All Kinds of Carousel Animals

While the carousel horses are my favorites, there are all kinds of animals at the New England Carousel Museum.

This camel and two giraffes from a child-size carousel certainly have long necks that would be perfect to wrap your arms around.  A giraffe would have to be pretty tall to look like it belongs on an adults' carousel.

A zebra might belong to the horse family, but I find this one especially appealing with the very graphic placement of its stripes.

This tiger looks pretty scary!

 

 

This adult-size camel looked pretty realistic and had the sweetest eyes.

 

 

One more giraffe!  And I think I've reached the end of my photos from the carousel museum!

Back to the Carousel Museum

The same old factory building that houses the Carousel Museum also contains 2 other small museums:

OK, the Museum of Greek Culture is actually one room.

The Museum of Fire History did take up one section of the second floor and contains the personal collection of a Bristol resident.

Fortunately most of the building showcases beautiful carousel animals in the Carousel Museum.

When our guide asked if anyone knew what kind of animal this is, Malima correctly said it was a hippocampus!

There was a display showing a horse in the process of being carved.  One of the current carousel restorers also carves new animals and he is very talented.

I especially enjoyed looking at some of the more unusual animals.  This king of the beasts was quite ferocious!

Family Fun

We got to do some serious visiting when Adria was in town recently.

With Dawn and Ross and Malima here to visit their Auntie, we had a wonderful lunch at the new Middle Eastern restaurant in Unionville.

Adria and I spent a couple of days in our hometown, and we met our first cousin Rita and her sister-in-law Sophie at Point Breeze for a delicious lunch.

Then we spent an overnight with our great-aunts (our maternal grandfather's half-sisters) and returned to Point Breeze the following day to celebrate Aunt Marie's 85th birthday.  Around the table from left to right we have Aunt Jenny (age 94), Aunt Alice (age 93), Aunt Marie, the birthday girl, who was married to the three sisters' brother, and Aunt Harriet (age 95).  Harriet's daughter, our cousin Janet, is standing behind her mother. The three sisters have so much fun together and are game to try just about anything!  Aunt Harriet suffers from dementia and Janet does a wonderful job taking care of her. The two younger sisters are getting physically frail but their minds are still pretty sharp. Aunt Alice in particular is quick with a funny comeback. It was so good to see them!