a mother’s love never dies. This lovely grownup girl is now a mother with two boys of her own. At least most of us are looking forward to the day when the past can be left where it belongs and we can move on with a brilliant future.
To find this letterbox, you must make your way to Coggshall Park in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. You can take your time and find other letterboxes hiding in the park (including Almost Halloween planted in honor of her younger sister) or go directly to the pond. This pond is home to turtles, fish, swans, geese, ducks, snakes, etc. When this girl was little, she loved going to Greenhorn Park in Yreka, California, where there were ducks and geese. The geese were not overly kind and actually pecked at her which somewhat damped her enthusiasm at seeing them. She might like the geese at Coggshall better because they seem to stay in the water while searching for treats rather than attempt to take them from the fingers of little people (possibly because there are signs discouraging people from feeding the birds and, from what we’ve seen, most people seem to heed this).
Depending upon the time of year, you may find nests of eggs along the water’s edge in spring or early summer or might enjoy the bright foliage of autumn. In the warmer months, you should be wary of wedding parties.
Park somewhere near the pond and search for four stone benches at the bottom of a tumble of large rocks (boulders). Nearby there is a staircase of stone. Take it. Take in the sights along the path. Leave the stone path but not the stone (the entire area abounds with rock). Along the way, you should encounter a tree growing over rock and you may even think, “Oh, this is a good place to hide a box!” While there are some interesting nooks and crannies, there is still too much traffic for this to be a really good place.
Keep along the path and keep enjoying the sights. There are lots of good places along the edge of the pond to look out over the water. Our 9-year-old letterboxer found some excellent hiding spots along the water but come spring they may be under water. Too bad.
At some point, you will encounter a tree with a red dot that may remind you of Mars. This tree is growing beside a low rock that crosses the path. Circumnavigate the tree. On the other side is a slab of rock that rests above another. Behind needles and leaves, protected by the rock, is what you seek. Enjoy!
To get back to your car, you can go back the way you came or continue on along the path.
Hike length: 1 mile
Numero Uno was born on May 31, 1986. Her great-grandfather was born on May 21, 1926, and when she was a few years old, Papa would tell her that he was only ten days older than she was! Oh, such fun we did have in bygone days!
This beautiful, sweet baby girl taught me what it meant to be a mother. In spite of the trials and troubles we have had and the fact that almost four years ago I did something that offended this oldest child of mine causing her to choose to have almost no contact with her maternal extended family, a mother’s love never dies. This lovely grownup girl is now a mother with two boys of her own. At least most of us are looking forward to the day when the past can be left where it belongs and we can move on with a brilliant future.
To find this letterbox, you must make your way to Coggshall Park in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. You can take your time and find other letterboxes hiding in the park (including Almost Halloween planted in honor of her younger sister) or go directly to the pond. This pond is home to turtles, fish, swans, geese, ducks, snakes, etc. When this girl was little, she loved going to Greenhorn Park in Yreka, California, where there were ducks and geese. The geese were not overly kind and actually pecked at her which somewhat damped her enthusiasm at seeing them. She might like the geese at Coggshall better because they seem to stay in the water while searching for treats rather than attempt to take them from the fingers of little people (possibly because there are signs discouraging people from feeding the birds and, from what we’ve seen, most people seem to heed this).
Depending upon the time of year, you may find nests of eggs along the water’s edge in spring or early summer or might enjoy the bright foliage of autumn. In the warmer months, you should be wary of wedding parties.
Park somewhere near the pond and search for four stone benches at the bottom of a tumble of large rocks (boulders). Nearby there is a staircase of stone. Take it. Take in the sights along the path. Leave the stone path but not the stone (the entire area abounds with rock). Along the way, you should encounter a tree growing over rock and you may even think, “Oh, this is a good place to hide a box!” While there are some interesting nooks and crannies, there is still too much traffic for this to be a really good place.
Keep along the path and keep enjoying the sights. There are lots of good places along the edge of the pond to look out over the water. Our 9-year-old letterboxer found some excellent hiding spots along the water but come spring they may be under water. Too bad.
At some point, you will encounter a tree with a red dot that may remind you of Mars. This tree is growing beside a low rock that crosses the path. Circumnavigate the tree. On the other side is a slab of rock that rests above another. Behind needles and leaves, protected by the rock, is what you seek. Enjoy!
To get back to your car, you can go back the way you came or continue on along the path.
Hike length: 1 mile