Full Moonlight in Vermont for the Primary

..seems to contribute to the mystique of the event, which saw Vermont's closest primary race in history.

I want one of those!

Vermont has a Cliffhanger still going on!

Here are my photos from the party at the Hilton with Doug Racine. Doug was in the room with us the entire evening. Two of the five candidates, Doug Racine and Peter Shumlin, are neck and neck with about 26 more towns to report in. We now won't know until sometime on Wednesday who got the most votes. There will most likely be a recount. What an exciting, sweetly tense night! Stay tuned! Or better yet, see the results yourself, town by town. (My town, Jericho, went for Doug Racine! Hurrah!)

C'mon Vermont, choose wisely!

☆It's PRIMARY DAY in Vermont!
☆ Who will be the Democratic Nominee for Governor?☆
☆Susan Bartlett?☆Matt Dunn?☆Deb Markowitz?☆Peter Shumlin?☆Doug Racine!☆
☆ Today I'll be working at the polls as an election official. ☆ So hopeful!! ☆

Yep. It's Monday.

Lovely Garden

Eldest*Granddaughter turns 4 years old today!!!!

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T.G.I.F.!

Just Hanging Out

Happy Sweet New Mac, Alan!

Thanks to: the folks who took this photo!

Sail on

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEMETRIUS!!!
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That's Martha's Vineyard in the background.

Osprey babies getting ready to fly

What's on your ice cream cone?

Summer people. Some are not.

This is the underside of the draw bridge in Woods Hole, MA. LOL!

What's your view?

So, come on by...

...take off your shoes, and let's open up the newspaper together.

Vermont

Not Autumn yet

The "Autumn Joy" Sedum isn't in flower yet. Summer continues.

08/09/10

This August has 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays and 5 Tuesdays, all in one month. It happens once in 834 years. At exactly 6 minutes and 7 seconds after 5 o'clock today, August 9th, 2010, it will be 05:06:07 08/09/10. This won't happen again until the year 3010. Somehow it makes me smile that this is happening today, which marks nine years since my Mom's death.

But wait! According to Snopes, Bill is correct about August.
Thanks to puddle for the link and to Catreona for bringing it to my attention!

Lacey Fence

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♥ Rene's Bluebells have blossomed all season long ♥

Queen Anne's Lace

Mmmm...peppers

I like them best sauteed. How about you? (With apologies to any fruitarians.)

For you, Susan!

Sweet Sailing for your Monday

Sunday was gorgeous here...topped at about 80 but not too high humidity. We took our (one month shy of three years) Granddaughter out for her first time sailing and she had a blast! She loved it when the boat went fast, laughed when we tacked and her favourite part was when a power boat went by and made big waves for us to bounce through. What an adventurous little person she is! Ha!

Happy Anniversary Renee & Demetrius! ♥♥

Oh my goodness! It's AUGUST first already! How many years??

Moderation Options

First of all, here's a picture. It's a fountain in front of the rec center where I work out. I took a walk around the building, and then around the fountain before going to work out in the water. Working out in the water usually helps me think, but I've got a LOT of thinking to do, so I guess it seemed like a good idea to walk around in something vaguely resembling nature.

I apologize for the weird thing with the comment moderation yesterday. When I logged into the administrator controls (which I hadn't had time to do yet, and they are NOT the most straightforward things), I saw an option that would require comments from "new" posters to await approval. I thought that seemed like a reasonable option because there is a fairly small core group here, and in the event that anyone new DID come along, it wouldn't be THAT much of a hassle to approve his or her first few comments.

I am SUPPOSED to be able to just click "approve user" for each of you, and then not have to approve each comment individually. When the "approve user" option didn't seem to be working, I tried approving all the comments individually. But no matter what I did, that "comment awaiting moderation" message kept coming back. I tried to post a comment in last night's thread explaining what happened, but MY comment seems to have disappeared forever.

I've returned the moderation settings to the way they were, which is that all comments are published immediately, but can be deleted after the fact. (By the way, I'm trying to figure out if we can have multiple moderators, but haven't explored the issue thoroughly. I'm not sure but that might be a "premium" feature.

Anyway, here's what I was trying to implement last night...

Pre-moderation for new users

Comments are not visible to other commenters until the author is approved by the moderator.

A user is considered "new" until his messages are approved at least 5 times AND more then 12 hours passed since the first post.

As I've noted above, that had seemed like a manageable option. I still don't understand why I couldn't actually approve messages once and for all.

There's another option where a comment could be hidden if a certain number of people "flagged" it. My first reaction is that would be just *asking* for trouble. But I don't know for sure.

I will check back when I am able. I've got some things I need to take care of now.

Some even have sea glass...

The potter is in...

While visiting Woods Hole, our friend took us for a walk by her house. There we met a wonderful artisan named Joan Lederman whose pottery features glazes made from the silt at the bottom of various oceans and seas. She writes on each piece where it came from, sometimes even including the coordinates. Research scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution bring her the samples they took that they cannot use. Fascinating and gorgeous.
http://www.thesoftearth.com/homepage.htm

From last year's stash. . .

How's the view?

This was part of the view from our window in Woods Hole, Cape Cod, weekend before last.

House Wren in my yard

Still adding sticks to its nest during the storm.

Why we lost power...

This happened two telephone poles down from my driveway.

Traveling Mercies to all heading home from Deanfest!

This is a nave window in the oldest Episcopal Church on Cape Cod:
Church of the Messiah in Woods Hole, MA.

DEANFEST: Day Two

Post some fresh updates!

DEANFEST: Day One

I sure hope folks will post some updates from Deanfest!

Kitty

I'm betting Catreona will like this. =^. .^=

Always vote wisely.

Whooo are you voting for? Are you working for any candidate this season?

Horse? Donkey?

I'm voting Donkey ;-)

The way home...

After a good visit with our niece today, presently in Cape Cod (from Spain), we'll be taking the long drive home.

What's for Lunch?

I'll be having lunch today with a dear friend in Woods Hole, MA!

The Brick House was a wedding present from the bride's parents

Today I am driving to CT to see a dear old friend, then on through RI to Cape Cod.

Just one more reason to live in Vermont...The Views!

This is the view from The Brick House, home of the Webb Family of Shelburne, Vermont, founders of the Shelburne Museum and Shelburne Farms. Photos over the next nine days (through Deanfest) will be from my recent visit to The Brick House. Enjoy a little Americana, Vermont style! :-)

Tell it like it is!

Everybody here?

When a green leaf falls...

Watched this green leaf fall from its tree under a calm sky. Why?

Here comes Monday!

Hot sunset