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These little sugar packets are everywhere around here. Including the new Delightfully Delicious Cafe that has just opened up on Putney Rd.

Hap hap happy hour

The Earl Gray Mar-tea-ni at Fireworks

Monday morning skate ramp

Next stop X-Games

I’m staying in a bed-and-breakfast this week. The decor is predictable, flowered wallpaper, bigger flowers on the drapes, 18th-century engravings on the wall. Packing up this morning, I happened to actually notice for the first time the giant beer stein on the dresser. It’s the Joker!

Signs of the times…..

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, a giant LED-bedecked pincushion, is most interesting to me cause it’s across the freeway from Starbucks. It also rents out its facilities to a variety of groups… Yesterday was Excavator Safety Breakfast, which (to quote Dave Barry) would make a wonderful name for a rock band.

Insulation

The middle section of the house we insulated with sprayed foam insulation. Both ends have fiberglass… can you tell?

Last night we went to the New England Youth Theater to see Sandglass Theater’s puppet show called D-generation. When the show was first produced last year, we were afraid it was too depressing. In many ways it was. However, very moving, and there were plenty of funny bits.

Linden Lodge, part of The Brattleboro Retreat.

Spring equinox in VT. Optimism rules the day.

I stayed in the Country Club Plaza section of KC, with its flamboyantly Spanish style architecture and upscale shops. The neighborhood was awash in person-sized decorations… Maybe Easter, maybe an Alice in Wonderland festival? Anyway, this bunny was named Lee, so I took its picture.

Must also send a shout out to the team at the Residence Inn… I’ve stayed in a lot of them and often the popcorn is the most memorable employee. In KC, they were really friendly and put out a FABULOUS happy hour spread.

Rubbermaid product manager note to self: pick new name for Sturdy Station wall-mounted changing table prior to next release…