MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)'s photos

Hatfield, MA See where this picture was taken. [?]

Hatfield, MA. The planks on the side of tobacco barns are hinged so that every other one can open, providing plenty of ventilation for drying the leaves. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Whately, MA. Right next to I-91. The parking lot is full of semi trucks with their motors running while the drivers chow down inside. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Whately, MA. Here's what www.roadsideamerica.com has to say: "There is a 17 foot high cement milk bottle on the main road in Whately. Built in the late 1920s by Lincoln Bond for the Quonquont Dairy Farm's dairy bar, the bottle once stood on Rt. 5, greeting visitors to the area. In 1995, the bottle, which is owned by the Whately Historical Society, was moved to its present site and restored. It is now situated in front of the town building, which houses the Historical Society and is used several times a year to dispense ice cream." See where this picture was taken. [?]

Whately, MA. After the tobacco is harvested in late summer, it's hung to dry in tobacco barns that you see up and down the Connecticut River Valley. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Whately, MA. Shade tobacco, used for the outer wrapping of cigars, is grown in the Connecticut River Valley under silk tents. The summer climate here most nearly replicates that of Honduras, the primary growing spot for this type of tobacco, of any place in North America. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Main Street, Northampton, MA [?]

Each town in the county has a stone with its name carved into it. I'd always heard that the stones for the four towns -- Enfield, Dana, Prescott and Greenwich -- that were flooded to make the Quabbin Reservoir were under the water line of the fountain. Apparently this is an urban legend. There's Enfield, above Southampton, between Amherst and Cummington. Northampton is the top stone, as it should be. Main and King Streets, Northampton, MA [?]

Center Street, Northampton, MA [?]

This is the backside of a building, now a restaurant, once owned by Alexander Graham. He's said to have invented the graham cracker right here. Pleasant Street, Northampton, MA [?]

And more rain is coming tomorrow.

We've had a lot of rain this week.

The light really looked like this. See where this picture was taken. [?]

At the Food Bank Farm, Hadley, MA. See where this picture was taken. [?]

At the Food Bank Farm, Hadley, MA. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Haydenville, MA See where this picture was taken. [?]

On the front of the police station, Haydenville, MA. Inspires confidence, doesn't it? See where this picture was taken. [?]

Brassworks, Haydenville, MA See where this picture was taken. [?]