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

What Makes Farmington Hills Special - By Abbi Leala

Some of what's special about Farmington Hills, which is northwest of Detroit and the second largest city in Oakland County, MI, is it's got a small-town feeling and many people we like live near us. It's also close to many neat places, such as Comerica Park and the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, as well as Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Those are all 25-30 miles away.

Farmington Hills was founded in 1823 by a Quaker man from Farmington, New York named Arthur Power. It was first known as Quakertown, then Farmington. Farmington Hills was incorporated in 1973.

We've got a neat Farmer's and Artisan's Market that's in the small town of Farmington - a town that shares our history and many city services with us.

Because Farmington and Farmington Hills were farming communites, there are many old houses. 

Here's the Longacre House. It isn't very far away from where we live. 

There are some very nice parks in Farmington Hills. One of them that Mama likes is called Heritage Park. It's right near Longacre House. There are 211 acres of forests, wetlands, meadows and ponds. The Upper Rouge River cuts through some parts of the park. 

This photo is of the Stuart Little Pond in Heritage Park. There's supposedly some sort of mysterious creature named Stuie living in the pond.

What's billed as "America's first free-standing Holocaust Memorial Center" is just a few miles from us. The Holocaust Memorial Center started in a city near us called West Bloomfield. The Center moved to its current location several years ago (it could've been longer, but Mama can't remember). 

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum has all kinds of old coin-operated machines, animatronic dummies, mechanical games and other odd things. The owner once appeared on the American Pickers TV show. 

What we like most, though, is our house. What we like least is our v-e-t's office that's not far away. Here's the lake near our house that we like to stop at on our stroller rides. There's also a small pond to the left that's not in the photo.

This was fun to do. Thank you, Oui Oui for hosting this event!