Tim grew up in Springfield, and spent many a Saturday at the Museums, which were unfortunately closed when we were there.

He and his Mom attended an Ansel Adams exhibition on Saturday and when he mentioned Dr. Seuss, I was raring to go!

I spent countless hours reading Dr. Seuss books to my Grade One students, and later to my own kids. I loved them, so I was delighted to see the Dr Seuss Sculpture Garden located in the quadrangle near the Springfield Museums.

The Lorax stands behind a sign which says

Unless someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better.
It's not.

Here's Yertle the Turtle atop a tall pile of turtles.

And today the great Yertle, that Marvellous be
Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see.
And the turtles of course...all the turtles are free
As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.

This is a gigantic bronze replica of a Dr. Seuss book. The other side is engraved with words.

In front of the bronze book sits Dr. Seuss himself, Theodor Geisel, accompanied by his pal, The Cat In The Hat.

And peeping around the corner are the Grinch and Max the dog.

Sam-I-Am delivers his platter of Green Eggs And Ham.

Thing One and Thing Two have fun with the Cat In The Hat before Mother arrives home.

I can't remember who this little person is. She stood beside a "Please Do Not Climb On The Sculptures" sign. I can imagine that it would be extremely tempting to clamber all over the place.

Horton the Elephant takes center stage in the middle of the quadrangle.

After a quick visit to the Springfield Library, we drove to Chicopee and stuffed ourselves at a German Restaurant.

The next day, Tim's Mom took me to her writing class. This has become somewhat of a tradition and this time I even read something I'd written. Later the class went out for lunch and a pleasant afternoon.

Then it was time to pack and get ready for the drive back to Tim's brother's place to return his car, and to head for the airport.

The week went quickly and it was lovely.