440. Stable

440. Stable
Definition: (adj) steady, firm, steadfast
Location Placed: Fosterfield's Living Historical Farm Visitor's Center, Morristown, New Jersey
Date Placed: 7/13/12 at 2:59pm





They had a wonderful little exhibit underneath the visitor's center filled with older automobiles. One of them was the first car Caroline Foster (daughter of the properties second owner) received as a gift from her friends as her father would never let her have one. Even after she received that car, her father still refused to let her drive until he became ill and needed to go to the doctors. Quite a lovely car and very generous friends she had!

439. Ardor

439. Ardor
Definition: (n) enthusiasm or passion
Location Placed: Fosterfield's Living Historical Farm, Morristown, New Jersey
Date Placed: 7/13/12 at 1:52pm





The one place that I was most excited to visit was the Fosterfield's Living Historical Farm. I went to a similar one here by me, Longstreet Farms, but this one was a bit bigger and more grand. The Revere family (as in grandson of Paul Revere) lived here for some time. There was a lovely older mansion on the property that was WELL worth the tour. I absolutely loved it and all the little details that my tour guide was able to tell me about. It's always nice to find a person so interested in what they are showing you.

438. Devoted

438. Devoted
Definition: (adj) very loving or loyal; faithful
Location Placed: The Provident Bank, Morristown, New Jersey
Date Placed: 7/13/12 at  1:17pm





Since I have neither a story to go along with the word devoted nor a little anecdote about the Provident Bank, I wanted to express my excitement about something. Probably not exciting to everyone but I'm quite pumped. I got a new pack of paper so starting at crane 480, there will be about 50 new patterned cranes! Sometimes all it takes to reinvigorate my crane folding is some new pretty paper. Is there anything odd that makes you excited that others probably wouldn't feel the same way about?

437. Heady

437. Heady
Definition: (adj) having a strong or exhilarating effect
Location Placed: The UPS Store, Morristown, New Jersey
Date Placed: 7/13/12 at 1:13pm





Upon leaving the Starbucks, I stopped a UPS Store, good for crane releases. So I popped on over. Generally my modus operandi is to look at the greeting cards, quickly place a crane while discretely taking a picture, and scurrying off. However, I couldn't easily find the greeting cards in the store! I always feel terribly awkward if I don't go in somewhere with a purpose, like people are noticing that I'm being a wee bit suspicious. Obviously I wasn't carrying a large box to ship, so I pretended I forgot some piece of vital... something in my purse that I had to go get. Hopefully I'm not as suspicious seeming as I think I am!

436. Pensive

436. Pensive
Definition: (adj) thoughtful, reflective, wishful
Location Placed: Starbucks, Morristown, New Jersey
Date Placed: 7/13/12 at 1:11pm





After I stopped for a bite to eat, I did a little poking around. The park across from this Starbucks is quite lovely! There's a pretty fountain and a monument and just the right amount of trees, park benches, and open space. If I lived in the area, I could see this park + Starbucks combination being a bit dangerous for me.

435. Pert

435. Pert
Definition: (adj) attractive because neat; cheeky, saucy
Location Placed: Morris County Visitor's Bureau, Morristown, New Jersey
Date Placed: 7/13/12 at 12:38pm





In my quest for lunch, I stumbled upon the visitor's bureau. I wanted to make sure I was going to the right places and making sure I wasn't missing a key tourist attraction in the list of ones I was attempting to hit. Plus it never hurts to have a brochure and concrete information either. So just a quick pop in, nose around, and continue on to feed my rumbling stomach.

434. Spontaneous

434. Spontaneous
Definition: (adj) having a natural or uninhibited manner
Location Placed: Historic Speedwell Ironworks Exhibit, Morristown, New Jersey
Date Placed: 7/13/12 at 11:50am





One of the buildings, originally the old garage, was converted into an exhibit talking about the ironworks of the area and the old iron works building across the street. Sadly there is nothing there any more after some sort of misfortune, but there were lots of interesting old iron works bits and tools that it housed to give you an idea of what it was like back in the hayday. Not to mention I got to see the :home" of the electric telegraph machine, which was pretty awesome as well.

433. Palatial

433. Palatial
Definition: (adj) magnificent, spacious, grand
Location Placed: Historic Speedwell Visitor's Center, Morristown, New Jersey
Date Placed: 7/13/12 at 11:44am





On my day off, I decided to have a nose around Morristown as I had never been there before, and it seemed like there were a bunch of things I would be interested in seeing. I first decided to head off to Historic Speedwell, where I saw a variety of historic buildings from the area that were either located there or moved there from other locations. I love a good historic piece so there was some interesting bits. I sadly just missed the tour and I had a bunch of other things on my list, so I couldn't wait for the next one in an hour. But definitely cool to check out.

432. Urbane

432. Urbane
Definition: (adj) suave, courteous, and refined
Location Placed: Monmouth County Historical Museum, Freehold, New Jersey
Date Placed: 6/28/12 at 1:26pm





Since I was already in Freehold, I decided to stop by the Monmouth County Historical Museum, which was quite cool. The lady that was working the front desk gave me an amazing and comprehensive tour (for which I was quite grateful!) I learned a significant amount about the Revolutionary War in terms of the Battle of Monmouth right down the road. (And completely unplanned, I was in the area the day the battle was fought 234 years later. I was going to go to the battlefield but apparently the visitor's center is under construction until next year so I decided to wait until then.) I am just so impressed by all these things in my community that I've never seen or heard of before! This living like a tourist thing is even more awesome than I thought.

431. Excellence

431. Excellence
Definition: (n) the quality of being outstanding or very good
Location Placed: Jewish Heritage Museum, Freehold, New Jersey
Date Placed: 6/28/12 at 11:39am





Keeping myself busy since I have no classes this summer and was off from work for the day, I decided to do a few touristy things in the Freehold area. I hadn't ever heard of the museum before by my county visitor guide book mentioned it and I thought it sounded worth a look. I learned a bunch about the Jewish immigrants that had settled in the area and a bit more about what it looked like back in the 17-and-1800's. Given how built up Freehold is, it was certainly interesting to hear about how life was back then. Not to mention the lovely art installation of ClaraGee, Stanley, and Mark Stamaty. Definitely worth a poke around if you have some time.