Hi Steve - it is really beautiful to wander through this outdoor living museum and to see how these magnificient buildings have been preserved and restored.  This whole town of Portsmout is just loaded with history, and a lot of the historical homes are still being lived in - hundreds of years old some of them are.  You'd really enjoy this area - come for a visit!

Many thanks for your comments - I'm glad you enjoyed this post!
Ann

Hi Lori - Portsmouth really is a wonderful town, full of charm and history - lots to do for everyone.  We've had a lot of changes since you were here - you should come back for a visit sometime!

Thanks for reading and for commenting!
Ann

Hi Midori - why thank you so much for that really nice comment!!  It's so easy to write great posts about this area because I love it here and it's hard to not write great stuff when you live in a place like Portsmouth!  Since you love history, you should take a trip up this way - you'll love all that we have to offer here.  Loads of historical homes - open for tours and plenty that people live in, galleries, museums, and more - plenty to keep you busy for a good long time, that's for sure!!

Thanks for reading and commenting - I really appreciate that!
Ann

Hi Lisa - this whole area really is beautiful! We're traveled all over New England, and it's all just a very pretty area of the country. And of course, I'm very partial to New Hampshire and in particular my town of Portsmouth and the general Seacoast area here along the coast!

I hope you do make it up here 'one day' - it's well worth a visit, and you'll want to stay for more than a day, too.  Better plan on several days and you'll want to keep coming back after that!

Thanks for your comments!
Ann

Hi Joan - it's so easy to see why you never tire of this place, no matter how many times you've been here.  It's just so beautiful and so much a part of all that has been before.  And they continually make changes to the homes and buildings that are open, as well as to the displays and exhibits.  It just gets better every year!

Thanks so much for your comments, Joan!
Ann

Make sure to check out the tour of the Victorian Children's Garden - this is such a sweet garden area for the kids!  These pictures don't really convey what you see there in person, but it was such a delight to walk through this particular garden and envision kids back then playing here....very pretty!!

Ann

Hi Joey - well, since you've never been here, you know I'm going to suggest that you must take a trip here!   New England is gorgeous and New Hampshire is just really wonderful, especially here along the coast where I live.  If you do get this way, make sure to let me know!

Thanks for reading and for commenting - much appreciated!
Ann

Hi Diane - thank you so much, and I really appreciate your feedback!  When I do my local posts, I look at it and make sure it's something that would interest me, and if it isn't, it doesn't get published.  I'm glad you enjoy them - I enjoy writing them, too!

Ann

Hey Neal - these old homes are really wonderful to see in person. It's interesting to imagine living as people did back then- much smaller rooms in most of them, smaller doorways, lower ceilings, etc.  Thanks for the comment!

Hi Rita - thanks!!  We have a lot of really old towns in this part of the country and the historic areas are really fun to tour.  If you love historic homes, you'd really enjoy this outdoor living museum - I wandered through it again the other day when I took these pictures and it was really relaxing and very enjoyable.

Many thanks for reading and for your comments!
Ann

Hi Maggie - you make my smile with your comment!  I love doing the posts on my area - there's just so much here to write about, I don't think I'll ever run out of things to tell people about.  I love living here and I hope that comes across in my posts!  This really is a very special place to call home, especially for those who love history like the museum in this post.

Thanks for reading and commenting - much appreciated Maggie!!
Ann

Hi Gary - what a nice comment you left me.  Thank you for that!  And thank you for reading - I'm glad you enjoyed this post.

Ann

Hi Lisa - well then come on back up here!  We have some leaves changing now, but it's usually Columbus Day weekend when you'll see the most color.  I took some pictures earlier today of the reds of the sugar maples in a few places.  This is a beautiful area, that's for sure.  If you do come up this way, let me know as I'd love to meet up with you at some point.

Hi Karen - your area has loads of history, too, and you should do some posts on all that.  I'll keep an eye out for that post of yours!  If you take another trip up to the 'original thirteen' let me know!

Hi Diane - thank you so much for those really nice comments!  I very much appreciate them!

Many thanks for reading this post and for your wonderful comments!
Ann

Hi Paula - you know, it's funny, I really greatly disliked history growing up, and now that I live in a place so full of history, I really enjoy it and love finding out even more about my area and all that made it be what it is today.  If you ever do make it here for a visit, we'll do this tour of this outdoor museum and then go have us that lobster dinner you'd love......   ;-)

Hi Jay - wonderful indeed!  Those doorways really are short and not too wide either.  People were certainly a different size than we are today, that's for sure.

Thanks for the comments!
Ann

Hi Patsy - you're right about the actors there in period clothing.  The lady in one of my pictures stayed right in her character every time I asked her a question.  At first, I didn't realize what she was doing.  I just thought she was a little old-fashioned Yankee, and then it dawned on me after the 2nd or 3rd time I talked to her.

Strawbery Banke Museum is a fascinating living museum - timeless, educational and fun!

Ann