A beautiful Saturday to you!

Bonus: Name that bug.

Who is going out for Black Friday?

All together again for another Happy Thanksgiving!

Moving on...

I'll come back to this walk another time. (It definitely gets better!) :-)

Underneath!

The roots look like Celtic knots! (This mound is twice my height!)

Straight-Line Wind Damage!

This must have happened in the freak nor'easter we got back in July!
I had no idea it has come so close to my back yard!

But what's this?!

The root system is twice my height!

Someone's handiwork at the end of a log-footpath!

Onward

Lovely

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOWARD DEAN!

79th Governor of Vermont


50th Chair of the DNC



1st Always





A clip from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Dean

An early front-runner for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, Dean denounced the 2003 invasion of Iraq and called on Democrats to oppose the Bush administration. Dean showed fundraising ability, and was a pioneer of political fundraising via the Internet; however, he lost the nomination to Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. Dean formed the organization Democracy for America and later was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee in February 2005.

As chairman of the party, Dean created and employed the 50 State Strategy that attempted to make Democrats competitive in normally conservative states often dismissed in the past as "solid red." The success of the strategy became apparent after the 2006 midterm elections, where Democrats took back the House and picked up seats in the Senate from normally Republican states such as Missouri and Montana. In the 2008 election, Barack Obama used The 50 state strategy as the backbone of his candidacy.

Dean was named chairman emeritus of the DNC upon his retirement.^[2] He was mentioned as a possible candidate for Secretary of Health and Human Services^[3] and Surgeon General under the Obama administration.^[4] He currently holds no elected office or official position in the Democratic party.

Want to take a walk?

Vermont one week ago...

...after a visit from the White Witch of Narnia! Then came the sun and warmer temps.

Ah, Romance...

Flower Girl

What is it about a white dress?

HAPPY VETERANS DAY, with Gratitude...

I am presently reading The Great Silence by Juliet Nicholson, about the horrors of WWI and the aftermath in Britain. Soldiers lost limbs and even faces due to horrific gas attacks and hand to hand combat. Then they went home to a country that had no idea what they had really been through. But from this terrible time came incredible advances in such areas as prosthetics and plastic surgery. Many thanks to those who served both on and off the battlefield, and worked for peace.

ROOTS

WINGS

As the Leaves come down the Birds show up

Snow for the Ski Trails

Late Day Light on the Birches

I can see cell phone towers from my house

So why doesn't my cell phone work from my house?

Pristine Peak

Snow on the Mountain

Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak, on Election Day 2010

Just let it all wash over you...

It's Election Day!

I'll be working at the polls today, then off to the Library for two hours,
then back to count the vote. ☆ ☆ ☆ Remember to VOTE! ☆ ☆ ☆

The candidates are all out shaking hands today...

And yesterday!
Howard Dean and Rep. Peter Welch, campaigned with Peter Shumlin!
As the trio traveled to breakfast spots around Burlington, Dean was the one many diners most readily recognized and wanted their photos taken with.

Happy Hallowe'en!

Trick or Treat!

Have a Seat...

The glory of these hills...

Autumn Gold

Autumn Splendor

Guess what kind of Maple this is!

Hint: It's a hybrid.

Light

This is a lighthouse light!

Baby it's cold outside...

Wanna Play?

There's just something about barns and foliage...

Remember to wear purple today...

In memory of those who died because the shunning and bullying was too hard to bear,
and in support of gay persons, including those still in the closet, who may be very surprised
to see before them today how very many people wish them a good, long, and happy life!
This is a way to speak to them silently but vividly.

My Road in Autumn...

May your Monday start the week off brightly!

Come up higher

This staircase, inside a lighthouse, makes me want to be a lighthouse keeper!

It's Saturday. Relax if you can.

Silky Dogwood

The birds love the berries and this bush is a native species. :-)

More Leaves

I'm thinking of my Dad today. Had he lived, today would have been his 82nd birthday.

Psst! How you doin'?

Leaves against the Sky

Mmmm...Autumn

Today's a perfect 10/10/10