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We did go to the beach, but I didn't take my camera. Also, it was chilly and windy and there was a storm coming in, so we didn't stay too awfully long. But there were still plenty of good times for the weekend, including a visit to a giant wooden playground, a stop for coffee that turned into a trip to a meat market for some homemade sausage and spicy mustard, lunch at a fancy tavern, pizza for dinner, and a birthday breakfast for Liam from the Swedish bakery. But the real highlight was our visit to Fernwood Botanical Garden, where we tromped around through the woods, visited a railway garden without having Henry cause a major catastrophe, navigated a plant maze, sampled from the herb garden, and got up close and personal with a bunch of turtles. Check it out: