floating

(er, more like sinking)

bridge

(brookfield, vermont)

it's easy to see why adam found this fruit hard to resist

if this is the tree of knowledge, i must be getting smarter by the minute

slowly the farm succumbs

to the gravity of autumn

pumpkins awaiting transformation

into jack-o-lanterns and pumpkin pie

descending to the level

of blueberries

on the path

to pick blueberries

are we men or are we sheep?

and who is inside the fence, who is outside?

weeping wall

i, too, am weeping

because baby brattcat has flown home

general store, harrisville, new hampshire

if you're hungry (and we were)

this is the place to come

patient mr. brattcat

waiting for me to finish chatting up fritz wetherbee

(harrisville, new hampshire)

picture window

this view of the millpond with hints of autumn

taken by mr. brattcat

(harrisville, new hamphire)

star-spotting in a mill town

fritz wetherbee taping a segment for new hampshire chronicle

(harrisville, new hampshire)

reflection in a mill pond

(harrisville, new hampshire)

baa, baa, bright sheep

have you any wool?

(harrisville, new hampshire)

mill door

harrisville, new hampshire

i used to dream

of a bed in the clouds

(harrisville, new hampshire)

through the mill window

harrisville, new hampshire

lace curtains

harrisville, new hampshire

house on the millpond

harrisville, new hampshire

the geometry of a wood pile

guilford, vermont

late summer confetti

taken by mr. brattcat,

(mill pond, harrisville, new hampshire)

a trio of silos

retreat farm, route 30, brattleboro, vermont

(baby brattcat has flown in from england.

for such a little kitten she keeps me very busy

so beginning tomorrow i've scheduled

two weeks of shots from our recent visit to harrisville, new hampshire.

enjoy, be well, keep in touch.)

can anyone say

why farm buildings have such graceful lines and

wear such pleasing colors?

(retreat farm, route 30, brattleboro, vermont)

do you remember the disappearance of ashton's green wagon?

though it never returned,

this purple one arrived in its place,

dug out of a basement, cleaned, and repainted

by someone who saw the opportunity to balance a wrong with a right.

(chase street, brattleboro, vermont)

a page from steffe's playbook

usually i'm too shy to ask permission to shoot a portrait

but this guy made it soooo easy.

thanks, dude!

(book cellar, main street, brattleboro, vermont)

day six: harrisville, new hampshire

on the final day of my birthday excursions

we visited the old mill town of harrisville, new hampshire

where daily life still hugs the banks of millponds, lakes, and streams

thank you all for your wonderful comments and wishes.

hope you enjoyed sharing the 'week' with me.

day five: poet's seat tower

sunny of barnyards and barnacles

posted two beautiful shots from here about a week ago

greenfield, massachusetts

day four: something new in the kitchen

poor mr. brattcat...he couldn't drive another mile...

so for 'something i'd never done before' on day four,

i invited friends for whom i'd never cooked and prepared dishes i'd never before made.

here is the meal in order of completion

(not necessarily the order of palatability...remember that apron a showed you a month or so ago, the one that says 'i kiss better than i cook')

julie's black eye pea salad

(remember julie, the amazing baker who left sweet treats in my kitchen each day of her visit last summer?)

julie's peanut butter cup brownies (yup, same julie...she made me a cookbook of her family's favorite recipes)

spring herb rice (better homes and gardens big book of 30-minute dinners...took me so much longer than 30 minutes)

vegetable quesadillas (better homes and gardens big book of 30-minute dinners...these really did take less than 30 minutes and the oven only needed to be on for 6 minutes, perfect on a day that reached about 94 degrees in a house with no air-conditioning)

the table is set

the kitchen is a mess

(poor mr. brattcat...i gave him the day off from chauffeur duties

and left him with a five alarm disaster in the kitchen)

(brattcat's kitchen and diningroom, brattleboro, vermont)

day three: saint-gaudens national historic site

where the extraordinary sculptor

augustus saint-gaudens

lived, worked, dreamed, played, loved, died

(cornish, new hampshire)

september theme: open air market

(route 12a, between cornish and claremont, new hampshire)

stopped at this farm stand on our way home from day 3 of the birthday week...

tomorrow i'll show you where we spent the day

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