(But note my compliment from the "artist" - reported in Alice's letter in August!)
Agamenticus and found all good but the
last two miles or so - which were almost a continual hill - &
sandy at times. It's a five mile and a quarter ride to Ground
Nut Hill, that way and Mnt.
A. is two miles further. On ground nut hill I
found a small group of buildings - a picturesque studio house - gate
- and flower garden and a clean, clear hayfield hilltop which I
traveled on my wheel - much of it. The views toward the ocean were fine -
so clear and blue and a thousand greens - with cloud shadows
crossing and re-crossing. I went to the end of the meadow - a gate -
letting into a picturesque hillside pasture. When I got back and had a
drink at the pump I tried for the "studio".
Mr. Quimby's - and a pleasant girl showed me thro' tho' they
do not usually admit visitors mornings! The water-colors were
"rocky" - the black & white's better. The natural bark frames very
pretty and the photographs and bromides extremely so - scenes about
York and Neddick&c.
&c. Had a pleasant conversation with Mrs.
Quimby - who had to stop suddenly to look at a pie! She
told me another way home where I managed to get to the main road
about a mile a shorter than the other way. The "main road" (lane) looked
more beauti-
(But note my compliment from the "artist" - reported in Alice's letter in August!)
Agamenticus and found all good but the
last two miles or so - which were almost a continual hill - &
sandy at times. It's a five mile and a quarter ride to Ground
Nut Hill, that way and Mnt.
A. is two miles further. On ground nut hill I
found a small group of buildings - a picturesque studio house - gate
- and flower garden and a clean, clear hayfield hilltop which I
traveled on my wheel - much of it. The views toward the ocean were fine -
so clear and blue and a thousand greens - with cloud shadows
crossing and re-crossing. I went to the end of the meadow - a gate -
letting into a picturesque hillside pasture. When I got back and had a
drink at the pump I tried for the "studio".
Mr. Quimby's - and a pleasant girl showed me thro' tho' they
do not usually admit visitors mornings! The water-colors were
"rocky" - the black & white's better. The natural bark frames very
pretty and the photographs and bromides extremely so - scenes about
York and Neddick&c.
&c. Had a pleasant conversation with Mrs.
Quimby - who had to stop suddenly to look at a pie! She
told me another way home where I managed to get to the main road
about a mile a shorter than the other way. The "main road" (lane) looked
more beauti-
(But note my compliment from the "artist" - reported in Alice's letter in August!)
Agamenticus and found all good but the
last two miles or so - which were almost a continual hill - &
sandy at times. It's a five mile and a quarter ride to Ground
Nut Hill, that way and Mnt.
A. is two miles further. On ground nut hill I
found a small group of buildings - a picturesque studio house - gate
- and flower garden and a clean, clear hayfield hilltop which I
traveled on my wheel - much of it. The views toward the ocean were fine -
so clear and blue and a thousand greens - with cloud shadows
crossing and re-crossing. I went to the end of the meadow - a gate -
letting into a picturesque hillside pasture. When I got back and had a
drink at the pump I tried for the "studio".
Mr. Quimby's - and a pleasant girl showed me thro' tho' they
do not usually admit visitors mornings! The water-colors were
"rocky" - the black & white's better. The natural bark frames very
pretty and the photographs and bromides extremely so - scenes about
York and Neddick&c.
&c. Had a pleasant conversation with Mrs.
Quimby - who had to stop suddenly to look at a pie! She
told me another way home where I managed to get to the main road
about a mile a shorter than the other way. The "main road" (lane) looked
more beauti-
