hi again... we stopped at the information center... a helpful lady there... and on the counter a picture of a wild looking , burly , gray haired guy... her husband , we later found out... this character,,, a world champion puzzle maker... the puzzles that people make to drive us crazy... like the cube one.... the lady said that we should go to his place... and got a free pass .. so why not... but while at the center we did talk to an ole gent that used to live in greenfield mass... when he was a young man, for a year... he taught grammar school there.... loved it.. said the farm country reminded him of nz... he showed us a black and white film of nz in the 60's.. beautiful...told us stories of the kairu tree and the gum gotten from it.. that is made into varnish.. he had one on a pendant.. gorgeous... said the erosion is getting bad, that the center may have to move..... this is right on the harbor .. this harbor had ships from all over the world coming in for these trees for ships' masts... they only came in during high tide to get over the sand bar..... we did see alot of kairu trees coming into this maori village.. omapere... up this windy road and down and around.. like a taxi gone wild we were.. ha.... but not much traffic at all... fb was workin his biceps... we wanted to go back and see the ole gent at the center but never made it.. we went to shangrila....
we drove down this long dirt road... i was beginning to think it was a joke.... where was the labyrinth house... seemed it never came.. it did,,,,, we arrived at his small shop... a gray haired man,, sitting in a rocking chair, his peacocks on the railing of the place... soon as we got in... he had alot of toys for us to try .. it was frustrating... couldnt do many.. i got one.. and fb.. the rest were mind boggling.... he sat there and watched .. i think he thought we were kinda... dumb...... not really... but he did it.. it looked easy.. well he invents them, he is a genius at this... in his old sweater and worn pants and nice smile.... he sent us out to a maze to find thirteen letters... and make words.. we get a prize... it was a maze made out of bushes.. something like the cornfield... around and round we went... he had 4 p's... counted them over and over... felt silly... but what fun.... well he helped us in the end.. after an hour.... the ans....... lick a lollipop..... prize ... a lollipop... ha..... the place was shangrila..looking.... peaceful... hobbit like..... we walked to a waterfall..on his land... left.... this guy is cool.... he was off to prague for convention of puzzle people..... bye
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cool stories... sounds like you guys are having a blast! Peacock puzzle maze guy sounds like a hoot -- i should know this, but what is shangrila
Hi mom it's Tim. We're going to Maine. We'll make a blog of Maine and our roof. I think you've read it before. Make a whole bunch more words for us to read. And don't ride the whales or drink the water. Love, Timothy C Kovaleski
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