TCC: home town

Monday, June 3, 2013

What Makes Moosey's Hometown Special?

Hi Everybuddy! It's me, Moosey!

First of all, I want to fank my awesome pal Oui Oui for hosting this fun event. I'm looking forward to learning what's special about my TCC friends' towns!

I think Norwalk, Connecticut (where I live with the mom and the dad) is pretty special for a bunch of reasons. Norwalk was incorporated on September 22, 1651. That means it's even older than the mom and the dad. MOL!

Me in front of the Norwalk sign

Norwalk is about an hour from New York City on the Metro North Commuter Railroad, which the dad rides everyday to his job. This is a railroad trestle that spans the Norwalk River.

The town is right on Long Island Sound, which means we have beaches, fishing, boats, and strong maritime vibe.

There's also lots of greenery, and with all the water around, we have some pretty good Bird TV here!

Quack quack, Mr. Duck!

Norwalk is also home to Stew Leonard's, the World's Largest Dairy Store (as verified by Ripley's Believe it or Not). There are so many good noms at Stew's ... milk, cheese, chick-hen, lettuce and HAM!

Me at Stew Leonard's!

And maybe the most special thing about Norwalk is that it's where Pet Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is located. PAWS is where Mommy and Daddy volunteer (along with Tommie's Mommy). And where they reconnected and fell in love. And where they gotcha'd me, my angel brothers Sammy and Graphite, and my angel sister Lady Madonna! :)

Me visiting my alma mater, PAWS

Fanks for reading and coming on my little tour of Norwalk, everybuddy. I hope you were able to see some of its special-ness through my eyes.

Hugs!

Moosey

A Tale of 2 Cities . .

. . . and one small town. I live a a small cross roads town about half way between Washington DC and Baltimore. There's a cornfield and milk processing plant straight ahead, to the right and around the corner are cows, down the street to the left is a horse farm.

Passing Iager's farm on the way to the vets.

(Biggify to see cows)

A horror to behold cause I know who I will be visiting!

As kids, the mom and her siblings laughed at the town, and asked who would want to live in Scaggsville? As it turns out, the mom would, along with the Scaggs. That name exists now only as a name on a sign along 95 as the post office has rolled Scaggsville into a larger town to the east, Laurel.

Unplanted cornfield to right, horse farm dead ahead.

Like everything in this area, the town has been built up over the years, but its still very rural. In the 1940s, there were 15 families living here. Now we have 2 small strip shopping centers and a half dozen neighborhoods. We've hit the big time!

Our neighborhood this past winter.

But less than 30 minutes travelling either north or south are two large cities, and both completely different. Its equally easy to visit Georgetown or The Mall with all its museums in DC as it is to visit Fell's Point or the National Aquarium in Baltimore. What other small town can deliver these delights? From high culture and white collar experiences to down home fun, we can have it all. Do you feel like sailing on the Chesapeake Bay today? There's even Annapolis, no farther away than the other two cities. And in the summer, we like "go-en downy owe-shin"*, that is, visiting Ocean City.

Our mom grew up in the DC suburbs and The Girl went to school in Baltimore, so we claim both cities as our own, as well as our little town. Sometimes its down right subjective and hard to predict which will be claimed as hometown in any particular circumstance. Just keep 'em guessing!

So, what do I like about home? Why the Bird Channel on the Kitty TV is always a favorite. There's a special rodent channel that features chipmunk and squirrel antics too. And my extra special treat is CRAB! But do I ever have to fight the mom for some of that! My silly mom even worries about them when hurricanes come to visit. People around here tend to be a little crab crazy. Even one of the local cat shows features a crab. Go figure!