Fruitlands House

First it's no so poor, good job with the Isolette. Second, who is Louisa Alcott? Third, I didn't know there was a November contest, must get out more!

Louisa May Alcott was a beloved American author who wrote "Little Women" which she is most known for. Correct me if I'm wrong Bill, but I think Fruitlands was an experimental farm that the Alcott's lived in for a short while.

Tony,

(1) Thanks for the kind words, sounds like you used the Isolette.
(2) Louis May Alcott (American author) wrote the book "Little Women" - Hollywood has made several (3 or more) movies from this book. Her father was the impractical educator Bronson Alcott; he was trying to establish his own little utopia at Fruitlands...in 1843 Louis May Alcott was about 10 years old.
(3) Check out "Member Organized Activities"!!

Cheers, Bill H.

BWKate,

You have it exactly right (didn't see your post until I posted my reply to Tony.) LMA wrote a short story called "Transcendental Oats" which is a thinly disguised history of their time there.....

Cheers, Bill H.

Didn't Louisa and all her sisters nearly die in that utopian ideal that Bronson attempted in this house? God job with that camera, Bill. I love visiting this house!

Suzanne,

The details of the end of that utopian experiment are somewhat muddled, since Bronson destroyed much of the materials (journals and such) dealing with that failure. It ended in December/Jan 1843-44, and I seem to remember one of the guides telling me about Mrs Alcott and the four daughters walking thru a substantial snowstorm to the Lovejoys, the nearest neighbors....while Bronson was staying in a nice hotel in Boston...

Clearly I also love visiting that house (NE APUG people know that I really ought to find another photographic subject....)

Cheers, Bill H.

The most recent "Little Women" movie that Winona Ryder starred as Jo in was filmed in my hometown of Victoria. Not all the movie was shot there but I think most of it was. My avatar was an image I took in the Italian garden of Hatley Castle where they filmed the scene of the youngest sister studying painting in Europe.

Thanks for the info Bill. I have two Isolettes and really don't use them enough. This will inspire me to get them out of the cupboard.
Cheers, Tony

Just visited the Orchard House in Concord; much more about Louisa May Alcott there (she lived there as an adult, after all). Anyway: if you're a LMA fan, you can visit:

www.louisamayalcott.org.