<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the feminist librarian]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://thefeministlibrarian.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Anna Clutterbuck-Cook]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thefeministlibrarian.com/author/feministlib/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[from the neighborhood: sunday in&nbsp;Lunenberg]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>On Mother&#8217;s Day, <a href="http://karracrow.blogspot.com">Hanna</a> and I took the train up to Lowell where we met her parents and went visiting in Lunenberg, to the home of a family friend whom Hanna has known all her life.  </p>
<p>Estelle served us blueberry muffins and tea and showed us around her gorgeous garden, just beginning to bloom for the summer.</p>
<p><a href="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/25ea6-estelle_2.jpg"><img src="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/25ea6-estelle_2.jpg?w=300" border="0" title="Linda and Kevin Clutterbuck at the gate to Estelle's garden. Photograph by Hanna, 9 May 2010." /></a></p>
<p>It was a freezing day, despite the sunshine, and I had to borrow one of Linda&#8217;s coats to stay warm. </p>
<p><a href="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/6a930-estelle_3.jpg"><img src="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/6a930-estelle_3.jpg?w=300" border="0" title="Anna at the garden gate, in coat and hooded sweatshirt. Photograph by Hanna, 9 May 2010." /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/12bd1-estelle_4.jpg"><img src="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/12bd1-estelle_4.jpg?w=300" border="0" title="View of Estelle's garden, by Hanna, 9 May 2010." /></a></p>
<p>We were sent away with armfuls (literally!) of flowers to leave at Hanna&#8217;s grandparents&#8217; graves.</p>
<p><a href="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/3da70-estelle_1.jpg"><img src="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/3da70-estelle_1.jpg?w=300" border="0" title="flowers for Hanna's grandparents' graves, 9 May 2010. Photograph by Anna." /></a></p>
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