when you're happy you say you are walking on air.

on this november morning, i went walking on light because

malyss and jilly found each other with a little help from a prowling cat.

the look of love

is in their eyes.

with a clever 'c'

this hill has gone chill

and a most steep and dangerous chill it is

happy anniversary, mr. brattcat

imagine, 39 years of making bootiful music together!

(highlawn, brattleboro)

please, please, please

may i have some of those thanksgiving leftovers?

don't make me beg

(highlawn rd, brattleboro, vt.)

happy thanksgiving

even if you don't observe this holiday,

maybe you'll take a moment to recall the things you're thankful for.

a quarry

mostly forgotten now,

but once the source of slate for the roofs of brattleboro.

(ft. dummer state park)

a place of awe

i've hiked these woods before

but yesterday friends showed me a wondrous spot.

it's so easy to find and yet i'd overlooked it.

thank you mark and patty.

i'll reveal more over the next day or so.

patrick, thanks for signing on

from my tiny attic window

the castle turret

(aka the retreat fire tower)

can be seen on the misty brow of the hill

welcome, barbara.

examination room

3:14 p.m.

(brattleboro, vermont)

sometimes my sister

is

such a

clown.

(westport, connecticut)

your ride is waiting

chapin street, brattleboro, vermont

at the frog pond on chestnut hill

all the little frogs are tucked into their mudbeds for the winter

view from stephen huneck's dog chapel

st. johnsbury, vermont

milk weed pods burst open.

stand in the midst of the field

and floating fairies of cotton fluff surround you.

(st. johnsbury, vermont)

stephen huneck's dog chapel

each slip of paper, each photograph

is a tribute to a beloved dog.

(st. johnsbury, vermont)

for kate of visual st. paul

the dawn view out one of my windows

if only taking the long view

could show me clear to spring

(abbott road, brattleboro, vt.)

i'll be away for the next few days but i have scheduled posts.

have a great weekend everyone.

decked out in autumn finery

soon all will be grays and browns

(wantastiquet drive, brattleboro, vt.)

red bush, green bush

(wantastiquet drive, brattleboro, vt)

a common sight

brattleboro common

leaves fall on either side of the fence without regard to those who rake

(wantastiquet drive, brattleboro)

did your parents ever tell you

'we'll cross that bridge when we come to it'

(railroad trestle across the confluence between the west and connecticut rivers)

these gold tokens will buy you passage

to winter

guess he didn't get the memo

about not immersing his car in water

(i've spotted this nifty little craft puttering along the confluence of the west and connecticut rivers several times...but this is the first time i've managed to capture it with my camera.

not a great composition, not a high quality image, but isn't it fun?)

we have at least seven months

before the band strikes up again

can you resist the urge

to glimpse inside an unknown life?

(welcome new follower Lynette)

stop...

______________________

(fill in the blank with what you'd like to stop)

election day

it's growing wider by the minute

theme day: public transportation

need a lift to one of the towns along the connecticut river valley?

this tiny transport might be a good option

there's also the equally diminutive beeline (sporting a painted bumblebee)

and the holstein-themed 'moo'ver (- ;

but my favorite public transport is amtrak,

a silvery snake winding along the rails of america

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