{"id":9378,"date":"2019-08-14T01:04:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T06:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9378"},"modified":"2019-08-14T01:04:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T06:04:58","slug":"scenes-from-the-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9378","title":{"rendered":"scenes from the train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m home from my trip to Connecticut, which sped past ridiculously fast. I hope to get back again soon.<\/p>\n<p>Flights were very expensive, so I took the train up and back (to the same town where the airport is located). I admit that I may have picked up my knitting every time we got to a stop today in order to discourage anyone from taking the vacant seat next to me.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some of what I spied from the train on the way back to D.C.:<\/p>\n<p>One of the graveyards, Holy Trinity Cemetery, in my hometown:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/48533961671\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Wallingford Cemetery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48533961671_883ac1d930.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Wallingford Cemetery\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We stopped for a while in New Haven to change engines, and I decided I had enough time to run into the train station and pick up a couple doughnuts. You know, as souvenirs &#8230; that I ate on the trip home.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/48534117147\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Train Teatime\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48534117147_ba7f014eb2.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Train Teatime\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>NYC:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/48533964036\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"NYC\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48533964036_57ff7ca423.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"NYC\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Philly (the first photo is Boathouse Row):<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/48533968731\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Philly&#x27;s Boathouse Row\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48533968731_1bd9df8bc5.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Philly&#x27;s Boathouse Row\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/48534124717\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Philly\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48534124717_3243c167be.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Philly\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Bridget, did you see me waving as we went past?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m home from my trip to Connecticut, which sped past ridiculously fast. 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