Finding the best situations
The Lyman Estate Greenhouses are in Waltham, Massachusetts, on the historic Lyman Estate grounds, just about 40 miles from Scituate. Built in the early 1800s, they’re some of the oldest greenhouses still standing in the country and were used by the Lyman family to grow fruit, flowers, and other plants that couldn’t survive New England…
One of the many things I love about Scituate is the proximity to Boston and the Cape; we’re about 30 miles from both. Last Sunday, we enjoyed a gorgeous November day in Sandwich, the first town encountered after crossing the Sagamore Bridge. Sandwich is the oldest town on the Cape, and it’s known for 1800s…
When my mom and her partner visited us in September, we found the Cross Street Flower Farm, and what a find! From their website “Our flower fields at the historic Jacobs Farm explode with color from early Spring through late fall. Our farm tells the story of the seasons through flowers, beginning with Tulips and…
Every change is driven by a catalyst. Sometimes expected, sometimes unexpected. Sometimes welcome, but usually a blessing in disguise. Which means spending a lot of time saying “WTF” and “Why me” before it makes sense. On December 9th 2024, I woke up to a new meeting on my calendar: “Organizational Update.” I knew at that…
As we drove over the bridge, I yelled “That’s a bar!” And that was our introduction to Roht Marine while house hunting on the South Shore. We criss-crossed from Hingham to Duxbury and back to Scituate, seeing too many houses in one day on an empty stomach. Roht Marine is a marina on the North…
The Spit is a slice of mythical beach that crops out between the North River and Cape Cod Bay. One of my burning desires after moving to Scituate was to get to the Spit. Everyone talks about how great it is, how much fun, how they live for the summer to get to the Spit….