@archive.org has digitized so many local history books. Really great reading and I can search by any keyword, like a town or family name, if I am researching something specific.
03.11.2025 01:23 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@rebeccaaddison.bsky.social
Western Mass native, LEGO, ham radio, libraries, neurodiverse, photography, she/her .
@archive.org has digitized so many local history books. Really great reading and I can search by any keyword, like a town or family name, if I am researching something specific.
03.11.2025 01:23 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I thought MA was going to fix that problem.
03.11.2025 01:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think I know where that is!
03.11.2025 01:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 03 turkeys in the middle of the road looking for food. There is grass on one side and brush on the other.
Several turkeys checking some bushes around an old tree. The ground is grass. There is the edge of a road on the left.
Our visitors earlier today were not very careful about crossing the street. Fortunately no one got hurt. #turkeys #November #WesternMassachusetts #photography
03.11.2025 01:08 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0EastWorks, Easthampton MA. #Easthampton #WesternMA #photography
18.10.2025 21:46 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Good morning. Only about 28 degrees outside but it is beautiful. #westernMA #photography
10.10.2025 10:46 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Let's get the #HouseGOP, #HouseDemocrats, #SenateGOP and #SenateDems to pass the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act (It's H.R.1094 in the House and S.459 in the Senate). See π on how #hamradio operators nationwide can help pass this bipartisan bill.
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Sunset tonight #photography #westernMA
29.09.2025 23:13 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Earlier this morning
16.09.2025 14:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A long flatbed truck with several large crates of orange pumpkins traveling through an intersection. A sign on the right says "Mt. Sugarloaf Reservation" and has an arrow pointing right. Another sign says "Left lane must turn left".
It's fall in Western Massachusetts. I don't care what the calendar says.
13.09.2025 23:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Evening sky
10.09.2025 23:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh does that say "Fuji"? Nevermind. It's just the Soluna that I don't know. Maybe I will get over to Atkins next week. I have an errand to run in that direction sometime.
28.08.2025 10:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I was going to ask. I'm not familiar with the S or F? ones. Gingergold and Pink Lady are favorites in our house.
28.08.2025 10:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Pine Hill orchards in Colrain, MA starts pick your own this Saturday. Their professional pickers are already out in other parts of the orchard picking. Lots of good stuff in their farm store.
28.08.2025 10:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Good morning from my house. That maple tree is a gorgeous old thing. I'm surprised it's still standing. Meanwhile sunrise never gets old but I'm guessing it's going to be brilliant in the fall when the leaves change. #photography #WesternMA
28.08.2025 10:24 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0signs of cats who are running for cat mayor of somerville, massachusetts
a sign for a cat running for cat mayor named hermes squirmies
a pink sign for a cat running for cat mayor named beatrix. her slogan is βno kings, only princessesβ
a sign for a cat running for cat mayor named Luna. her slogan is βpro zoomies, chaos, and attentionβ
thereβs an election for Cat Mayor currently happening in Somerville, Mass. and every cat deserves to win
08.08.2025 14:34 β π 3288 π 1146 π¬ 52 π 178Moonlight tonight. #WesternMA #photography
09.08.2025 00:57 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Moonlight
08.08.2025 00:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Saw these on a Tesla today. I think if I owned one I'd sell it.
03.08.2025 00:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm not hearing anything. Guess I will keep my information to myself. More nature pictures it is. Seen on a Tesla -
03.08.2025 00:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh I feel you but I'm not known like you are. We've been there a couple of times and I love seeing the amazing things people have made. The social thing is hard though. I'd rather stay home and look at everyone's pictures.
02.08.2025 22:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Got to see a doe and 2 fawns this morning on our way to a tag sale.
02.08.2025 19:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Morning views. #WesternMA #photography
02.08.2025 11:01 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm doing a personal research project that is focused on early US history. I'm thinking of posting bits here. Any interest? #USHistory
02.08.2025 01:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Baby turkeys crossing the road. #photography #WesternMA
02.08.2025 01:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I haven't posted in about a month. We got really busy here with selling our old house and taking a road trip vacation to visit my mother in-law. Here's today's wildlife. A family of turkeys crossing the road. Luckily no one came down the hill. #westernma #photography
02.08.2025 01:28 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Summer #westermMA
04.07.2025 22:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Last night's strawberry moon. #WesternMA #photography
12.06.2025 10:01 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Full moon tonight. Clouds are passing by but I managed to get a few pictures.
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