Architectural Detail

Does anyone know what these are called? They are on several of the houses in the village and they dress them up so much!

Cute House

This house sits on a little rise above Main Street...

Bizarre Car!

Spotted outside the West Paris General Store...

...and if the paint job doesn't catch your attention, the damaged muffler will do the trick...

Too chilly for me!

Not that I skateboard anyway, but it sure seems too cold outside for that sport to me! I guess this kid doesn't think so, as he was skating down Main Street...

Castle Entrance

Remember the castle library that I showed you last spring? Well, when I was walking by with the parade a few weeks ago, the doorway caught my eye, so I took a picture of it. Isn't that a great looking entrance?

Farmhouse

Here's another example of a typical farmhouse with a connected barn. There aren't any animals living there now, but it looks like it must have been quite a hike out to tend the animals back in the olden days. At least you were inside and protected from the elements...

Pretty House

This is one of the houses in the village that I particularly like - it has some interesting architectural details.

A timely sermon...

...although I was a few days late getting the shot & then I forgot to post it! But, I liked the photo and I figured it was appropriate to post a church photo on a Sunday, so here it is.

Thank You Veterans!

Here is our youngest, with one of his fellow Scouts, standing beside a sign that was posted in front of the West Paris General Store.

Second Honor Roll Memorial

Front and back of the second honor roll memorial.

West Paris Honor Roll

This is one of two memorials in the park that are engraved with the names of local veterans.

Here is the back side...

Just as I was taking the picture, the mother that spoke at the service stepped into the shot, but I think it's quite fitting to see the soldier's portrait, along with his name on the memorial.


Tomorrow I'll show you the second memorial...

Memorial Park

We gathered in the West Paris Veterans' Memorial Park for prayers and tributes to our veterans, past & present. For such a small town, we have more than a dozen soldiers currently serving in the Middle East...

Here they come!

I ran ahead so that I could get pictures of the parade marching down Main Street...

Down Main Street, literally!

Looking down at Main Street, I can pick out a couple of things that I have featured in previous posts - the New England Farm House and the bridge over the Little Androscoggin River. Do you see any others?

Yoda?

The boys are all Star Wars fans, of course. It looked like Yoda was peeking over his shoulder and taking in the scenery...

West Paris Village

Here is one of my favorite shots of the village...The square yellow building is the Legion Memorial School building, which houses the kindergarten and first grades....just behind it is the town hall, which has the big sand pile and red municipal storage building behind it...the soapbox derby hill is just to the left of that, although you can't see the hill very well from this angle.....let me know if you can pick out the blue house...

It's right there...

One of the boys helps his friends locate a familiar landmark. Everything looks different from up here! ;-)

Looking over town...

And this is why we hiked all that way! What a view!!

New England Farmhouse

I love these rambling old farmhouses with the barn attached to the house via the shed. Nowadays they are considered a fire hazard and I've been told that some insurance companies won't cover them. After all, barns are thought to be at high risk for fire, and if the home is connected to it, there's a good chance that it would burn too, in the event of a fire. I grew up in one of these farmhouses though, and personally I think it's worth the risk. It's so much more pleasant to have a shed to walk through on your way to tend the animals during a storm...

Blue House II

I promised you an update on the vines covering the porch on this pretty blue house on Main Street in West Paris. Here it is a few weeks later and the leaves have completely grown in to cover the porch. I'll keep checking on it for you because I'm anxious to find out if there will be flowers later on this summer....