Images of My Docent Adventures

I've been a docent now for almost 10 years! Here are some different costumes and other images from over that time ...  

The Library at Havens Homestead, Center Moriches, NY

The hearth kitchen at Ketcham Inn

Ketcham Inn, Center Moriches, NY

With my children at Havens Homestead, Center Moriches, NY

Diane Schwindt’s Apple fritters cooked in lard

Helping Diane Schwindt cook on her outdoor hearth at Brewster House, Setauket, NY.

My daughter plays Chess in a Tavern; don’t judge.

The older section of Havens Homestead dates back to before British occupation of Long Island. I look ready for that, maybe.

My sweet daughter on the porch at Havens Homestead is tour bait in her costume. 😝 

Beautiful oak staircase at Havens Homestead was designed by Architect Issac Greene.

Hungry between tours

Beautiful cake at grand opening of Ketcham Inn as a living museum.

Entertainment on the porch at Havens Homestead 

Can you tell I’m terrified of the hearth fire?

I don’t live here; I’m just pretending.
Porch at Havens Homestead 

With Bert Seides, KIFI President, on the occasion of the grand opening of historic Ketcham Inn following years of restoration.

Library at Havens Homestead 

Tavern at Ketcham Inn, wearing a Reproduction of a 19th Century silk pageant costume.

Office at Ketcham Inn, time to get into costume 

With my niece and brother at Brewster Homestead, Setauket, NY

Guest-teaching the American Revolution in Elementary School.

It looks like this was taken after Count Dracula bit me. Lol

20th Century- finally.

Helping Diane Schwindt at the Setauket Apple Festival.

21st Century husband takes selfies in the hearth while  Diane and I bust our …

Ketcham Inn Foundation President Bert Seides stacking wood with my son.

With 21st Century husband.

With 18th Century husband, (fake news).

Which husband is this today?

With fake husband Ben Havens in Havens Homestead for Sold out Tavern Night, (a Ketcham Inn Foundation fall fundraiser).

It’s the 1860’s; I’m not bored.

Before I realized I have no servants, I spent my days posing in front of the vestibule

Wearing gloves in August is the secret to looking authentically miserable in pictures.

Survival tip: Don’t wear a giant hoop skirt on a winding staircase.

Which is more exciting: being able to vote, or voting in a real fur? IDK!

I have to tell everyone about this coat.

This happened at Havens Homestead 

When Mrs. Q, NYC docent and historian, visited Ketcham Inn.

Waiting to take dinner out to the dining room

That was the wrong day to hand me an authentic British musket. 

At Havens Homestead 

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