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Autumn comes to Second Street
Fall in New England. Magic words for those who love the smell of hot mulled cider, the glow of bright orange pumpkins, the inferno shades of turning leaves and the autumn nip in the air. This is always a fun season at the house on Second Street as Halloween draws ever nearer and plans are made for what is always a great evening on October the 31st. The old stove in the kitchen gets a polish, the quilts are unpacked and aired, ripe fruit hangs heavily on the espaliered fruit trees in the yard, and everywhere windows are thrown open in the daytime to catch the golden sunshine and fresh air. Decorations and costumes are the hot topic of discussion as candy corn and marshmallow ghosties make an appearance in the kitchen pantry. August may be the most popular time to visit- but nothing beats autumn in Fall River. -
A View From Bridget’s Window
It seems strange to wake up in Bridget Sullivan’s bedroom on the third floor at the back of the Borden house and see a swimming pool from the rear window. The maid’s former perch offers a superb view of Third Street behind the Borden’s backyard fence, now a brick wall. The little fruit orchard directly behind the house is now a garage, and the swimming pool now fills the space where Crowe’s yard and barn used to be. Imagination is now required to recreate how it must have been in 1892.
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Pears, pears, the alibi fruit
Other than mutton, pears have been the food most identified with the Lizzie Borden case. So it’s only fitting Fall River has, among many other tree names, in the north end, a street called- Pear!
