The lovely Cindy Lord suggested her LiveJournal readers post photos this week of the places they call home. I find this idea irresistable, and spent some time today wandering around the place I live looking for nothing in particular. As often happens when one commits to something like this, something unexpected and whimsical, the things I found felt spectacular. I’ll share them with you this week …
This is my town’s most famous landmark, the Old Stone Church. It was abandoned, begrudgingly, when the valley in which it sits was deemed the perfect site for a drinking reservoir. The Wachusett Reservoir was completed in 1905, and the Old Stone Church has stood beside it ever since, a proud reminder of the homes, farms, and livelihoods that were given up so that the residents of Massachusetts would have enough to drink.