Burch-Mudry Real Estate Team
Many of you know that, in addition to being your erstwhile Innkeepers, we are active Real Estate Agents in the Boston Metro-West area. We are pleased to announce our recent affiliation with Keller Williams Realty. You are welcome to explore our local market conditions: RealEstateSearchMA.comOr contact us: |
Marilyn's Quilts
Your Innkeeper has been hard at work creating some spectacular works of art. We will soon be posting some photos onto the "Innkeeper's Journal" at our website. |
Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House Centennial Celebration
Saturday -Sunday May 26-28, 2012
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Patriot's Day Celebration
Each year the first battle of the American Revolution, that began with the "shot heard round the world", is commemorated with parades, re-enactments, a Ball and ceremonies. It all begins on April 7th with Bedford's Pole-capping, the Paul Revere Capture Ceremony and Concord's Meriam's Corner Exercise. Your Innkeeper, Gregory, will act in his capacity as Clergy to offer an Invocation at Meriam's Corner, a parcel of land owned by his ancestors in the 1600s. The list of colorful events continue on the 14th + 15th with two days filled with muskets, black powder and colonial dress. See schedule of events..
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Designer Jewelry Trunk-Show at the Inn
Friday April 20, 5-8 PM, Saturday April 21, 11-7 PM, Sunday April 22, Noon-6 PM
Ellie Thompson, Award-winning Jewelry Designer and Chicago-based Gemologist, will be coming to the Hawthorne Inn for her only New England Trunk-Show. This will be our 6th Semi-annual show! Ellie will be show-casing some new creations as well as favorites from of her popular collections. You can pre-view her work. Ellie will offers a 10% discount off of her already reduced Trunk-Show prices. Ellie will also create custom designs or set your loose gems. |
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Featured Day-Trip: Tower Hill Botanic Garden
Established in 1842, the Worcester County Horticultural Society established Tower Hill Botanic Gardens as a 132 acre showcase of ornamental, edible and native New England plants. The indoor Orangeri and the Limomaia are filled with exotics and imports that provide a year-long riot of color and scent. We recently visited for the 183 annual Camellia show. Tower Hill will host an African Violet show in April, and May brings a Seven-State Daffodil and Primrose competition.
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Concord Free Press
"FREE THEIR BOOKS AND THEIR MINDS WILL FOLOW"
 Be part of an innovative ongoing experiment in generosity-based publishing. The Concord Free Press publishes great books and gives them away. All that is asked is that you make a voluntary donation of any amount to a charity or someone in need. Tell CFP about it. Then pass your book along so others can give too. The current offering is the fantastic A Handbook of American Prayer by the legendary Lucius Shepard.
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Traveling to Turkey?
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."
Our good friend of many years, Ziya Gokmen, is principal and Managing Director of a fabulous tour company in Turkey called Travel Refinery. Ziya was Bill Clinton's personal guide in Istanbul. Ziya and his associates are exceedingly knowledgable and can make your trip into a flawless adventure. If you plan on traveling to Turkey check out Travel Refinery. You can contact him: Ziya@TravelRefinery.com. Please reference the Hawthorne Inn and say hello for us. Send us some of your photos! |
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Squirrels In a Nutshell
We have been watching squirrels lately. There is a hole in an old maple tree behind the Inn that serves as an entrance to a home for six Gray Squirrels. We are waiting for the "kittens" to emerge from the drey. Squirrels breed twice a year and birth 6-10 in a litter. "Squirrel" is a derivative of the Greek word Skiouros, meaning "shadow tail". They are terrifically athletic and can leap more than 20 feet, run up to 20 mph, and can fall 100 feet without damage. Squirrels are known to be the cleanest of rodents, grooming many times a day. If they have gotten into your attic and confounded you by chewing the electrical wires it is because they are using the plastic sheathing to clean their teeth!
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