Our Boiler Man's Farm

Our boiler man and his wife live on his grandfather's 100-acre former dairy farm on the top of Woonsocket Hill Road. We went over today and met his wife and their pet black and white turkey, and saw their 15 red and white-faced cattle. There was a gorgeous view in every direction. He showed us the barn and hay loft and invited us to come back to walk the land with him. He told us about his peacock who would occasionally wander off and live a few days with the neighbors but would come back home. They also had a 1,000 pound pig named Lester who would also wander off to stay with neighbors now and again. One Autumn day Lester ate all of the fallen apples under the apple tree and died. They buried him on the hill. It felt like we were in Maine or New Hampshire when standing on the land but we were only three miles from home.