RhondaRuth's VirtualTourist Home Page

And then I travel .... well usually I travel by train to work 5 days a week. Or I travel by foot around where I live. But then I do get to travel once in awhile. I love it when I do and then ... I love to come home!

So between family and work and travelling, I alternate my pictures on the wall at work. Well since I spend more time at work than any place else, I need to keep some pictures here, right?

And if I'm not traveling, I'm stitching ... right now I'm into knitting.
You could say, "That Rhonda is obsessed. Obessed with knitting!"
My dear husband said, "You just have a fantastic obsession right now, that's all." The man's got it right! It is fantastic *.

So this homepage is dedicated to family and my obsession. Most of the other pages, I try to stick as close to travelling as I can. I want to give good recommendations after all. And I do travel a little.

Welcome to my piece of the world and how I see it!

Travelling Pages and More .... MIT in Cambridge, along with Boston and Salem, MA are my Stomping Grounds!

Welcome to my Virtual Travel HomePage!
Most of my travels have been in the United States and many are lacking pictures ... for the moment. There's 30+ years I have to think back on and remember where I've been and what I did and maybe scan a few pictues, etc. You'll see & read more about places I've been to recently, due to the fact that I got a digital camera for Christmas 2001. Taking scenic pictures has become another hobby! And VT has given me a great place to share them. I never thought I wanted to travel much until I discovered VT. Now it's fun learning about new places through the eyes of other travelers as well.
Now ... I want to go, go, go!!!

As you see in a lot of my pictures, I love both old and new Architecture!

The old is beautiful and gives me a sense of stability and a warm feeling from the charm of the old. Then the new is exciting and filled with a wild spirit. Even the oddity of the Statta Center at MIT is appealing to me. Check out the construction in progress on my Cambridge Travelogues. Fall of 2004: they have completed the Stata Center. Now maybe I'll get a few pictures from inside. What an UNUSUAL place!

The views from Boston Harbor is wonderful when you're out on the water. Right on the harbor ... and I get out there as often as I can ... but not on a sail boat, lol I don't sail. Give me one with a motor. But I do love to watch sail boats go by!

Check out my Boston pages ... some people in New Hampshire don't realize how wonderful and beautiful it CAN be down here in the Boston area. It's part of my home now and I love it! It's like living an travelling adventure, just commuting to work, LOL.

"He who is outside his door already has a hard part of his journey behind him."
~ Dutch proverb
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"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."
~ St. Augustine

I once read...

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

So I say,
"You made me feel so good when you stopped by to visit, I'll never forget it or our friendship. Thanks for being my friend!"

See my Family History below in the travelogues

THE GIFT OF BEING A GRANDPARENT...

What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars worth of pleasure.
~Gene Perret~

Grandparents never have children, only grandchildren.
~Gore Vidal~

When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.
~Ogden Nash~

Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete.
~Marcy DeMaree~

Grandmas' never run out of hugs or cookies!
~Author Unknown~

Grandmas' hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever.
~Author Unknown~

My grand kids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too.
~Gene Perret~

Taylor is missing ... but she'll be in the next picture I hope. And of course the ump-teen other grand children I have. I always look forward to seeing them!

Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love.
~Author Unknown~

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
~Alex Haley~

A grandparent is old on the outside but young on the inside.
~Author Unknown~

Love their smiles.... Love all my kids!!

Grandparents' are similar to a piece of string - handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their grandchildren.
~Author Unknown~

A Grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.
~Author Unknown~

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.
~Welsh Proverb~

It's amazing how grandparents' seem so young once you become one.
~Author Unknown~

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.
~Lois Wyse~

AND

"What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies." ~Rudolph Giuliani

"Parents who keep their children from the grandparents out of spite or because of a family squabble ... are hurting the grandchildren the most."

My sentiments exactly!

I do love all of my grandchildren equally and all of them are my grandchildren regardless of their parents opinion or who their parents are or what their relationship is to me. That includes my husband's grandchildren.

The youngest grandchild is Jayden and she just had her first birthday. Happy Birthday, Jay! You cutie pie!!

The kids got a sister back into their lives and I have my grand daughter back.
We love you, Catelyn!