♣ HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY! ♣ YOU have the Flower Power! ♣

It's an early Spring in Vermont!

Then come the Tulips!

Daffodils are next!

Crocuses are FIRST!

I'm trying something different--I just set comments to open in a separate browser window, which can be refreshed without refreshing the whole page. You need to click the word "Comments" to get the window.

--Renee


























And here's my first crocus, about to open mid-March!
That's the earliest I ever recall seeing a blossom here.

It's Sunday...

The Boathouse in Burlington, Vermont

Here's the ceiling in the Library

It's in the big sitting room with the fireplace!

Front moving in, on the Vermont Interstate, I-89

Sunset at Lake Champlain

Harp Music

We had a harp concert at the Library on Sunday.
One of the harpists took lessons with my daughter
from a famous harpist named Tina Tourin.

Abe Lincoln in the Sky ~ LOL!

Vermont's Interstate: no billboards

Have a glorious day!

Happy Sunday!

Spring is in the Air

Vermont Landscape

Let the sun shine through you...

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It's almost time for Maple Sugaring!

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It's Town Meeting Day in Vermont!

Mount Mansfield from Jericho, Vermont.

I am working at the polls today before heading over to work at the salt mine.

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Comin' up on Mud Season

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Bolton Mountain in Vermont

Wednesday's 2 feet of snow: MELTED!!

The waterfall is raging at the Old Red Mill in Jericho.

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Goldfinch!

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Held together by chunks of light...

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Look closely (click on the pic)

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Waiting for sailing season to begin...

listener's Squeeze made this puzzle while waiting for Spring.

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The first Purple Finch I've seen all Winter

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Is it Spring yet?

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Wanna Play?

It's Saturday!

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ALLY

Here is Ally at the Dinosaur Exhibit last weekend.

Today Ally has some tests.
Two years ago today, Ally's parents learned that her neuroblastoma cancer is the aggressive, high-risk kind.
One year ago today they learned that her cancer had returned.
Let's hope the third February 19th is the charm!

ALLY'S CANDLE PAGE: http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=allys

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Cloudy, no Snow, yet Winter

Anybody wanna trade weather forecasts with me?

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What path are you following lately?

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I think I'm running out of photos...

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Here's hoping your Monday is purrfect!

Emma-cat here doesn't know it yet but her vet lady is coming by on Monday to listen to her heart and give her a rabies shot. Emma-cat will not be happy about it. =^. .^=

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Testing

Testing the Echo commenting system.

And here's a picture of a cat in a sink.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

May you find a Welcoming Heart!

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Echo

I haven't had time to post anything lately, but here are the details about the Haloscan/Echo change so that you will have them for reference...

Haloscan, the legacy comment system that JS-Kit acquired last year, is physically starting to fail (the software and hardware). In order to minimize the disruption for users and avoid a hard stop, we have worked hard to provide two ways to transition off the system.

This transition will happen in batches of users over the course of a couple of months. The first batch of users will start getting a notice of the upgrade right away on their Haloscan admin dashboard.

Once presented with the upgrade message, Haloscan users will have 2 weeks to make a decision. You will have the following two options.

1. Upgrade to Echo for a 30 day free Trial and then $12/year - all your comment data will be transitioned over automatically. Read below for important information about Echo.
2. Export your Haloscan comment data and turn off their service – Haloscan comment importers are on the way from various vendors.

If you do not choose a specific path within the 2 weeks notice, you will be upgraded to the Echo trial automatically.

While Haloscan has been a trusted friend for many and we recognize that change is always difficult and daunting, however we hope that the new features, great support and constant innovation on the Echo platform will offset the challenges of any switch.

Please note that Echo is NOT Haloscan.

While Echo fundamentally allows users to comment on your posts, it is not the same as Haloscan – it is not designed to be. It has a slightly different feature set and a different vision and roadmap. We appreciate your patience when trying to learn and adjust to its different approach.

At the current time, we do not plan on adding any additional Haloscan features to Echo, however please log your requests on the support forum and we will try to prioritize things if they fit into the broader Echo roadmap

Right now we are in the 30 day free trial. Already I have discovered that I can't seem to access the Echo comments via my Blackberry. It seems to me that our alternatives are Echo or a return to the Blogger commenting system--unless anyone is aware of another reasonable option. (So far I'm not particularly wild about the admin interface.)

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Ah, Romance...

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How are you doing today?

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Remember liquid water? (Is anything melting yet?)

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Vermont at Dusk

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Happy Snowflake Bentley's Birthday!

This is the general store in the hometown of Wilson A. "Snowflake" Bentley (also the town in which listener lives). It is the oldest continuously running general store in Vermont.
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It's Monday

Any bunny need a hug?

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Cats know all about Solitude Sabbaths...

They practice sabbath about every 45 minutes. ;-)
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Hoping everyone snowed in is warm, has provisions and can blog!

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There's heavy snow predicted for DC (what else is new)?

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Tanking Up

This female Downy Woodpacker seems to be taking to heart the Whistlepig's proclamation of six more weeks of Winter.

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16+ pairs in all, plus one pillar candle...!

And Candlemas comes to an end. What's next?

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It's Candlemas!

I'll be making candles today. and all evening too with my son and future daughter-in-law!

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The first of this year's Candlemas candles...

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I'm ready! Today I started making this year's hand-dipped Candlemas candles!

What are you ready for? I'm also ready to start helping a Gubernatorial campaign!

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Warm and Fuzzy and Apparently Well-Read

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