Another Round Trip

Another round trip to Windsor, Vermont since the last blog post. Filled with experiences and activities, though not a lot of time to take photos.

Just before we left, Mike Welch finished the last sub-panel for the Farm House. This one shows all 9 of the boys in the family depicted as young bucks. Mike's panels are definitely story panels, and he doesn't know our boys, but captured the many positions, relationships and postures.


Of course, one of the real fun things about going out to New England this time of year is the leaves. This picture is right out the back of Chelle's house at 20 Main in Windsor.


The primary purpose of this visit was to help with the first few really busy weeks at the Inn. The Snapdragon has already taken off, and with several weddings right off the bat, has been a constant round of laundry, check in and check out, and troubleshooting last minute details. All went well, and we are really feeling good about how things are going.


The first big wedding to be held on the grounds was that of Leilani (who did the photo's hanging in the Inn) and Rob from Boston.



This was a true family affair, as shown by the kids enjoying the area behind the tent.


OK, THE MYSTERY CRITTER

This one was seen just at dark behind Chelle's house out near Runnameade Lake. I took the picture with a long lens and strobe. The critter was about 100 feet away, and it was almost dark. What is this critter, including the subspecies?


We had record rain in Vermont while we were there and experienced flooding in a number of area's. One farmer up river had tens of thousands of pumpkins float away from the field. The students from Dartmouth on the crew teams went out into the river and harvested pumpkins for team fund razing purposes. It was funny to see pumpkins floating down the river.


One of the all time cute members of the cousin crew in Windsor is Lars, the son of Mike and Chris Cammock. Last time we were there I caught him in one of the nooks in the library. This time he was hiding under the inn keepers desk!


Meanwhile, progress continues on the farmhouse and Paula is pretty happy to see the doors get finished!