Brattleboro Adventure – the Auckland Edition
In which we find ourselves in another part of the world
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At The Works, on the Kids Board, we get a glimpse inside somebody else’s world. I think a lot of people probably fall for Lucinda’s long strawberry-scented hair and blue eyes, but Gerald’s got a better smile and thinks more deeply about the issues of the day.
A new record for me, $60 to fill up the Subaru.
With Dad and Judith at the Scott and Helen Nearing plaque in Winhall, near the base of Stratton Mountain. Just up the road, we saw the stone buildings they built by hand before decamping to Maine in 1952. The Nearings were a big influence on Dad.
Angry Birds…
or more likely Hungry Squirrels
90 minutes post-leafblower
Beautiful fall flowers
And some yellow mums.
Plant – Fakeus Plasticus
On Saturday we saw Paper Cut, part of the Puppets in the Green Mountains festival.
Fall!
Green Mountain Head 2012
Tigre tigre, brile brula
On Sunday we saw Memories of a Circus Tiger, part of the Puppets in the Green Mountains festival.
386 is 386 too many
A red flag for every woman who contacted the local support agency about domestic violence.
Always nice to see a Rosenblum wine in someplace far away from their home (and our ex-home) in Alameda, CA. Our almost-local liquor store is the latest place to have a few bottles.
Cuvée XXXIV is not their finest, but it does nicely for an afternoon on the back porch grilling vegetables for tomorrow’s quiche.
Front yard maintenance included Q: What would Saturday morning be without the hum, swish, and roar of the street sweeper? A: Quiet, but messy.
Brattleboro Adventure – the Auckland Edition 