{"id":3550,"date":"2015-11-05T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=3550"},"modified":"2015-11-05T21:27:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T20:27:00","slug":"old-sturbridge-village-and-old-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2015\/11\/05\/old-sturbridge-village-and-old-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Sturbridge Village and old friends!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who knew that our dear friend, Linda J Schoonover, lives not even an hour from Woodstock, CT? \u00a0Who knew that her folks, Ernie and Viv Johnson, also our dear friends, were going to be with Linda and her family while we were right there in her neck of the woods? \u00a0Who knew that we&#8217;d have a free morning to spend with Ernie and Viv while Linda worked? \u00a0Who knew that we&#8217;d have a free evening to spend with Linda and her hubby and daughter? \u00a0We did have great fun! Who knew that our hosts in Woodstock would have free passes for Old Sturbridge village for a morning visit for the 4 of us? \u00a0We had a lovely day and great reunion with these buddies from Zaire\/Congo days. \u00a0Thankful is what we are for the gift of friendship from the Creator who knew this all was going to happen!<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-W-Ernie-Viv-Linda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3551\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-W-Ernie-Viv-Linda.jpg\" alt=\"blog W Ernie Viv Linda\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-W-Ernie-Viv-Linda.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-W-Ernie-Viv-Linda-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Old Sturbridge Village uses volunteers to display the way of life around 1830.\u00a0I was surprised by the variety of goods available and the craftsmanship in all the handmade things. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-Mayflower.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-W-Old-Sturbridge-Village.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3540\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-W-Old-Sturbridge-Village.jpg\" alt=\"blog W Old Sturbridge Village\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-W-Old-Sturbridge-Village.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-W-Old-Sturbridge-Village-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-W-Old-Sturbridge-Village.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3534\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-Old-Sturbridge-Village-31.jpg\" alt=\"blog Old Sturbridge Village (31)\" width=\"299\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-Old-Sturbridge-Village-31.jpg 299w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-Old-Sturbridge-Village-31-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3533\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-Old-Sturbridge-Village-8.jpg\" alt=\"blog Old Sturbridge Village (8)\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-Old-Sturbridge-Village-8.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-Old-Sturbridge-Village-8-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a>Of course some visiting military oftentimes drop in! \u00a0Sort of like in C.A.R.!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3535\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-Old-Sturbridge-Village2.jpg\" alt=\"blog Old Sturbridge Village2\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-Old-Sturbridge-Village2.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/11\/blog-Old-Sturbridge-Village2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=3550&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who knew that our dear friend, Linda J Schoonover, lives not even an hour from Woodstock, CT? \u00a0Who knew that her folks, Ernie and Viv Johnson, also our dear friends, were going to be with Linda and her family while &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2015\/11\/05\/old-sturbridge-village-and-old-friends\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-fun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Old Sturbridge Village and old friends! 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